Possibly several thousand hedgehogs live in the parks of downtown Helsinki.
Both Eurasian and Eastern European hedgehogs live on the south short of the Gulf of Finland.
There is also a travel guide to Finland called The Hedgehog. But it does not eat insects, or roll itself up into a spiky ball for protection.
Visit the Finnish Hedgehog Society! But be prepared not to understand it. Because it's in Finnish. But you can enjoy the long and pretty words nonetheless. Words like 'lemmikkisiilit'.
I think the Finnish word for 'hedgehog', in some case at least, is 'Siiliyhdistys'.
Do not say 'vittujen kevŠt ja kyrpien takatalvi' in Finnish...I think it might be obscene. Although, to the best of my knowledge, this does not involve hedgehogs.
Posted by aloysius at May 07, 2003 11:35 PM |Just happened to stumble in to your blog by googling word lemmikisiilit. Finnish word for 'hedgehog' is actually 'siili' not 'siiliyhdistys' which means 'Hedgehog society'. So there, now you know =) Hedgehogs are adorable creatures, and now it is spring and they wake up from their dormancy. Rejoice!
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Posted by: Ferin on May 13, 2003 12:14 PM