‘We were quite surprised’: Finland’s embassy goes viral with staff training day post on Instagram

After a promotion for a ‘Finnish Dinner Date’ went ‘a bit viral’, the Canberra envoy’s next post became an unlikely social media hit

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The embassy of Finland in Canberra was temporarily closed on Tuesday, 10 November.

Millions of people across the world were, it turns out, quite upset by this.