Tell me about the Finnish metal scene!
- Thread starter Iced In Flames
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Frozen Stream
crucified into dreams
fireangel said:No-one can replace himBut I hope the new one has some charisma, too (good voice anyhow)
Yeah, no one can replace him. He was so great! Well I´m happy that he´s at least in Charon...
Charon´s a good band, too.
Abryl
Six Super Bowl rings
Anything else that someone can tell us about Finland. I dont want my decision to be based off of that its cold and there are summer festivals there I've looked at general info, but its always best to hear stuff from people who actually live there. what kinda of jobs are in demand there as well?
I've looked at general info, but its always best to hear stuff from people who actually live there. what kinda of jobs are in demand there as well?
We are thinking of seeing Helsinki later this year. Can anyone tell me of that area? I found the site for it but its in Finnish. and I wanna see the Northern Lights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:hotjump:
Frozen Stream
crucified into dreams
What do you want me to tell about it?? There are good record shops there... Spine Center and Free Record Shop, for example.
Spine Center and Free Record Shop, for example.
Ok language. How much English is spoken there? Do people want to kick your ass if ya dont use Finnish? I noticed on a page it said there are three types of languages. does this apply to different regions? Are there decent jobs is most places? Do they pay well? What kind of skills are in demand?
You found a Sexually Transmitted Disease?fireangel said:
Sorry about that. I just couldn't resist. Never seen that acronyme used for Sentenced before.
Knowing a bit about the Sentenced guys, they probably use it intentionally. Damn drunken bastards.fireangel said:Distorted: They use the abbreviation themselves! See Ville´s replies in the questions-pages on Sentenced- and Poisonblack-forum.
And a lot of people in the forum there write the same. It is very very very common.
I've read a lot of their interviews (finnnish and english) and have never seen them use STD so it must be strictly a message board thing.
Iced In Flames said:
People do speak English here. My cousin's husband is from England and he speaks only 3 (?) words of Finnish and is doing just fine. If you want to live here for the rest of your lives it would probably be a bit easier for you if you studied some Finnish.
Orchid
Nonchalant Onlooker
Like Jääkäri already mentioned, people do speak English here, - at least in the souhtern parts, I have no experience on other parts - and are generally very interested (even to the point of being irritatingly nosy) of anyone speaking English, especially in bars, and some are more than excited of a chance to speak English.Iced In Flames said:Anything else that someone can tell us about Finland. I dont want my decision to be based off of that its cold and there are summer festivals there
I don't know about jobs. I'm unemployed myself at the moment because I never bothered to educate myself properly, and these days nothing seems interesting enough worth wasting 3+ years on getting a profession.
You can see northern lights in Helsinki. Sadly stargazing, my favourite pastime while having a smoke, is quite tricky at times because of the light pollution.
In general, Finland - Helsinki at least - is a nice place to live. Lots of nature (and I mean a lot), the social security services are good, public healthcare is okay. Socialist democrats have high support rates. At first you might be a little put off by the people because usually everyone is rather hell-bent on minding their own businesses (e.g. everyone in buses sit in grim silence and stare out of the windows, and if someone laughs or speaks out loud everyone thinks he/she is either drunk or a foreigner, or both), but once you break the ice, or get them drunk, they start opening up.
That's my two cents. Oh, USD pretty much equals Euro, so the prices should match nicely.
edit:
Car costs and fuel prices will shock you Americans as well.
