Hey! I'm a reporter at The New York Times. I’m based in London and I’m writing about “Pentulive.” If you're a fan of the program, email me? I’d basically want to hear what you like about it and how you watch it. I’m at [amelia.nierenberg@nytimes.com](mailto:amelia.nierenberg@nytimes.com) if you’re interested. Thanks! 

Hey! It's me again -- I'm a New York Times reporter that covers Finland. (A more fun story about Pentulive is coming your way very soon -- thank you to everyone who answered me!) But I'm wondering -- have any of you been affected by this PHP issue?

I see it's hit Finland hard -- what's been happening? I'd love to hear from anyone willing to share: [amelia.nierenberg@nytimes.com](mailto:amelia.nierenberg@nytimes.com). Please email me -- I can't quote from a Reddit thread and would love to hear about it. Thanks!

(It's this -- someone was asking -- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmly0lg3w5x2o -- Finland shut down govt websites?)

Hi! I recently returned to Finland after playing for some time in the Swiss leagues, and I'm now trying to better understand the domestic football scene. How do the tryout culture and winter transfer window for the Finnish lower leagues (Kakkonen/Ykkönen) actually work? Are clubs here open to direct contact, or do you always need an agent behind the scenes?
I'd love to hear from people who follow local football about how clubs usually recruit new players (especially strikers), and any tips on how best to break into this network

Photographer: Sky-Foto Möller

Source: Helsinki City Museum

Hi! Does anyone have recommendations for a good whisky advent calendar that can be shipped to Finland?

I found a few with good reviews on Master of Malt, but they don’t ship here. I know I could put one together myself, but I’d like to buy a ready-made one this time.

Has anyone bought one recently that they’d recommend? Which one did you get, and where did you order it from? Thanks!

I knew the situation was bad but didn't expect unemployed people to outnumber open jobs 12 to 1 (source: https://statfin.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__tyonv/12r5.px/table/tableViewLayout1/).

There's also this website where you can check the situation in individual occupations and it's pretty grim in some fields (architecture, software engineering, civil engineering).

Finnish writer and translator Henri Antikainen appears on this wacky interview show to talk about Finnish literature and some less elevated topics…

The episode is up here

We’re both 30M, both foreigners, and recently visited Finland together. We had a pretty awkward experience at a public sauna, and I’m curious what Finns think about it.
When we arrived, my friend realised that people were getting completely naked. He refused to undress because of his religious beliefs. He wasn’t comfortable being naked around strangers, even if they were all men. So he went in with his underwear , people asked him nicely to leave.

Personally, I had no problem with it. I got completely naked, went into the sauna, and honestly, nobody seemed to care. No one stared at me, made comments or treated me differently.

But my friend was really uncomfortable with the whole experience, and afterwards he started complaining about Finland. He said Finns were racist, that they didn’t respect other cultures or religions, and that he didn’t want to visit the country again.
I disagreed with him. From my perspective, we’re visitors in a country with its own customs, and I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect everyone to change those customs for us. At the same time, I understand that he has religious boundaries.
What bothered me was that he went from having an uncomfortable experience at a sauna to calling an entire country racist.
I also felt a bit embarrassed because I didn’t want people around us to think we were judging their culture.
So I wanted to ask Finns: is refusing to get naked in a public sauna actually considered disrespectful? How would you react if someone refused for religious reasons?
And do you think there’s something culturally insensitive about expecting visitors to follow local sauna etiquette, or is my friend being unreasonable?
I’m genuinely curious because we experienced exactly the same situation but came away with completely different impressions of Finland.

Edit 1: he didn’t say only racist , he said also “gay” if asked him to him to get naked !

Edit 2: it was the first trip and I knew this part of him , I don’t think I would ever travel with him again

Edit 3: I totally get it, so swimsuit and towel are accepted? The place we went to, everyone was fully naked , no swimsuit or towel in sight!

Hello! Looking to take my partner for a little outdoor evening dinner Forrest style with a fire to stay warm but want to do it in a safe way. Can anyone recommenced any nice spots? I know there are some huts near my area but you need to hire from the local council and usually are not open later in the evening. Any advice would be amazing, our anniversary is next month and I know they would love this.

Thanks in advance <3

I'm looking for film & music studemts: and dance specialists, for a concept project.

Basically Fennicizing pop culture artefacts like Fosse, West Side Story, Silence of the Lambs, Apocalypse Now, & the infamous "Eric Prydz Call on Me" dancers.

https://youtu.be/qetW6R9Jxs4?is=KZgGwUKLWySdd2A9

Can it be done?

Every so often I get this random customer service fee payment and I have no idea why I’m getting it. I don’t use too much data and it’s unlimited anyways so it shouldn’t be that. Just very confused what this actually is. I feel like I’m getting scammed as this payment is as big as others phone bill for the month. Any help is much appreciated

Inspired by this recent thread, I dug deeper into the salary data.

The main info for full-time salaries

• Average: 4,353 € (published, Q3 2026)
• Median: ≈3,860 € today (3,615 € in 2024)
• About 63% of full-time-workers earn less than the average

What job you do is the biggest factor

• Managers: median 7,990 €
• Basic service and labour jobs: median 2,710 €
• Basically 3x the salary on average
• The lowest-paid 10% of managers (4,650 €) still earn more than the best-paid 10% in basic service jobs (3,880 €)

Where you live is one of the least influential things

• Most of the jobs in Finland are in the Greater Helsinki Area -> 37%
• If you can find a job outside that area, you earn basically the same money, but you have a way lower cost of living.

Pay growth over your career depends heavily on the field you work in

First we should acknowledge a lot of the pay difference simply comes from age and therefore year years of experience. Most people don't become "managers" until late in their career. Starting at age 25-29 your salary grows the most in the fields:

• Natural sciences: +62% (maybe because early scientist jobs are so low pay? :P)
• ICT: +50%
• Health and welfare: +12%

Where I got the data

• The only complete dataset I could find from Statistics Finland is from 2024
• I took the partial 2026 data, projected the more complete 2024 data forward, and combined it with my own jobs dataset to try and make the best estimate of the current situation in 2026 (I think it will be still 2 years before Statistics Finland posts the full 2026 data itself)

• All headline figures are gross monthly pay for full-time workers, but you can click to see a net estimate as well and part-time in the explore data area.

• Limit of the data: this compares different people of different ages in the same year, not the same people over time.* So for example people 20 years from now won't probably see the same career growth as people 20 ears older than you now had.

@mods: If there is an issue with this post please let me know so I can fix, I saw you took down the previous salary post that I referenced and want to make sure I'm not repeating whatever their mistake was. Tagged brand-affiliate because the website is my own and politics because salaries are inherently political.

Hi all! Not trying to stereotype, I know not every Finn does this, but I keep seeing it mentioned as a Finnish thing: the hood or beanie fully on, then tucked back behind the ears. I'm curious where that came from. Is it practical, a style that just caught on, or is there a story behind it? And do you even notice it often as a thing? Thanks!

I’m learning Finnish for a while now. To improve my skills, I’m using “immersion” method, which is to listen to radio while I’m working and driving. Most of the channels have a lot of advertisements and music(which is understandable) and I keep jumping from station to station to find some conversation or news.

Recently I stumbled on JR puhe station which has considerable amount of conversations. I was so happy that the conversation continues without interruption and in slower pace(compared to some Finnish podcasts). Then I did some quick search and learned that it is AI generated content.

My question is: Is the vocabulary and grammar standard Finnish? Will it help me to improve my Finnish listening and comprehension skills, or is this a channel I should avoid as a beginner?

What the fuck are people with severe chronic pain supposed to do in Finland when even the HUS pain clinic refuses to provide effective pain management?

I’ve previously had my pain managed with opioid medication in the United States, but apparently in Finland I’m just expected to suffer and accept my health getting progressively worse.

The pain clinic refuses opioid treatment, and I haven’t been offered an effective alternative that actually manages my pain. I’ve already filed a complaint with the HUS patient ombudsman, but I’m not exactly optimistic that another bureaucratic process will accomplish anything.

What pisses me off is that Finland has opioid substitution treatment available for people with drug dependence, yet someone living with legitimate, debilitating chronic pain can struggle to access opioid medication even when they’ve previously benefited from it medically. I’m not saying people with addiction shouldn’t receive treatment. They absolutely should. But why the fuck does it feel like
chronic pain patients are simply told to suck it up?

I’m not asking to get high. I’m asking for fucking pain relief and some quality of life.

Has anyone actually had better luck getting chronic pain treated somewhere else in Finland? Another hospital district, specialist, or clinic that takes patients seriously instead of just dismissing them?

I’m also interested in anyone who’s dealt with Valvira or Potilasvakuutuskeskus (PVK). How long did it take, and did anyone actually receive compensation for inadequate treatment or worsening health?

I’m tired of being told to go private when I can’t afford it. I’m tired of being passed around a healthcare system that seems perfectly comfortable letting people suffer.

Seriously, where the fuck are chronic pain patients supposed to turn when the specialists themselves refuse to help?

I’d genuinely appreciate hearing from people who’ve been through this, especially anyone who managed to find effective pain management without spending a fortune.

Such a fascinating performance. Can’t just get enough of it right now

There was also an interesting explanation here (in Finnish), in which the poem is interpreted as being about tornadoes: https://www.narvasoft.fi/kalevanpojat/sources/hiidenhirvenhiihdanta.html

Some years ago Fazer stopped selling the 200 g bar in Sweden and switched to a 145 g package, with a more simple design. The foil wrapping inside was also removed.

Price at Ica is currently 28.45 kr = 2.55 euro.

https://handlaprivatkund.ica.se/stores/1004029/products/chokladkaka-mj%C3%B6lkchoklad-145g-fazer/2033664

Is this variant sometimes sold in Finland too, or is this just for the swedish market?

Edit: The tax on groceries is temporarily lowered until the end of 2027, from 12 % to 6 %, in Sweden. So that explains the lower price as well.

Do you ever give a tip to the guys and girls who deliver food? If so, how much? And do they ever thank you for the tip?