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Salolampi Work Weekend

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Salolampi Work Weekend

Have you heard of Salolampi yet? Salolampi is a Finnish language camp that offers programming for all ages and stages of learners. It is located in Bemidji, Minnesota USA. It is part of Concordia Language Villages, which operates villages for 15 different languages (including English!).

It is where I started my infatuation with Finland, the cultures and the languages. You might call it a Finnfatuation. I first started attending as a 10 year old and fell in love immediately. To read more about that and my personal journey with the Finnish language and culture, check out this blog post.

Leveling up - tips and tricks for Finnish language study

Leveling up - tips and tricks for Finnish language study

Becoming fluent in Finnish is admittedly challenging. It can take years of dedication and perseverence — aka, sisu! That being said, I don’t believe that people are either good at language learning or not. I think that when a skill is taken seriously and time is spent on it, it is possible to master almost anything. I have had many friends who have been frustrated that they feel like they know and understand quite a lot of Finnish and maybe have attended several beginning or even intermediate group classes, but still haven’t advanced their Finnish language skills significantly past the intermediate stage. As a life-long learner and teacher of Finnish myself, who did not grow up in a Finnish-speaking family, I can share with you what I did to help my fluency significantly, while I was at that most frustrating stage between beginner and highly proficient. There is nothing easy about these methods, but as they say things that are easy aren’t always the most worthy endeavors anyway.

Welcome! || Tervetuloa!

Ikea birthday shopping for treats with friend “Liisa” in 2017

Ikea birthday shopping for treats with friend “Liisa” in 2017

Hi everyone!

Tervetuloa (Welcome) to Luumu’s blog: Fiercely Friendly and Aggressively Nordic. I hope that you will enjoy reading and discussing what I and my friends have to say about Nordic language and culture and other wellness tips throughout the year. The plan is to have a blog post every other Friday. I will be tapping the talented circle of friends and acquaintances that I have been lucky to have come into my life and are also people who walk the talk and get things done with a “we all do better, when we all do better” mentality.

Expect to see posts on food culture, sauna, study abroad, lifestyle, interior design, language, and wellness. Thanks for reading!

Until next time,

Elizabeth “Helvi” Brauer

Keskustelutunti tapahtuu tiistaina. Tervetuloa mukaan! ☺️ Finnish conversation hour is happening on Tuesday. Welcome to join us! ☺️ Comment, DM, or email luumuabc@gmail.com for more info and the link to join! @luumu_suomen_kieli #suomi #suomenkiel
Happy National Coffee Day here in the US (and in case you are curious, International Coffee Day is just around the corner on October 1st!). How do you like your coffee? Do you have a favorite mug? Anyone else have this or any other classic Finnish-Am
Kuivattu luumu on edelleen luumu ☺️ A dried plum is still a plum (at least in Finnish - in English it would be a prune) 🤔 Did you find any plums on trees this year? Make anything delicious with them or did you just eat them off of the tree? 💜 #l
Keskustelutunti: tiistaisin klo 19 CT. Tervetuloa! 😊♥️🇫🇮 Conversation Hour: Tuesdays at 7p CT. Welcome! #keskustelutunti #keskustelu #puhutaansuomea #opisuomea #learnFinnish #tervetuloa #suomi #Finnish