- You prefer scrubbing your dishes with a sponge instead of a brush (but still can’t understand why something as practical as a drying cabinet has not been exported far and wide (from Finland, of course)).
- A sunny day does not cause restlessness, anxiety or cleaning spur in the spring or chronic office-fobia in the summer.
- You are used to the idea that sunny winter days are usually not colder than the grey cloudy ones.
- You are not surprised when a perfect stranger starts talking to you in public transportation or at a cafe (and are considering you might some day even perform this act of bravery yourself)
- You fondly reminiscence the days of wearing a T-shirt indoors (while it’s -20C outside).
- You would feel embarrassed biking/walking/crawling through the city center piss-drunk.
- Please / alsjeblieft / s’il vous plait / etc are part of your everyday vocabulary.
- You can touch-type on non-Finnish keyboards (and can finally stop cursing while writing code – I dare you, all those brackets are a real bitch on the Finnish one!).
- Sporting events such as nordic skiing / ice hockey / formula / rally / Finland vs. Kazakhstan football match are barely lines on your Facebook news feed.
- Swedish company feels cozy and familiar, and even speaking the language makes you feel a little bit less of a stranger in a strange land.
- You almost feel homesick reading people who’ve obviously been there long enough.
- …you no longer feel all that apologetic
life is a smörgåsbord
Seeing
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