Finnish wedding

We were in Oulu, north Finland, for the wedding and I promised to tell you something more about the way weddings are done in Finland.

Well, it’s easy: nothing happens.

First, in Finland they dont’ kiss. The groom says yes, the bride says yes and nobody is kissing. And even more incredible (from the italian point of view) there’s no one screaming KISS, KISS, KISS. Cause it’s not just the groom kissing the bride, in Italy it’s everybody kissing the bride. You even kiss a bride that you randomly meet on the street, it’s for bringing them good luck (even if the groom sometimes might be not so happy about it).

But let’s understand the kissing thing: finnish are private person and they never kiss in public.
Do you want to know something about the food?
Here a typical finnish menu compared with an italian one.

The red crossed words are Ruoka and Kahvi: they mean Food and Coffee. In italy we have this long list about everything you are going to eat and here in Finland they just tell you that at some point there will be food and later coffee.
And soon you discover that everything, and not just the list, will be practical and concise. So you won’t get the standard amount of food of an italian wedding (a never ending amount of food) but a practical and concise version: a dish with something on it. So be prepared cause at the end of the party you need to go home and cook