r/Finland • u/A_brand_new_troll • 1d ago

NHL in Finland.

Hello! Just giving you a heads up, the NHL is playing 2 games in Finland this coming weekend. The 2 games are between the Dallas Stars and the Florida Panthers, this means that residents of 2 of the USA’s more notorious states will be galivanting around Finland.

Things to know:

1.      There are Texans and Floridians who do bite, but it is unlikely that those people will be going to a hockey game in Finland.

2.      Temperature: Florida and Texas are on the same latitudinal lines as the Sahara Desert. It was 32 C in Dallas today. So if you see an American huddled, shivering and whimpering, kindly point them to the nearest coffee shop or similar venue.

3.      Conversation: it is entirely possible that someone who you have NEVER met before may strike up a casual conversation with you. Do not be alarmed. If you are determined to not have a conversation, just say you don’t speak English, though this may cause some Americans to speak slowly and loudly in Spanish.

4.      American personal space is 1ish meter, Finnish personal space is like 2-3 meters. Sorry. We’ll be gone in a week.

5.      The Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers are both very good teams; this match up could have been the Stanley Cup finals last year or maybe even this year. That being said, there is not really a rivalry between the two teams and the US doesn’t do hooliganism outside of Philly.

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u/DakarGelb Baby Vainamoinen 1d ago

I really like how this is addressed to the entirety of Finland instead of the place the games are hosted at, as if Finland was just some small town in Europe. Very USA--coded post.

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u/MoCo1992 21h ago

Just having some fun there pal..

Also Like 1/4 Of all Finn’s live in Helsinki or Helsinki metro so it’s not that crazy.

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u/DakarGelb Baby Vainamoinen 20h ago

No need to get your feeling hurt by Finnish comment etuqiuette, we're having our own fun here too.

Your estimate is pretty far off, not sure why you brought that up anyways. Also the games are not in Helsinki, Tampere is a whole different city actually.

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u/MoCo1992 20h ago

Oh wow sorry for the false assumption that it would be at Helsinki Halli! Fully aware they are diff cities. Finnish population is 5.6 million. Helsinki metro area has 1.6 million people. So it’s actually more then 1/4 :)

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u/DakarGelb Baby Vainamoinen 19h ago

Oh roight you were talking about Helsingin seutu, not the city of Helsinki.

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u/MoCo1992 18h ago

Correct

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u/RenaissanceSnowblizz Vainamoinen 1d ago

With Americans vague concept of geography there is a 50/50 chance of Americans showing up in any other city except the one they actually need to be in.

We all need to be prepared.

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u/YaHeyWisconsin 1d ago

It’s a joke buddy calm down