Virpi Flyg

📍 Turku, Finland & Stockholm, Sweden
🏰 Museum Attendant | Tourism Service Agent
🔗 In Finnish: @virpiflygFIN

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Stockholm winter doesn't know lagom. It's either no snow or all the snow.

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@BahaNick16 @orklafinland @ASovij Liquorice and Tour de France, seems like a good combo!

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Changing trains at Dingwall's pretty railway station. Had some time to shop for groceries. The tiny shop sold Panda liquorice from my home city Turku! A bit silly to come to Scotland to buy Finnish sweets, but I haven't even seen these bears in Finland. #MagicalMysterailTour

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"And Finland's 12 points go to... Sweden!"

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Tonight in Melodifestivalen: the Finnish trio KAJ!

https://t.co/pNJ8Ibxk1l

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A study in Helsinki found that air purifiers reduced illness in daycares by 18.2%, decreasing sick days for children and staff. The city of Espoo now plans a similar trial to improve health, cut absenteeism, and lower costs from lost workdays.

https://t.co/IJ8TM2MNWX

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What I've learned about sounds during my years of putting kids to bed:

snoring – they're sleeping
yawning – they're awake
coughing – could be sleeping
sneezing – they're awake
laughing, talking, walking, farting – could be sleeping
swallowing – awake

[Sophia Benoit @1followernodad]

My two year old nephew just absolutely roasted my ass. Got on a FaceTime with him and he showed me his trains and then he asked “where are yours?” and I had to admit that I own zero trains. Fucking humiliating.

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Interesting face memory test that becomes quite challenging towards the end:

https://t.co/076FdNTpXC

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care tags: the modern day pocket-sized Rosetta stones

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Attempted to make macarons for the first time and watched West Side Story (2021). Both frustrating, though the film was well made (unlike the macarons). The characters wouldn't listen to my instructions but made all the same dumb choices like in all versions of Romeo & Juliet.

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Amazed and delighted that these houses were built in 2024 and not a hundred years ago. Like Vasastan has come to Nacka. 🇸🇪

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A bog-scented September Sunday in Kurjenrahka National Park in Finland. My hairdresser once spotted a bear there. This time the only crouched foragers were cranberry-pickers.

[Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel]

Air purifiers in Finnish daycare reduced children's illnesses by 18% in a carefully controlled study. This implies huge potential for better public health and cost savings from sick leaves, with a simple intervention against airborne infections.
https://t.co/7F3KfB9Whw

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Kikärtor eller kikärter?

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Again relevant when the summer holidays are ending:

A recent study in Helsinki, Finland, found that air purifiers in daycares led to a 30% reduction in children's illnesses.

Healthier children = healthier staff & parents = significant savings.

https://t.co/e3AulTskgZ

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@EuropeExplored That's a good day to be arriving in Turku. Always something fun going on, from apartment house balcony opera to free museums.

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Taking the train with the kids from Turku to Tampere. 🇫🇮

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The trip from Turku (A) to Tampere (B) took a little over 1.5 hours.

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I wouldn't have minded the change if the new train car design was Kaiku by Marimekko.