Författare: Nicholas

They are after you money again!

This last 2 weeks we have heard FK, EK, Pohjolapankki ja Nordea singing the same song about how people will not have enough income to take care of themselves when they are old and infirm. They want to…

Excellent health service in Helsinki

While having a hiking holiday in the mountains in Italy this summer, I came down with flu, and that seemed to have caused an irregular heart beat (flimmer). It was not too serious, but there is always…

Helsinki airport… what a mess…

I fly almost every week. Back in the old days, it was fun to go to the Vantaa airport because you could enjoy its “Finnishness”. Today it has been smothered by some crazy consultant’s idea about what …

How Sonera deals with customers

I have used Saunalahti for almost 20 years for broadband and mobile, but an offer from Sonera appeared much cheaper, so I decided to try it out. Two weeks later I cancelled my contracts and returned t…

Verkkokauppa.com – second hand car salesmen

When you buy a second hand car or go to the bank for investment advise you should always record the discussion because, most of the time, only half the story will be true. The Verkkokauppa.com new iss…

I do not mind paying taxes, but…

My blood boils when I see TeliaSonera’s ex-CEO, Lars Nyberg, moving to Portugal as a pensioner. There like one of my former Swedish bosses, he will not pay much tax on his pension and other income as …

PISA results are coming

The PISA results are coming. Sweden has already seen a relative deterioration in school student results. Finnish students have remained high in their relative scores and that is good. No other investm…

Amos Anderson – an incredibly assertive proposal!

The Amos Anderson Museum proposal for Helsingin Lasipalatsi is an important step forward for Helsinki. First, it brings together existing Finnish resources and networks to create something that the Gu…