Finland: The Essential Guide to Customs & Etiquette (Culture Smart!) Paperback – September 5, 2006

I would like give the back story of why I think this book is so AWESOME. My husband and I live in Spokane WA. In 2015, Spokane hosted the WorldCon for SciFi and Fantasy. At each WorldCon, cities vie for the bid to host for two years in the future. My husband (especially) and I helped the Helsinki delegation with driving them around to get supplies (Spokane WA public transportation is terrible) and the use of our kitchen as a prep kitchen for room party food.Everything that culture smart highlighted as Finnish characteristics was completely in keeping with our experience. I would recommend this to anyone traveling to Finland and/or having business dealings with Finnish folks. Our impression of the Finns is that they are: lovely, quiet, surprisingly forthright when they trust you, funny, industrious, loyal and highly ethical. Getting to know the Finns really persuaded us to visit Helsinki for WorldCon 75 and to make it a two week vacation.

Oh, the Finns are just so downright fun!!! I didn't know anything about the country except that they were on the wrong side in WWII and the group NIGHTWISH came from there. Now I know more than I probably ever need to know. But it's a fun and informative read, and, If I ever get brave enough to fly to Helskini, rent an car and pay for outrageously high Finn gasoline, and go live on one of their million or so lakes for a week or two, this will be invaluable. It's worth the money and very interesting and informative.

This is a pretty fun one and it hits the major points that i think it should hit pretty well. I have visited there myself & have relatives who live there & are from there and so I can say that this is a pretty good guide to "the motherland."

Short but good

going to Finland this summer and this book has given me some great insight as to the people and history I can't wait to be able to use some of the knowledge I have gained from this book on the trip.

I bought this for my dad for Christmas and he really enjoyed it. I can't help but look at it, too. And now I would like more of these for other countries. It's really well put together and has some great info. Fun to read. The books is a lot smaller than I expected, but that just makes it a great travel sized book.

Excellent book. This was an interesting book. It is well written and I think it will be very helpful to read before I travel.

Super cool book! Very informative and a very interesting read! Highly recommend purchasing this!

As someone visiting Finland for the first and probably only time I found this a useful and interesting little book. By the time we landed in Helsinki I felt I I had a good feel for the country and a basic understanding of the culture. During my stay I was able to relate back to what I had read and the knowledge gained enhanced my stay. Just wish there was a map and basic Finnish words included.

Sorry, I don't like saying negative things, but I was very disappointed with this book. It purported to tell the reader of Finnish culture and social customs. It does not. It's just a guide American business users. Sorry it was poorly written, often repeating itself within a couple of pages. It needed a good editing.

Bought is to an elderly couple who are yet to make their first trip to Finland. They found it useful, easy, fun and interesting to read, and feel less iffy about traveling to Finland soon.

Great insight into the cultureA brilliant country to visit

While the world is getting smaller there are some country specific customs that if ignored could make a visitor seem impolite. This book provides an insight into the Finnish customs with an interesting overview of some of the history of the country. This relatively small amount of background history allowed me to feel much more confident to join in conversation.Well worth reading before a first trip to Finland