Very Finnish Problems creator Joel Willans interviews the minds behind Midsummer Madness, a free Helsinki open-air Midsummer event for 2020. Jeroen Sebrechts and Claire Delhom discuss their personal journeys to Finland from Belgium and France respectively, and explain why Midsummer Madness is a licensed Moomin event, despite featuring zero trolls or Hattifatteners. Co-host Laura Suihkonen shares a very bleak movie recommendation.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Midsummer Madness Open Air Festival (Jun 19-20 2020): https://midsummermadness.fi/en/
The Finnish Sauna Association’s Primer on sauna culture: https://www.sauna.fi/in-english/finnish-sauna-culture/
Laura’s recommendation: The Joker (2019): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joker_2019
Jeroen’s recommendation - go check out Hungarian movies: https://hungarytoday.hu/thursday-top-ten-movie-time-best-hungarian-movies-53259/
Joel’s recommendation - The Guardian Weekly’s journalism: https://www.theguardian.com/weekly
Claire’s recommendation - "The Moomins, The World of Moominvalley" by Philip Ardagh and Frank Cottrell Boyce: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36473933-the-moomins
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Very Finnish Problems creator Joel Willans interviews the minds behind Midsummer Madness, a free Helsinki open-air Midsummer event for 2020. Jeroen Sebrechts and Claire Delhom discuss their personal journeys to Finland from Belgium and France respectively, and explain why Midsummer Madness is a licensed Moomin event, despite featuring zero trolls or Hattifatteners. Co-host Laura Suihkonen shares a very bleak movie recommendation.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Midsummer Madness Open Air Festival (Jun 19-20 2020): https://midsummermadness.fi/en/
The Finnish Sauna Association’s Primer on sauna culture: https://www.sauna.fi/in-english/finnish-sauna-culture/
Laura’s recommendation: The Joker (2019): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joker_2019
Jeroen’s recommendation - go check out Hungarian movies: https://hungarytoday.hu/thursday-top-ten-movie-time-best-hungarian-movies-53259/
Joel’s recommendation - The Guardian Weekly’s journalism: https://www.theguardian.com/weekly
Claire’s recommendation - "The Moomins, The World of Moominvalley" by Philip Ardagh and Frank Cottrell Boyce: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36473933-the-moomins
Episode 8: Driving for 14 hours and only seeing forest
Very Finnish Problems
33 minutes 48 seconds
8 years ago
Episode 8: Driving for 14 hours and only seeing forest
Are electric vehicles taking off in Finland? Joel Willans, author of the best-selling book 101 Very Finnish Problems, is joined by Antti Korpelainen of Virta, a car charging services company. Topics include battery technology, long drives to Lapland and more. Co-host Thomas Nybergh is annoyed by misguided bio fuel subsidies and wants the current Finnish government to shove it.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Thomas’ article on Finnish electric car adoption, anti-electric lobbyists and harmful subsidies: http://inktank.fi/electric-car-adoption-finland-problems/
How Norway’s government made electric gars irresistible: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/norways-government-made-electric-cars-irresistible
Electric cars in China: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-byd-autos/byd-predicts-ambitious-china-shift-to-electric-cars-by-2030-idUSKCN1BW0BQ
Developments in battery technology and cost: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/climate/electric-cars-batteries.html
Electric car crash safety: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/electric-vehicles-safety_n_3922629.html
Very Finnish Problems
Very Finnish Problems creator Joel Willans interviews the minds behind Midsummer Madness, a free Helsinki open-air Midsummer event for 2020. Jeroen Sebrechts and Claire Delhom discuss their personal journeys to Finland from Belgium and France respectively, and explain why Midsummer Madness is a licensed Moomin event, despite featuring zero trolls or Hattifatteners. Co-host Laura Suihkonen shares a very bleak movie recommendation.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Midsummer Madness Open Air Festival (Jun 19-20 2020): https://midsummermadness.fi/en/
The Finnish Sauna Association’s Primer on sauna culture: https://www.sauna.fi/in-english/finnish-sauna-culture/
Laura’s recommendation: The Joker (2019): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joker_2019
Jeroen’s recommendation - go check out Hungarian movies: https://hungarytoday.hu/thursday-top-ten-movie-time-best-hungarian-movies-53259/
Joel’s recommendation - The Guardian Weekly’s journalism: https://www.theguardian.com/weekly
Claire’s recommendation - "The Moomins, The World of Moominvalley" by Philip Ardagh and Frank Cottrell Boyce: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36473933-the-moomins
