Greece is Southern Europe.
Finland is Northern Europe.
Greece is Southern Europe.
Finland is Northern Europe.
I don't really give a fuck to be honest. This important problem on my list of priorities is on a back burner. But gents please carry on. :laugh:
Finland and Greece are veeeery different.
Finland has been part of the West since the 13th century. While Greece has always been Eastern, with its Orthodox faith and so on.
Finland isn't Eastern-European in any way. The fact that they are Finnic people, just makes them even more native Northern-Europeans than the Scandinavians.
It also depends on where you're perspective is from too, those of us with a lot of Isles ancestry view things from a further west perspective, I think, than say some Baltic or finnish people might, but, the argument goes to where Europe ends in the east, also, then you could just go from Ireland to some place in Siberia, and divide it into thirds.
I don't know about Karelia. That's a backward region to me. But St Petersburg and its outskirts are the lands of Ingerlandmand. This city has a very specific culture. I think that's kinda Northern Europe or Baltica (with Estonia and Latvia) at least.
Nope, they are Eastern Europe, politically speaking. It's better to distinguish East Europe and Balkans.Quote:
And you could argue that albania and other balkans are also southern european
You do know that Greece wasn't under communism right?
You are wrong to that.Quote:
I mean think about it? same countries, same past, maybe same culture but didnt chose communism this is the only difference for greece, cypruss and finland. And now its all forgotten?
If the categorization is not about geography, Greece doesn't share much with the REST of eastern country.
Culturally and historically Greece shares more with South, and Balkans.
Not all Balkans are the same with all Eastern countries and I don't find myself sharing anything similar with Ukraine, or Poland, or Romania.
Except religion, there is nothing culturally same with Greeks and Russians