Pesäpallo, the Finnish baseball
Pesäpallo, the Finnish name for Finnish baseball, is very popular game in Finland. The important East-West baseball game is played July 5-7, 2019.
Read more >Pesäpallo, the Finnish name for Finnish baseball, is very popular game in Finland. The important East-West baseball game is played July 5-7, 2019.
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Read more >Buying an apartment in a foreign country can be daunting if one doesn’t know or understand the legal framework around home ownership in one’s new country. We thought we’d explain very briefly how apartment ownership in Finland is organized, and how that ownership system influences the maintenance and repair of owner-occupied apartment buildings.
Read more >Finns have a reputation of being heavy drinkers. In this blog post we examine whether this has any basis in our actual, verified drinking habits.
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