Talk:Finland

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The information here simply isn't true. Sure, it might be illegal to hitch on the highway in Finland but no one seems to care. You are not harrassed by the police and the cars DO stop even at the speed of 120 km/h. Although I am from Finland I've hitched more abroad than there. Still, Finland is one of my favorite countries to hitch because:

  • You can hitch anywhere.
  • During the summer you can hitch 24/7.
  • During the winter people are very sympathetic and it's even easier to get rides.
  • People are not that scared (half of the drivers are women).
  • People are very glad to give a ride because they don't see hitchhikers that often.

--Astikain 14:37, 6 September 2012 (CEST)

I agree with Tomi in this case, and I think some parts of the article should be rewritten.
For the future, some guidelines as my opinion:
  • For big countries like Finland, there should be subtitles. Eg. Lapland, Southern Finland and Central Finland are all very different when it comes to hitchhiking and weather related winter hitchhiking.
  • If writers opinions differ a lot and it's sometimes very subjective, just make two paragraphs under two titles. Readers can then try to figure out...
  • It's ok to write personal comments such as "In Tomi's experience motorway hitchhiking in Finland works just fine.". In my oppinions it's not ok, but then I never needed to try. There are enough of service stations in south...
  • Try to make clear what's illegal and what not, but don't say it's impossible for that. For Finnish/German mindset it comes very easy into mind that something that's illegal is impossible to do. ;-) Same goes to make difference with difficulty of something.
There should be some "super safe HH country" badge to add for these countries like nordics and Japan. :-D
-Mikael 17:15, 6 September 2012 (CEST)