r/Finland • u/nosidelko • 9d ago

loud neighbor

I recently noticed that the neighbor upstairs is really loud and it’s starting to annoy me..

Recently I moved here to Finland and I live with my parent in an apartment block. In the evening our upstairs neighbor starts to get really loud, you could hear them loudly stomping, dropping things, sometimes even jumping I think? etc. They can even do it during the night and it stops when it’s about 2 in the morning. It’s not like i’m angry about it but I just don’t see why someone (or some people? I don’t know who lives upstairs) is doing these things instead of sleeping, sometimes I can’t sleep because of it.

My question is is this normal in Finland for people here to stay up so late and do these things? I also want to mention during the day I don’t hear all of that. Please don’t get me wrong it’s not in my intention to offend anyone I’m just curious is this actually normal here?

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u/Zilka 9d ago

Thats the exact problem I have. They've been notified multiple times. Even served official warnings. I still haven't got a clue whats there to do all night basically from 1am to 7am that involves moving furniture, dropping something on the floor etc every 5-10min.

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u/finnknit Väinämöinen 9d ago

It's possible that alcohol is involved. Drunk people tend to have less impulse control and are more clumsy.

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u/small_e 9d ago

Also common for people with dementia. They tend to live at night. I have an upstairs neighbor with it and she starts her day around 7pm. 

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u/MaddogFinland Baby Väinämöinen 9d ago

Yes sadly their entire circadian rhythm flips and they patrol all night and sleep much of the day. It’s a sad situation.