German things in Finland

As a brief introduction to myself: I am a 22-year-old student of digital communications. I was born in Germany in 1993 and moved to Finland in 2000. I went to a school where the language was Finnish from the very first class, and I do not have a lot of memories from Germany, and I am therefore unable to directly compare the two countries with each other. I have integrated well into Finland and people rarely realize that I am foreign, if they do not wonder about my Name in the beginning.  I love Finland and I like it here very well.

I was born in Germany, and I still have German citizenship.

I have lived in Germany only at a very young age, I do not remember much about it anymore, but still my Germanness has influenced me a lot.

I feel myself as a European,  not separate as a Finn or as a German, but I still love a lot of things related to German culture.

I speak German with my family and I cook German food. However, above all, I pay attention to matters relating to Germany or German things.

In this regard, my reaction is much the same as when you hear your name mentioned, as soon as I hear the word "German" or "Germany" that engages my attention and I listen in a completely different way.

I am also in a Facebook group called "Saksalaiset Suomessa" a.k.a The Germans in Finland, which has even more made me notice German things in Finland.

Already in high school history classes, I noticed how much effect the Germans had on to the history of Finland, and this interested me even then.

I would definitely like to explore the issue more.

I thought a blog is a good way to share comments, and thoughts about German things in Finland, particularly in Helsinki.

The subject of the blog is therefore Germanness or German things in Finland and I regard that subject in three languages: Finnish, German and English. Forgive me if you notice spelling mistakes, English is only my third language.