This is already the last post that I’ll write. I wrote 40 posts about my life here in Finland, the cultural differences and other...

Today it’s 1 December, just one month and the year 2020 starts. 2019 was a year to remember, I’ll tell you more about it in this post. At...

In this post, I’m going to write everything down that I learned from other countries that I didn’t know before. You’ll discover yourself...

Next week Tuesday I’ll go on a trip that I’m looking forward to already from the beginning when I came here. I am going to Lapland. It’s...

Let me tell you something about the way Dutch people celebrate Christmas! Actually, Christmas is not a really fancy celebration in the...

Like I said in the blog before, I’ve been to Russia. Our tour guide told us one thing every time we went somewhere: watch out for pick...

Russia, the country everybody knows. Dark, cold, neglected houses, bad roads, unkind people, leather jackets. That were the prejudices I...

‘To truly experience Finland, you have to get out of the city.’ This is what the Finnish people in Turku told us. Having a cottage in...

Every week I go to the church in Turku. I don’t really know how to explain what kind of church it is, but it’s called the greater grace...

Assertiveness means taking into account the interests of yourself and the interest of others. By working towards an agreement between...

In this post, I’ll tell you what my expectations were when I came to Finland. I’m not going to tell whether these expectations have come...

Well, in the last blogpost you’ve read about the goal of this post. But who am I? Get to know me! My name is Marit Breugem. I’m 19 years...

I want to welcome you to my blog! Through this medium I will keep you informed of the things I'm experiencing in Finland. I make this...