Name: 一年爽放五週假？帶你開箱芬蘭超狂職場文化！ (Just how different is life in Finland for an American?)
Uploaded: 2026-03-02T04:21:32.000Z
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I've lived in Berlin, lived in Prague, been to London, all these international cities and Helsinki doesn't have like the glitz and glamour of those cities, but

我住過柏林、住過布拉格、去過倫敦，這些國際大城市，而赫爾辛基沒有像那些城市的華麗和魅力，但是

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Helsinki is really like a hidden gem, I think.

我覺得赫爾辛基真的很像一顆隱藏的寶石。

I'm from Salisbury, Massachusetts and I've been living in Helsinki now for over a year.

我來自麻薩諸塞州索爾茲伯裡，現在住在赫爾辛基已經一年多了。

Cody is one of over 5 million U.S. citizens living abroad.

Cody 是超過五百萬名旅居海外的美國公民之一。

He's made his home in Finland known for its happiness ranking, strong welfare system and famously reserved people.

他在芬蘭這個以幸福指數、健全福利制度和出了名保守的人民聞名的國家落地生根。

But has he adjusted to the Nordic way of life?

但他適應北歐的生活方式了嗎？

What's the one Finnish tradition he can't quite get around?

有一個芬蘭傳統是他一直無法習慣的？

And how did he break the ice with the Finns?

他又是如何跟芬蘭人打成一片的呢？

Cody is in Finland working as a golf course manager.

Cody 在芬蘭擔任高爾夫球場經理。

A job he landed by reaching out to the boss.

這份工作是他主動聯繫老闆爭取到的。

After finding it online, he knew he wanted to move to Europe long term after, after spending time in Berlin and Prague.

在柏林和布拉格待過之後，他上網找到這份工作，就知道自己想長期移居歐洲。

I had a little checklist of things that I wanted.

我有個小小的清單，列出我想要的東西。

I wanted to move somewhere in Europe, more northern.

我想搬到歐洲某個北方的地方。

I wanted to learn a new language, somewhere that likes hockey.

我想學一門新語言，找個喜歡冰球的地方。

And then the lastly was somewhere where the weather was decent.

最後一點是，找個天氣不錯的地方。

我們這裡的夏天有攝氏 20 到 25 度。

Finland kind of ticked all the boxes that I know that I was looking for.

芬蘭大概符合了我所有想要的條件。

The visa process was actually really easy for me.

對我來說，簽證流程其實真的很簡單。

Luckily when I applied there's a special expert visa that's good for two years.

很幸運的是，我申請的時候剛好有兩年的專家簽證。

I just sent everything to show that I have higher education and higher experience in this field.

我只提交了證明我在這個領域有高等教育和豐富經驗的資料。

I got an answer within eight minutes that my visa was approved.

八分鐘內我就收到簽證獲準的通知了。

Now working in Finland, he's noticed differences in working culture and paid time off.

現在在芬蘭工作，他注意到工作文化和帶薪休假上的差異。

Like every Finn, I have five weeks holiday, that's normal.

就像每個芬蘭人一樣，我有五週的假期，這是很正常的。

So I take one in the summer and then four in winter.

所以我夏天休一週，冬天休四週。

So obviously in the US that's not really a thing.

You know, when I was in the US I had 10 days holiday here.

你知道嗎，我在美國的時候，這裡一年只有十天假期。

It's big work, life, balance, really important here.

這裡非常重視工作和生活的平衡，真的很重要。

所以我試著，試著要跟上這種步調。

Cody's apartment is located in the center of Helsinki.

Cody 的公寓就位在赫爾辛基市中心。

He pays €1,350amonth for 47 square meters.

他為 47 平方公尺的空間，每個月支付 1,350 歐元。

Slightly above average, but normal for a place near the city center.

稍微高於平均，但對於市中心附近的區域來說很正常。

The kitchen here, it's kind of all open, so kitchen, dining room slash living room.

這裡的廚房，幾乎是開放式的，所以廚房、餐廳兼客廳。

Kind of unique thing, especially here in Finland is it gets really cold in winter.

在芬蘭這裡有個很特別的地方，就是冬天會非常冷。

Everything's double window, double pane to keep cold out and noise.

這裡都是雙層窗戶，雙層玻璃，可以隔絕寒冷和噪音。

Then of course bathroom here and then bedroom off to the side.

然後當然是浴室在這裡，然後臥室在旁邊。

Some friends have sent me, like, memes from the US on Instagram.

有些朋友在 Instagram 上傳給我的，像是美國的迷因。

It's like the reason why Finns are so happy is because everyone uses the bidet.

好像芬蘭人之所以這麼快樂，是因為每個人都用免治馬桶。

But we have not yet embraced that part of the Finnish culture yet, I guess.

但我想我們還沒有真正接受芬蘭文化的這部分。

Other Finnish quirks include drying racks above the sink.

其他芬蘭的特色還包括水槽上方的烘乾架。

The most finished thing about this flat building and most flat buildings is the sauna that's in the basement.

這棟建築物，還有大部分的公寓大樓，最齊全的設施就是位於地下室的三溫暖。

那我們現在就來參觀三溫暖吧。

Cody 在網路上預約了私人時段。

You want me explain, like, what you do and when you.

你想我解釋一下，像是，你該做什麼，還有什麼時候做。

Before you go in, you're supposed to take a shower and you normally go naked, but

進去之前，要先淋浴，而且通常是裸體進去，但是

It's about 80 Celsius in here for the Americans.

對美國人來說，這裡大概是攝氏80度。

I couldn't tell you what that is, but it's just really hot.

我不知道那是什麼，但就是非常熱。

So pouring water of the stones makes it even hotter.

所以把水倒在石頭上會讓它更熱。

Few things are more finished than the sauna.

Now it's actually really hot and it's kind of boring.

現在其實真的很熱，而且有點無聊。

Maybe a couple more years, then we'll get there.

While Koti is still getting used to the sauna routine, Finnish cuisine hasn't fully won him over yet either.

Koti 雖然還在適應三溫暖的習慣，但芬蘭的美食也還沒完全贏得他的心。

Restaurants in Finland are known to be expensive.

His favorite is a Latin American spot where he meets his friends.

他最喜歡的是一家拉丁美洲餐廳，他會在那裡跟朋友見面。

Sometimes I find finished food to be a bit bland and maybe that's very biased because in the us, if everything's like, on steroids, the food, the flavors, the.

有時候我覺得做好的食物有點平淡，這可能有點偏頗，因為在美國，食物和風味都像是打了雞血一樣。

Coti found his community through work and playing ice hockey.

Coti 透過工作和打冰球找到了他的社群。

Adjusting to the more introverted fins took some time.

適應比較內向的芬蘭人花了一些時間。

Well, making friends here, just like anywhere, when you're an adult, it's difficult, so there's that.

嗯，像在任何地方一樣，成年後在這裡交朋友是很困難的，所以這也是其中一個原因。

I don't want to say they're not cold by any means.

They're just a little shy and outer shell.

他們只是有點害羞，外表比較冷淡。

但一旦你融入了，你就融入了。

Did they find them to be very extroverted when they first met?

他們第一次見面時，覺得他非常外向嗎？

You made it pretty easy for me to get to know you.

And has Coty been able to get by just speaking English?

那Cody只講英文，也能應付得來嗎？

If you just live in the city, Helsinki or Tampara or.

如果你只是住在城市裡，像赫爾辛基或坦佩雷，或是。

Yeah, you can get around with just English, but I also think it's not rude, but

對啊，只講英文也 OK，但我認為這樣有點不太真誠，

kind of disingenuous to living in a new, new country, new culture.

好像沒有真正融入一個新國家、新文化一樣。

Because as much as we can laugh and have fun at work in English, it's just different.

因為雖然我們在工作上可以用英文開玩笑、玩得很開心，但感覺還是不一樣。

Like, these guys have a different personality in their native language.

就像，這些人講母語時，個性會很不一樣。

I would say that he should just have more courage, actually, to speak Finnish.

我會說，他其實應該更有勇氣去講芬蘭語。