38 Reasons You Should Never Visit Finland
It's the absolute worst of the Nordic countries.
1. Finland? It's not very nice.
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Tampere
2. The scenery's not very impressive.
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Yliranta
3. Helsinki's just like any other capital city.
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Helsinki
4. And the Northern Lights aren't all they cracked up to be.
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Lapland
5. Summers in Finland are pretty unspectacular.
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Ukko Koli
6. I mean, there's nothing nice to eat.
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Market Square, Helsinki
7. And saunas are pretty overrated.
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Kokkola
8. Who actually enjoys an open-water dip in the evening?
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Purnujärvi
9. Finnish summer cottage culture is ridiculously overrated.
10. I mean, who wants to spend all day looking out at this view?
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Bengtsby
11. And the fact that the sun never sets? Boring.
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Utsjoki
12. Finns aren't great at food.
13. And their puddings aren't all that good either.
14. And as for their celebrations? Very forgettable.
15. But you know what's even worse than Finland in summer? Finland in winter.
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Saariselkä
16. There's just too much snow.
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Kangasala
17. And it's not like this is a ridiculously cute way to travel.
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Lapland
18. The wildlife in Finland is pretty unspectacular.
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Kainuu
19. Seriously, there's nothing special to see.
20. Nope. Nothing cute at all.
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Oulanka National Park
21. What about this idiot? No one cares about him.
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Rovaniemi, Lapland
22. No one does any interesting sports in Finland.
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Ruka
23. It's all just fairly mundane.
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Kuopio
24. The main problem with Finland is that there's nowhere to get away for a bit.
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Lake Päijänne
25. No where to just sit and collect your thoughts.
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Kyronlahti
26. And it's not like Finnish design is world famous.
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Marimekko in Helsinki
27. Everything they make in Finland is pretty ugly.
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Iittala
28. Their sausages are rubbish.
29. There's no berries to be found.
30. And there's no seaside in Finland.
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Loviisa
31. Staying overnight in a glass igloo is probably pretty crap.
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Kakslauttanen Igloo Village
32. Helsinki is filled with unattractive sculptures.
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Sibelius Monument, Helsinki
33. And building a church inside a rock was a pretty dumb idea.
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Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki
34. Talking of dumb ideas, whoever thought solid Easter eggs were a good idea was an idiot.
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Mignon eggs
35. So was whoever thought of hosting an annual opera festival in this gross castle.
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Olavinlinna, Savonlinna
36. So just don't go.
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Pitäjänmäki
37. It's not worth it.
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Joensuu
38. Finland's for losers.
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Päijänne Tavastia