Comments on: Remind me again how “safe” Finland is

By: sim

sim — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:51:07 +0000

Rural, well, like I said, as a whole Finland is still a very safe country and you shouldn’t have any problems anywhere. Finland doesn’t really have big cities (aside from the Helsinki metropolitan area, and even that only if you count a population of 1M as a big city).

It’s absolutely safe to stay in a tent anywhere. Also, remember the so-called “everyman’s right” which means it’s legal to tent pretty much anywhere, regardless of who owns the land. See http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=292646&lan=EN for more.

By: Rural

Rural — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:27:44 +0000

I guess these numbers are especially for Finland’s big cities. How about the rural Finland? I mean, would it be safe to go there with the tent (alone or max. 3 people) in August?

Thanks

By: sim

sim — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:13:17 +0000

I don’t disagree with either Shaiful or James; Finland indeed is still a very safe country. However, it bugs me that people take it to the extreme and say that nothing bad ever happens in Finland.

School shootings are just one aspect that Finns thought – and many still think – that “only happen in the US”. The facts, however, speak otherwise.

By: James

James — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:06:34 +0000

the stats only show school shooting not gang and drug related shooting, so to say Finland is more dangerous just doesn’t seem far.

To truly get a feel for the violence in a country you must study all the stats of all types of violence including non fatal crimes as well, rape, aggervated assult, and so on.

By: Shaiful Islam

Shaiful Islam — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:17:47 +0000

Well, whatever the figure shows, I still consider Finland as one of the most nice and peaceful country.

No violence can be granted in any society.

I’m living in Finland for last 10 years and I can say that Finns are really peaceful and generous people. Some of those recent incidents doesn’t prove the over all law and order of this country. Government is trying to control school shooting incidents seriously.

If you compare with other crime related figures (Murder,burglary, rape, terrorism, drug related crimes etc), I’m sure you will find a significant difference between Finland and USA.

By: Ansku

Ansku — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:40:52 +0000

I guess we are so used to the kind of violence we have here that we take it for granted. And violence of a different style in other countries seems then scary to us…?

Thanks for the figure.