I don’t believe I’m in the minority when I say this but Alex, you are by far the best travel “host” on RUclips. Your personality is just outstanding and I also really enjoy the fantastic filming and editing by your team…appreciate you all!!!
Hello from Germany, Coffee in Germany between 3 to 5€ / Beer 4 to 10€ / McDonalds Big Mac 5,49€ … life is expensive too ✌🏻😉 But i heard a lot of times Scandinavia is very expensive
I am half Finnish and first visited in 1983. My wife and I visited again in 2023 and Helsinki was better than ever. Clean, full of good design, and set in a rocky, woody, watery landscape. Interestingly, having just watched two of your videos in a row, Napoli had more expensive Big Macs than Helsinki!
I've been wanting a Helsinki video for ages. I was there in September and I'm firmly of the opinion that it is one of Europe's most underrated cities. Leaving was hard!
I find it quite amusing that you say karjalanpiiraka is not pronouncable but can easily say karalian pie which is pretty close, and said Salmiakki quite well.. Many other travel vloggers attempt to use our language and it is always appreciated, even for those with worst pronounciation. It is almost rude/entitled of you to just assume it is impossible and not even try/laugh it off.
Fabulous video as always, and now another city on my list to visit. You are partially responsible for a list that never seems to shorten, despite my traveling as much as possible - not complaining though! Oh, the one missing scene was of you and Greg also becoming Knights of the Sauna. Now, that we needed!
I live in London and I’m visiting Helsinki. Some things feel expensive but definitely not more than I am used to, and thankfully the conversion rate goes my way as well. In Kallio beers have been 4€ to 5.5€ which is a lot less than London, and you don’t have to buy rounds.
Super Helsinki vibes in the video, love this town! Small comment about the tickets check. You have to show your ticket when you're boarding the HSL bus. Drivers do these checks
Your "not as bad as Norway" caveat in terms of expensiveness is a great comfort to me, as I'm traveling to Helsinki from... Norway 😂 Anyways, I absolutely loved this video! Informative, entertaining, heartfelt.
Finally, my city ! I do wish you would've delved in about things to see and do. The transportation breakdown was good and funny enough, even the ready made salmon soup at the grocery store is delicious :D
We tend to steer away from activities and sights, otherwise the eps would be hours long. But please tell us what we should absolutely see when visiting your beautiful city!
Nicely hosted and produced as always. Been looking towards this since you chose Helsinki over Lisbon. Helsinki can be tricky to make a film about because tourists always go to the same friggin' places and do the same things, such as salmon soup at Kauppahalli, which you fell for. Unconventional and personal time to visit. I'd also suggest late May-early June when the city turns lush and green and people come alive. Public transport is ace and most tourists only need the AB-zone ticket as the city is very walkable just for the architecture and parks. Single tickets cost 2.95€ and are valid for 80mins. The HSL app has a great map. Just feed in where you want to start (at my current location?) and where you want to go. The app covers alla forms of transport and walking to the minute. Anyway. Nicely done. -Person living in Helsinki, but not Helsinkian
i was there last summer. Did the archipalego boat tour for €25. Walked around the city centre a little. Im glad i did it, but i dont think ill visit helsinki anytime soon. There're just better options in europe with better budget, even estonia/tallinn just a ferry across, is soooo much better to the bang
Places you visted in video are like 1.5x1km area. Very typical for tourism in Helsinki. I wish there was more visits to the old town area, with old villas, parks, horses, there and sheep island. Wooden areas in Vallila, Toukola and Käpylä. Or with metro visiting Tapiola to see some different architecture and layout and visit the Emma. The great brutalism in Merihaka or Pasila. Or community sauna or bar or the one og in Sörnäinen sauna rather than those fancy boxes made for rich tourists who want sauna experience. Theres so much more in helsinki than just the market square and its surroundings.
You know, this is fair. While we tend to aim our content at visitors to cities, our goal is also to highlight parts of cities that visitors might not frequent but SHOULD. So you're right to call me out on this. We'll work harder on this angle.
Police officers don't check your tickets. 😅The ticket inspectors do wear uniforms that can slightly look like police uniforms, but they're not. If you saw police officers on a public transport it would be because someone called them, but even that is rare, more often than not it'll be security guards that take care of disorderly people.
Is that Cold War history really necessary in the introduction part? Do you have to so implicitly state your political opinion in a travel video nowadays? Why not mention that Finland was working with nazi Germany?
Well if you bring up Nazi Germany then why not also mention that the West didn't want to help Finland fight the Soviets in the first place when the country asked and begged for help against the Russian invasion? Also why not mention that Nazi Germany was able to start the 2nd World War in the first place because Soviet Union and Nazi Germany had made a pact to divide Europe between the Soviets and Nazi Germany? They were allies. Please read your history before jumping into conclusions
This is such a beautiful video of Helsinki, thank you - and we hope to see you back again soon! :o)
I don’t believe I’m in the minority when I say this but Alex, you are by far the best travel “host” on RUclips. Your personality is just outstanding and I also really enjoy the fantastic filming and editing by your team…appreciate you all!!!
I found this channel today and love it, especially the one on Edinburgh
Hello from Germany, Coffee in Germany between 3 to 5€ / Beer 4 to 10€ / McDonalds Big Mac 5,49€ … life is expensive too ✌🏻😉
But i heard a lot of times Scandinavia is very expensive
I am half Finnish and first visited in 1983. My wife and I visited again in 2023 and Helsinki was better than ever. Clean, full of good design, and set in a rocky, woody, watery landscape. Interestingly, having just watched two of your videos in a row, Napoli had more expensive Big Macs than Helsinki!
I watch a lot of RUclips travel channels and this is one of the best. I’ll be in Helsinki this July.
I've been wanting a Helsinki video for ages. I was there in September and I'm firmly of the opinion that it is one of Europe's most underrated cities. Leaving was hard!
Only ever passed through Helsinki airport. Love the chill vibes of bird song in the loos. Lounge is good there.
That airport is a dream.
Amazing episode, loved the extra levels of snark and very much appreciate the inclusion of my favourite troll food
Ha! It was YOU who I referenced in the episode!
Another great production, can’t wait for the next instalment 👍🏻🇬🇧
Thanks so much! Next one coming soon!
Thanks!
Thank you very much for the tip! Really appreciate it!
Thank you for an awesome video! Will definitely visit Helsinki in the near future!
I can definitely recommend it!
I find it quite amusing that you say karjalanpiiraka is not pronouncable but can easily say karalian pie which is pretty close, and said Salmiakki quite well.. Many other travel vloggers attempt to use our language and it is always appreciated, even for those with worst pronounciation. It is almost rude/entitled of you to just assume it is impossible and not even try/laugh it off.
Fabulous video as always, and now another city on my list to visit. You are partially responsible for a list that never seems to shorten, despite my traveling as much as possible - not complaining though! Oh, the one missing scene was of you and Greg also becoming Knights of the Sauna. Now, that we needed!
I live in London and I’m visiting Helsinki. Some things feel expensive but definitely not more than I am used to, and thankfully the conversion rate goes my way as well. In Kallio beers have been 4€ to 5.5€ which is a lot less than London, and you don’t have to buy rounds.
Attache! We just visited Helsinki and did everything you suggested! I will say you have the best travel videos on RUclips!
Super Helsinki vibes in the video, love this town!
Small comment about the tickets check. You have to show your ticket when you're boarding the HSL bus. Drivers do these checks
Excellent film as usual. Helsinki looks incredibly modern and sharp with the mix of old tradition and new age shine
Your "not as bad as Norway" caveat in terms of expensiveness is a great comfort to me, as I'm traveling to Helsinki from... Norway 😂 Anyways, I absolutely loved this video! Informative, entertaining, heartfelt.
The greatest job as usual! Thanks for jokes and communications, they made the episode a little bit better, please do it again!
Thanks so much, glad my unusual sense of humour landed with you lol
Finally, my city ! I do wish you would've delved in about things to see and do. The transportation breakdown was good and funny enough, even the ready made salmon soup at the grocery store is delicious :D
We tend to steer away from activities and sights, otherwise the eps would be hours long. But please tell us what we should absolutely see when visiting your beautiful city!
Nicely hosted and produced as always. Been looking towards this since you chose Helsinki over Lisbon. Helsinki can be tricky to make a film about because tourists always go to the same friggin' places and do the same things, such as salmon soup at Kauppahalli, which you fell for.
Unconventional and personal time to visit. I'd also suggest late May-early June when the city turns lush and green and people come alive.
Public transport is ace and most tourists only need the AB-zone ticket as the city is very walkable just for the architecture and parks. Single tickets cost 2.95€ and are valid for 80mins. The HSL app has a great map. Just feed in where you want to start (at my current location?) and where you want to go. The app covers alla forms of transport and walking to the minute.
Anyway. Nicely done.
-Person living in Helsinki, but not Helsinkian
Fantastic info, thank you!
Well done Alex and Greg, glad you managed to squeeze in Dad's sauna certificate!.
Thanks Stuart! Definitely wanted to include that bit of family history!
Hope to visit Helsinki someday! Seems like a cool place to be, especially during the winter!🤩🤩
It looks a great city
Yeah! Heading back to Helsinki this May. Great guide.
As winter is approaching, it is nice to see a region of the world that has made winter living an artform. Thank you.
They really have it all figured out.
Helsinki Looks Awesome!!
I just discovered this channel. It's so well made! So elegant! 👏 Bravo
A great video guys - love the content.
i was there last summer. Did the archipalego boat tour for €25. Walked around the city centre a little. Im glad i did it, but i dont think ill visit helsinki anytime soon. There're just better options in europe with better budget, even estonia/tallinn just a ferry across, is soooo much better to the bang
Yeah I wish we had time to jump across the water to Tallinn. Next time!
Places you visted in video are like 1.5x1km area. Very typical for tourism in Helsinki. I wish there was more visits to the old town area, with old villas, parks, horses, there and sheep island. Wooden areas in Vallila, Toukola and Käpylä. Or with metro visiting Tapiola to see some different architecture and layout and visit the Emma. The great brutalism in Merihaka or Pasila. Or community sauna or bar or the one og in Sörnäinen sauna rather than those fancy boxes made for rich tourists who want sauna experience. Theres so much more in helsinki than just the market square and its surroundings.
You know, this is fair. While we tend to aim our content at visitors to cities, our goal is also to highlight parts of cities that visitors might not frequent but SHOULD. So you're right to call me out on this. We'll work harder on this angle.
Great video! Thank you😊
Commenting so I can watch later when I have time
Good strategy....as long as you come back. 🤔
Fair enough intro😊😊😁😁😁 good vid here man🤝 well done team Attache❤
Thanks 😁
I'm hoping to study here soon! By the way, my Grandfather is also a Knight of the Sauna!
Visited Helsinki in 2017,pretty city!
There is a Finnish Bakery in Sheffield that Karelian pies are sold. Including plenty of other great pastries.
That stuff is addictive
Is that soup called "lohikeitto'? I make it here in the US and love it.
That's the one! It's incredible. So satisfying.
i slapped my hands together and punched the air at "fuck cruises"
Yeah. I feel like I need to make a separate video about those.
Very interesting video.
Police officers don't check your tickets. 😅The ticket inspectors do wear uniforms that can slightly look like police uniforms, but they're not. If you saw police officers on a public transport it would be because someone called them, but even that is rare, more often than not it'll be security guards that take care of disorderly people.
Rudolf isn't real??! MOM!!!
I'm...so sorry.
You ate the Kreplaukenspritzel (sp?)
At the wrong place 😊
Ha! I walked right into that one.
god I love your voice
why only 1080p? :(
when talking about cruise ship he shows a ferry. No Carnival or RCCL ships in port that day? lol
TOOT TOOT!
(you're right.)
Grandpa 'Jason Bourne' Hunter, to use his official honorifics
There's a movie to be made here.
hello my cousn go to helsink , where he stasy ok
I rather be the Knight of the Jacuzzi!
I think he has a couple of stores in Topeka.
salonen sampo (pariisi) on kaappihomo
4.70 for a karjalanpiirakka!? Fuck me it's gotten expensive over there!
How come you don’t have a British Accent?
I do when the camera stops rolling. Pure east London chimney sweep, I am!
Norway is going to come for you for the Black Metal comment 😆
i was thinking the exact same thing hahaha Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita tho xD
❤ Helsinki & I agree f**k cruises
Amen!
Is that Cold War history really necessary in the introduction part? Do you have to so implicitly state your political opinion in a travel video nowadays? Why not mention that Finland was working with nazi Germany?
Well if you bring up Nazi Germany then why not also mention that the West didn't want to help Finland fight the Soviets in the first place when the country asked and begged for help against the Russian invasion? Also why not mention that Nazi Germany was able to start the 2nd World War in the first place because Soviet Union and Nazi Germany had made a pact to divide Europe between the Soviets and Nazi Germany? They were allies. Please read your history before jumping into conclusions
Of course it is. I was talking about my grandfather.