There was a bar over the shower where you're supposed to hang a shower curtain using plastic loops. Usually removed by the previous tenants, because who wants someones old dirty shower curtain.
Just saying same,and if u wish there can instal plastick wall but its harder to clean and take a space, curtain its easily move away and buy new if geds to dirty/old,only minus is when out off the bathroom door comes cold air and u use warm water that sucker try to glued in yours legs🤣
To be honest, unless there's a lot of furniture in the bathroom or you use a carpet or there's something else that doesn't like to get wet the shower curtain is much more annoying than useful. I stopped using shower curtains a long time ago and never looked back.
There are a lot of reasons to use the shower curtains, not just the directly splashing water Without the curtains, the water and shampoo can splash much further, into personal items/towels/paper more easily. Even if the curtain isn't closed from the bottom, it redirects the flow back towards the shower drain, which can keep your rugs/clothes etc away from the water more easily. Especially important in non-student apartments with only one drain It contains the moisture/vapors of the warm/hot shower inside the curtain, limiting moisture damage to other items stored in the same room. Prevents that moisture from escaping into other rooms (sometimes triggering super sensitive fire-alarms) It works as a visual divider, to give a little more intimacy to wash certain areas when showering with friends/family, for example if you have a sauna as well. And as a special mention for bachelors, to work as an impromptu closet to quickly hide hastily cleared up clothes/items when you have sudden visitors coming in xD @@Draugo
It is really weird that you wash your dirty underwear in the same place you make food. In Finland the washing machine is always in the toilet or in a specific laundry room.
Exactly. It's also about the moisture. The bathroom/shower/sauna space is built to withstand all the moisture. Moisture insulations, air supply (moist air out, fresh in) to keep the living spaces healthy. Seems just ridiculous to wash laundry in kitchen anyways, but I know it is how it is done in many places. Cultural things are weird, but interesting.
@@lamppulaamanen8084 Usually the washing machine is in the toilet in Finland. Like 99.9% of the cases or utility rooms. it was shock when i visit my sister in the UK and they had washing machine in the kitchen...i have never seen it in Finland :D Kitchen is a clean place, no laundry there.
To me it's weird but for a different reason, it would make no sense to have a noisy machine in the same room where you drink coffee and also I don't shit in my pants so they are relatively clean.
Bathroom is waterproof, that's why washing machine is kept in there. In case of a malfunction it doesn't flood your apartment. Personally I don't like to have the toilet in the same room as the shower and the washing machine. But it's much cheaper to build just one waterproof room. In older apartments, there often is a separate WC.
@@Xerdoz Yes. At my parents summerhouse the water is perfectly drinkable, but it has tiny amount of metal in it. They bought a filter system and now tap water has perfect neutral taste.
Yeah, and not like nurses and doctors could wear anything they want to work. They do have specific work outfits of course, just like basically everywhere else. But I guess the point is, Finland is a low hierarchy country. Like you don't have to show your status by wearing a suit to work. Just wear whatever you feel comfortable in. You are still expected to dress appropriately, but the dress code is a bit more lenient.
In the nordic countries the whole bathroom is a wetroom, easy to clean, use the shower to wash the whole room and just let it dry. Do not spray the washingmachine though.. The only thing that is bad about that is that it cost a fortune to redo a bathroom (but it last forever)
i think the point is that cities are designed with pedestrians in mind. In the states for example the entirity of Los Angeles is designed with cars in mind. So you need a car to get anywhere
@@OvoirxDeegyz00 Yes, living on a walking distance from everywhere must be nice. I don't have time to walk 60 km every day to work and then 60 km back home! Even with "Sisu", who has the time?!
One thing I've heard shocks people is how we call all our teachers and even professors by first name ^^ With teachers we really like we'll also use nicknames (when talking about them and with them). I thought this might pop up in this video, but it would depend on the person doing the video being in school I guess. Personally I think calling someone by their title and surname would be like creating awkward distance between the people talking. Like saying "I don't wanna get close to you".
Yes. I have always called everyone, my teachers, professors, colleagues, clients, bosses, even CEOs of my workplace, by their first name. It's normal. Finnish companies also usually have quite a flat hierarchy, so there are not very many levels of managers and the top officers and also CEOs are quite approachable, at least in my experience.
Thank you very much for your channel that offers interesting perspectives. Your approach is respectful, warm-hearted and analytical. As a Finn, I get new insights myself. I love your present reaction to different phenomena. ❤️ And yes, the bathrooms usually have either shower walls or shower curtains, although the bathrooms are also fully waterproof.
there in the ceiling of the shower is a rod for the shower curtain, which the resident buys himself. the washing machine is in the toilet because in case of water damage, your living room is not dependent on water, but the water leaves the drains.
washing machine is often in bathroom, because floor and walls there are waterprotected(under those tiles there is waterisolation layer), so incase input or output hose get broken and water is spilled everywhere. water does not damage structures and all water stays in bathroom and exits thru drain in floor. often bathroom doorway has small lip at bottom so it at least little prevents water to exits to other rooms.
Water is "expensive", cause it has a so called "do not be stupid"- tax added to the price.😮😢😅. You can refill your plastic bottle almosr anywhere and everywhere for free,
yeah I've lived my whole life in Finland and I've never once bought a bottle of water, that's probably why it's expensive, there is nearly 0 demand but the option still needs to be there
Yeah you really do not need to buy water here, unless there is an emergency and the tap water gets contaminated in your area (incredibly rare, once in few decades kind of rare). I practically buy water only when I am driving long distances and forget to fill an old soda bottle and bring it with me. And if I buy then might as well as buy a sparkling mineral water, preferably flavored one.
The shower thing is incorrect: We use either curtains or screens. The bathroom is a wet area that has a floor drain and that's also one of the reasons the laundry machine is in there; in case there's ever a leak or the machine malfunctions and you have to take out the wet laundry the water won't damage the floor. Most of the time it's also where you hang out your laundry to dry. You might also run a clotheswire inside the sauna (that's usually connected to the bathroom and shares the wet area) to dry your clothes when it's not being used. I can't imagine why in the world anyone would do laundry in the kitchen! Kitchen is for food, not clothes!🤣
The water does not go everywhere, ever heard of shover curtains?? You can hook it up to divide the space, EVERY BATHROOM IN FINLAND HAS THAT OPTION!!!!! Even that one has a rail for shower curtains, look up and be amazed.
Unfortunately not every bathroom. Ours (rental) only have plastic divider between toilet seat and shower but not a possibility to hang shower curtain to the other direction. I hate it because that's just a way to get the towels wet while in shower. But I guess it tries to be some kind of new design since this is comparable new house.
Honestly I don’t think I’ve ever bought still water in Finland. If I’m on the go and need water, I’ll just fill up my empty bottle with tap water from the nearest bathroom. Buying water is very rare in Finland so it’s also somewhat costly
Yeah not only is a washing machine in a shower room really convenient (go to shower and toss your dirty clothes directly into the machine or into basket near it) the washing machine in a kitchen is a really dumb idea and a recipe for disaster. A pipe breaks and your house is basically ruined. I think having even a dish washing machine in the kitchen is already a hazard but for conveniences sake it just has to be there.
A ridiculous complaint about the shower not having walls. For sure there is a rack where you are supposed to attach a shower curtain. They are sold in any decent shop for interior items. When you rent a flat, you don't have bed sheets or tootbrushes waiting for you either. These are considered personal items that a tenant would bring in herself into the flat. It is also extremely narrow-minded to complain about people drinking milk in a northern country. It is like being chocked that people eat rice in an Asian, tropical country, or being chocked that people eat fish in Grönland.
I'm native Finn and want to clarify few things, and her experience is possible Finland but it's not entire truth. Sometimes there's shower walls' sometimes there's a rail where you can put shower curtains and sometimes there's nothing. Finland has plenty of rural areas and small cities where car is needed, but most foreigners will come to major cities where you don't need a car. But the smaller cities often are very spread out which means large distances and very spotty public transport and winter means ICE on pathways that are for both pedestrians and cyclists. (With combining those two makes sense with low pedestrian traffic.). Oh. Pajamas is quite a bit too far, on what to wear at job. There's larger range of what's acceptable to wear at job, but there's still limits. Shorter growing season means more cattle thus more milk farms and then we used to have huge ad campaign for decades to make people drink more milk thus it became even more ingrained in the culture. About the jackets, the weather is so much more varied that you really need true winter clothing and something fall and spring and something for the summer. Of course depending on where you live inside Finland different balance between those. Oh. Living without parents is because government supports low income people including students and that includes 80% of a reasonable rent thus deciding to live alone should be possible for everyone. (Not necessarily where you want but in a cheaper neighborhood or in a student apartment.)
People don't often consider all the costs that go into prizes and how product prizes influence each other. It's not the same when water comes from a tab and when it's bought from a store in a bottle. If you buy 1 L bottle of water, the recycling pant alone can be 0,40 € of the prize.
Showers here *always* have either see-through walls or such, or then you need to put up your own shower curtain, so no, one never showers with just "open" shower like shown here ;) As for drinking milk, I never drink it except in coffee, so I agree with her :) As for jackets, one surely needs hell of a lot of jackets just since it's so freaking cold most of the time 😅Though I don't go for those "waterproof" jackets, ie. tuulipuku, I just find them really ugly & uncomfortable ;) And yeah, I left my parents house at age 18, and recommend that, why wait longer? ;)
As a Finnish guy I never really understood people way in their 20's still living at home, like what are you a fucking child and mom still makes you dinner? I left home and got my own apartment when I was 17 :D
Milk was a very important source of nutrients and vitamins. Finns are traditionally used to drinking it. "Piimä" - soured milk - has even more vitamins (A, K, B1, iodine and folate) and it was drunk at wintertime.
Almost all those things can be explained by common sense and practicality. Finns are practical people with high level of common sense, individualism and self-sufficient. We respect our nature, other individuals, quality of things and agreements.
Most apartment blocks have had communal laundry rooms, along with drying rooms with a fan that has a heat exchanger tapped to the central heating. Later on people have acquired their own washing machines and just installed them in their bathrooms. The kitchens in the smallest apartments don't always have enough space even for a dishwasher. Also there are many detached houses that were built in the age of manual laundering and hang-drying outside. Newer detached houses, as well as row-house apartments, especially larger ones, tend to have dedicated "household care" rooms with space for the washer and dryer, but many finns still prefer to hang their clothes to dry, especially now that energy prices have skyrocketed. Also in many cases the household care room doubles as the dressing room for the sauna. Some people even hang-dry clothes in the sauna, and there have been multiple occasions of a less than optimal outcome from that.
Washing machine definately in bathroom. It takes too much space from kitchen and it's too loud. When it's in bathroom you don't hear it. If you have enough space in your bathroom that is. If I didn't have enough space in my bathroom for washing machine, then I'd just wash my all laundry in our condominium's laundry room. That milk drinking thing is weird. I don't drink milk at all, not even with coffee, and none of my friends do. My parents drink milk tho. I always carry a water bottle with me. When it's empty I can fill it anywhere: in coffee shop, library, supermarket (if there's a tap beside of bottle recycling machines) etc. It doesn't cost a thing.
Tap water is good and safe, bottled water is a luxury product😄 Milk was traditionally drunk as sour milk or butter milk, kinda kefir because fresh milk is not easy to keep fresh. So later when the cooling came simplier with gas/elecrtic refridgerators, fresh milk became common. Agricultural tradition, milk was always available and good nutricious drink when the water from a well was only for the thirst.
It's a practicality thing with the showers. Most bathrooms are entirely waterproof, with one or more floor drains. This means you can wash everything with the shower head. A long squeegee is quickly used to push excess water into a drain. Keeps the floor a lot cleaner. Folks moving to Finland often seem to have a real problem getting their heads around it. Finland has the cleanest tap water. Anyone buying bottled water deserves to pay a lot for the plastic wastage. TBH, most of these 'culture shocks' come across as naively.
The plastic wastage isn't that huge in Finland, since it is all recycled and reused. I am one of the unfortunate few who have had to start using bottled water/soda due to my physical and mental disabilities, since it makes things so much easier and lowers the chances of getting accidentally de- or overhydrated. They are also invaluable if you are on the go or at a summer cottage without running water. The language of "deserves to pay a lot for the plastic wastage" isn't really the nicest way of putting it, but yes, we are paying a lot for it
@@Songfugel There are always exceptions, and I fully appreciate your case is one (and I apologise for my harshness in your instance).👍🏻 The vlogger's bottled water dependence isn't one though. A refillable water bottle would fix her 'culture shock'.
Yes I absolutely agree with all those points, especially since the countries that are the main users of bottled water usually have almost no recycling or environmental quality control for the materials in place, making it an even worse issue. I didn't mean my reply to come off quite that harshly either, I was still just a bit too flustered when I wrote it. Also, in Finland specifically it isn't as bad, since 90% of plastic bottles, 98% of glass bottles and 99% of cans are returned and recycled. Not only that, but for example using a recycled can to make a new one uses only 5% of the energy required to make a new one from new materials. (lähde Palpa) And every year those percentages are getting higher. @@ChristianJull
The thing to remember, though: that may not apply to toilets. If there is no open floor drain, the room is likely not a wet room with the appropriate moisture seals.
@@Songfugel Not trying to sound judgmental or anything to that degree and I'm sorry to hear that you have a condition that forces your hand like that. I'm not asking you to tell your condition since that would be really insensitive to some, but I'm quite interested to know that is there a huge difference to then trying to use personal water bottle that you fill couple of times a day or buying one of those full days water bottle (which I personally don't understand otherwise why would you carry that size).
A few points at video, 1 shower without walls, we have so high quality waterproofing and building materials (also expensive) so you dont need showercabinet. But sometimes you see showercabinet in toilet if the shower is installed after there. 2 bikes wel you dont need car if you live in big city, but small towns or countryside you die without car or get bankrupty to using a taxi to daily moving because there is long distances and no public transport. 3 casuan wearing that is true casuan wearing college trousers etc etc is so comfortable to use 😁. 4 recycling that is came a common thing about at 20 years period, before that we have a just 1 bin and we put all trashes in to it. 5 bottlewater is expensive because tabwater is bit cheap and refreshing that is reason to price, if i am thirsty at town i buy a soda instead of water cause they almost same price 😅. GREETINGS FROM FINLAND Imatra 🙂🇫🇮
She just has to buy a shower curtain, because there is clearly a rail going with a smooth round corner around the shower hanging from the ceiling, if I am not totally blind that is. ^^
2:29 Yes, if you own one, and you can fit it in your bathroom (in some apartments, bathrooms are really small). But if you don't own one and you live in an apartment building, those has most times laundry room, where you can was your laundry, but that is not free (washing machine in laundry room most times has coin slot), and you have to use your own laundry detergent + fabric softener.
1. Our showers are not separate rooms in bathroom, but even in her example picture it had Plexiglas wall on one side and there was a rail for shower curtain to be put in place. 2. Car is not anywhere near as important to have here as in USA, but if you don't live somewhat close to the city, you would usually want/need one because public transport can be a real hassle if you have to use it for everything. It's good to have some shops within reasonable walking or biking distance. 7. Different kind of jackets are a must. The temperature can easily differ from -30C to +30C around the year Also you wan't different kinds of jackets that you use on rainy days and different jackets when it's really windy. 8. That's why you use your own water bottle that you can usually fill freely on basically anywhere they have a tap. Bottled water is mostly just waste of resources when the tap water is so good.
our bathrooms are..weird??? O.o and yes i think it's normal that washing machine is in the bathroom, we usually have the clothing hanger there too if the room is on the bigger side. dishwasher is in the kitchen tho lol
Germany: 1,5 litres of water is 19 Cents +25 Cents deposit, which you get back at returning of the bottle at any supermarket or beverages shop. Tap water is in most cases fresh and clean, but not everywhere.
You can use shower curtains. But sure if smaller apartments you just have toilet, washing mashine and shower in one place. IF you have bigger place you have toilet (or multiple ones), shower(s), Sauna, utility room (where you have your washer and dry your clothes) all in different rooms.
Almost everything she explains you will found very similar in the Netherlands. Only last point, children used to move out from their parents just a generation ago, only the last 10 years getting an affordable home or vacant rooms has become more difficult because of long going building restrictions which have resulted in a shortage.
As far as milk drinking goes: I was born and raised in the US, with a fully Finnish heritage and we drank milk with every meal. But then again, we lived on a farm and had our own milk cow. The city where I live in the US has a pretty good recycling program. We have curbside pick-up for Glass, Mixed recycling (cans/paper/cardboard and some plastic containers), Yard debris/compost, and even used motor oil.
If you go buy a half a liter bottle of water, especially in places where people need to grab one quickly (near airports, at stations etc) it can be outrageously expensive, you'll pay 10x the price. If you need more water and have time to go to a bigger store you can have a 5 liter bottle for less money.
@@TurmoottiTraveling and forget to bring along my own, get really thirsty while driving and there happens to be a road side cafe... But even then I'd rather buy flavored mineral water or lemonade than straight up water.
I glue the hem of the shower curtain against the side of the bathtub by wetting the hem. Stays put. In a plain shower room I put a plastic tube inside the hem of the curtain. The tube doesn't have to be long in order to work perfectly. Or you can attach some small weights to the hem of the curtain to prevent it from "attacking" you😂
I'm from Finland and yes, people move to their own apartments pretty early. Usually when they hit age of 20, some even before that. I remember being 19 or 20 back in the day when my father told me "son, you should really move to your own apartment soon". People very rarely live with their parent after they are 25 and parents often want them to move too. I think it's good thing. Having to deal with your own bills and other adult stuff early make you more independent and resourceful.
How the shower is blocked off from the rest of the bathroom really depends. In my current flat, there's a railing around the shower, and I have a shower curtain hanging from it, but in most of the other Finnish flats I've lived in in the last 25 years have had a shower cubicle of some description within the bathroom. ETA: my mother-in-law lives in the north of England and her washing machine is in her downstairs loo.
Washing machine in the kitchen is only a uk think almost. The reason for that is that uk have ring circuiut, typically a uk home will have two rings, one in the kitchen, on for the reast of the house. Something that takes a lot of power like a washingmashine need to be in the kitchen. In rest of northern europe use 3 phase seperated phases. This allow to pull full power from pretty much any room and to a degree simultanius. So washingmaschine is put in what ever room is the best. Its just conected with a common europlug
In the airports at least in sweden, they have taps for filling water bottles after you go throw security. So you take like 3 empty bottles, thek them throw security and jusr fill them
About us Finns drinking milk. That was most common in the 70's to 90's. Not anymore. Most Finns drink water to lunch. In rural areas they still might rely on milk, but not in the cities. It has definitely changed.
@@thomastcrapper4100 Face it, times change and not all people believe Valio propaganda anymore. Adults drinking milk actually makes bones LESS dense, unless milk is consumed with enough vitamins.
Thing about milk is that Finland has quite good dairy production. Also you need Calcium and Vitamin D which you get from that. The thing is Finland has lots of good grasses for cows, which is easier to grow even if you live more north, where most crops won't fare that well. Just grow something for animal feed.
If bathroom is build like that, there is waterproof sealant under tiles. I dont remember buildings codex said about that excatly but waterproof needed.
The economy certainly has an impact on how easy it is to move out once you come of age. I actually lived with my parents for a good while because we had a severe economic depression for several years after I turned 18. I'd have been in trouble with paying rent (and not eligible for a bank loan to buy my own place) due to jobs suddenly being very hard to get.
I would say we have at least 8 seasons. Winter, pre-spring (the soggy season), spring, summer, pre-autumn (dark and getting colder season), autumn, pre-winter (soggy season part 2), winter.
When you live in a smaller apartment, you have the washing machine in the bathroom, we don't have a floor drain..that is not okey for the insurement for the home. In showers like that you use a shower curtain ofcourse, so water isn't everywhere. When we had a bigger house, we had a room for the laundry and dryer etc..
In finland there is a lot spota where you can drink straight from "ditch"... and i know many spots and done that many many times. Tap water is actually even less clean!
Here's a simple life hack if you need to carry your own water bottle at all times: buy one and then just fill it from the tap whenever you can. What was that thing about upping your recycling game, hmmm? Recycling isn't just about throwing stuff away.
Shower in finland is walls many homes,showercurtain is usually in cheaper home decorations.many home also have wc and bathroom in different location and sauna is also many homes.that picture shower was really basicversion on washroom.
9:26 I think water is mostly so expensive because you can use the same bottle for filling it again with tap water and it would not be profitable to sell if it was cheaper because people buy one bottle until they lose it. edit: It is also a lot more ecofriendly to use the same bottle many times or buy better one from sports store and you can use the same bottle for the rest of your life:D
Waahing macine bathroom of course or utillyty room(aurs house) Showers with out walls normal,but showers cupiles can found some Finish bathrooms,usally they "wet rooms"no walls need itt,and it will take space too. Americans seen us "uusi avuton"
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About the water: just carry a bottle with you, soda bottle or something and fill it in a tap somewhere, problem solved. I usually always have some kind of bottle of water with me when I leave the house if I know I can get thirsty. If it empties, I go to any supermarket toilet and fill it from the tap. I have NEVER bought water and I'm 34. Also the milk might be cheaper, than that water so buy that if thirsty.
That milk over promotion is because of big company Valio propaganda on the "benefits" of milk, instead of telling people that milk increases osteoporosis, unless coupled with enough vegetables.
Water price is actually artificially inflated. You can get 5L water bottle for about the same price as 0.5L bottle. It's basically just there to incentivise people to not buy water in bottles. Since clean water is readily available. On other hand, if you are buying huge bottle of water, you probably actually need water for something and you don't have convenient access to clean water.
The shower thing is just her apartment's landlord being a cheapskate, most apartments or homes where shower is in the WC have the movable/solid walls to stop water. Regarding that, most detached houses I've seen have "WC room" where toilet and washing machine are and a separate room for shower and sauna Bottled water is indeed expensive due low demand
Now you're just out of touch. I haven't seen a single home with actual wall separating shower from rest of the bathroom. Not even new ones. And not a single one. Not even one.
Waching machine is in bathroom (in Finland) because if it startes to leak, the water goes to the drain in the floor, and doesnt ruin the whole room like it would do if you have it in kitchen like in the UK.
The milk thing comes from the fact that we're far up north, where there is less sources of foods and a short growing period, which has caused the past generations favor cows that can feed on grass that will grow in harsh conditions. And since cows produce milk, it has been an advantage to be able to consume it. There actually still is a clear-ish line between regions of people with lactose intolerance (south) / tolerance (north) in Finland.
Consuming dairy products is more common historically in northern countries because of winter, nothing grows during the winter so you are dependent on animal products
There was a bar over the shower where you're supposed to hang a shower curtain using plastic loops. Usually removed by the previous tenants, because who wants someones old dirty shower curtain.
Yes! Glad that someone mentioned this. You're supposed to buy a shower curtain for the shower is you want one.
Just saying same,and if u wish there can instal plastick wall but its harder to clean and take a space, curtain its easily move away and buy new if geds to dirty/old,only minus is when out off the bathroom door comes cold air and u use warm water that sucker try to glued in yours legs🤣
I was just going to mention this as well 😂
To be honest, unless there's a lot of furniture in the bathroom or you use a carpet or there's something else that doesn't like to get wet the shower curtain is much more annoying than useful. I stopped using shower curtains a long time ago and never looked back.
There are a lot of reasons to use the shower curtains, not just the directly splashing water
Without the curtains, the water and shampoo can splash much further, into personal items/towels/paper more easily.
Even if the curtain isn't closed from the bottom, it redirects the flow back towards the shower drain, which can keep your rugs/clothes etc away from the water more easily. Especially important in non-student apartments with only one drain
It contains the moisture/vapors of the warm/hot shower inside the curtain, limiting moisture damage to other items stored in the same room. Prevents that moisture from escaping into other rooms (sometimes triggering super sensitive fire-alarms)
It works as a visual divider, to give a little more intimacy to wash certain areas when showering with friends/family, for example if you have a sauna as well.
And as a special mention for bachelors, to work as an impromptu closet to quickly hide hastily cleared up clothes/items when you have sudden visitors coming in xD
@@Draugo
It is really weird that you wash your dirty underwear in the same place you make food. In Finland the washing machine is always in the toilet or in a specific laundry room.
Exactly. It's also about the moisture.
The bathroom/shower/sauna space is built to withstand all the moisture. Moisture insulations, air supply (moist air out, fresh in) to keep the living spaces healthy.
Seems just ridiculous to wash laundry in kitchen anyways, but I know it is how it is done in many places.
Cultural things are weird, but interesting.
Not always.
@@lamppulaamanen8084 Usually the washing machine is in the toilet in Finland. Like 99.9% of the cases or utility rooms. it was shock when i visit my sister in the UK and they had washing machine in the kitchen...i have never seen it in Finland :D Kitchen is a clean place, no laundry there.
@@OvoirxDeegyz00We do have a washing machine in the kitchen. But it is a big kitchen in a one-family-house. Anyway, I love it. Very practical.
To me it's weird but for a different reason, it would make no sense to have a noisy machine in the same room where you drink coffee and also I don't shit in my pants so they are relatively clean.
Bathroom is waterproof, that's why washing machine is kept in there. In case of a malfunction it doesn't flood your apartment.
Personally I don't like to have the toilet in the same room as the shower and the washing machine. But it's much cheaper to build just one waterproof room. In older apartments, there often is a separate WC.
finnish tap water is so damn good, super neutral and fresh.
It's actually measured to be way better than bottled water you can buy in our stores
Depends where you are. In some places it has a metallic taste.
@@Xerdoz
Yes. At my parents summerhouse the water is perfectly drinkable, but it has tiny amount of metal in it. They bought a filter system and now tap water has perfect neutral taste.
Pajamas to work? Hell, no. Finland isn't Walmart, people. The outfits may be more casual and less strict or formal, but they are still *appropriate.*
Yeah, and not like nurses and doctors could wear anything they want to work. They do have specific work outfits of course, just like basically everywhere else.
But I guess the point is, Finland is a low hierarchy country. Like you don't have to show your status by wearing a suit to work. Just wear whatever you feel comfortable in. You are still expected to dress appropriately, but the dress code is a bit more lenient.
In the nordic countries the whole bathroom is a wetroom, easy to clean, use the shower to wash the whole room and just let it dry. Do not spray the washingmachine though..
The only thing that is bad about that is that it cost a fortune to redo a bathroom (but it last forever)
Finnish here. You are supposed to hang a shower curtain, to prevent everything around you getting wet.
Finland is a land of long distances. Sure you don't need a car in bigger cities, but it 's still necessary in many areas of the country.
i think the point is that cities are designed with pedestrians in mind. In the states for example the entirity of Los Angeles is designed with cars in mind. So you need a car to get anywhere
I have lived without a car for +40 years...its lazy to have a car..have some Sisu and walk.
@@OvoirxDeegyz00 Yes, living on a walking distance from everywhere must be nice. I don't have time to walk 60 km every day to work and then 60 km back home! Even with "Sisu", who has the time?!
Also the public transport system is very good in cities, so also that's why you don't need a car.
I have a wall in my shower in Finland. Always had one and lived like in 20 apartments…😂
Usually people have shower curtains to prevent the water from going everywhere.
As for shower in bathroom, usually you would buy shower curtain which then keeps the water from going all over the place.
One thing I've heard shocks people is how we call all our teachers and even professors by first name ^^ With teachers we really like we'll also use nicknames (when talking about them and with them). I thought this might pop up in this video, but it would depend on the person doing the video being in school I guess.
Personally I think calling someone by their title and surname would be like creating awkward distance between the people talking. Like saying "I don't wanna get close to you".
Yes. I have always called everyone, my teachers, professors, colleagues, clients, bosses, even CEOs of my workplace, by their first name. It's normal. Finnish companies also usually have quite a flat hierarchy, so there are not very many levels of managers and the top officers and also CEOs are quite approachable, at least in my experience.
I would feel so weird if i would be called sir. I'm baffeled if someone calls my lastname. Only my mother yells at me with my full name. @@hazeman4755
Same in all the Nordic countries.
Thank you very much for your channel that offers interesting perspectives. Your approach is respectful, warm-hearted and analytical. As a Finn, I get new insights myself. I love your present reaction to different phenomena. ❤️
And yes, the bathrooms usually have either shower walls or shower curtains, although the bathrooms are also fully waterproof.
there in the ceiling of the shower is a rod for the shower curtain, which the resident buys himself. the washing machine is in the toilet because in case of water damage, your living room is not dependent on water, but the water leaves the drains.
42 year in Finland never had buy water here except restaurants but normally it's free there..
washing machine is often in bathroom, because floor and walls there are waterprotected(under those tiles there is waterisolation layer), so incase input or output hose get broken and water is spilled everywhere. water does not damage structures and all water stays in bathroom and exits thru drain in floor. often bathroom doorway has small lip at bottom so it at least little prevents water to exits to other rooms.
Water is "expensive", cause it has a so called "do not be stupid"- tax added to the price.😮😢😅. You can refill your plastic bottle almosr anywhere and everywhere for free,
yeah I've lived my whole life in Finland and I've never once bought a bottle of water, that's probably why it's expensive, there is nearly 0 demand but the option still needs to be there
Yeah you really do not need to buy water here, unless there is an emergency and the tap water gets contaminated in your area (incredibly rare, once in few decades kind of rare). I practically buy water only when I am driving long distances and forget to fill an old soda bottle and bring it with me. And if I buy then might as well as buy a sparkling mineral water, preferably flavored one.
The shower thing is incorrect: We use either curtains or screens.
The bathroom is a wet area that has a floor drain and that's also one of the reasons the laundry machine is in there; in case there's ever a leak or the machine malfunctions and you have to take out the wet laundry the water won't damage the floor. Most of the time it's also where you hang out your laundry to dry. You might also run a clotheswire inside the sauna (that's usually connected to the bathroom and shares the wet area) to dry your clothes when it's not being used.
I can't imagine why in the world anyone would do laundry in the kitchen! Kitchen is for food, not clothes!🤣
The water does not go everywhere, ever heard of shover curtains??
You can hook it up to divide the space, EVERY BATHROOM IN FINLAND HAS THAT OPTION!!!!! Even that one has a rail for shower curtains, look up and be amazed.
Unfortunately not every bathroom. Ours (rental) only have plastic divider between toilet seat and shower but not a possibility to hang shower curtain to the other direction. I hate it because that's just a way to get the towels wet while in shower. But I guess it tries to be some kind of new design since this is comparable new house.
I was in Finland in the summer, and it was very warm. I was drinking water like no man’s business.
Honestly I don’t think I’ve ever bought still water in Finland. If I’m on the go and need water, I’ll just fill up my empty bottle with tap water from the nearest bathroom. Buying water is very rare in Finland so it’s also somewhat costly
This.
There is reason why washing machines are in bathroom, if the pipes brokes the water dont ruin the house.
Shower curtain
So thru, Its filthy to have dirty clothes in kitchen😢
Yeah not only is a washing machine in a shower room really convenient (go to shower and toss your dirty clothes directly into the machine or into basket near it) the washing machine in a kitchen is a really dumb idea and a recipe for disaster. A pipe breaks and your house is basically ruined. I think having even a dish washing machine in the kitchen is already a hazard but for conveniences sake it just has to be there.
Nice example with the water at the airport... You cannot find a more expensive location than the airport!
Yeah, and they call it tax free.......
@@SpiritDragoness tbh, the shop probably was outside the taxfree area, but still..
A ridiculous complaint about the shower not having walls. For sure there is a rack where you are supposed to attach a shower curtain. They are sold in any decent shop for interior items. When you rent a flat, you don't have bed sheets or tootbrushes waiting for you either. These are considered personal items that a tenant would bring in herself into the flat.
It is also extremely narrow-minded to complain about people drinking milk in a northern country. It is like being chocked that people eat rice in an Asian, tropical country, or being chocked that people eat fish in Grönland.
I was 17 when I moved to my own apartment,and yeah,I'm from Finland 😊
Hey! A curtain is must in a bathroom. An electric gadget MUST be separated from the water from shower. The shower curtain is mandatory.
I'm native Finn and want to clarify few things, and her experience is possible Finland but it's not entire truth.
Sometimes there's shower walls' sometimes there's a rail where you can put shower curtains and sometimes there's nothing. Finland has plenty of rural areas and small cities where car is needed, but most foreigners will come to major cities where you don't need a car. But the smaller cities often are very spread out which means large distances and very spotty public transport and winter means ICE on pathways that are for both pedestrians and cyclists. (With combining those two makes sense with low pedestrian traffic.). Oh. Pajamas is quite a bit too far, on what to wear at job. There's larger range of what's acceptable to wear at job, but there's still limits. Shorter growing season means more cattle thus more milk farms and then we used to have huge ad campaign for decades to make people drink more milk thus it became even more ingrained in the culture. About the jackets, the weather is so much more varied that you really need true winter clothing and something fall and spring and something for the summer. Of course depending on where you live inside Finland different balance between those. Oh. Living without parents is because government supports low income people including students and that includes 80% of a reasonable rent thus deciding to live alone should be possible for everyone. (Not necessarily where you want but in a cheaper neighborhood or in a student apartment.)
People don't often consider all the costs that go into prizes and how product prizes influence each other. It's not the same when water comes from a tab and when it's bought from a store in a bottle. If you buy 1 L bottle of water, the recycling pant alone can be 0,40 € of the prize.
Obviously she didn't knew right cheaper places to buy her water because in Lidl I bought sparkling water 1,5l under one euro including recycling pant
Showers here *always* have either see-through walls or such, or then you need to put up your own shower curtain, so no, one never showers with just "open" shower like shown here ;) As for drinking milk, I never drink it except in coffee, so I agree with her :) As for jackets, one surely needs hell of a lot of jackets just since it's so freaking cold most of the time 😅Though I don't go for those "waterproof" jackets, ie. tuulipuku, I just find them really ugly & uncomfortable ;) And yeah, I left my parents house at age 18, and recommend that, why wait longer? ;)
As a Finnish guy I never really understood people way in their 20's still living at home, like what are you a fucking child and mom still makes you dinner? I left home and got my own apartment when I was 17 :D
Waching machines use to be in bathroom or on some houses utility room. On kitchen there is dish waching machines
And u can close door so noises stay in bathroom,and if comes leaks the Water dont damage floor😊
Milk was a very important source of nutrients and vitamins. Finns are traditionally used to drinking it. "Piimä" - soured milk - has even more vitamins (A, K, B1, iodine and folate) and it was drunk at wintertime.
Almost all those things can be explained by common sense and practicality. Finns are practical people with high level of common sense, individualism and self-sufficient. We respect our nature, other individuals, quality of things and agreements.
Most apartment blocks have had communal laundry rooms, along with drying rooms with a fan that has a heat exchanger tapped to the central heating. Later on people have acquired their own washing machines and just installed them in their bathrooms. The kitchens in the smallest apartments don't always have enough space even for a dishwasher.
Also there are many detached houses that were built in the age of manual laundering and hang-drying outside. Newer detached houses, as well as row-house apartments, especially larger ones, tend to have dedicated "household care" rooms with space for the washer and dryer, but many finns still prefer to hang their clothes to dry, especially now that energy prices have skyrocketed. Also in many cases the household care room doubles as the dressing room for the sauna.
Some people even hang-dry clothes in the sauna, and there have been multiple occasions of a less than optimal outcome from that.
Washing machine definately in bathroom. It takes too much space from kitchen and it's too loud. When it's in bathroom you don't hear it. If you have enough space in your bathroom that is. If I didn't have enough space in my bathroom for washing machine, then I'd just wash my all laundry in our condominium's laundry room.
That milk drinking thing is weird. I don't drink milk at all, not even with coffee, and none of my friends do. My parents drink milk tho.
I always carry a water bottle with me. When it's empty I can fill it anywhere: in coffee shop, library, supermarket (if there's a tap beside of bottle recycling machines) etc. It doesn't cost a thing.
Tap water is good and safe, bottled water is a luxury product😄 Milk was traditionally drunk as sour milk or butter milk, kinda kefir because fresh milk is not easy to keep fresh. So later when the cooling came simplier with gas/elecrtic refridgerators, fresh milk became common. Agricultural tradition, milk was always available and good nutricious drink when the water from a well was only for the thirst.
1:47. That is only one bathroom and there is suppose to be shower curtain. But yeah, that is cheap rental apartment.
A bottle of water is 1 euro so i don´t know where she shops. Alsp 1,5l carbonized water is like 1,35 euros
In shower we have in Finland a shower curtain, a cloth wich gives some privacy. We place the waching machine for your cloths in bathroom.
great vid, thx
Perkules ! Kellään pyykinpesukonetta keittiössä öle! Hullua hommaa !
It's a practicality thing with the showers. Most bathrooms are entirely waterproof, with one or more floor drains. This means you can wash everything with the shower head. A long squeegee is quickly used to push excess water into a drain. Keeps the floor a lot cleaner. Folks moving to Finland often seem to have a real problem getting their heads around it.
Finland has the cleanest tap water. Anyone buying bottled water deserves to pay a lot for the plastic wastage.
TBH, most of these 'culture shocks' come across as naively.
The plastic wastage isn't that huge in Finland, since it is all recycled and reused. I am one of the unfortunate few who have had to start using bottled water/soda due to my physical and mental disabilities, since it makes things so much easier and lowers the chances of getting accidentally de- or overhydrated. They are also invaluable if you are on the go or at a summer cottage without running water.
The language of "deserves to pay a lot for the plastic wastage" isn't really the nicest way of putting it, but yes, we are paying a lot for it
@@Songfugel There are always exceptions, and I fully appreciate your case is one (and I apologise for my harshness in your instance).👍🏻 The vlogger's bottled water dependence isn't one though. A refillable water bottle would fix her 'culture shock'.
Yes I absolutely agree with all those points, especially since the countries that are the main users of bottled water usually have almost no recycling or environmental quality control for the materials in place, making it an even worse issue.
I didn't mean my reply to come off quite that harshly either, I was still just a bit too flustered when I wrote it.
Also, in Finland specifically it isn't as bad, since 90% of plastic bottles, 98% of glass bottles and 99% of cans are returned and recycled. Not only that, but for example using a recycled can to make a new one uses only 5% of the energy required to make a new one from new materials. (lähde Palpa)
And every year those percentages are getting higher.
@@ChristianJull
The thing to remember, though: that may not apply to toilets. If there is no open floor drain, the room is likely not a wet room with the appropriate moisture seals.
@@Songfugel Not trying to sound judgmental or anything to that degree and I'm sorry to hear that you have a condition that forces your hand like that. I'm not asking you to tell your condition since that would be really insensitive to some, but I'm quite interested to know that is there a huge difference to then trying to use personal water bottle that you fill couple of times a day or buying one of those full days water bottle (which I personally don't understand otherwise why would you carry that size).
A few points at video, 1 shower without walls, we have so high quality waterproofing and building materials (also expensive) so you dont need showercabinet. But sometimes you see showercabinet in toilet if the shower is installed after there. 2 bikes wel you dont need car if you live in big city, but small towns or countryside you die without car or get bankrupty to using a taxi to daily moving because there is long distances and no public transport. 3 casuan wearing that is true casuan wearing college trousers etc etc is so comfortable to use 😁. 4 recycling that is came a common thing about at 20 years period, before that we have a just 1 bin and we put all trashes in to it. 5 bottlewater is expensive because tabwater is bit cheap and refreshing that is reason to price, if i am thirsty at town i buy a soda instead of water cause they almost same price 😅. GREETINGS FROM FINLAND Imatra 🙂🇫🇮
She just has to buy a shower curtain, because there is clearly a rail going with a smooth round corner around the shower hanging from the ceiling, if I am not totally blind that is. ^^
better drink more than less milk, osteoropose etc, body need more calsuim when come old, bones keep strong if drink milk include lot calsium.
I'm 68 and I drink one liter of milk every day with my meals. There's no better drink to have with your meal.
2:29 Yes, if you own one, and you can fit it in your bathroom (in some apartments, bathrooms are really small). But if you don't own one and you live in an apartment building, those has most times laundry room, where you can was your laundry, but that is not free (washing machine in laundry room most times has coin slot), and you have to use your own laundry detergent + fabric softener.
1. Our showers are not separate rooms in bathroom, but even in her example picture it had Plexiglas wall on one side and there was a rail for shower curtain to be put in place.
2. Car is not anywhere near as important to have here as in USA, but if you don't live somewhat close to the city, you would usually want/need one because public transport can be a real hassle if you have to use it for everything. It's good to have some shops within reasonable walking or biking distance.
7. Different kind of jackets are a must. The temperature can easily differ from -30C to +30C around the year Also you wan't different kinds of jackets that you use on rainy days and different jackets when it's really windy.
8. That's why you use your own water bottle that you can usually fill freely on basically anywhere they have a tap. Bottled water is mostly just waste of resources when the tap water is so good.
Milk is good and healthy, as an opposite I can't understand americans drinking sodas everywhere, everyday and crazy amounts.
our bathrooms are..weird??? O.o and yes i think it's normal that washing machine is in the bathroom, we usually have the clothing hanger there too if the room is on the bigger side. dishwasher is in the kitchen tho lol
Germany: 1,5 litres of water is 19 Cents +25 Cents deposit, which you get back at returning of the bottle at any supermarket or beverages shop.
Tap water is in most cases fresh and clean, but not everywhere.
Shower cubicles are in fact very common in Finnish bathrooms.
You can use shower curtains. But sure if smaller apartments you just have toilet, washing mashine and shower in one place. IF you have bigger place you have toilet (or multiple ones), shower(s), Sauna, utility room (where you have your washer and dry your clothes) all in different rooms.
New to the channel, curious of why you are learning about Finland being a Scot lad living in Malaysia? :)
Almost everything she explains you will found very similar in the Netherlands. Only last point, children used to move out from their parents just a generation ago, only the last 10 years getting an affordable home or vacant rooms has become more difficult because of long going building restrictions which have resulted in a shortage.
As far as milk drinking goes: I was born and raised in the US, with a fully Finnish heritage and we drank milk with every meal. But then again, we lived on a farm and had our own milk cow. The city where I live in the US has a pretty good recycling program. We have curbside pick-up for Glass, Mixed recycling (cans/paper/cardboard and some plastic containers), Yard debris/compost, and even used motor oil.
If you go buy a half a liter bottle of water, especially in places where people need to grab one quickly (near airports, at stations etc) it can be outrageously expensive, you'll pay 10x the price. If you need more water and have time to go to a bigger store you can have a 5 liter bottle for less money.
why would one buy water in a potle?
@@TurmoottiTraveling and forget to bring along my own, get really thirsty while driving and there happens to be a road side cafe... But even then I'd rather buy flavored mineral water or lemonade than straight up water.
I glue the hem of the shower curtain against the side of the bathtub by wetting the hem. Stays put.
In a plain shower room I put a plastic tube inside the hem of the curtain. The tube doesn't have to be long in order to work perfectly. Or you can attach some small weights to the hem of the curtain to prevent it from "attacking" you😂
Showers without walls are becoming more common in England too- called wet rooms
The point of tap water is to drink it.
americans; IMPOSSIBLE, going to grocery shop to buy 200 bottled waters instead
I'm from Finland and yes, people move to their own apartments pretty early. Usually when they hit age of 20, some even before that. I remember being 19 or 20 back in the day when my father told me "son, you should really move to your own apartment soon". People very rarely live with their parent after they are 25 and parents often want them to move too. I think it's good thing. Having to deal with your own bills and other adult stuff early make you more independent and resourceful.
I think it’s a great idea to move out, it builds resilience and independence. 😊
How the shower is blocked off from the rest of the bathroom really depends. In my current flat, there's a railing around the shower, and I have a shower curtain hanging from it, but in most of the other Finnish flats I've lived in in the last 25 years have had a shower cubicle of some description within the bathroom.
ETA: my mother-in-law lives in the north of England and her washing machine is in her downstairs loo.
Washing machine in the kitchen is only a uk think almost.
The reason for that is that uk have ring circuiut, typically a uk home will have two rings, one in the kitchen, on for the reast of the house. Something that takes a lot of power like a washingmashine need to be in the kitchen.
In rest of northern europe use 3 phase seperated phases. This allow to pull full power from pretty much any room and to a degree simultanius.
So washingmaschine is put in what ever room is the best. Its just conected with a common europlug
In the airports at least in sweden, they have taps for filling water bottles after you go throw security. So you take like 3 empty bottles, thek them throw security and jusr fill them
About us Finns drinking milk. That was most common in the 70's to 90's. Not anymore. Most Finns drink water to lunch. In rural areas they still might rely on milk, but not in the cities. It has definitely changed.
Not true.
@@thomastcrapper4100 Face it, times change and not all people believe Valio propaganda anymore. Adults drinking milk actually makes bones LESS dense, unless milk is consumed with enough vitamins.
How do your mic has CE mark sticker if you are in Malaysia. Is the outlet same voltage as here in EU?
Thing about milk is that Finland has quite good dairy production. Also you need Calcium and Vitamin D which you get from that. The thing is Finland has lots of good grasses for cows, which is easier to grow even if you live more north, where most crops won't fare that well. Just grow something for animal feed.
If bathroom is build like that, there is waterproof sealant under tiles. I dont remember buildings codex said about that excatly but waterproof needed.
It depend's which water and where you're buying it. You can have the 0.5 litre spring water for 0.50€.
The economy certainly has an impact on how easy it is to move out once you come of age. I actually lived with my parents for a good while because we had a severe economic depression for several years after I turned 18. I'd have been in trouble with paying rent (and not eligible for a bank loan to buy my own place) due to jobs suddenly being very hard to get.
And yes we have 4 season in year so u need options in what to wear😂
I would say we have at least 8 seasons. Winter, pre-spring (the soggy season), spring, summer, pre-autumn (dark and getting colder season), autumn, pre-winter (soggy season part 2), winter.
@@itseperkele181 true🤣🤣and we have atlest 10 difrend snow type,vett, hard,cold and so onn
She was obviously little eexagerating. You manage with two jackets quite good. maybe three at least southern part of FInland
When you live in a smaller apartment, you have the washing machine in the bathroom, we don't have a floor drain..that is not okey for the insurement for the home.
In showers like that you use a shower curtain ofcourse, so water isn't everywhere. When we had a bigger house, we had a room for the laundry and dryer etc..
A floor drain in the kitchen I mean..atleast I have never had in my kitchens..
In finland there is a lot spota where you can drink straight from "ditch"... and i know many spots and done that many many times. Tap water is actually even less clean!
I live in Helsinki and I've four Alko liquier stores inside 10 minutes walk. Inside half an hour walk there are about twenty. It's magnifient.
It's common to drink cow milk to your meals as adult in Finland. It was very common here in Sweden to until the 1980s.
Here's a simple life hack if you need to carry your own water bottle at all times: buy one and then just fill it from the tap whenever you can. What was that thing about upping your recycling game, hmmm? Recycling isn't just about throwing stuff away.
Shower in finland is walls many homes,showercurtain is usually in cheaper home decorations.many home also have wc and bathroom in different location and sauna is also many homes.that picture shower was really basicversion on washroom.
9:26 I think water is mostly so expensive because you can use the same bottle for filling it again with tap water and it would not be profitable to sell if it was cheaper because people buy one bottle until they lose it.
edit: It is also a lot more ecofriendly to use the same bottle many times or buy better one from sports store and you can use the same bottle for the rest of your life:D
Waahing macine bathroom of course or utillyty room(aurs house)
Showers with out walls normal,but showers cupiles can found some Finish bathrooms,usally they "wet rooms"no walls need itt,and it will take space too.
Americans seen us "uusi avuton"
We have here in Finland most cleanist tab water in the world.
You have to purchase a shower curtain and hang it to your shower place.
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About the water: just carry a bottle with you, soda bottle or something and fill it in a tap somewhere, problem solved. I usually always have some kind of bottle of water with me when I leave the house if I know I can get thirsty. If it empties, I go to any supermarket toilet and fill it from the tap. I have NEVER bought water and I'm 34. Also the milk might be cheaper, than that water so buy that if thirsty.
The no wall thing for showers is the same in asia.
That milk over promotion is because of big company Valio propaganda on the "benefits" of milk, instead of telling people that milk increases osteoporosis, unless coupled with enough vegetables.
we here in finland LOVE milk and coffee. Milk is good for the bones.
You can get an appartment as early as 15 to live in during your 2nd degree studies depending on how far away you live from the school otherwise.
And Water.spare some plastic bottle etc and fill it with water. Tap water is safe everywhere.and its free.
Water price is actually artificially inflated. You can get 5L water bottle for about the same price as 0.5L bottle. It's basically just there to incentivise people to not buy water in bottles. Since clean water is readily available.
On other hand, if you are buying huge bottle of water, you probably actually need water for something and you don't have convenient access to clean water.
Use a showercurtain , maybe. That's what we use 😊. Don't need to wet the whole bathroom.
The shower thing is just her apartment's landlord being a cheapskate, most apartments or homes where shower is in the WC have the movable/solid walls to stop water.
Regarding that, most detached houses I've seen have "WC room" where toilet and washing machine are and a separate room for shower and sauna
Bottled water is indeed expensive due low demand
Now you're just out of touch. I haven't seen a single home with actual wall separating shower from rest of the bathroom. Not even new ones. And not a single one. Not even one.
Bottled water is an unnecessary luxury so obviously you should pay for it. 🤷🏼♂️
Waching machine is in bathroom (in Finland) because if it startes to leak, the water goes to the drain in the floor, and doesnt ruin the whole room like it would do if you have it in kitchen like in the UK.
Pizza and cold milk are really great together
The milk thing comes from the fact that we're far up north, where there is less sources of foods and a short growing period, which has caused the past generations favor cows that can feed on grass that will grow in harsh conditions. And since cows produce milk, it has been an advantage to be able to consume it. There actually still is a clear-ish line between regions of people with lactose intolerance (south) / tolerance (north) in Finland.
Consuming dairy products is more common historically in northern countries because of winter, nothing grows during the winter so you are dependent on animal products
Having the washing machine in the kitchen is very weird in Sweden also.
i have a habit of sometimes just drinking milk straight from the carton, nothing better than that.
I am from Finland and use milk only with coffee, porridge or cereals or cocoa drink. Not drink it with dinner.
You have to but the curtains yousekf and washing machines are in the same place if your flat is small.