[lionhearted]

I was in Helsinki two years ago and loved every minute of it. I said to an American friend at the time, "I don't know why, but this is a great city to think in."

This article helps explain it — there's less idle conversation, yes, but when conversing, it's actually much easier and straightforward to talk about deep and interesting things. And if you want to be quiet and just think, people are cool with that too.

It's really a lovely place. Very clean and beautiful, too. Very much worth visiting.