Finnish Culture and History
In this part of the Virtual Integrator you will get to know the sisters Aynur and Nurana who used to study at Jamk International Business. There must be something good that brings the whole family to the same country and to the same university. Let’s see what they have to say here about the Finnish culture and history.
On the first video (total 9:10 min) Aynur will guide you through Finland as a location.
0:00 Time and season – dark winters, 24 h sunny summer days
2:45 Languages and tribes – Finnish, Swedish, Sami and English, tribes, seasons, everyman’s right, celebration days
5:58 Cuisine – which foods are unique to Finland
You can also watch the video on YouTube (Integration: Finnish Culture and History 1 – YouTube) if it doesn’t appear above.
On the second part of this topic (total 11:38) Nurana will tell some interesting and maybe also funny stories about the Finnish culture.
0:00 Student experiences – language, atmosphere, support in studies, weather, freedom of choices
1:19 Sauna
2:54 Values – trust and equality
5:28 Visual arts and architecture – Alvar Aalto
6:19 Literature
7:12 Music
8:39 Sports and hobbies
edit: Olli Määttä and Lauri Markkanen have changed their teams 🙂
You can also watch the video on YouTube (Integration: Finnish Culture and History 2 – YouTube) if it doesn’t appear above.
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