The exchange students are here! Vol. 1

For this spring semester, there are 11 of us exchange students from Belgium, France, Poland, Russia and Spain studying in Yrityslabra. We have been in Finland for a month now and we are beginning to get used to this new life. For many of us, the weather is hard, for others like Anna, who used to live in Siberia for 16 years it’s not a problem!

For now, we have already experienced:

Student’s tutors, fellow students of Businesslab and teachers are so great to us. We want to say a huge Thank You for everything you do for us, because without you the arrival in Finland would be very difficult. 

During the orientation days many people told us about all the widespread prejudices in Finland, but we can surely say that the majority of them is FALSE!

  No! None of the Finnish people (that we have met) are rude

  No! The Finnish people are not unfriendly

  No! There is no such thing as prohibition in here

But we can agree with the fact that :

              Yes! Finnish people drink a lot

             Yes! Finnish people are very punctual

             Yes! It is cold as…

             Yes! Walking 5km in the snow, accompanied by -10°C is not a big deal for the Finnish

             Yes! They actually wait for the green light to cross the street

But as we said, we have been here only a month, so maybe we will change our mind ;)

Anyway, we are excited to discover the rest of the country- the trip to Lapland is just in 2 weeks!!

Talk to you soon, bye!