Since you are a hockey guy, Tampere is a good place to visit. It´s considered to be the home of finnish hockey. The largest arena in the country, 2 high level teams, ice hockey museum/hall of fame. The town itself is an oldtime industrial town with a nice lakeside location and nice restaurants(try the black sausage) and pubs. Tampere also has some intresting museums like the Spy Museum and the Gaming museum, of course there are more traditional ones too. The CanadaxJapan=Finland is kinda on the money :)
Since nobody else commented so far: Finland in WW2: Round 1, the Winter War: Soviet Union invaded on November 30, 1939, thought it would be easy and got bitten really hard. Eventually they reorganized and made some progress. The conflict lasted for 105 days and ended with Finland losing around 10% of the land but the soviets had to pay a high price: 130.000-170.000 KIA and 190.000 wounded. The Soviets also lost 521 planes and roughly the same amount of tanks. The battle of Suomussalmi is a military history classic, where 10.000 Finns on skis destroyed two full Soviet divisions. Another remarkable thing: the deadliest sniper in the history, Simo Häyhä, managed to get 505 confirmed kills in just under 100 days. Round 2, the Continuation War, June 1941- September 1944, Finland fought alongside the Axis powers to regain lost territory. The attack continued all the way to the river Svir. It was a long war where the numbers counted in the end. Even then the Soviets lost at least 200.000 KIA, 60.000 POW and 400.000 wounded. Their material loss was also high: some 2.500 planes and almost as many tanks. In the aftermath, Finland lost roughly 12% of the territory (compared to pre war borders) but remained a sovereign country. Finland also had to drive out the German troops (the Lapland War 1944-1945) as part of the peace deal with the Soviets. Out of all the European participants in WW2, to my knowledge there were only 3 capitals that never were conquered/occupied: London, Moscow and Helsinki.
As a context to why Finland turned to the Axis powers: enemy of my enemy is a friend. Every other major power was allies with the Soviets (US, UK, France...), so the only choice for getting arms and aid against the Soviets was Germany, since Finland had no significant natural resources and very little industry of its own.
@@perunarieska9182 Not to forget the "Suur-Suomi" idealists. In a sense we could of allied ourselves with the Soviets and the rest in hopes of maybe we'd get our lands back as compensation for the effort, but our leaders decided they want to join with the "winners' side" and maybe get to actually expand our borders after Germany wins the war. Of course, they didn't trust Soviets after the Winter War which played a big part in it, but still the Continuation War wasn't just to "get our old lands back".
There's also interesting story about Aimo Koivunen during the war. I definitely recommend the video titled "Winter Soldier OD's on METH, Becomes Unkillable - Aimo Koivunen" learn more about him.
Canada x Japan + metal = Finland You understand us really well! Brilliant... just absolutely brilliant. I'm a Finn and you explained it better than we do.
@3:08 The airport is not only in the outskirts, but actually in a different city (Vantaa), which is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, but still very much a different city. I doubt anyone actually goes to the airport to do grocery shopping if they're not passing through the airport. The store is there for passenger convenience.
yea, if you live in the metropolitan area and lets say you come from a week long or a longer trip in the evening to the airport, at least you know that you can buy some food to that empty fridge that is waiting for you at home, so you have at least a break fast next morning. Very convenient indeed.
Especially as the airport terminal is kinda in the middle of the airport area, with one of the biggest shopping centres right outside of the area. along the road you come in.
Should not. Tampere is terrible looking place. Buildings from 70’s in middle of the city and parking lots front of those. Just like in suburb. It’s not suprise because it’s communist city. Has even Lenin museum. Only one in western world.
Yeash tampere is the hockey capital, but hey u must admit that HIFK is HIFK (wich game he went), their rep and history too. kinda different then any other team ;)
12:52 I agree with you, and I'm a Finn. One thing socially that is way different about Finns and Japanese people is that we don't beat around the bush we are very straight to the point and it's not considered rude if for example we tell a mistake someone did.
Tampere has the nicest hockey arena. Amazing athmosphere in Tappara vs Ilves local games. Train from Helsinki is about 2 hours and arena is next to trainstation. Also best burgwrs in Hämptown restaurant next to train station.
Awesome! Been to Finland last year, surely my favorite country in the world! The cold weather, beautiful landscapes, nice people, even the food that many people says it's terrible, in fact it's not! Sure it is an expensive country, but it's worth it. Try to visit Tampere, less than 2h by train from Helsinki. Surely you can go waaay north till Lapland, but it will be a lot colder! Foods: you must try mämmi now that is Easter time. If you go to Tampere, definitely try the buffalo wings at Siipiweikot Greetings from Brazil!
Tampere is the #1 place to visit. A beautiful inland city with good public transport, plus a fancy new hockey arena (located right next to the train station too) with not one but two top-league teams -- and they both made it to the playoffs.
The statue on Senate Square is the Russian emperor Alexander II. There’s a bit of a story attached to it. Finland used to be a part of the kingdom of Sweden since the Middle Ages. This changed in 1809 when Russia conquered Finland. The czar at the time, Alexander I, anticipated he’d have to fight Napoleon soon, so he didn’t really have troops to spare to occupy Finland; he needed to pacify it quickly. He made Finland into an autonomous Grand Duchy. The short version is that the he took out the constitution of Sweden that was used in Finland, crossed out “king of Sweden”, wrote in “emperor of Russia” and called it a day. This made Finland special in the Russian empire: there was no serfdom, and the emperor was not an absolute autocrat. The Finns really liked this arrangement, and 1809 is considered the start of Finnish statehood. The first few decades went by relatively uneventfully. There was a major revolt against Russia in Poland, but Finns stayed loyal to the emperor. The emperor, Alexander II, really appreciated that. As gesture of goodwill, he called the Finnish Diet, which allowed it pass new laws, the first time since Swedish times. Finland got its own currency, post office, army, and the Finnish language became a language of administration alongside Swedish. His support for autonomy is why Alexander II is remembered as the best czar in Finland, and why he got his statue on Senate Square after his death. But the story doesn’t end there. Emperor Nicholas II decided to centralize the Russian empire. He revoked many of the privileges of Finland and strengthened the grip of Russian authorities in Finland. Finns used both passive and active methods to resist Russification, but for our story about the statue, we need only to cover the passive-aggressive form of resistance: Finns started laying flowers on the statue of Alexander II. The message was clear: “This czar that respected our autonomy was a good czar.“ The Russian authorities couldn’t really forbid the Finns from honoring the current emperor’s grandfather, so they did nothing. After independence and during World War II there was talk about removing the statue, but the “Alexander II was important for Finnish statehood” side won out, and the statue stayed.
Such interesting timing: I just recorded a video of me relaying a lot of this history this morning. It will be published on Thursday. (Hopefully I said most of the history correctly)
Well explained. One detail however caught my eye... Finland never had a czar. The Emperor of the (russian) Empire was The Grand Duke (or Prince) of Finland.
Here's a fun tip; check out the latitude Helsinki is on and then see how far up north it would be in Canada. There are lots of other factors affecting the weather of course, but when you realise how south Toronto actually is (again, compared to Europe) you might be surprised.
The most obvious city to Visit is Tallinn (in Estonia) The boat takes you there in 2 hours and you can easily spend the day in the old town of Tallinn (one of the best preserved medieval towns in whole Europe). In Finland maybe Porvoo (older than Helsinki) or the Nuuksio National Park in Espoo (but the problem there might be the early spring and very slippery -only ice- walking paths. Turku is the oldest town in Finland and it has a special vibe with huge old cathedral and medieval stone castle. Both of these are beside the river that flows through the city...
Tappara tampere is nice hockey team in finland. And nokia arena is the biggest hockey arena in Finland. Tappara have also 5 north american players. 1 from canada and 4 from usa.
@@toweri_liAs a Kärpät fan, it's always Ilves > Tappara for me. When I think of Tappara I think of ugly and physical hockey with lots of stick use and illegal plays.
Yeah, that Wayne Gretzky, who was paired with Jari Kurri and played with Finnish Titan stick, and also with Esa Tikkanen in the 1985 Stanley Cup finals. As told by Gretzky; first time he played with Tikkanen, he gave Tikkanen some advice where to be on ice. Tikkanen answered something. Gretzky asked Kurri what Tikkanen had said. Kurri said he has no idea. Toronto City Hall was designed by a Finnish architect Viljo Revell. In Helsinki Lasipalatsi ("Glass Palace") and Palace Hotel are his design. There's a military museum in Suomenlinna Sea Fortress. You filmed the ferry, which goes there. Recommended day trip cities to visit from Helsinki: Tampere, Turku, Porvoo and Tallinn in Estonia. Finland and Japan do have similarities. Daiki Yoshikawa is a Japanese RUclipsr living in Finland: "5 Similarities Between Finnish and Japanese". Also: "Japan's Gift to Finland: The Helsinki Cherry Blossom Park". Notable Ivana started speaking Finnish right away after arrival.
By the way, Turku is amazing. It is our first capital city and filled with historical buildings. It is also fun..lots of restaurants along the Aurajoki river.
Hey guys, come to Turku! Turku is the old capital of Finland. Approximately 100 mins train ride from Helsinki. We have very nice nature here to explore. We also have great hockey team and cool hockey arena here! There is a place called Villa Jarvela where you can go to sauna first and jump into the cold lake for an ice bath and then jump into the Jacuzzi to enjoy the wonderful view of the lake and the forests!
Turku is a cool city, don't know about hockey though. As a Kärpät (from Oulu, probably the second best hockey city after Tampere) fan, Turku is a city full of glory hunters and the stands are quite empty when they're not doing well. Even the last playoff game looked kinda empty in Turku.
You should definitely go to Tampere, the nicest city in Finland even if I am not from there. You can easily get there by train from Helsinki and as the city is situated between two lakes with a stream running through the city centre you also get a taste of the thousand lakes Finland is known for. Tampere is also home for the famous black sausage.
That's the case if you want to see the nicest hockey arena. Other than that, Helsinki has so much more to offer with a bigger variance and nicer city landscape with the most beautiful built environment/architecture.
Welcome to Finland. Let me know if you need a local guide 😀 I recommend you to visit reataurants in the city center at lunch time (11-15). Then you can find nice local food with low price. And that swimming place is totally worth visiting!
Toronto is as south as Nice in southern France, Helsinki is as north as Anchorage in Alaska. Thus, is it so strange that there is a difference in temperature...
Go Steveana🥳🥳Is Steve's back getting better？🥺Good to see him standing and walking like there's no pain！！Have fun in Finland, look forward to it😃😃sending love from China❤❤❤
There are so many interesting places in Finland. Finland is not only Helsinki. Tampere you have to visit if you want to experience Finnish pub life. Turku is the oldest town in Finland. Oulu is HighTec. Espoo is beatiful and so is Vantaa. Etc etc Mountains in far north, Santa, reindeers......
@@Maehisk Officially mountain is everything above 1000m, and Finland has multiple peaks in the north reaching up to 1300m. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Finland.
First time viewer here from Finland (YT algorithm wanted me to view your video :)) - really fun to watch! Reccomendations for things to see in Finland: The four different types of geography in Finland: the archipelagos, the coastal areas, the lakeside Finland and the polar/arctic areas. That's a very rough partition of Finland. Archipelagos are really only found in one place (bigger one, smaller ones are scattered around all the coast of Finland and around Helsinki too, Vaasa on the west coast gets an honorable mention for having a nice archipelago too) around the city of Turku (southwestern coast). Lakeside starts looking at Finland from the south at about the city of Lahti and streches northwest and east from there. If you're going to watch HIFK play you can go to Lahti and do that next week wednesday 20.3. Next the coastal areas: well, you are staying in Helsinki and that is a coastal city. There are plenty of those in Finland: for example Porvoo close to Helsinki is small and picturesque with other examples being Turku, Pori, Rauma, Vaasa, Pietarsaari, Raahe and Oulu. Then there is of course Lapland - the polar/arctic region of Finland. Lots to see there with a beautiful nature and quite hilly areas (tunturis and vaaras - won't say mountains because they are very much hills compared to real mountains) with things like the classic northern lights, reindeer, husky rides, santa and downhill skiing (or snowboarding) being the most popular pasttimes. When it comes to food: Salmon soup is ofc a classic and I guess you've already tried that. Meatballs with potatoes (whole or mashed) and lingonberry jam is also a very Finnish dish (and we have our own variety compared to the more famous swedish meatballs). If you go to Lapland do try out sauteed reindeer (eating Rudolph, yikes) - it is a really tasty dish. I'd venture to say pea soup is quite Finnish too (as are many different soups). Then there is the Karelian foods: the Karelian pies and the Karelian stew - the pies you can buy at any grocery store (they are called karjalanpiirakka) and the stew can at times be on the menu for lunch at restaurants (there are quite a few restaurants that serve mainly lunch food for people working in that specific area - thats a good place to look for Karelian stew). If you're feeling really adventurous you could try musta makkara (black sausage made from blood - blood pudding in the form of a sausage), leipäjuusto (squeaky cheese) or mämmi (black stuff made from rye, usually we have it with lots of cream and sugar on top - looks like... well I won't type out what it looks like) that you can also find in the grocery stores as it is a treat many Finns have for Easter and that holiday is coming up. Looking forward to your next video and hope you'll enjoy your stay in Finland :) PS. really good analogy abour Canada*Japan=Finland - did you know that Japanese "generally" like things from Finland quite a lot (especially Moomin and Marimekko) and we do have quite a few tourists coming from Japan to Finland every year :)
I suggest you go to Tampere if you want a playoff hockey game, the top 2 teams from this regular season are both from there and they share the most modern and biggest arena (in use) in Finland. I'm sure if the 2 teams of that city match up in the playoffs the games between them should be crazy (but that will be in the finals because they were 1. and 2. in the regular season, if they both even get there). The city is also quite cool as well and on top of being the "city of ice hockey" in Finland is known for their buffalo chicken wings. A short trip with a train from Helsinki too. And this is coming from someone who is not from Tampere.
First and foremost, it's great to see you have recovered from your back pain, Steve. Oh wow, l'm tagging along with you guys again to learn and see more of Finland. I studied very little about this country in my Geography lesson. Looking forward to seeing your Finland series. Stay safe, keep healthy and take care, Stevana.
Finnish foods to try, in addition to salmon soup...Poronkäristys (sautéed reindeer), Leipajuusto (bread cheese) and Baltic pickled herring. For dessert, try the blueberry pie and some of the fried dough treats (lots of variations on funnel cake and donut-like sugary sweets).
Welcome to Finland. I recommend visiting at least Tampere and Turku that are easily reachable by train and Porvoo which is easily reachable by a bus. I have been to Toronto and I agree that it's a little warmer and has significantly longer summers. I think Quebec has quite similar climate like southern Finland.
Food recommendation: Lunch buffet places, very traditional food and/or very typical everyday food. You will not find those in any guides, which I think is a shame and kind of a good thing; I think they are great and usually pretty cheap as they are not touristy. It's real Finland right there in those places.
Toronto is at same latitude as southern French so, that's quite a difference. Gulf stream warms up northern Europe a bit and pushes cold to southern Canada and USA. Anchorage Alaska is at latitude 61 N and at 60 N, so we are quite up north here in Finland
You are spot on the Canada X Japan = Finland thing. Japanese people love visiting Finland and Finnish people love Japan, because both countries are safe and very chill.
Good daytrip from Helsinki is to go to Turku by train to see the Turku castle. Maybe even visit a former prison Kakola which is just walk distance from the castle. Nowhadays the prison has a prison museum, a hotel, an adult only spa, great restaurants and people also live there. During summer you can have drinks and food at the many former commercial boats docked at the shores of Aura river going through the city center turned into restaurants, bars and even one nightclub. Turku is the oldest city and the former capital of Finland.
As a Finnish person to watch your reactions of Finland made me super happy and proud of our country 😍 thank you for the lovely video! I was just smiling throughout the whole thing
Hifk who placed 6th in the regular season will play against the 3rd place team Lahti Pelicans (my team :D) in the playoffs, and Lahti is only an hour away from Helsinki, a bit smaller city but known as the sports capital in Finland, I can definitely recommend it and also come to the game for a great atmosphere.
I've watched a couple of your videos from Finland already and just now I watched this first episode. As a Finn (living in Oulu) I like the way you think about things and how you relate to our culture. Canada x Japan = Finland makes sense. I've always been interested in Canada so I might actually feel at home over there.
Very nice video. Canada and Japan = Finland is very well thought when it comes to culture. Are you coming to Tampere? We have nice new arena here and our teams are the top dogs this year, Ilves and Tappara. I really recommend Ilves(Lynx or bobcat in English)-game,poff opening is next thursday, you propably never enjoy ACDC Thunderstruck this much when you hear it and they have the best fans in Finland. Great city all around.
A lot of people recommended Tampere. We will try to go there. Although we haven't set our itinerary just yet. So, please keep recommending places everyone!! We appreciate it and we will try to listen to the advice. We understand that you all know a lot more than us about Finland 🤣
Hi guys! You definitely should come to tampere and see tappara's game! Nokia arena is by far the best hockey arena in finland! Nokia arena is a very easy place to visit you literally go under the arena when you arrive by train 😂 Hope you have great time in finland, enjoy the playoffs!🎉😊
I grew up in Thunder Bay Ontario alot of my friends are of Fin descent since Thunder Bay has the biggest Fin Diaspora in Canada, Fin 🥞 pancakes Saunas and Snow, Ice Fishing and Hockey I loved it all.
The bread cheese you mention is a baked cottage cheese which sqeaks when you bite into it, ususally eaten with jam. The alcohol in Finland is expensive due to the tax. And coffee is something integral to the culture, we consume about 12 kg or 26 punds of coffee gounds per person per year of the last reconing of 2022. And the coffee we consume is of the highest quality of beans available, roasted to a quite a light roast and done as drip coffee. How it is cheap by your reconing I can't answer, but one factor might be that it is a draw-in product for the merchant chain.
welcome to finland! you defo should've taken the train from the airport! was a nice experience to descend to the train station for the first time! but it's understandable that after a long trip you just want to drag your ass quickly home/hotel/etc. there's been a proper grocery store at the airport for quite some time. after the recent big renovations it got bigger and from my experience it serves greatly the returning travellers that can grab something quickly before heading home to rest. and of course the prices are the same as in town.
I can assure you that nobody comes to the airport from Helsinki's center city for grocery shopping, because you have many many stores, about the size of that Alepa in the airport in the city center and in almost every different part of Helsinki has it's own store, a couple of them or even a few of them😄 Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is pretty much on the outskirts of Vantaa. That was just the general balcony in the apartment, not a designated smoking area:D Less and less people amoke every year in Finland. You should take the ferry from the market square and go to Suomenlinna! It's where I grew up and it's a fortress that's made of 5 decent sized islands and it was built in the 1748 by the Swedes that ruled Finland back then. It's also an Unesco historical heritage site, so you should definetly check it out. Many many tourists visit it yearly, especially in the summer.
The cruise to Stockholm, from Turku (newer ships faster) Evening ship from Turku and you are in Stockholm in the morning, evening in the nightclub or from Helsinki and you also can do a day visit in Tallinn estonia 2h on the ferry to talllin, nice daytrip.
There is also a second team in Helsinki (Jokerit) who plays in second highest division so you should visit that as well. The town to go to is Tampere and there are two great hockey teams, Ilves and Tappara. Also Porvoo is cool.
Hey ! as a hockey guy you have to see the jokers' playoff match! the next game in Helsinki will be played on Sunday! the league level is lower, but the atmosphere is better than the match you went to, I promise
For video content, they have a surf simulator (Surf house Helsinki) and beach volley courts underground in Pasila shopping center Mall of Tripla they keep the temperature high +27c so its like a piece of summer preserved.
Canada times Japan equals Finland... That's a great way to put it, I feel like! I got to come check out Canada one of these years. But for now, I think enjoying the rest of your videos should be in my primary life goals!
Bigger reason for the grocery store in Helsinki-Vantaa airport is that we finns always empty our refridgerators before we go on vacation and we like to get the groceries on our way back home. What would be easier than to get the groceries from the airport :D And yes, there are icebreakers in Helsinki. Right about the moment where you asked about it there was the redtiled orthodox church, Uspenskin katedraali, in the picture and behind that there are icebreakers in the port.
Pro tip about your camera: you probably see horizontal banding / flickering in the video and it's caused by your camera shutter being 60 Hz instead of 50 Hz that you should use in Europe to avoid flicker from lights. As an alternative, many cameras have a compensation for this in the settings menu which allows avoiding the flicker even when you shoot 60 fps.
If you're still here and need to find a place to get some souvenirs or just stop by for a chat, there is a tourist shop right in front of the Rock Church called Anne's Shop. Off request they'll give a bunch of suggestions as to what to do in Helsinki. It's the oldest souvenir shop in Helsinki and covers a wide variety of products
You should pick December/January or some of the summer months from June to August. The Finland during those months is widely different. Especially during summer there are festivals everywhere and Finns are way more active and it doesn't seem so much that every place is empty. An exception would be midsummer when Finns leave cities to be in the countryside.
The Canadan flag was half mast, that signifies grief. Might want to read up on whats happening there. There was another Canadian flag at half mast on a nato ship recently, spotted in Finland aswell. Might be related or maybe a Canadian citizen died in the building.
6:15 That's a big no no, smoking at a balcony in an apartment complex is against the law in Finland, you can get evicted if you repeatedly get complaints from your neighbours to your landlord. Also 57€ per night for such a big AirBnB is a steal.
It’s not against the law to smoke on your balcony, but apartment complexes can ban it in their housing rules, and most apartments have banned it. (Edit: and actually, if you own your apartment and you bought it before the smoking ban on balconies was set on the housing rules, they can’t really forbid you from smoking on your own property.)
The "smoking room" is in fact a balcony! Very common in city apartments, where people don't have terraces or their own yards, but can enjoy the weather and sun right from their own apartment
Hope you like it. If you're still there, bet out of the city centre. Lots to see outside the normal stupid-route. Lots of info online, for example myhelsinki is an official place to start. Also just a little thing. The statue at Senaatti square by the cathedral is Alexander the ll:nd
TPS is the best Finnish hockey team (totally not because my friend playes there) and also you should try to eat karjalan piirakka, its good with egg butter or ordinary butter
What you said about Japan and Finland isn't too far from the truth, I'm Finnish and I never struggle with understanding any of the social cues or manners when I'm in Japan - their social cues and manners are just common sense to me since they're pretty much the same as mine. It's one of the reasons why I feel so at home in Japan!
I think japanese ppl are very polite ppl. Finns don't beat around the bush and say everything straight. Sometimes it's too straight and some ppl get offended.
I think your assesment is right. Many similarities with japanese culture and finnish culture - differences too, for sure, but I feel definately out of europeans, finns are the most like japanese.
Lots of Japanese people have always visited Finland.
We have lots of similarities, from ski-jumping to bathing to respecting rules and quietness
to Saunas
You forgot the main thing, my man: karaoke
And names like Aki and Mika.
The Japanese and Finns somehow combine well. I love the Japanese people 🙂
U nail it. As a finn its somehow in a psyche😅
That airport grocery store is really handy when you arrive and just go grab whatever you need on your way home, whenever you happen to arrive.
Since you are a hockey guy, Tampere is a good place to visit. It´s considered to be the home of finnish hockey. The largest arena in the country, 2 high level teams, ice hockey museum/hall of fame. The town itself is an oldtime industrial town with a nice lakeside location and nice restaurants(try the black sausage) and pubs. Tampere also has some intresting museums like the Spy Museum and the Gaming museum, of course there are more traditional ones too. The CanadaxJapan=Finland is kinda on the money :)
The arena in Tampere is impressive. I went to see the IIHF matches there last year.
Tappara is finnish equivalent of Montreal Canadiens and Ilves is finnish equivalent of Toronto Maple leafs.
🧡 Tappara 💙
Omg i live there itse The best country ever!
Since nobody else commented so far: Finland in WW2:
Round 1, the Winter War: Soviet Union invaded on November 30, 1939, thought it would be easy and got bitten really hard. Eventually they reorganized and made some progress. The conflict lasted for 105 days and ended with Finland losing around 10% of the land but the soviets had to pay a high price: 130.000-170.000 KIA and 190.000 wounded. The Soviets also lost 521 planes and roughly the same amount of tanks. The battle of Suomussalmi is a military history classic, where 10.000 Finns on skis destroyed two full Soviet divisions. Another remarkable thing: the deadliest sniper in the history, Simo Häyhä, managed to get 505 confirmed kills in just under 100 days.
Round 2, the Continuation War, June 1941- September 1944, Finland fought alongside the Axis powers to regain lost territory. The attack continued all the way to the river Svir. It was a long war where the numbers counted in the end. Even then the Soviets lost at least 200.000 KIA, 60.000 POW and 400.000 wounded. Their material loss was also high: some 2.500 planes and almost as many tanks. In the aftermath, Finland lost roughly 12% of the territory (compared to pre war borders) but remained a sovereign country. Finland also had to drive out the German troops (the Lapland War 1944-1945) as part of the peace deal with the Soviets. Out of all the European participants in WW2, to my knowledge there were only 3 capitals that never were conquered/occupied: London, Moscow and Helsinki.
Although very informative, never seen such a long comment!
As a context to why Finland turned to the Axis powers: enemy of my enemy is a friend.
Every other major power was allies with the Soviets (US, UK, France...), so the only choice for getting arms and aid against the Soviets was Germany, since Finland had no significant natural resources and very little industry of its own.
@@perunarieska9182 Not to forget the "Suur-Suomi" idealists. In a sense we could of allied ourselves with the Soviets and the rest in hopes of maybe we'd get our lands back as compensation for the effort, but our leaders decided they want to join with the "winners' side" and maybe get to actually expand our borders after Germany wins the war. Of course, they didn't trust Soviets after the Winter War which played a big part in it, but still the Continuation War wasn't just to "get our old lands back".
There's also interesting story about Aimo Koivunen during the war. I definitely recommend the video titled "Winter Soldier OD's on METH, Becomes Unkillable - Aimo Koivunen" learn more about him.
Canada x Japan + metal = Finland
You understand us really well! Brilliant... just absolutely brilliant. I'm a Finn and you explained it better than we do.
@3:08 The airport is not only in the outskirts, but actually in a different city (Vantaa), which is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, but still very much a different city. I doubt anyone actually goes to the airport to do grocery shopping if they're not passing through the airport. The store is there for passenger convenience.
yea, if you live in the metropolitan area and lets say you come from a week long or a longer trip in the evening to the airport, at least you know that you can buy some food to that empty fridge that is waiting for you at home, so you have at least a break fast next morning. Very convenient indeed.
Especially as the airport terminal is kinda in the middle of the airport area, with one of the biggest shopping centres right outside of the area. along the road you come in.
Hey guys, you should visit a city called Porvoo which is only 25 miles from Helsinki. Its old town is very beautiful and unique.❤
I wholeheartedly agree. As an expatriate American, living in Vantaa for 20 years, go to Porvoo. You will be delighted. You’ll step back in time.
Highly recommend! But do not go there on a Sunday or a holiday, the shops will be closed :)
Yeah i was going to recommend Porvoo old town as well 👍
Porvoo is a shithole
You should definitely go to Tampere. Number one and two teams in regular season, best arena and finnish hockey hall of fame
Yeah. Tampere is the hockey capital of Finland
The best city in Finland. And I don't even live there, I'm from Oulu which is a great city too
@@Yoni123 nah, Helsinki is the best, then Turku, and then Tampere. Tampere is just filled with crackheads in the evenings
Should not. Tampere is terrible looking place. Buildings from 70’s in middle of the city and parking lots front of those. Just like in suburb. It’s not suprise because it’s communist city. Has even Lenin museum. Only one in western world.
Yeash tampere is the hockey capital, but hey u must admit that HIFK is HIFK (wich game he went), their rep and history too. kinda different then any other team ;)
12:52 I agree with you, and I'm a Finn.
One thing socially that is way different about Finns and Japanese people is that we don't beat around the bush we are very straight to the point and it's not considered rude if for example we tell a mistake someone did.
Tampere has the nicest hockey arena. Amazing athmosphere in Tappara vs Ilves local games. Train from Helsinki is about 2 hours and arena is next to trainstation. Also best burgwrs in Hämptown restaurant next to train station.
Cant wait to see this whole series of videos in Finland. Love from Serbia
You should visit Tampere! Its called the Hockey capital of Finland, there is two big hockey teams and an amazing arena 🔥 And the city is beautiful 🤝
Awesome!
Been to Finland last year, surely my favorite country in the world! The cold weather, beautiful landscapes, nice people, even the food that many people says it's terrible, in fact it's not! Sure it is an expensive country, but it's worth it.
Try to visit Tampere, less than 2h by train from Helsinki. Surely you can go waaay north till Lapland, but it will be a lot colder!
Foods: you must try mämmi now that is Easter time.
If you go to Tampere, definitely try the buffalo wings at Siipiweikot
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Tampere rocks, been borned here in the 80`s :D
Tampere is the #1 place to visit. A beautiful inland city with good public transport, plus a fancy new hockey arena (located right next to the train station too) with not one but two top-league teams -- and they both made it to the playoffs.
Tampere is the most beautiful cities in Finland, summertime is the best time to come!
The statue on Senate Square is the Russian emperor Alexander II. There’s a bit of a story attached to it.
Finland used to be a part of the kingdom of Sweden since the Middle Ages. This changed in 1809 when Russia conquered Finland. The czar at the time, Alexander I, anticipated he’d have to fight Napoleon soon, so he didn’t really have troops to spare to occupy Finland; he needed to pacify it quickly. He made Finland into an autonomous Grand Duchy. The short version is that the he took out the constitution of Sweden that was used in Finland, crossed out “king of Sweden”, wrote in “emperor of Russia” and called it a day. This made Finland special in the Russian empire: there was no serfdom, and the emperor was not an absolute autocrat. The Finns really liked this arrangement, and 1809 is considered the start of Finnish statehood.
The first few decades went by relatively uneventfully. There was a major revolt against Russia in Poland, but Finns stayed loyal to the emperor. The emperor, Alexander II, really appreciated that. As gesture of goodwill, he called the Finnish Diet, which allowed it pass new laws, the first time since Swedish times. Finland got its own currency, post office, army, and the Finnish language became a language of administration alongside Swedish. His support for autonomy is why Alexander II is remembered as the best czar in Finland, and why he got his statue on Senate Square after his death.
But the story doesn’t end there. Emperor Nicholas II decided to centralize the Russian empire. He revoked many of the privileges of Finland and strengthened the grip of Russian authorities in Finland. Finns used both passive and active methods to resist Russification, but for our story about the statue, we need only to cover the passive-aggressive form of resistance: Finns started laying flowers on the statue of Alexander II. The message was clear: “This czar that respected our autonomy was a good czar.“ The Russian authorities couldn’t really forbid the Finns from honoring the current emperor’s grandfather, so they did nothing.
After independence and during World War II there was talk about removing the statue, but the “Alexander II was important for Finnish statehood” side won out, and the statue stayed.
Such interesting timing: I just recorded a video of me relaying a lot of this history this morning. It will be published on Thursday. (Hopefully I said most of the history correctly)
Well explained. One detail however caught my eye...
Finland never had a czar. The Emperor of the (russian) Empire was The Grand Duke (or Prince) of Finland.
Here's a fun tip; check out the latitude Helsinki is on and then see how far up north it would be in Canada. There are lots of other factors affecting the weather of course, but when you realise how south Toronto actually is (again, compared to Europe) you might be surprised.
Try visiting Tampere or Turku! Specially Tampere, they have the coolest and newest ice hockey arena in Europe right now
The most obvious city to Visit is Tallinn (in Estonia) The boat takes you there in 2 hours and you can easily spend the day in the old town of Tallinn (one of the best preserved medieval towns in whole Europe). In Finland maybe Porvoo (older than Helsinki) or the Nuuksio National Park in Espoo (but the problem there might be the early spring and very slippery -only ice- walking paths.
Turku is the oldest town in Finland and it has a special vibe with huge old cathedral and medieval stone castle. Both of these are beside the river that flows through the city...
Tappara tampere is nice hockey team in finland. And nokia arena is the biggest hockey arena in Finland. Tappara have also 5 north american players. 1 from canada and 4 from usa.
Biggest in use. Hartwall arena is bigger, but that is currently abandoned.
@@RoyalMela yeas. I meant biggest in use in the finnish hockey league.👍
Except that team Ilves (of Tampere) is the one to root for! :)
Hockey Mecca of Finland is Tampere and if you want to experience a great athmosphere then it is Ilves game you want to see.
@@toweri_liAs a Kärpät fan, it's always Ilves > Tappara for me. When I think of Tappara I think of ugly and physical hockey with lots of stick use and illegal plays.
Yeah, that Wayne Gretzky, who was paired with Jari Kurri and played with Finnish Titan stick, and also with Esa Tikkanen in the 1985 Stanley Cup finals. As told by Gretzky; first time he played with Tikkanen, he gave Tikkanen some advice where to be on ice. Tikkanen answered something. Gretzky asked Kurri what Tikkanen had said. Kurri said he has no idea. Toronto City Hall was designed by a Finnish architect Viljo Revell. In Helsinki Lasipalatsi ("Glass Palace") and Palace Hotel are his design. There's a military museum in Suomenlinna Sea Fortress. You filmed the ferry, which goes there. Recommended day trip cities to visit from Helsinki: Tampere, Turku, Porvoo and Tallinn in Estonia. Finland and Japan do have similarities. Daiki Yoshikawa is a Japanese RUclipsr living in Finland: "5 Similarities Between Finnish and Japanese". Also: "Japan's Gift to Finland: The Helsinki Cherry Blossom Park". Notable Ivana started speaking Finnish right away after arrival.
By the way, Turku is amazing. It is our first capital city and filled with historical buildings. It is also fun..lots of restaurants along the Aurajoki river.
Hey guys, come to Turku! Turku is the old capital of Finland. Approximately 100 mins train ride from Helsinki. We have very nice nature here to explore. We also have great hockey team and cool hockey arena here! There is a place called Villa Jarvela where you can go to sauna first and jump into the cold lake for an ice bath and then jump into the Jacuzzi to enjoy the wonderful view of the lake and the forests!
Turku is a cool city, don't know about hockey though. As a Kärpät (from Oulu, probably the second best hockey city after Tampere) fan, Turku is a city full of glory hunters and the stands are quite empty when they're not doing well. Even the last playoff game looked kinda empty in Turku.
You should visit the city of Turku, its the first city in Finland and is pretty cool.
You should definitely go to Tampere, the nicest city in Finland even if I am not from there. You can easily get there by train from Helsinki and as the city is situated between two lakes with a stream running through the city centre you also get a taste of the thousand lakes Finland is known for. Tampere is also home for the famous black sausage.
That's the case if you want to see the nicest hockey arena. Other than that, Helsinki has so much more to offer with a bigger variance and nicer city landscape with the most beautiful built environment/architecture.
@@Wulf44445 Da da.
Welcome to Finland. Let me know if you need a local guide 😀
I recommend you to visit reataurants in the city center at lunch time (11-15). Then you can find nice local food with low price. And that swimming place is totally worth visiting!
Canada * Japan = Finland. Excellent way to put it :D I love your enthusiasm and open approach on everything. Hope you enjoy your time in Fin!
Toronto is as south as Nice in southern France, Helsinki is as north as Anchorage in Alaska. Thus, is it so strange that there is a difference in temperature...
also el ninjo year.... colder in north europe, warmer at north america.
Looking forward to seeing Finland through your lens!! Keep safe, healthy and happy.
Go Steveana🥳🥳Is Steve's back getting better？🥺Good to see him standing and walking like there's no pain！！Have fun in Finland, look forward to it😃😃sending love from China❤❤❤
There are so many interesting places in Finland. Finland is not only Helsinki. Tampere you have to visit if you want to experience Finnish pub life. Turku is the oldest town in Finland. Oulu is HighTec. Espoo is beatiful and so is Vantaa. Etc etc
Mountains in far north, Santa, reindeers......
Finland has 0 mountains.
@@Maehisk Yes, they are called fells!
@@Maehisk Officially mountain is everything above 1000m, and Finland has multiple peaks in the north reaching up to 1300m. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Finland.
@@MaehiskFinland has mountains.
More to see than just one city. Just like 99% of countries.
First time viewer here from Finland (YT algorithm wanted me to view your video :)) - really fun to watch! Reccomendations for things to see in Finland: The four different types of geography in Finland: the archipelagos, the coastal areas, the lakeside Finland and the polar/arctic areas. That's a very rough partition of Finland.
Archipelagos are really only found in one place (bigger one, smaller ones are scattered around all the coast of Finland and around Helsinki too, Vaasa on the west coast gets an honorable mention for having a nice archipelago too) around the city of Turku (southwestern coast).
Lakeside starts looking at Finland from the south at about the city of Lahti and streches northwest and east from there. If you're going to watch HIFK play you can go to Lahti and do that next week wednesday 20.3.
Next the coastal areas: well, you are staying in Helsinki and that is a coastal city. There are plenty of those in Finland: for example Porvoo close to Helsinki is small and picturesque with other examples being Turku, Pori, Rauma, Vaasa, Pietarsaari, Raahe and Oulu.
Then there is of course Lapland - the polar/arctic region of Finland. Lots to see there with a beautiful nature and quite hilly areas (tunturis and vaaras - won't say mountains because they are very much hills compared to real mountains) with things like the classic northern lights, reindeer, husky rides, santa and downhill skiing (or snowboarding) being the most popular pasttimes.
When it comes to food: Salmon soup is ofc a classic and I guess you've already tried that. Meatballs with potatoes (whole or mashed) and lingonberry jam is also a very Finnish dish (and we have our own variety compared to the more famous swedish meatballs). If you go to Lapland do try out sauteed reindeer (eating Rudolph, yikes) - it is a really tasty dish. I'd venture to say pea soup is quite Finnish too (as are many different soups). Then there is the Karelian foods: the Karelian pies and the Karelian stew - the pies you can buy at any grocery store (they are called karjalanpiirakka) and the stew can at times be on the menu for lunch at restaurants (there are quite a few restaurants that serve mainly lunch food for people working in that specific area - thats a good place to look for Karelian stew). If you're feeling really adventurous you could try musta makkara (black sausage made from blood - blood pudding in the form of a sausage), leipäjuusto (squeaky cheese) or mämmi (black stuff made from rye, usually we have it with lots of cream and sugar on top - looks like... well I won't type out what it looks like) that you can also find in the grocery stores as it is a treat many Finns have for Easter and that holiday is coming up.
Looking forward to your next video and hope you'll enjoy your stay in Finland :)
PS. really good analogy abour Canada*Japan=Finland - did you know that Japanese "generally" like things from Finland quite a lot (especially Moomin and Marimekko) and we do have quite a few tourists coming from Japan to Finland every year :)
thanks so much for the tips and recommendations!
I prefer you both to go to Porvoo, it is the second oldest city in finland
I suggest you go to Tampere if you want a playoff hockey game, the top 2 teams from this regular season are both from there and they share the most modern and biggest arena (in use) in Finland. I'm sure if the 2 teams of that city match up in the playoffs the games between them should be crazy (but that will be in the finals because they were 1. and 2. in the regular season, if they both even get there). The city is also quite cool as well and on top of being the "city of ice hockey" in Finland is known for their buffalo chicken wings. A short trip with a train from Helsinki too. And this is coming from someone who is not from Tampere.
I grew up in Yellowknife and the ice didn’t go off the lake until June!
Yellowknife? Wow! I want to go there one day!
First and foremost, it's great to see you have recovered from your back pain, Steve. Oh wow, l'm tagging along with you guys again to learn and see more of Finland. I studied very little about this country in my Geography lesson. Looking forward to seeing your Finland series. Stay safe, keep healthy and take care, Stevana.
Come and check out Turku, 2 hours from Helsinki by train. Home city icehockey teams TPS and TuTo. Turku is the oldest city in Finland.
Canada x Japan = Finland is exactly right
Finnish foods to try, in addition to salmon soup...Poronkäristys (sautéed reindeer), Leipajuusto (bread cheese) and Baltic pickled herring. For dessert, try the blueberry pie and some of the fried dough treats (lots of variations on funnel cake and donut-like sugary sweets).
11:09 That pool you're pointing at is connected to the Baltic sea and is not heated.
Welcome to Finland. I recommend visiting at least Tampere and Turku that are easily reachable by train and Porvoo which is easily reachable by a bus.
I have been to Toronto and I agree that it's a little warmer and has significantly longer summers. I think Quebec has quite similar climate like southern Finland.
Food recommendation: Lunch buffet places, very traditional food and/or very typical everyday food. You will not find those in any guides, which I think is a shame and kind of a good thing; I think they are great and usually pretty cheap as they are not touristy.
It's real Finland right there in those places.
Yup. Just beware, Finns typically eat lunch super early and most places stop serving lunch by 2 pm.
Toronto is at same latitude as southern French so, that's quite a difference. Gulf stream warms up northern Europe a bit and pushes cold to southern Canada and USA. Anchorage Alaska is at latitude 61 N and at 60 N, so we are quite up north here in Finland
I can tell you have travelled a lot, since your first impression of us within one hour is spot on. Can't wait to see more.
The train is VERY fast and easy.
They go every 10 minutes.
you should really take the train back
Yes try train
Yes it's like 6-7 times cheaper then a taxi and it's probably faster.
Tram and subway are easy and fast, but the train is like playing lottery.
You are spot on the Canada X Japan = Finland thing. Japanese people love visiting Finland and Finnish people love Japan, because both countries are safe and very chill.
Good daytrip from Helsinki is to go to Turku by train to see the Turku castle. Maybe even visit a former prison Kakola which is just walk distance from the castle. Nowhadays the prison has a prison museum, a hotel, an adult only spa, great restaurants and people also live there. During summer you can have drinks and food at the many former commercial boats docked at the shores of Aura river going through the city center turned into restaurants, bars and even one nightclub. Turku is the oldest city and the former capital of Finland.
7:59 When the flag is at half mast means someone that lived in that building has died. Propably a canadian person since it’s canadian flag.
@13:31, Steve: "Canada times Japan equals Finland, that's my first impression." Person in background: "Kyllä!" (Yes!) :D
As a Finnish person to watch your reactions of Finland made me super happy and proud of our country 😍 thank you for the lovely video! I was just smiling throughout the whole thing
Hifk who placed 6th in the regular season will play against the 3rd place team Lahti Pelicans (my team :D) in the playoffs, and Lahti is only an hour away from Helsinki, a bit smaller city but known as the sports capital in Finland, I can definitely recommend it and also come to the game for a great atmosphere.
Lahti, Finlands Chicago :D
I've watched a couple of your videos from Finland already and just now I watched this first episode. As a Finn (living in Oulu) I like the way you think about things and how you relate to our culture. Canada x Japan = Finland makes sense. I've always been interested in Canada so I might actually feel at home over there.
PS. Nothing to see or experience in Oulu, check out Rovaniemi and the REAL Santa Claus instead (actually my home town).
Very nice video. Canada and Japan = Finland is very well thought when it comes to culture.
Are you coming to Tampere? We have nice new arena here and our teams are the top dogs this year, Ilves and Tappara. I really recommend Ilves(Lynx or bobcat in English)-game,poff opening is next thursday, you propably never enjoy ACDC Thunderstruck this much when you hear it and they have the best fans in Finland. Great city all around.
A lot of people recommended Tampere. We will try to go there. Although we haven't set our itinerary just yet. So, please keep recommending places everyone!! We appreciate it and we will try to listen to the advice. We understand that you all know a lot more than us about Finland 🤣
Especially when you love ice hockey and food, Tampere is the place!@@JetLagWarriors
Glad Steve is all better! Have a great time in Finland, Ivana and Steve! 🥰
Awesome Work Guys, Welcome to Finland😀👍👍Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇨🇦
Hi guys!
You definitely should come to tampere and see tappara's game! Nokia arena is by far the best hockey arena in finland! Nokia arena is a very easy place to visit you literally go under the arena when you arrive by train 😂
Hope you have great time in finland, enjoy the playoffs!🎉😊
Ilves > Tappara as a Kärpät fan. 😋
Hi Friends! Steve, hope your back is better!
Happy anniversary! I wish you both all the love and happiness 💗
Thanks for this !!! :) Best year of my life!! (Steve)
I grew up in Thunder Bay Ontario alot of my friends are of Fin descent since Thunder Bay has the biggest Fin Diaspora in Canada, Fin 🥞 pancakes Saunas and Snow, Ice Fishing and Hockey I loved it all.
The bread cheese you mention is a baked cottage cheese which sqeaks when you bite into it, ususally eaten with jam. The alcohol in Finland is expensive due to the tax.
And coffee is something integral to the culture, we consume about 12 kg or 26 punds of coffee gounds per person per year of the last reconing of 2022. And the coffee we consume is of the highest quality of beans available, roasted to a quite a light roast and done as drip coffee. How it is cheap by your reconing I can't answer, but one factor might be that it is a draw-in product for the merchant chain.
Tampere is nice city! They have 2 best hockey teams and new arena!
welcome to finland! you defo should've taken the train from the airport! was a nice experience to descend to the train station for the first time! but it's understandable that after a long trip you just want to drag your ass quickly home/hotel/etc. there's been a proper grocery store at the airport for quite some time. after the recent big renovations it got bigger and from my experience it serves greatly the returning travellers that can grab something quickly before heading home to rest. and of course the prices are the same as in town.
For food you could try Konstan Möljä (traditional Finnish food) or Kauppahalli (all sorts of restaurants in a big hall)
I can assure you that nobody comes to the airport from Helsinki's center city for grocery shopping, because you have many many stores, about the size of that Alepa in the airport in the city center and in almost every different part of Helsinki has it's own store, a couple of them or even a few of them😄
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is pretty much on the outskirts of Vantaa.
That was just the general balcony in the apartment, not a designated smoking area:D Less and less people amoke every year in Finland.
You should take the ferry from the market square and go to Suomenlinna! It's where I grew up and it's a fortress that's made of 5 decent sized islands and it was built in the 1748 by the Swedes that ruled Finland back then. It's also an Unesco historical heritage site, so you should definetly check it out. Many many tourists visit it yearly, especially in the summer.
The cruise to Stockholm, from Turku (newer ships faster) Evening ship from Turku and you are in Stockholm in the morning, evening in the nightclub or from Helsinki and you also can do a day visit in Tallinn estonia 2h on the ferry to talllin, nice daytrip.
Turku has the medieval castle that is nice to see and exhibitions on the history of the castle. Must see.
I am from Finland 🇫🇮 💕 and I love it.
There is also a second team in Helsinki (Jokerit) who plays in second highest division so you should visit that as well. The town to go to is Tampere and there are two great hockey teams, Ilves and Tappara. Also Porvoo is cool.
Hey ! as a hockey guy you have to see the jokers' playoff match!
the next game in Helsinki will be played on Sunday!
the league level is lower, but the atmosphere is better than the match you went to, I promise
Love the multiplication of countries=Steve Math
Definitely go for the salmon soup with rye bread, but don't have it at the market. Plenty of restaurants offer it and it is great in the winter.
For video content, they have a surf simulator (Surf house Helsinki) and beach volley courts underground in Pasila shopping center Mall of Tripla they keep the temperature high +27c so its like a piece of summer preserved.
Canada times Japan equals Finland...
That's a great way to put it, I feel like! I got to come check out Canada one of these years.
But for now, I think enjoying the rest of your videos should be in my primary life goals!
Never saw a keyboard/piano so close to a kitchen. That's amazing lol.
Bigger reason for the grocery store in Helsinki-Vantaa airport is that we finns always empty our refridgerators before we go on vacation and we like to get the groceries on our way back home. What would be easier than to get the groceries from the airport :D
And yes, there are icebreakers in Helsinki. Right about the moment where you asked about it there was the redtiled orthodox church, Uspenskin katedraali, in the picture and behind that there are icebreakers in the port.
Now in Finland here is super cold and everywhere is snow
Btw I'm from Finland 🇫🇮
Pro tip about your camera: you probably see horizontal banding / flickering in the video and it's caused by your camera shutter being 60 Hz instead of 50 Hz that you should use in Europe to avoid flicker from lights. As an alternative, many cameras have a compensation for this in the settings menu which allows avoiding the flicker even when you shoot 60 fps.
Welcome to Finland Helsinki!
If you're still here and need to find a place to get some souvenirs or just stop by for a chat, there is a tourist shop right in front of the Rock Church called Anne's Shop. Off request they'll give a bunch of suggestions as to what to do in Helsinki. It's the oldest souvenir shop in Helsinki and covers a wide variety of products
I love it that you visited Helsinki. Hopefully on day you visit Finland as well.
Check out the old hockey connection between HIFK and Carl Brewer.😀
you should go to Tampere. It's kinda known for hockey and it's the second biggest city in Finland outside of the capital region
You should pick December/January or some of the summer months from June to August. The Finland during those months is widely different. Especially during summer there are festivals everywhere and Finns are way more active and it doesn't seem so much that every place is empty. An exception would be midsummer when Finns leave cities to be in the countryside.
The Canadan flag was half mast, that signifies grief. Might want to read up on whats happening there. There was another Canadian flag at half mast on a nato ship recently, spotted in Finland aswell. Might be related or maybe a Canadian citizen died in the building.
6:15 That's a big no no, smoking at a balcony in an apartment complex is against the law in Finland, you can get evicted if you repeatedly get complaints from your neighbours to your landlord.
Also 57€ per night for such a big AirBnB is a steal.
It’s not against the law to smoke on your balcony, but apartment complexes can ban it in their housing rules, and most apartments have banned it. (Edit: and actually, if you own your apartment and you bought it before the smoking ban on balconies was set on the housing rules, they can’t really forbid you from smoking on your own property.)
Welcome to Finland! 😊 Our taxis are also usually Mercedes Benz. Hopefully you like our country ❤
The train to the city might actually be a bit faster if there is any traffic
The "smoking room" is in fact a balcony! Very common in city apartments, where people don't have terraces or their own yards, but can enjoy the weather and sun right from their own apartment
Hope you like it. If you're still there, bet out of the city centre. Lots to see outside the normal stupid-route. Lots of info online, for example myhelsinki is an official place to start. Also just a little thing. The statue at Senaatti square by the cathedral is Alexander the ll:nd
As a tram enthusiast, I love how many of the clips have a tram in it.
Soon I intend to visit Finland🇫🇮 hug from norway🇳🇴
Nice accomodation!! Wow..cozy
TPS is the best Finnish hockey team (totally not because my friend playes there) and also you should try to eat karjalan piirakka, its good with egg butter or ordinary butter
Greetings from Porvoo/Borgå in Finland
Love the accommdation. Fare price for good quality considering the living cost there. Have a nice trip!
The fact that there is a PIANO in a $65 diary accommodation is craaaazyyyy
A slight correction: The statue is of Alexander the II (not I), who is remembered as a Tsar who strengthened Finnish autonomy.
You hit the nail in the coffin with the Canadian and Japan reference, because I have heard that alot !
What you said about Japan and Finland isn't too far from the truth, I'm Finnish and I never struggle with understanding any of the social cues or manners when I'm in Japan - their social cues and manners are just common sense to me since they're pretty much the same as mine. It's one of the reasons why I feel so at home in Japan!
I think japanese ppl are very polite ppl. Finns don't beat around the bush and say everything straight. Sometimes it's too straight and some ppl get offended.
Costa Costa lot!
I think your assesment is right. Many similarities with japanese culture and finnish culture - differences too, for sure, but I feel definately out of europeans, finns are the most like japanese.
3:30 Taxi is 35 and metro is 4,60 and it takes the same time