I once wanted to overnight at the bus station in Helsinki (the underground one at Kamppi) to get an early bus to Tampere the next day. I put my stuff in one of the storage lockers, and my my plan was that as soon as that area was unlocked in the morning, I'd get it and jump on the next bus.
At around 1am, security found me there half-asleep on a seat, and asked me what was going on. He then noticed there was a bus to Tampere in about 15 minutes, and very kindly unlocked Kamppi for me so I could get my suitcase, and he escorted me onto the bus to make sure I definitely left. Sitting on a light in the pavement in Tampere in the middle of the night to stay warm wasn't what I'd planned.
Still the only time I've actually been moved on from somewhere. I wouldn't say Finland isn't also hostile to people doing the wrong thing in public, even if they have decent homeless policies apart from that.
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u/opinionate_rooster Slovenia 2d ago
Finland: "Hold my beer." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First