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Ruhrpott native by heart, finnish Resident by choice. I blog about Everything Finland-related that I find interesting.

Observing Finland Long reads about politics, the economy and culture in Finland

Jul 31
Jul 31 Fortum and the End of laissez-faire

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Finnish Political Economy

The end has come | Fortum in the doldrums | A cash bonfire | It’s a trainwreck | Fortum on a leash

Jun 18
Jun 18 Are pulled oats the next Nokia in the Finnish Silicon Valley?

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Finnish Political Economy

Exorcizing Nokia’s ghost | These memes have power | Not enough Pemameks | The coming chaos

May 29
May 29 The one thing that matters

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Finnish Culture & Society

Gerontrocracy incoming | Succeed where others fail | Let’s look at Georgia | Choosing life over death

May 9
May 9 A Cure for Turku Disease

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Finnish Culture & Society

The nicest Part of Town | Making Vahha Turku real | Finding Glory by being truly bold | Curing the Disease

Apr 24
Apr 24 Like Sweden but for Adults

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Finnish Culture & Society

Sweden bows to Finland | NATO and the power grid | Kekkonen’s legacy | Stable institutions, no supreme court | Adult politics and Russian aggression

Apr 8
Apr 8 Neoliberalism in Finland

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Finnish Culture & Society

Hyi! | Intellectually in thrall | When daycare teachers clean windows | It’s only about politics | The End of Globalization

Mar 27
Mar 27 Two Cities and then One

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Finnish Culture & Society

Triangle | The burgeoning capital | The secret first city | Grandeur, please | Cherishing your history | Rivaling Tampere

Mar 5
Mar 5 The Swedish Mirage

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Finnish Culture & Society

The perfect Swedes | How do you say advantage in Swedish? | Sweden reduces Finnish emissions | Make the Finns move back

Feb 26
Feb 26 Finnish-Russian Disentanglement

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Finnish Political Economy

War in Europe | Others knew | Finland on the energy chessboard | Neste, Fortum and Fennovoima | Long live Ukraine

Feb 5
Feb 5 How Finland is building new industries

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Finnish Political Economy

After the polycrisis | The Finnish technocracy | Hirschman approves | I stan VTT | Things that are destiny

Jan 15
Jan 15 Why I am not going to vote in aluevaalit

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Finnish Politics

Nope, not going to | Into the wrong direction | More nurses, less politicians | Demography, again

Dec 5
Dec 5 Finland is not on the brink

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Finnish Politics

On the brink? | American neuroses | Europe is an elderly home | Rocksolid

Oct 16
Oct 16 The Finnish battery industry

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Finnish Political Economy

It’s getting interesting again | Reindustrialization, finally | The full chain | What’s been announced | Seven thoughts

Oct 6
Oct 6 Scribble on the German 2021 election and Finland

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Finnish Political Economy

German impact | Industry delights | The big German backlog | Social democratic Europe | Learning German

Sep 28
Sep 28 Finland, independence and the rearranging world

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Finnish Culture & Society

Finland and the age of chaos | A strange country | The ageing neighbour | Finns, national defence & NATO | Finland without the EU

Aug 12
Aug 12 Old money and fashion firms

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Finnish Political Economy

Limestone for cash | Voldemort and smokescreens | For once, let’s look to Sweden | Tiny, Finnish fashion firms | Not enough export discipline

Jul 17
Jul 17 Finnish politics is a shark tank

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Finnish Politics

Scandalous breakfast | More iron rules | Ferocity, not high standards | Who remembers Antti Rinne? | Stability cannot last

Jul 5
Jul 5 Finland vs. the Corona virus

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Finnish Culture & Society

Top of the game | Criticism is justified | Weak institutions, strong society | Capacity is king | The red line of Finnish history | Dance, dance, dance

Jun 25
Jun 25 2021 Finnish Municipal Elections Recap

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Finnish Politics

Beware the aggregate | The NCP wins as per usual | The Greens face a reckoning | The weaknesses of the SDP | The Center isn’t dead yet | Fighting the afterimage of PS

May 29
May 29 Veikkaus, Robin Hood in Reverse

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Finnish Culture & Society

No nanny for gamblers | 700,000 | The monopoly’s hostages | Veikkaus must fall | A weird tax cut

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I’m a Ruhrpott native living in Finland and I’m enjoying the Finnish la dolce vita. I write long reads about politics, culture, society, the political economy and many other serious and not-so-serious things about my adopted home country.

While you are reading this, I’m probably sitting in the sauna.

 

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