After school, children rarely have much school work as this is very uncommon in the country. Likewise, many working adults get home and leave work behind as many families spend evenings in the home. Weekends tend to be more varied as everyone in Finland seems to have their own idea of the ideal weekend. In the cities bars, restaurants, and dance clubs are popular, the many lakes in the country offer a great weekend getaway to fish or swim, others get outside to play other sports, and still others find multiple other ways to be entertained, from going to a museum, to relaxing at home. The one consistent is that during the long summer days the Finns are sure to get outside nearly every chance they get and during the long dark winters the indoors are a bit more welcoming.
Identity
Finns identify as Finns and this is defined by a combination of ethnicity, language, and lifestyle. However, some defining characteristic are rarely attached to their identity; religion is not truly an identifying factor for most and local foods, although there are multiple, are being pushed aside for international cuisine so again contribute little to the local Finnish identity. The term is also not often associated with nationality as the country's ethnic minority, the Sami (or Lapps) tend to identify as such, not as Finns. Like the Finns, the Sami tend to define their identity by ethnicity, language, and culture.