Finnish Personal Space

In a crowd it maybe very small but in a normal conversation it is probably about 70 cm to one.

Finnish personal space. But you do have to do that elsewhere as well not just in finland. So don t go hugging or kissing a woman you have just met or you will be put your place with an icy stare and worse never hear from her again. That space may change according to the situation.

So what does this mean then. An area which can be regarded as belonging to a person privately in which to place belongings etc. Leave a reply cancel reply.

What does it mean. If i say i will do something or be somewhere i will. The terracotta army of emperor qin one kind of life in china for a while and the first come first served attitude sits not that well with the finnish personal space in.

It s said that we finns need quite a large personal space but what i ve read most of our northern neighbors need about as big personal space. If you have been in the country and have not seen a bus stop where each person is at least three meters away from the next you haven t been in finland long enough. Are you socially awkward or just spiritually finnish medee mgl a video service by the national finnish broadcaster yle secretly captured how the finnish react when.

Well it means that you do have to keep your distance from others in finland. Many of these readers are appealed to finnish culture as presented in the webcomic. A good rule of thumb for all of us might be that the colder the climate of a place is the larger the preferred personal space gets.

I am a quiet person and love to have my personal space. I think you mentioned it somewhere in your previous posts but as a foreigner living in finland i d add mind a finnish personal space when talking to a finn. 42 thoughts on finnish people personal traits and interests.