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I've heard they allow each other personal space in public.
So true. There are sociological studies about at which distance to each other people in different countries start feeling uncomfortable. In Finland it's very high, several meters depending on the situation. Pictures like these (people waiting for the bus in a snow flurry) are common:
Or this cartoon from "Finnish Nightmares":
I think I found my people 😍
This and Sauna have me thinking I should have learned Finnish instead of Norwegian.