6 January, Epiphany
January
−8.4°Average, whole country
The darkness is improving and nobody can tell
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Kalsarikännit t-shirtFor indoor use, which in January is all use.
Very Finnish Problems: Finnish t-shirts, books and guides
No niin. (Let us begin.) (I told you so.) (That is enough.) (Dinner is ready.) (What a disaster.) (What did I say about the disaster?)
It’s the most useful phrase in Finnish and the only one you strictly need. It also outsells every other shirt in the shop, by a distance.
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Quick delivery and great quality TShirt. More importantly the design is unique and clever.
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Excellent quality shirts and reliable service.
My ds14 has a growing collection of VFP clothes. VFP customer service is impressively reliable and proactive. We have had some teething problems getting deliveries to Tasmania Australia - on account of the transport contractors, not VFP. VFP always responds and gets it sorted.
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What's not to love? It's perfect!!
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Quality t-shirt, loving it. Adds credibility to this Finn's sarcasm 😆
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Everything from order to receiving the package went smooth.
Also very nice surprice to receive "101 very finish facts" (of which I knew many, but never the less enjoyed the surprice - very nice drawings in it also).
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Good quality, the picture motif makes me feel instantly happier when wearing the T-Shirt ;-)
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Loved it! Perfect print, perfect fit.
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Kalsarikännit(underwear drunkenness)Löyly(the old word for spirit)Myötähäpeä(shame on someone else’s behalf)Sisu(the insides, the guts)Talkoot(a work party with no singular)Ei jaksa(I do not have the energy)Kaamos(the polar night)No niin(well, so, meaning everything else)
Dress for the Finnish year
Twelve months, one thumb
The strip opens on this month. Swipe for the rest of the year, with a shirt for each.
Average temperature for the whole of Finland, 1991 to 2020, from ERA5 via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal. The moods come from living here since 2002.
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Kalsarikännit t-shirtFor indoor use, which in January is all use.
5 February, Runeberg Day
February
−8.5°Average, whole country
The month you find out what your coat is worth
The coldest month of the year.
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May the sisu t-shirtWear it under the coat you are about to find out about.
Laskiainen (Shrove Tuesday)
March
−4.3°Average, whole country
Spring, allegedly
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What part of perkele t-shirtFor the first of several false springs.
Easter
April
1.5°Average, whole country
Nobody can explain the dessert
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Make Pulla, Not War t-shirtPulla, at least, everyone can explain.
1 May, Vappu
May
7.8°Average, whole country
One day of being loud, then back to normal
Dress for itFrom €27,95
IHANA t-shirtFor the one loud day.
Juhannus (Midsummer)
June
13.2°Average, whole country
Everyone has left
Daylight in Helsinki on the longest day, 18 hours 55 minutes.
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Löyly Lover t-shirtPack it for the cottage everyone has left for.
Crayfish season opens
July
16.1°Average, whole country
Try again in August
The warmest month of the year.
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5 Billion Star Accommodation t-shirtPitch the tent and try again in August.
School goes back
August
14.0°Average, whole country
Summer ends on a Monday
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Pretty Okay t-shirtFor the Sunday before the Monday.
Ruska
September
8.9°Average, whole country
The mosquitoes are finally dead
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Forest Person t-shirtGet to the forest while it is still orange.
The clocks go back
October
2.7°Average, whole country
Candles out
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Silence Beats Bullshit t-shirtCandles on, small talk off.
Kaamos begins up north
November
−2.2°Average, whole country
The worst month and everyone agrees
In Utsjoki the sun sets on 25 November and stays down for 52 days.
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Perkele loading t-shirtWear it under three other layers.
24 December, Christmas Eve
December
−5.7°Average, whole country
Stops pretending, goes to bed
Daylight in Helsinki on the shortest day, 5 hours 49 minutes.
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101 Very Finnish ProblemsSomething to read in bed by half past four.
Nine words that explain Finland
Tap a word to see what it really means
Four are here. All nine are in the free guide, along with the correct way to sigh.
Kalsarikännit
KAHL-sah-ree-KAN-neet
Literally
Underwear drunkenness.
Drinking at home, alone, in your underwear, with no intention whatsoever of going out.
See the t-shirtLöyly
LEU-lu, roughly
Literally
The ancient word for spirit, or breath.
The steam that rises when water hits the sauna stones.
See the t-shirtSisu
SEE-soo
Literally
From sisus. The insides. The guts.
Continuing when continuing is the only thing left, without commentary.
See the t-shirtMyötähäpeä
MYUH-ta-HA-peh-ah
Literally
With-shame. Shame on someone else’s behalf.
Secondhand embarrassment, felt so strongly it needed its own word.
Get all nine free
It runs to eleven pages and contains no grammar at all.
The quiz
How Finnish are you?
There are ten questions and no small talk. Here is the first.
Question 1 of 10
Someone sits next to you on a half empty bus.
The full quiz starts from the top, so you get to give that answer again with more conviction.
Take the full quizOr find out which of the seven Finnish happiness types you are. Take the happiness test
Free guide
How to speak to Finland without speaking Finnish
Nine words that explain the entire country. No grammar, no vocabulary lists, one sigh.
After that you get one email most weeks. Leave whenever you like and nobody will take it personally.