Drying rack instead of dishwasher

Drying rack instead of dishwasher

Something very specious about such a technologically advanced country as Finland is that Finns never have dishwashers in their kitchen. Dishwashers are being counted for hight standard equipment in European kitchens. Finns always clean their dishes by hand. BUT they use a very smart invention to dry the dishes; Finns invented the "drying racks". Those are like shelfs above the sink where you can place your dishes in it, let it there for a few hours and let it dry.

My first experience with it was the first night I arrived in Turku in an Airbnb and I didn't think about it very much. I just thought that this person is very lazy and do not have enough money to buy a dishwasher. The second encounter with those drying rack was in my kitchen in my accommodation. Even the school's domestic economic kitchen was furnished with drying rack. I've learnt that it is the normal equipment for a Finnish kitchen! And I think it's very ecological, cheap and smart.