Very Finnish Problems

Comedy

What‘s so weird and wonderful about Finland? British writer and Helsinki resident Joel Willans, the creator of Very Finnish Problems, and best-selling author of 101 Very Finnish Problems: The Foreigner’s Guide to Surviving in Finland and More Very...

Episodes

Episode 19: When Midsummer is Finland’s best and worst celebration

Episode 18: When it's December 24th and it still hasn't snowed

Episode 17: Wearing 15 layers of clothing to stay warm

Episode 16: When you think life is hard in Finland

Episode 15: When your world-leading coffee consumption is a sham

Episode 14: When your main exports are spooky hippos and metal music

Episode 13: When you don’t get sisu

Episode 12: When Northern Lights have been seen by everyone except you

Episode 11: When you don’t like strong women

Episode 10: When you queue for free buckets and they run out

Episode 9: When you can’t figure out which dairy product is milk

Episode 8: Driving for 14 hours and only seeing forest

Episode 7: When the whole country is on ski break and you can’t ski

Episode 6: When your children need to wee after getting dressed for winter

Episode 5: When somebody else is in the lift

Episode 4: When your winter stroll is ruined by an arriving icebreaker

Episode 3: When alcohol is an excuse to go insane

Episode 2: When The Summer Cottage Is Like A Labor Camp

Episode 1: How Finnish Winter Tries To Kill You