How Mikkeli seems to me

Once I met with a finnish guy and he told me "Mikkeli is the real Finland". I do not know Finland so well, but Mikkeli is a small town with many inhabitants and a few foreigners. And that is the reason why I chose Mikkeli instead of a big town (for example Helsinki). The streets are wide and clean, the nature is incredibly beautiful and I like very much that there are many small forest in several parts of the town. In the other hand the architecture was a bit suprising for me, as I noticed here the main principle is the usefulness. There are no decorations on the houses, or any stonework. So the houses are simple and similar to each other, a bit puritans.

Finnish people are quiet and shy. But inspite of that they use to go out having a party at the weekend and with the help of the alcohol they are getting open minded. Actually I still do not understand why they are shy. It is a small nation but very smart and strong, with many educated and clever people. They have very good sense for music and dance as well.

Fortunately getting drunk was not a big problem for me, so I could get closer to finnish people in an easier way. I felt that they were really happy to meet with me and it was pleasure for me to talk with them. Generally people in Mikkeli are very friendly, everybody speaks the english language (even the only homeless man with whom I met during the whole 4 months).

In Mikkeli there are many possibilities for having fun. You can visit one of the pubs, you can play pool, there are many football fields....etc. So I am thinking about coming back in the summer to see Mikkeli's other face.