What are the customs in Finland?

Finns are orderly and polite, but the traffic in Finland is very orderly. Under normal circumstances, there is no traffic police on the road to watch the passing vehicles, and pedestrians consciously follow the instructions of red light and green light. Pedestrians must walk on the sidewalk. When crossing the road, you must direct pedestrians to cross the road from the sidewalk after the green light is on.

When getting on and off the bus, you should wait for the people on the bus to get off before getting on the bus. All the seats marked with yellow beside the seats are reserved for the old, the weak and the sick. Passengers who are healthy for a long time in the car should not sit directly in these seats.

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The climate in Helsinki is deeply influenced by the ocean: windy and changeable. Windbreaker and rain gear are essential items. In Finland, the indoor temperature is generally around 20 degrees Celsius, so it is not advisable to wear too many layers of clothes. You should prepare some coats that are easy to take off. It is necessary to wear walking shoes.

Usually Finns dress simply and casually. Only in business meetings, high-end restaurants or formal social occasions can you wear a suit and tie or long skirts, dresses and high heels.

In addition to banquets, it is not advisable to drink too much alcohol on official business, nor to drink alcoholic beverages.

The way one gets along with others.

In the first contact and conversation with Finns, it is most inappropriate to discuss religious beliefs and politics, while sports, diet and weather are the most common topics.

Finns shake hands and say their names when they meet someone for the first time. On weekdays, only foreigners call Mr. XXX, while Finns and Finns usually call each other by their first names. When colleagues are very familiar with each other, they will also call each other by their first names.

China people should distinguish which is the first name and which is the last name after receiving Finnish business cards, usually the first name comes first and the last name comes last. We should avoid calling Mr XXX by his first name.

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Finland is a bilingual country, and Finnish and Swedish are the official languages. In Finland, about 6% of Finns speak Swedish as their mother tongue. In Lapland in the Arctic, about 1700 people also speak Sami. Swedish-speaking areas are mainly in the residential areas in the west and the Baltic Islands, and about 300,000 Finns living in these places speak Swedish as their mother tongue.

Finnish belongs to the Finnish-Ugric language family and belongs to the same language family as Estonian. In the world, only 20 million people speak Finnish-Ugric. Compared with other European languages, Finnish is complex and difficult to learn, and it is recognized as one of the most difficult languages to learn. For a nation with a population of only 5 million, only by learning foreign languages well can we communicate effectively with the outside world, which also makes Finns a nation good at learning languages. Many Finns can speak fluent English, and some people can speak German or other European languages. Quite a few people can speak more than three or four foreign languages. China people who know a little English will not find it difficult to communicate in Finland.

In summer, the main news and weather forecast of many Finnish newspapers are reported in English. Finnish radio regularly broadcasts news in foreign languages, and English (including some other major foreign languages) newspapers and magazines are very popular. You can buy English newspapers and magazines in R-kiosk and railway station.