Could you survive Finnish Culture? Take This Test to Find Out!

1. How do you feel about small talk?

   1. Love it! The more strangers, the better!

   2. Tolerate it when necessary

   3. Would rather stare at a wall in silence

      
      

2. Your ideal social weekend involves

   1. A 20-person BBQ with karaoke

   2. A cozy dinner with 2-3 friends

   3. Solo hiking in a remote forest

      
      

3. A person is standing 1 meter away at an empty bus stop. You:

   1. Smile and introduce yourself

   2. Gently move closer

   3. Move away. The further the distance, the better.

   
   

4. Your reaction to -20C weather:

   1. Call the army! This is an emergency!

   2. Time to layer up.

   3. Perfect sauna-cooling weather!

      
      

5. A colleage compliments your work. You reply:

   1. Thanks! I´m amazing, right?

   2. Thanks, but it was a team effort.

   3. in silent mode

      
      

6. How do you handle a free Saturday?

   1. Call 10 friends to make plans

   2. Text one friend to maybe meet for coffee

   3. Silence your phone and dissapear into a lakeside cabin

      
      

7. Your opinion on queuing:

   1. What´s the harm in cutting in?

   2. I´ll wait my turn but sigh loudly

   3. I measure exact 1-meter gaps between people

      
      

8. At a party, the music is too loud. You:

   1. Turn it up and dance in the table

   2. Politely ask to lower it

   3. Leave without saying goodbye

      
      

9. A Finnish colleage invites you to their lakeside sauna. it´s 80 celcius inside. What´s your first move?

   1. Politely ask if they have a kiddie pool you can sit instead.

   2. Start doing warm-up stretches to prepare your pores for intense cleans.

   3. Strip naked, shower, and bravely enter, accepting your fate.

      
      

10. You´ve made plans with a Finn for Tuesday at 14:00. When do you arrive?

    1. 14:05 Fashionably late

    2. 13:45 Early to show you´re eager.

    3. 14:00 Precisely on time, having waited around the corner to appear at the exact second.

Scoring

Mostly C´s You are a Finn at heart! You not only survive, you thrive. You understand the sacredness of sauna, the comfort of silence and the power of Sisu. Welcome home.

Mostly B´s: You are a Cultural Survivor. You might have a few moments of panic and confusion, but your instincts are good. With a few more winters and a steady diet of salmiakki, you´ll be just fine.

Mostly A´s: It´s a struggle. You are dangerously friendly and your relationship with personal space is alarming to the locals. It´s going to be a long, quiet, and confusing journey for you. May the Sisu be with you.