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Print 06 Feb 2012 How Finns (and others) cope with European winter

For all EU career fans who live in places where extreme cold and snow has arrived, here is a truly European account of how Finns cope with winter:
 

Finns and the EU winter +15 °C, Spanish wear caps, gloves and winter coats, Finns are sunbathing.

 +10 °C, French desperately try to get their central heating on. Finns plant flowers.

+5 °C, Italian cars won't start. Finns drive with convertibles.

 ... ... 0 °C, Pure water freezes. Water in river Vantaa thickens a bit.

−5 °C, First people are found frozen in California. Finnish midsummer festival ends.

−10 °C, Scottish turn the heat on in their houses. Finns start to use long-sleeve shirts.

−20 °C, Swedes stay indoors. Finns are having last barbeque before winter.

−30 °C, Half of the Greek people have frozen to death. Finns start to dry their laundry indoors.

−50 °C, Polar bears evacuate North Pole. Finnish army starts its winter training.

−70 °C, Siberian people are moving to Moscow. Finns are furious since the Koskenkorva booze can't be stored outdoors anymore.

−273 °C, Absolute zero. Finns admit that it is quite cold outside.

−300 °C, Hell freezes over. Finland wins the football World Cup.

(source: via Facebook friends)

Vive l'Europe smiley

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