“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Let that sink in. It costs less than accepting homelessness. #Finland#Helsinki#homeless#cities#homes https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/
1000 out of 1200 kids in this school in #Oulu, #Finland, arrive by #bicycle, even in winter. 100-150 walk, rest by ski, kicksleds and car. This day it was -17°C, some days it can be colder than -30°C.
Note that this is only one of the four bicycle parking areas of this school 🤗
This is primarily intended for users who are legally obligated to accept donations only from specific countries or inversely to reject donations from specific countries (e.g. Finnish individuals not allowed to collect donations from #Finland).
"I asked a group of Helsinki officials what role information technology has played in their success reducing crashes in recent years. 'Zero,' replied Palomaki. 'We simply slowed down the cars.'"
Finland also investigates fatal car crashes similarly to how we investigate plane crashes.
1/ Finnish government to make announcement on gas pipeline leak in Gulf of Finland.
According to Gasgrid Finland, the only possible reason for the unusual pressure drop in the Balticconnector pipeline is a hole in the pipe, which has only been in use for a few years.
Personal note: I'm assuming that the fact that there's a need for an announcement, is an indication of sabotage being suspected.
“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.
A wealthy driver in Finland's Åland Islands has been fined over €120,000 for speeding, where the price of speeding is determined by your income. It's his third major fine in a decade, and the first to crack six figures.
Anders Wiklöf was driving 82 kilometers per hour in a 50 kilometer per hour zone when police stopped and ticketed him on Saturday. Along with getting the fine, he had his driver's license suspended for 10 days.
The things you miss when you take the plane to travel from Cologne to Helsinki, instead of using train and ferry:
– Copenhagen, Malmö and Stockholm
– Breathtaking views of Northern Europe
– Incredibly delicious food and super friendly staff onboard the swedish high speed train
– Sleeping onboard a ship while crossing the baltic sea
– Europe‘s longest railway bridge
Three Russian students studying in Finland were detained for allegedly exporting unspecified dual-use goods - items that are suitable for military capabilities, Finnish outlet Yle reported on May 3.
Words from a friend. She moved to #Finland and #Oulu from another country in the 2000's. She barely knew how to cycle, but our infrastructure and maintenance enabled her to rediscover the joy of cycling and active commuting ❤️
Ismo is a comedian from my home town, Jyväskylä, Finland. Couple of years ago he made a breakthrough in the US when he got to perform at Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Ismo’s jokes are literal (often Leslie Nielsen type of stupid-literal-dad-joke level stuff), witty, he rarely uses any profanity in his stuff. Most of all he doesn’t do politics or offensive stuff, he does not need it. He loves to play with words and fuck with the American people. The funniest thing is, in Finland he also has the same setlist, just the words are different, it works surprisingly well in the world as well.
Ismo is unique and truly funny, I often laugh to him just seeing him talk. I mean really, I’ve seen him talking in the morning TV and not even trying to be funny and I still laugh my ass off. If you literally want to laugh your ASS word while getting your mind blown with the world ASS, watch this.
Facing shortages of soldiers, for at least half year #Russia had been mobilizing economic migrants from Asia for war in #Ukraine.
But now the circles is expanding - Russia and #Belarus security services had been running a human trafficking business on people from Middle East and #Africa whom they forcibly then sent to storm the EU border with #Poland and #Lithuania, and recently also with #Finland.
It now seems like Russian security services started to mobilize men lured with the promise of getting into EU. This man was taken prisoner of war by Ukrainian army and described himself as someone who was trapped in Russia on his way to EU and forced to participate in the war. Many like him weren’t as lucky and never had a chance to surrender alive.
If you know anyone considering even putting their foot in Russia or Belarus on their way to EU, tell them they may end up in the opposite of the place they dreamed of.
P.S. Russia also recruits regular mercenaries in Asia and Africa, but this particular man wasn’t one.
#Finland is temporarily shutting down its 1,340-kilometre long eastern border with #Russia after seeing an abnormally large number of migrants arrive this month — a situation its prime minister describes as a "hybrid attack" orchestrated by Moscow.
Finland will also not allow cars with Russian number plates (www.pravda.com.ua)
Finland is planning to ban the entry of cars with Russian number plates, as the Baltic States have previously done.
Finland wants to ban Russian LNG imports (kyivindependent.com)
Finland's Environment and Climate Minister said the ban will be put forth as part of implementing the European Union's latest gas market package.
Russian students studying in Finland detained on suspicion of exporting dual-use goods (kyivindependent.com)
Three Russian students studying in Finland were detained for allegedly exporting unspecified dual-use goods - items that are suitable for military capabilities, Finnish outlet Yle reported on May 3.
Finland considering closing border with Russia (kyivindependent.com)
Finland is reportedly considering closing its border with Russia completely, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo stated on Nov. 14.