Just one of many reasons I've been wanting to move to Northern Europe for a while now. Would our resident Finn care to disillusion me of the no-doubt rose-colored view I currently have?
Lets see...
-Finns may seem distant and rude due to small talk not being customary here.
-Food is rather expensive when compared to other EU countries.
-There are silly laws against the sale of alcoholic beverages from distilleries which means that small breweries are not allowed to sell most of their own products and they need to be sold through other companies. (We are trying to change this)
-There aren't that many REALLY old buildings. We used to make most buildings out of wood so the only old ones that have remained are mainly churches or the few castles we have. (since those were more commonly built from stone.)
-The newer buildings in cities are ugly gray blocks straight from East Germany.
-Our gun laws are really strict. You actually need a license for all functional firearms (apart from black powder firearms that were built before 1860 I think? And that is ONLY if you promise not to fire the gun and it is just a memento. If you want to use it you need a license) and to get a license you need to pass a doctors exam to prove that you aren't mentally unstable AND need to prove an acceptable reason for owning that firearm. Repeat the process for every single gun and prepare to prove that you have been using those guns frequently.
-Alcoholism and depression are quite common.
-At some point our MAJESTIC LAKES and CLEAN ENVIROMENT begin to seem so normal that you start to take them as granted.
-We believe that we are overburdened by bureucracy if we haven't tried to live in Germany.
-Finland is the only Nordic country that has not legalized same-sex marriage yet.
-We cook our meat rather than eat it raw. (This seems to be a sign of HERESY to the yankees.)