Ah, complaining about the weather. How quaint.

Sure the weather could be a lot better, but I don’t think it’s that bad…

I lived in Omaha Nebraska for 1 year,when I was in U.S.Air Force during vietnam war….IT SUCKED…winters were brutally cold…summer was brutaly hot,with stench from worlds largest cow stockyards…throw in unbelievable thunderstorms with major tornado threats,and possible Nuclear attack by cold war Russkies that could obliterate us all at Headquarters Strategic Air Command….what a life…It was happiest day of my life when I left to go back home to Massachusetts!
It is obvious the damage Global warming is doing to modern day Finland
climate…NOT!!…If you believe that,there is an iceberg I want to sell you,along with friendly,cuddly,and cute polar bear that wants to lick your face!…

Ah, complaining about the weather. How quaint.

LOL!! Yah yah, Finns can complain about the weather, but foreigners can go home!

Anyone can complain about the weather, but its never any use.
But for a foreigner whose home is perhaps situated somewhere where the weather is more preferrable, going home is a viable option.

Secondly rain is not bad weather, rain is nice, summer rain often comes with thunder which is also very nice. Just quit being a dumbass and get a coat.

Actually Helsinki weather is worse than only a few miles north. Thermal winter didn’t come to Helsinki at all this year (it was November weather all winter), but it did snow, for example, in the Hyvinkää/Riihimäki latitudes. I’ve moved to Helsinki from the north and noticed that Helsinki gets much more “zero degrees weather” with no snow but freezing rain.

The Finnish weather is way way way better than the Icelandic, one to be honest

In the picture You seem to enjoy life somewhere in our beautiful countryside. But, no, red wine does not belong here. Only milk, beer or Koskenkorva is acceptable:)

On topic: Weather by finnish cost-line is terrible, it is even worse in Ireland, UK.

How can anyone seriously say that this weather does NOT stink.

Come on people… we have to go through six month of shitty weather (mostly rain now days) and darkness and now this.

I can deal with a cold winter and darkness as long as I have at least a summer of sunny long days

Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder! Well, it does not sound as good in English. But it’s true.

“Finnish weather is pretty much shit, all twelve months a year.”

Fucking amen, brother.

Just drink more alcohol…….

Funny, I liked winters there.

vitun hauskaa ja mielenkiintoista

mutta missä on se bostonilainen mielisairas ämmä

or the estonian clown, kristian, I think was his name?

I mean, I haven’t been wrting to this ugly blog for months and what’s teh result? The mentally ill evaporate!

Perhaps Punter too has found a medication that suits him?

See you in three weeks… or, come tothing of it, three decades (unless there are more crazy angloes needin a realitry check)

How to explain to your pals back in the states what on earth you are doing that country? Here we go: “Finnish weather is pretty much shit, all twelve months a year. We all just pretend it’s okay cause we’re stuck here, whether it’s because we’re born here, or have a serious boner for a Finnish girl.”

Pelottavaa on, että joku jenkkimedia luulee, että tähän idioottiin voi luottaa Suomea koskevissa asioissa. Tai että Nokia luottaa … Aika myydä Nokian osakkeet Joku aika sitten se väitti Suomi olisi kuin Puola, jos ei olisi Nokiaa! Onko sillä aivovaurio? (Not that I would have anything against the Poles, I just got back from Warsaw: very symphatetic people indeed.)

Kertokaa nyt joku Nokialle mitä tää hemmo häärää.

Ai niin, it rains seldom in Helsinki unlike Stockhole, Osloso, Amsterdam, London, Baltimore …

Grow up, asshole!

“Pelottavaa on, että joku jenkkimedia luulee, että tähän idioottiin voi luottaa Suomea koskevissa asioissa.”

just joo, just listen how he makes fun of the Finns in his podcasts (if he hasn’t deleted them). A typical ignorant American.

Opettele kunnioittamaan vieraita kulttuureja tai mene kotiin jenkki, ettei tarvitse tulla, you’d know what if you weren’t a typical arroganttly ignorant amerikkalainen (“first I thought I’d study the language but because it turned out to be difficult i never did, I mean, what’s the point, nobody stays in this country anyways if he doesn’t have to because the weather is so much better in Baltimore, not to mention London or the other town I visited, hmmmmmm, what the fuck was its name …

Go home Yankee!

(Yes, the right way to think is: “Just another not-too-sharp foreigner not speaking English”
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Yeh it sucks, but that OL New York one is worse. Brooklyn in the summer sucks, Brooklyn in the winter sucks. I like it here, same type of bullshit whether but 100 percent nice in context of nature. Ill take Finland over New York any day!

How ever I also grew up my later part of my life in California. Ill take Cali over Finland any day in this context.

I guess I’m bit perverse in liking the Finnish climate – the sub-arctic year is just so exhilaratingly manic-depressive: December darkness changes in six months into midnight sun and the nature bursts madly into life to mostly die again in a couple of months. Most climates are more pleasant and predictable, but there is a certain strange beaty in these crazy changes. (We are quite far up north – in Northern America Helsinki’s latitude goes through the Hudson Bay…)

Bitching about the weather, huh ? Yeah, it sucks. But still better than winter. And bitching about doesn’t help unless you’re russian. Didn’t they spray some iodine on rainclouds to disperse them?

I’ve visited Nebraska a few times and the weather is vastly changing, no matter the time of year…it’s actually quite fascinating…the temperature can drop in a matter of minutes,,,,the tornado season is fetching, and the heat for a Finn in the summertime is tremendous….
parts of it are lovely scenically…so what’s up with that comment?

The “coastal weather” in Helsinki is sometimes a real bitch, but I agree with #10 – problem is sometimes you can’t predict. Nice spring/autumn days are the worst… morning -2, freezing in the shade/wind, in the sun its +10, so you sweat like anything… bus has full heating on, again the greenhouse effect…

I think I’ve asked this before, but I’ll ask it again:

Phil, why don’t you relocate to someplace nicer, like California? I’m sure it’s not that difficult since you are working for Nokia.

If you have a girlfriend or wife here, just take her with you. The wages and purchasing power are so much better in California that you could easily live on your salary alone.

I would move immediately out of this country if I had the chance.

In Helsinki, and I have seen this over and over again, during the summer, often the mornings are bright and sunny. Gradually, by early afternoon, the clouds start to form, and then it becomes completely overcast or it rains. By about 5 pm or abit later, the skies clear and it is once again sunny.

So many times, I would get ready for the beach, but by 12 Noon, the weather looks marginal, and by 1 pm, I just give up the idea of spending a day on the beach. By 5 pm, when it is too late for the beach, it is again sunny and warm.

Does anyone know why this takes place so often?

Is it the mix of warm water of the Baltic Sea raising in the cool morning air? By mid afternoon, the water temperature and air temperature finally equalise, and the condensetion finally stops, and the clouds dissipate? If not, then what?

Any amateur metereologists out there?

I just got back from three weeks in Finland, mostly in Espoo. It did not get above 22. Considering it was 33 to 35 degrees at home, I loved it (I do not like warm weather too much).

IMHO, Finland should advertise its weather in the US, for the summer. 16 to 22 hours of sunlight. 70 degree weather. Reasonably priced summer cottages (although renting a car is really, really expensive, as is beer). Great festivals (Savolinna and Pori).

What’s not to like?

If you are living in Finland and want some warm weather, there is a good alternative, go to Spain, Turkey, or Italy. And, given the great benefits working there, you can spend 4 to 6 weeks on vacation.

although renting a car is really, really expensive, as is beer,

as is food, restaurants, taxis, any form of entertainment, hotels… Finland is a great vacation destination if you don’t expect to get much value for your money.

My girlfriend lives in Finland and we’re trying to get together in the same place. She’s previously lived in the UK where I am — but recently has begun to insist that she can’t leave Finland which is the “best country in the world.”

We have a miserable winter too, but there’s much more light and at least it’s short — our summers are long.

After reading your description of the weather, my fears are confirmed..

“as is food, restaurants, taxis, any form of entertainment, hotels… Finland is a great vacation destination if you don’t expect to get much value for your money.”

Depends. Just came back from Scotland. How’d you like £200 a night for a hotel by the loch (well yes, it was that one)?

In comparison, the rate for a double room at Kämp is roughly the same and is “slightly” posher.

Alex:
“After reading your description of the weather, my fears are confirmed..”

Let me suggest checking some other sources as well before taking much that is written here at face value.

UGH! I totally agree with you. Gosh I miss the sun and feeling warm.

I feel tricked! Before I moved to Finland, my husband was always telling me about the wonderful summers in Finland. To me Finland = cold, but I gave it a shot. I moved to Finland in 2007 only to find the summer very short and cool/cold. Then after this summer I now understand why there is a high suicide rate. I think there has been maybe 1 week of “nice” weather. Maybe I need to recalibrate and understand that Finnish summer (or heck all seasons) = rainy and cold. I need to throw away all shorts, sun dresses and bathing suits and replace with a winter wardrobe to wear all year long ….and maybe I will start to adjust.
I never appreciated the sun until I moved to Finland, and now it is teaching me a lesson in appreciation.

I was born and raised in the great state of Nebraska and after 29 years of joyous living there, i moved to Georgia. Having done this, my whole perception on cold weather has completely changed. Being much further south i was under the impression that temps would be marginally higher during the winter months, but generally they haven’t. For the most part, the winters are just a little shorter from start and finish. The really, REALLY big factor that gives Nebraska that “horrible” winter edge is windchill. There is absolutely nothing there to block the wind, and it’s entirely common for wind to be into the 30mph area for what seems like weeks. In fact, the wind used to make the pioneers go crazy and they often wrote about their disdain for it. Now i can honestly jest at my new Georgia neighbors when it goes below 0 degrees C, with 2 inches of snow on the ground and everyone reacts like it’s the holocaust. Everyone runs to the stores and buys up all the milk and bread that they can…which i’m still puzzled by.

In a way, i miss that harsh cold. There is something rewarding about challenging nature and defying it (i.e. scraping windows, unburying a car, and driving on slick roads only when you really REALLY have to go somewhere).

I can only read and try to create a concept of how winters are in Finland (i’m interested in visiting). I’d still rather be living in Nebraska than Georgia (my life situation doesn’t allow that to change) because of the numerous other reasons: nicer people, quieter atmosphere, scenic sunsets, less frantic lifestyles. Places here have kind of lost their sense of neighborism, nobody interacts with each other except for in the churches. Back where i was from, you needed to know your neighbors. When you got snowed in for days, they may be the only people you can rely on.

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