[Kris26229]

Incidentally, Britain is by far the most popular destination for Finnish students heading abroad, including myself, which is why there's quite a strong presence of us in blighty. But the reason we're being covered in the media is largely due to misconceptions. Statistics and Nokia's success inspire magazines like Newsweek to write articles on the alleged technological revolution in Finland, and now some people think we operate vending machines through our mobile phones. The rest of the world is interested only in the curiosities of our country, like sauna bathing and the wife-carrying competition (which is a yahoo event even by our standards). The image is doubtless a tad distorted.

Apart from peculiarities, however, there seems to be an interest in the slightly alternative European nations these days. This, I guess, is why Iceland and Finland are suddenly popular. Both have been cut off for a long time purely out of geographical reasons, and the mentality of both societies and its individuals have been kept relatively intact. 'You're really weird' is what a 13-year-old lassie from Yorkshire once told me. 'Weird' or 'different' spells 'interesting.'

And yes, we like our booze, but I don't know where you got the pill-popping from. Maybe your Finnish friends are people who desperately need to boogie out metropolitan style.

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Name : Kris26229, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 21, City : Helsinki, State : NA Country : Finland, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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