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Matti (FIN)
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Posted: Thu Jul 23rd, 2009 02:30 pm |
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WHAT TO DO IN COTTAGE
The Finns love to be as close the nature as possible. In July when "Finland is closed" with summer holidays and all Finns are in their summer residences, you should jump also along ride . If you don't have "own home Finn" and his cottage to where you could go, you should simply rent cottage which are lot of available.
Then you should try this cottage life if this is "your case".
Here are really simple list what Finns do in their own " kingdom of cottage".
This Finns do :
1. sauna
2. drinks, beer, Koskenkorva,(Finnish origin vodka) white and red wine (these are only grades and marks that Finns know about wines)
3. fishing
4. working and preparing strange things in cottages
5. barbeque's, sausages,birds observing as well plants and all the rest animals which belongs to neibourghood of this cottage
6. to spend and entairn time and with friends in cottage including also foreign
7. just relax and waste time
8. read books and Donald Duck and watch tv and listened radio or music
(important things to do on visit Wooden c)
9. what ever between " the earth and heaven".
10. if this happened to be boring, go back to 1-2, if still boring, the cottage life is not your "case".
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If you want to see your own cottage Finn as nature as possible, go to his/her cottage without any inform beforehand and you have unique occasion to see
your friend as " primitive... man or woman". This could be worth of seeing.
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Posted: Fri Jul 24th, 2009 01:17 am |
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Ahhhh, sounds real nice, even for a non-Finn 
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Matti (FIN)
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Posted: Fri Jul 24th, 2009 11:44 am |
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Lynne wrote: Ahhhh, sounds real nice, even for a non-Finn
Sauna, summer cottage and nature is perfect combibation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_sauna.
The Finnish sauna is a substantial part of Finnish culture. There are five million inhabitants and over two million saunas in Finland - an average of one per household. For Finnish people the sauna is a place for easing with friends and family, and a place for physical and mental relaxation. Finns think of saunas not as a luxury, but as a necessity. Before the rise of public health care and nursery facilities, almost all Finnish mothers gave birth in saunas.
edit] Finnish sauna customs
Saunas are an integral part of the way of life in Finland. They are found on the shores of Finland's numerous lakes, in private apartments, corporate headquarters, and even at the depth of 1400m (Pyhäsalmi Mine), and at the Parliament of Finland. The sauna is an important part of the national identity[citation needed] and those who have the opportunity usually take a sauna at least once a week. The traditional sauna day is Saturday.[citation needed]
If you want really special outdoorstyleexperience just take a trip to Finland and rent a cottage
Cottage in Finland?
http://www.lomarengas.fi The widest selection of cottages to rent in Finland! Online booking.
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Mazel Schlimazel
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Posted: Fri Jul 24th, 2009 10:30 pm |
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Sounds very similar to the Russian idea of going out to a summer "Dachya" (cottage/cabin) in the forest to grow your own garden and pick mushrooms w/ the family, and going to the "Banya" (public steamroom and bath)
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Posted: Tue Jul 28th, 2009 09:22 am |
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Mazel Schlimazel wrote: Sounds very similar to the Russian idea of going out to a summer "Dachya" (cottage/cabin) in the forest to grow your own garden and pick mushrooms w/ the family, and going to the "Banya" (public steamroom and bath)
Traditional Finnish cottages are built of logs and they are usually situated by water.
There are 474,277 cottages in Finland (2005), the country with 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands. Rental holiday cottages of enterprises engaged in the accommodation industry, buildings of holiday villages and buildings on garden allotments are excluded in the statistics. 4,172 new cottages were built in 2005. Most cottages are situated in the municipalities of Kuusamo (6,196 cottages on January 1st, 2006), Kuopio (5,194), Ekenäs (Tammisaari - 5,053), Mikkeli (4,649) and Mäntyharju (4,630).
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Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2009 09:22 am |
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Mazel Schlimazel schreef:
Sounds very similar to the Russian idea of going out to a summer "Dachya" (cottage/cabin) in the forest to grow your own garden and pick mushrooms w/ the family, and going to the "Banya" (public steamroom and bath)
I've seen both (well Swedish cottages to be honest) and they do indeed look very similar to the Russian dachyas.
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Mazel Schlimazel
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Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2009 09:43 am |
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zonnebloem wrote: Mazel Schlimazel schreef:
Sounds very similar to the Russian idea of going out to a summer "Dachya" (cottage/cabin) in the forest to grow your own garden and pick mushrooms w/ the family, and going to the "Banya" (public steamroom and bath)
I've seen both (well Swedish cottages to be honest) and they do indeed look very similar to the Russian dachyas.
Must be a Northern thing... 
My folks often go mushroom-picking and berry-picking on WA State Forest Trails in the autumn.. Passer-bys often think they're crazy for not getting their boletos and chantarelles directly from the store...
Plenty good mushrooms to pick out here on the West Coast during the wet autumn rains...
It's a shame, though, that black currant, red currant, and linden berries are so sparse around here... Pondside however, these yummy vitamin-bearing treats seem to be much more plentiful, both in stores and in the wild.. 
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Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2009 11:04 am |
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zonnebloem wrote: Mazel Schlimazel schreef:
Sounds very similar to the Russian idea of going out to a summer "Dachya" (cottage/cabin) in the forest to grow your own garden and pick mushrooms w/ the family, and going to the "Banya" (public steamroom and bath)
I've seen both (well Swedish cottages to be honest) and they do indeed look very similar to the Russian dachyas.
Finnish cottages are more outdoor style cottages. Many of them has biochemical toalets. If you are not used on this kind of toalets it's better to make it sure how it is before renting it. We can say that the more primitive cottage the more privacy.
In Finland even 5 year old kidds drive by boat. You don't need any driverlicence for that. If you rent a cottage you have right to use boat too. That's normal. But allways check everything before renting a cottage.
Finland is not for City people. It's more for people which likes to be in middle of nature.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29th, 2009 11:26 am |
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Matti (FIN) schreef:
zonnebloem wrote: Mazel Schlimazel schreef:
Sounds very similar to the Russian idea of going out to a summer "Dachya" (cottage/cabin) in the forest to grow your own garden and pick mushrooms w/ the family, and going to the "Banya" (public steamroom and bath)
I've seen both (well Swedish cottages to be honest) and they do indeed look very similar to the Russian dachyas.
Finnish cottages are more outdoor style cottages. Many of them has biochemical toalets. If you are not used on this kind of toalets it's better to make it sure how it is before renting it. We can say that the more primitive cottage the more privacy.
In Finland even 5 year old kidds drive by boat. You don't need any driverlicence for that. If you rent a cottage you have right to use boat too. That's normal. But allways check everything before renting a cottage.
Finland is not for City people. It's more for people which likes to be in middle of nature.
Well it's mostly city people who like to have some nature around them during their vacation. Vacation is all about change of scenery afterall.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31st, 2009 03:58 pm |
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we have the same thing here in Denmark. they are very popular among German tourists. The difference between Finland and Denmark seems to lie in the distance between the houses, in Denmark it is usually a small village of those houses, and during the winter the village is empty. they also have the same thing in Norway called skæregårdshus, they lie right next to the water
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Posted: Fri Jul 31st, 2009 08:30 pm |
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roskilde rules wrote: we have the same thing here in Denmark. they are very popular among German tourists. The difference between Finland and Denmark seems to lie in the distance between the houses, in Denmark it is usually a small village of those houses, and during the winter the village is empty. they also have the same thing in Norway called skæregårdshus, they lie right next to the water
Having driven through Denmark for a few days, I must say that in comparison to other Scandinavian countries, Danish Houses are very cute and rustic in appearance.. with their small, hobbit-scale facades, green ivy growing down over the edges of the windows, and cute little brick chimneys and diamond-shaped red roofs..
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Posted: Fri Jul 31st, 2009 08:34 pm |
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Apparently, many Dutch and German people dream of moving to Denmark, because they see Denmark as being even more ideal than Holland or Germany... But in Denmark, you have to be a citizen of the country to buy a house, correct?? If you are a non-Danish EU Citizen, you can only rent in Denmark?
sorry for going off-topic.. i was just curious to ask... 
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Posted: Sun Aug 2nd, 2009 12:59 am |
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Mazel Schlimazel schreef:
Apparently, many Dutch and German people dream of moving to Denmark, because they see Denmark as being even more ideal than Holland or Germany... But in Denmark, you have to be a citizen of the country to buy a house, correct?? If you are a non-Danish EU Citizen, you can only rent in Denmark?
sorry for going off-topic.. i was just curious to ask...
I doubt that such would be the case. It would definitely be against EU regulations which guarantee freedom of movement of persons and goods and of freedom to settle in another EU country as an EU citizen.
I don't know whether Denmark is particular popular amongst the Dutch in comparison to other countries. One thing is sure, Holland is overcrowded, Denmark still has heaps of space.
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roskilde rules
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Mazel Schlimazel wrote: Apparently, many Dutch and German people dream of moving to Denmark, because they see Denmark as being even more ideal than Holland or Germany... But in Denmark, you have to be a citizen of the country to buy a house, correct?? If you are a non-Danish EU Citizen, you can only rent in Denmark?
sorry for going off-topic.. i was just curious to ask...
i tried to look it up and it seems that you are partly right. Other EU citizens can buy a house in Denmark while non-eu citizens cannot. There is a loophole though. if an American chose to live in Germany or Sweden for at least 1 year this rule does not apply and after one year that American can buy a house in Denmark ... strange Renting does not seem to be a problem though.
i don’t know if Germans or the Dutch finds our country ideal. i tend to believe that it is a matter of taste, many Danes finds the "ideal" in Japan or America while other say that the grass is greener in Norway or Sweden.
may i ask were you have heard of this "buy a house in Denmark" thing? for over the last 5 days both a Colombian and a Norwegian asked me that same question.
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Posted: Tue Aug 4th, 2009 08:37 am |
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roskilde rules wrote: we have the same thing here in Denmark. they are very popular among German tourists. The difference between Finland and Denmark seems to lie in the distance between the houses, in Denmark it is usually a small village of those houses, and during the winter the village is empty. they also have the same thing in Norway called skæregårdshus, they lie right next to the water
The distance between the houses can be good and bad thing. If you want more privacy and if you have time it's good to have long distances between the houses.
Germany is near of Denmark and far from Finland. That's an other reason why it's more difficult to find privacy in Denmark. Finland is behind see. It's like island. Here is 60.000 lakes, 60.000 islands but only 5 Million people and here is not that many tourists. You don't need driverlicense for the boat. We don't need it. Tourists don't need it. In Finland you are totally free on the sea.
If you want to keep holiday and go out from busy, noicy citys and go out to the nature and have privacy rent a cottage and boat in Finland. Here is a lot of sommercottages and a lot of space.
Be carefull on the see. And get wellprepared before going to cottage... that's how you will have remarkble and very special holiday and you will remember it very long time...
http://images.google.fi/images?hl=fi&q=Finnish+archipelago+and+lakes&btnG=Etsi+kuvia&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=
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Posted: Tue Aug 4th, 2009 08:49 am |
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Matti (FIN) schreef:
roskilde rules wrote: we have the same thing here in Denmark. they are very popular among German tourists. The difference between Finland and Denmark seems to lie in the distance between the houses, in Denmark it is usually a small village of those houses, and during the winter the village is empty. they also have the same thing in Norway called skæregårdshus, they lie right next to the water
The distance between the houses can be good and bad thing. If you want more privacy and if you have time it's good to have long distances between the houses.
Germany is near of Denmark and far from Finland. That's an other reason why it's more difficult to find privacy in Denmark. Finland is behind see. It's like island. Here is 60.000 lakes, 60.000 islands but only 5 Million people and here is not that many tourists. You don't need driverlicense for the boat. We don't need it. Tourists don't need it. In Finland you are totally free on the sea.
If you want to keep holiday and go out from busy, noicy citys and go out to the nature and have privacy rent a cottage and boat in Finland. Here is a lot of sommercottages and a lot of space.
Be carefull on the see. And get wellprepared before going to cottage... that's how you will have remarkble and very special holiday and you will remember it very long time...
http://images.google.fi/images?hl=fi&q=Finnish+archipelago+and+lakes&btnG=Etsi+kuvia&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=
You've got yourself a summer job for the Finnish bureau for tourism?
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Posted: Fri Aug 7th, 2009 11:04 pm |
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Matti (FIN) wrote: roskilde rules wrote: we have the same thing here in Denmark. they are very popular among German tourists. The difference between Finland and Denmark seems to lie in the distance between the houses, in Denmark it is usually a small village of those houses, and during the winter the village is empty. they also have the same thing in Norway called skæregårdshus, they lie right next to the water
The distance between the houses can be good and bad thing. If you want more privacy and if you have time it's good to have long distances between the houses.
Germany is near of Denmark and far from Finland. That's an other reason why it's more difficult to find privacy in Denmark. Finland is behind see. It's like island. Here is 60.000 lakes, 60.000 islands but only 5 Million people and here is not that many tourists. You don't need driverlicense for the boat. We don't need it. Tourists don't need it. In Finland you are totally free on the sea.
If you want to keep holiday and go out from busy, noicy citys and go out to the nature and have privacy rent a cottage and boat in Finland. Here is a lot of sommercottages and a lot of space.
Be carefull on the see. And get wellprepared before going to cottage... that's how you will have remarkble and very special holiday and you will remember it very long time...
http://images.google.fi/images?hl=fi&q=Finnish+archipelago+and+lakes&btnG=Etsi+kuvia&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=
the last time i went on a sommer cottage trip was in southern norway together with a Norwegian family on a small island. it was amazing, i presume that the concept is the same in Finland? and besides i dont live in in a noise city.. infact i live 3km. from the closest forrest and 2 km from the sea.
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