There is a moomin museum in the city I live in, Tampere. Highly recommend if you ever get to visit Finland, has a lot of the original stuff there including Toove's drawings and models of moomin house etc. I just visited there couple weeks ago with my mexican friend 😁
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That sounds amazing! How far is Tampere from Helsinki?
I transferred at the Helsinki airport during a trip and that’s how I discovered Moomins!
Also watched few episodes on Finnish Airline.
I was SUPER impressed with the design and serene, eco-friendly atmosphere of the Helsinki Airport. Think the most soothing, peaceful airport I’ve ever been to! Also liked the artistic displays. Really enjoyed the layover!
Big into minimalist Scandi design.
Tampere is about 150km north of Helsinki, so around 1.5h with car or train.
I personally find the Helsinki airport too small, but I do agree it is one of the most peaceful ones 😁
It’s not massive like Heathrow/Gatwick but Finland isn’t that big of a country? I have no idea.
A woman I know went there for a competition and brought back a wooden reindeer keychain prezzie for me.
Do you also know/speak Swedish?
Finnish seems like a very difficult language?
I speak a little swedish. It's our second language but my biases in school prevented me from actually learning it properly.
Finland is a bit weird country in the sence that we have more land than UK combined, yet we only have 5 million people. The language is the same: weird. We have other languages that are in the same language family (such as estonia) but we dont really understand each other. 😁
A friend of mine has been to both Helsinki and Estonia. She’s very talented and super stylish! SF based for now.
I’m pretty damn certain the Finns and I would get along very well! (I’m VERY likable but NOT a People Person! I do like most children tho.)
So how do you feel about Finland being rated #1 in the World’s Happiness Index for so many years?
Why do you think that is?
Btw, I’ve had several Nokia phones and they all lasted for many, many years. QUALITY!
So what do you think of Conan O’Brien? He went to Finland for a visit cuz woman President/P.M. looked like a relative, do you recall that?
I think he’s very funny but he does have a rather large head.
Btw, I’ve read some Scandi Noir books by an author called James Thompson. Think he was an American (with Finnish ancestry) who immigrated to Finland.
Crime noir isn’t what I usually read but really enjoyed his books and learned quite a bit about some Finnish history and culture.
I think the baby box of gifts for new parents is a fantastic idea!
I've personally never read his books, but that sounds interesting. People really like the baby box from what I've heard, it has so many useful things in it 😁
They’re good. I’d recommend reading one. Think would make a good Finnish TV series.
He died tho several years ago tho. Random author/book discovery during a phase where I was really into Scandi Noir.
I thought the baby box thing was very neat and useful. If I ran a country, I’d implement the same program. (Also ban arseholes, haha.)