In Finland in the winter, when the sky is totally choked with clouds, the country becomes one big sensory deprivation tank.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.
People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
Finland is no utopia.
I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
There is no cloud above my head - there is not even a mist.
Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.
In Iceland, the weather is the biggest character you deal with every day. There's nothing more relevant in your life than what kind of weather it is.
Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?
Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.