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The fried chicken scene in Finland is mostly developed and dominated by Tampere, which automatically means that Turku will oppose it. There's hardly any places here you can get KFC style fried chicken. The two cities have had a fierce rivalry which has been heated recently when Tampere is undoubtedly economically the 2nd city of Finland, while Turku is confident of being culturally the 2nd city, and historically the 1st city.
Indeed. Small independent places are far better, cheaper, and usually much healthier.
McDonald's here is so expensive & you don't get a lot, you can go to a restaurant on the seafront & get a Burger & chips, with salad & a soft drink for around 5 Euros. Same with Pizza Hut, a large pizza is like 20 Euros, in a proper restaurant you can get a large pizza for 5/6 Euros!
I admit, I know very little about your corner of the world, apart from the Winter War. Clearly the fried chicken war is more important.
Time to get reading!
Let me give you the skinny: I'm from Helsinki (the capital), and came to Turku (the original capital) to study at the University here. I've been living here for 7 years now. These two capitals have a rivalry due to their former and current status. Columnists in the largest newspaper here have belittled Helsinki referring to it as a "Eastern Finnish fishing village" (see history of Helsinki).
The main rival of Turku is Tampere, which is sometimes called the Manchester of Finland. It's an industrial city and a noob in the scene (founded in 1779), but is now the second largest urban area. A big point is that both Turku and Helsinki are in the south, while Tampere is in central Finland. This obviously means that the northerners are all hicks.
As Helsinki is like London or Paris, Tampere is the antipode of Helsinki, the voice of the provinces, while Turku hates both.
McDonald's here is so expensive & you don't get a lot, you can go to a restaurant on the seafront & get a Burger & chips, with salad & a soft drink for around 5 Euros. Same with Pizza Hut, a large pizza is like 20 Euros, in a proper restaurant you can get a large pizza for 5/6 Euros!
I used to like Pizza Hut just for the breadsticks. Their breadsticks are good. But in terms of pizza, the average pizzeria around here makes a much better pizza.
Though I remember having Pizza Hut about five years ago and remember the pizza being better than I thought it was in the past.
Let me give you the skinny: I'm from Helsinki (the capital), and came to Turku (the original capital) to study at the University here. I've been living here for 7 years now. These two capitals have a rivalry due to their former and current status. Columnists in the largest newspaper here have belittled Helsinki referring to it as a "Eastern Finnish fishing village" (see history of Helsinki).
The main rival of Turku is Tampere, which is sometimes called the Manchester of Finland. It's an industrial city and a noob in the scene (founded in 1779), but is now the second largest urban area. A big point is that both Turku and Helsinki are in the south, while Tampere is in central Finland. This obviously means that the northerners are all hicks.
As Helsinki is like London or Paris, Tampere is the antipode of Helsinki, the voice of the provinces, while Turku hates both.
Sounds like Birmingham and Manchester. Birmingham has traditionally been referred to as the UK's second city, but Manchester seems to have taken its glory these days.
Ultimately it's all irrelevant because London is so far ahead, but it keeps the provincials occupied.
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