{"id":13793,"date":"2019-02-27T10:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T08:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tys.fi\/is-finland-trying-to-kill-me"},"modified":"2019-02-27T10:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T08:10:17","slug":"is-finland-trying-to-kill-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tys.fi\/en\/is-finland-trying-to-kill-me","title":{"rendered":"Is Finland trying to kill me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, there\u2019s a small possibility I\u2019m being dramatic -again-, but I\u2019ve been having a really hard time trying to keep myself alive. <\/span><\/p>\n

Forget about surviving November, or Christmas abroad, we\u2019re getting serious now: <\/span><\/p>\n

How to survive to\u2026 WALKING ON ICE.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Before listing my complaints, please keep in mind that I come from a city with no ice and 30 degrees in spring. <\/span><\/p>\n

Take a second to think about how would you feel with sun every day and almost 30 degrees by noon, for at least 8 months every year\u2026. Sweat good times.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s move on. <\/span><\/p>\n

When the winter began, I knew it wouldn\u2019t be easier, and although it could\u2019ve been so much worse, I\u2019ve been trying my best to stay healthy and happy. However, there\u2019s one problem I never imagined I\u2019d have: the ice on the roads.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, now that is warming up and the snow is starting to melt, what once was a beautiful road covered on snow, turned into a street covered on hard ice. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, I live 20 minutes away from the city center, and the roads are not as clean as downtown. What has surprised me the most, is the lack of use of salt, instead, the roads are gritted (and if they ever have salt, I don\u2019t get to know it). Walking the few meters between my apartment and the main road, became my main-daily concern -and I must say once again: while I was walking like Bambi, the locals passed me by, walking or cycling like if it was summer, shameless people!-.<\/span><\/p>\n