1. Finnish Students of Vaskivuoren lukio and their stereotypes about
the Spanish people:
online meeting Finland-Spain 19.4.2021
= a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
The Spanish are very happy and outgoing
It’s always sunny
Spanish people express their emotions more openly than Finnish people, for example.
Spanish people are very social
Spanish people are easygoing
People from Spain are very happy
In Spain, there are always very sunny and warm
Spanish are very social people
When spanish people have freetime, they go to the beach and play volleyball.
Spanish people are calm and joyful all the time
Spanish people are talkative
Greeting people is more physical than in Finland, French kisses for example
Spanish people are always late.
Spanish people keep their babies awake late in the evening.
Spanish people eat sweet things for breakfast.
When Spanish people go out with their friends they stay out until it’s very late.
Spanish people eat very late in the evening
in Spain they have siesta and they sleep during the day.
Spanish dinner is bigger than Finnish dinner (because it’s eaten so late).