You will basically never be out of sight of an ice cream stand when you're in any city. Such a step up from the occasional clamor of "The Entertainer" coming down my street from the ice cream truck. This is my kind of country, with ice cream everywhere!
There are two companies that have stands: Ingman and Pingviini. If you see the polar bear, it's Ingman. If you see the penguin, it's Pingviini.
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| Ohhh...competition... |
These stands are not stands, actually, they're more like kiosks. At the stands you can get the scooped ice cream mostly. "Yksi pallo" for one scoop, and "kaksi pallo" for two scoops. But some stands sell the pre-packaged cones made by Ingman and Pingviini which are the exact same flavors.
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| You will even find a kiosk in the middle of the beach selling ice cream! |
My favorite ice cream flavors here that I wouldn't find at home are pear and salmiakki. But be careful ordering pear, which sounds similar to potato. I once asked for potato ice cream. Or twice... (pear is päärynä and potato is peruna)
Finns love their ice cream, and all supermarkets have quite the assortment in the frozen section. In smaller convenience stores you will even see small coolers, filled to the top with ice cream.
In the freezer in my house here, the bottom drawer is currently filled with three flavors of the individual cones (don't say I told you where it was...)
Really have to watch myself here!
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