Hello All, I was thinking about attempting to move to Finland to work for a few years. I have a friend here stateside who is from Finland and he had some very nice things to say. One thing that bothered me was that he said he had only seen 4 black people in his entire life. This revelation has prompted my question. How many black people are there in Finland? I know its a lot less than other European countries, but is the amount really THAT small? I'm primarily looking for firsthand responses. For example, how many black people do you see in a week? When you go out to bars and clubs, do you see black people there? How about restaurants? Thanks
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There are certainly more of them here in Finland than those four! At least I see black people every week in my home city, but it is much more rare to see them in the countryside and in smaller towns. As for bars, clubs and things, I cannot tell because I'm not a party person/nightfly at all!!!
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Hello, Let me start by saying Finland is such a beautiful, safe, and relaxing place. It is like no other place in the world! I am from San Francisco, C.A and traveled to Finland last summer with 5 other friends. We were there for almost 6 weeks and really got a feel of the place. Now as I mentioned we are all from San Francisco and very use to living in a very diverse place. I was pretty shocked to see so many blue eye, blonde hair people! I am white, but boy let me tell you they knew I was not from Finland! Ok, so to answer your question, I would run into black people from time to time. Nothing like at home, but I would say on average about 4 a night at clubs, bars ect... Not too many, but keep in mind there was not too many of anything but fin's. Its hard for me to believe that your friend has only seen 4 black people in his entrire life. He must not go out much... So I hope this helps you. Just one more thing is that I have never felt so welcome as an outsider in my life. The people were so kind and carring, even on my drunk nights:) I plan on going back next summer.
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Black people are a small minority in Finland and it depends on the area really. In the capital area there may be more diverse groups of people living in there. If you go to some smaller towns you don't usually see many black people in there. But just recently I've noticed some increase because Finland has taken more refugees and immigrants. There's also many students who come here to get some degree and aren't probably staying here permanently. Getting a job in here is pretty hard and that's a fact even for the natives. I'll make it short: Coming to Finland for a job just isn't that good idea. Summer holiday in Finland may be better idea.
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http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64697&page=3 http://www.google.com/custom?domains=www.Blacktravels.com&q=finland&sitesearch=www.Blacktravels.com&sa=Search&client=pub-3479183689621055&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&safe=active&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23006699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0066CC%3BLC%3A0066CC%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A1&hl=en Here's a couple of blogs and articles that might give an idea. One is from a black woman who travelled around Finland. Here's what wiki says about their demographics: Ethnic groups Finnish 97.6 % (Finnish-speakers 92 %, Swedish-speakers 5.6 %) Russians 0.6 % Roma 0.12% Sami 0.11% Other 1.57% (such as Estonians, Turks, Somalis and Vietnamese).
