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Documentary: Finland, a paradise close by

Thursday December 4th, 2008. 10:15 AM. [Finland culture, Videos]. 1 Comment.

Spanish national TV (RTVE) is starting, since this year, to offer many TV programs, series and shows directly from their web page, so you can see them whenever you want. I feel lucky to have this service due to the fact that I can’t access other way to Spanish TV channels.

Päivi when was in Spain was not so lucky, even YLE offers many TV programs throught their webpage, they don’t let connections from outside of the country.

So the clip of video I want to show you it’s this documentary that I will watch tonight: Finland, a paradise close by, (55 min) made recently by RTVE (so is in spanish). I’m sending this video to all my relatives in Spain so they can know a little more about Finnish costumes, culture and geography. There is more info here, and you can access to more Spanish documentaries “A paradise close by” here.

You can download it too in .flv format

Hope you like it. Tomorrow I will edit this post with my opinion about it.

EDIT

It was interesting, but almost nothing new that I didn’t know. The documentary was from a touristic point of view, so I think it gives a general picture of Finland but doesn’t go deep inside of Finnish culture or costumes. They talk about Lapland, Rovaniemi, Ice Hotels, Santa Claus Park, Turku and Helsinki, given quite detailed information about architecture in these two last cities.

I think the documentary was filmed in the Spring, when still is snow and daylight is increasing. That gives the “typical” picture of snowed Finland, but Hello!, Finland has summer too and different activities. Finland landscapes change totally during summer, so the documentary gives only one side of Finland in this aspect.