It is a law that every building above a certain square meters has to have a bunker. These bunkers are used as storage rooms in apartment buildings. There are around 50 000 bunkers in Finland.
Yes, these videos are a bit misleading with the numbers. When they say tens of thousands of bunkers, they don't mean those large ones deep underground. Most are simply storage rooms in apartment buildings, not necessarily below ground level. A steel door and no windows --> bunker.
@@m1k1a1It's a little more than just steel doors and no windows. The walls of a bunker in a typical apartment building (S1 class bunker) are much thicker (min 300 mm) solid steel reinforced concrete (designed to withstand a pressure wave of 200 kN/m2), and each bunker has a redundant, independent air circulation system with large HEPA filters and typically an escape tunnel that leads away from the building.
Let's make one thing clear, in Finland we are not afraid of things, in Finland we are prepared for things precisely because there is no need to be afraid, it concerns both the more than 50,000 bunkers that are here, of which quite a large number are also resistant to a direct nuclear strike, and the preparation of the defense forces..one thing that a certain rogue state in the east benefits from is precisely people's fear, and the fact that some countries have not thought about things and have not prepared for them, after the cold war the period of childish and naive thinking began in almost all of Europe that there would be no more wars, Finland did not believed in this kind of thinking even in the best years but kept up his preparation always included, for which we can thank both our far-sighted political leadership and the leadership of the Defense Forces
Muitakin välimerkkejä on kuin vaan pilkku. Vithullisen puuduttavaa lukemista ko yks saatanan pitkä lause aivoulostettu. Muuten taas, täyttä faktaa itse kommentti.
I live in Tampere, and we have at least a swimming pool, ice hockey rink, a martial arts focused gym and an archery range in separate bunkers around the town. It's really just very effective use of space, because the bunkers are located in high population areas. They're close to the people, and offer very large spaces for sports, that would be otherwise hard to fit in urban areas.
As an 80s kid, these have always been there and have been to many of them. I was more surprised to learn at some point that we are one of the few countries that have this 😅
Basicly every bigger town/City has them. Some are public some not during peace time. And in Rural areas we use Cellars or something underground vaults as a shelter.
I would say it's better to be safe than sorry. For Finns to see the orange background with the blue triangle is nothing new, and even as a child I got taught that a bunker is a safe place if something bad happens. I believe I am not the only one who doesn't feel uncomfortable about the bunkers, since I have always thought of them as a convenience thanks to my parents. I have never seen a single bunker be left completely empty or useless, in my school it was a storage room that could be emptied really quickly. And due to our neighbor Russia, you can never be sure of what comes next. If you look at our history with them, Mainilan laukaukset is just one example of why we do not trust them. Varmassa vara parempi.
As a Finn I never thought of our shelters as scary. On the contrary. It is normal to have them and i feel safer because of them. Preparedness is good, it makes it more likely that we never need them.
As a nation, we have experience with Russian aggression, and last time we fended it off, barely. Then we had decades to observe what happened to everyone else who didn't fend them off, all the while walking a tightrope of relations that could snap and lead to another invasion far too easily. We aren't prepared because we're afraid, we're prepared because it's obvious that we have to be.
As you can see we already use them. Subway is also ready be used as a shelter, and many more spaces. Army has it's own shelters too for soldiers and gear... That floorball and Swimming pool also has a meaning during war... it gives people something to do. It's really nerve wracking if you just sit and wait. And we do have shelters even deeper than those shown in the video... 20 meters is like nothing really. Some of those shelters have some other use during peace... there are like telephone centers, emergency centers, greenhouses and storages in those shelters while waiting for war. And... if you didn't know, Helsinki only has 600 000 residents, but shelter for more than 900 000.
I am a Finnish woman 50yo and our dog used to be trained to do agility in the 80's at a bunker in Helsinki Myllypuro. Dad explained the use, plus his dad my Grandfather was a Winter War veteran. I'm so grateful to be Finnish ❤🇫🇮
I see it the same as insurance. Like my home is insured, not because I fear that it could burn down any moment, but because you have to be prepared for the worst case scenario even if it's unlikely.
Worked a summerjob in a downtown department store in my city when i was young they had this big cargo elevator that went no clue how deep to a big shelter where products were stored and an absolute labyrinth of corridors to everywhere. 14y old me had a blast exploring them on downtime.
The presence of the bunkers isn't in the least bit scary largely thanks to their everyday uses. They're fun to have. I live in the suburb of Hervanta in the city of Tampere, and even here there are several large bunkers in recreational use, including a swimming pool and the university campus bunker which is used for martial arts and for a famous recurring university party called the Bommer or "Bommari", nickname of the bomb shelter.
@@lainet Omana opiskeluaikanani oli vielä, mutta totta puhuen en ole varma viimeisestä vuosikymmenestä. En ole enää seurannut yliopiston asioita tarkkaan.
It's good that those bunkers are used for a different purpose during peacetime. If they weren't, who knows what awful condition they would be in if they would need to be used for their intended purpose 20-60 years after being dug out
My apartment complex in Helsinki has two shelters for the residents, normally used as storage units. Building shelters is mandatory, there was a time people complained it becomes too expensive but you don't hear that anymore.
These bunkers also store massive amounts of emergency equipment and non-perishable foods. During Covid Finland had no shortage of masks and other stuff because of this.
I have been to the bunker on the video many times, playing futsal. It is in the centre of Helsinki. I think it's very practical to use the space for different purpouses as it does need maintaing anyway.
This video didn't cover the most astonishing feature of Helsinki underground bunker, which is the water treatment facilities drawing its water from lake Päijänne (also the water decompentation and heat production ruclips.net/video/FJMLFWoyEqE/видео.html). Helsinki is also the first (allegedly) city to have a comprehensive underground city plan - which is kinda cool and also baffling.
In the Laakso area of Helsinki, there used to be an underground rescue service bunker, which was accessed by walking through a long tunnel deep underground. In the 1990s, chess tournaments were held there, in which I participated.
Here in Helsinki metropolitan area we have 1.1 million people and we have space for 900k people in those bunkers, but if the beast from east is going to attack us, those 200k "leftovers" are going to do everything in our power to defend our country. I used to work for energy company here in Helsinki and I've been in some of those bunkers and I think they are pretty effing cool.
As someone already said, buildings above a certain size have to have an underground bunker (basically a cellar but it's reinforced). So most schools have them, and in my elementary school in a small town where I grew up, we used to sometimes have science lessons inside a bunker like that. :D
Honestly, I don't think about them much since I'm so used to them existing. But I'm glad they do exist and it does give a sense of security to know that there is somewhere to go should something happen. It doesn't even have to be war. I live near a major railway hub where a lot of dangerous chemicals get moved around. Should there be an accident, I can shelter downstairs of my building from the potential toxic smoke or vapour or whatever. It is used as storage since there is no active threat, but you can still fit in and shelter for a short amount of time if needed. Oh and if you want to look more into bunkers, check out the SantaPark bunker. :D
Well there is good reason for that. You just need to see what happened russias brothers Ukrainians and fellow slavs. Russians are not seeking friends. Sadly.
I don't live in Helsinki but in the central Finland. There's a big bunker close by which I've visited multiple times, to go to gym and shooting range, also to play badminton :)
While the rest of Europe relaxed after the Cold War was over, Finland never forgot the Winter War. Unlike most others they didn't take this peace for granted. They exercised common sense.
You don't really consider them as bunkers. They are just underground spaces. Luke Bland is an American living in Finland. He has made a good video about how those bunkers connect to everyday life: "Luke Bland To the bomb shelter".
There are bunkers and tunnels open to the general public, and then there are tunnels that aren't general knowledge. I have had the privilege of working in some of those more "secret" ones. Unfortunately I have signed a life-long NDA about it 😅
They showed two separate bunkers. The car park and sports hall are in what was my local bunker for many years in Hakaniemi, central Helsinki. The swimming pool is in Itäkeskus, East Helsinki.
This is an more comprehensive tour of one of the Finnish capitals nuclear bombshelters: ruclips.net/video/q8bE5zJwIGs/видео.htmlsi=ZSfa3qFZyzQtNo9y. Awesome video. Perkele.
Hi Mert. I enjoy watching your videos and reactions. You being living in south-east asia is also interesting, espec to us scandinavians. Why don't you make a video that explais the culture and living style in that part of the world. I have plans to move to the Philippines (i have a Philippino girlfriend), so, it would be good to hear some interesting and useful facts from somebody who lives in that part of the world, but who also knows the western culture, and who can tell about all the differences. It might be beneficial for us who has plans to visit as tourists or who has plans to move to south-east asia as me. Thanks :)
We have so so much bunkers and tunnels(Undergrpund) Highway and railway have onw-military! We allso tunnels under highway to military! Allso we have MASSIVE underground magazine systems!! Military havr onw! We have onw unfergrpund word!
It is not because of fear , it ˋs just common sense in case of any catastrofy
It is a law that every building above a certain square meters has to have a bunker. These bunkers are used as storage rooms in apartment buildings. There are around 50 000 bunkers in Finland.
*Square meters.
*Square meters.
Yes, these videos are a bit misleading with the numbers. When they say tens of thousands of bunkers, they don't mean those large ones deep underground. Most are simply storage rooms in apartment buildings, not necessarily below ground level. A steel door and no windows --> bunker.
@@m1k1a1It's a little more than just steel doors and no windows. The walls of a bunker in a typical apartment building (S1 class bunker) are much thicker (min 300 mm) solid steel reinforced concrete (designed to withstand a pressure wave of 200 kN/m2), and each bunker has a redundant, independent air circulation system with large HEPA filters and typically an escape tunnel that leads away from the building.
@@formatique_arschloch Yes my mistake.
The dual purpose means the bunkers are well maintained due to their active peace time use.
Let's make one thing clear, in Finland we are not afraid of things, in Finland we are prepared for things precisely because there is no need to be afraid, it concerns both the more than 50,000 bunkers that are here, of which quite a large number are also resistant to a direct nuclear strike, and the preparation of the defense forces..one thing that a certain rogue state in the east benefits from is precisely people's fear, and the fact that some countries have not thought about things and have not prepared for them, after the cold war the period of childish and naive thinking began in almost all of Europe that there would be no more wars, Finland did not
believed in this kind of thinking even in the best years but kept up his preparation always included, for which we can thank both our far-sighted political leadership and the leadership of the Defense Forces
I wish our politicians really were this farsighted at the moment.
Muitakin välimerkkejä on kuin vaan pilkku. Vithullisen puuduttavaa lukemista ko yks saatanan pitkä lause aivoulostettu. Muuten taas, täyttä faktaa itse kommentti.
I live in Tampere, and we have at least a swimming pool, ice hockey rink, a martial arts focused gym and an archery range in separate bunkers around the town. It's really just very effective use of space, because the bunkers are located in high population areas. They're close to the people, and offer very large spaces for sports, that would be otherwise hard to fit in urban areas.
Nääshalli having the mats ready for emergency sleeping lol
Yep. And some bunker even have firing ranges in them.
Completely lost it at: ”This bunker looks more fun than glasgow ABOVE ground”
As an 80s kid, these have always been there and have been to many of them.
I was more surprised to learn at some point that we are one of the few countries that have this 😅
I actually kinda forgot that the Itäkeskus swimming hall is a bunker.
I don't think it's actively in people's minds that these are bunkers, although it's a well known fact. They are just so normal to have everywhere.
@lainet Yeah
Many Finnish cities have similar, albeit smaller, underground bunkers.
Basicly every bigger town/City has them. Some are public some not during peace time. And in Rural areas we use Cellars or something underground vaults as a shelter.
No fear, only common sense and preparation.
I would say it's better to be safe than sorry. For Finns to see the orange background with the blue triangle is nothing new, and even as a child I got taught that a bunker is a safe place if something bad happens. I believe I am not the only one who doesn't feel uncomfortable about the bunkers, since I have always thought of them as a convenience thanks to my parents. I have never seen a single bunker be left completely empty or useless, in my school it was a storage room that could be emptied really quickly. And due to our neighbor Russia, you can never be sure of what comes next. If you look at our history with them, Mainilan laukaukset is just one example of why we do not trust them. Varmassa vara parempi.
As a Finn I never thought of our shelters as scary. On the contrary. It is normal to have them and i feel safer because of them. Preparedness is good, it makes it more likely that we never need them.
They do not reflect "fear", they reflect EXPERIENCE (participation in events as a basis of knowledge).
As a nation, we have experience with Russian aggression, and last time we fended it off, barely. Then we had decades to observe what happened to everyone else who didn't fend them off, all the while walking a tightrope of relations that could snap and lead to another invasion far too easily. We aren't prepared because we're afraid, we're prepared because it's obvious that we have to be.
As you can see we already use them. Subway is also ready be used as a shelter, and many more spaces. Army has it's own shelters too for soldiers and gear... That floorball and Swimming pool also has a meaning during war... it gives people something to do. It's really nerve wracking if you just sit and wait. And we do have shelters even deeper than those shown in the video... 20 meters is like nothing really. Some of those shelters have some other use during peace... there are like telephone centers, emergency centers, greenhouses and storages in those shelters while waiting for war. And... if you didn't know, Helsinki only has 600 000 residents, but shelter for more than 900 000.
I am a Finnish woman 50yo and our dog used to be trained to do agility in the 80's at a bunker in Helsinki Myllypuro.
Dad explained the use, plus his dad my Grandfather was a Winter War veteran.
I'm so grateful to be Finnish ❤🇫🇮
I see it the same as insurance. Like my home is insured, not because I fear that it could burn down any moment, but because you have to be prepared for the worst case scenario even if it's unlikely.
Worked a summerjob in a downtown department store in my city when i was young they had this big cargo elevator that went no clue how deep to a big shelter where products were stored and an absolute labyrinth of corridors to everywhere. 14y old me had a blast exploring them on downtime.
if you knew the tunnels and where tornin tavarat are stashed ;)
@yananasbanas unfortunately tornin tavarat were visusti lukossa 🙃 ei hajuakaan oliko sielä jotain ja jos oli niin missä
The presence of the bunkers isn't in the least bit scary largely thanks to their everyday uses. They're fun to have. I live in the suburb of Hervanta in the city of Tampere, and even here there are several large bunkers in recreational use, including a swimming pool and the university campus bunker which is used for martial arts and for a famous recurring university party called the Bommer or "Bommari", nickname of the bomb shelter.
Vieläkö Bommarissa järjestetään bileitä? Kuulin jossain vaiheessa, että se perinne olis katkennut?
@@lainet Omana opiskeluaikanani oli vielä, mutta totta puhuen en ole varma viimeisestä vuosikymmenestä. En ole enää seurannut yliopiston asioita tarkkaan.
It's good that those bunkers are used for a different purpose during peacetime. If they weren't, who knows what awful condition they would be in if they would need to be used for their intended purpose 20-60 years after being dug out
No one is scared here nor has ever been. Besides, there are shelters for all and there are shelters for a few hundred thousands nearby…
My apartment complex in Helsinki has two shelters for the residents, normally used as storage units. Building shelters is mandatory, there was a time people complained it becomes too expensive but you don't hear that anymore.
These bunkers also store massive amounts of emergency equipment and non-perishable foods. During Covid Finland had no shortage of masks and other stuff because of this.
Except toilet paper
It's smart of them to use them in peace time for other things. Why build them and then just have them sit empty?
You should also take a look at a video called "【4K】Helsinki Service Tunnel Drive" to see how extensive the tunnel network is. 🧐
The tunnel drive begins at 7:40 on the video.
I have been to the bunker on the video many times, playing futsal. It is in the centre of Helsinki. I think it's very practical to use the space for different purpouses as it does need maintaing anyway.
This video didn't cover the most astonishing feature of Helsinki underground bunker, which is the water treatment facilities drawing its water from lake Päijänne (also the water decompentation and heat production ruclips.net/video/FJMLFWoyEqE/видео.html). Helsinki is also the first (allegedly) city to have a comprehensive underground city plan - which is kinda cool and also baffling.
In the Laakso area of Helsinki, there used to be an underground rescue service bunker, which was accessed by walking through a long tunnel deep underground. In the 1990s, chess tournaments were held there, in which I participated.
In my hometown Turku here's few ice rings in the bunker. People play hockey and figure skates.
Here in Helsinki metropolitan area we have 1.1 million people and we have space for 900k people in those bunkers, but if the beast from east is going to attack us, those 200k "leftovers" are going to do everything in our power to defend our country. I used to work for energy company here in Helsinki and I've been in some of those bunkers and I think they are pretty effing cool.
weird if not every city in the world does not have prepared
As someone already said, buildings above a certain size have to have an underground bunker (basically a cellar but it's reinforced). So most schools have them, and in my elementary school in a small town where I grew up, we used to sometimes have science lessons inside a bunker like that. :D
Honestly, I don't think about them much since I'm so used to them existing. But I'm glad they do exist and it does give a sense of security to know that there is somewhere to go should something happen. It doesn't even have to be war. I live near a major railway hub where a lot of dangerous chemicals get moved around. Should there be an accident, I can shelter downstairs of my building from the potential toxic smoke or vapour or whatever. It is used as storage since there is no active threat, but you can still fit in and shelter for a short amount of time if needed.
Oh and if you want to look more into bunkers, check out the SantaPark bunker. :D
Well, sadly this just shows how much we trust our neighbour.
We shouldn´t trust any of them tbh we are alone even when we are part of nato. its always better to be sure then sorry
Because they have time and time again proven that they are not to be trusted
Well there is good reason for that. You just need to see what happened russias brothers Ukrainians and fellow slavs. Russians are not seeking friends. Sadly.
Do we have any reason to trust them now?
We have a bunker with a gym, a dojo, 100 meters track and several halls for badminton and volleyball
I don't live in Helsinki but in the central Finland. There's a big bunker close by which I've visited multiple times, to go to gym and shooting range, also to play badminton :)
Finland has had to be prepared for a long time because of their neighbour!
There's alot of sports-stuff in these. I used to learn karate in one place. :D
yeah in Espoon keskus (Espoo Centre)
Never thinking about war,but we have railways nearby. If some catastrophe with chemical contamination would happen there,we have shelters for that.
Those swimming pools work as a water source too.
While the rest of Europe relaxed after the Cold War was over, Finland never forgot the Winter War. Unlike most others they didn't take this peace for granted. They exercised common sense.
As a Finn I think: "Si vis pacem, para bellum." It's as simple as that.
In Finland we pay a lot of taxes but our goverment use taxmoney for the benefit of citizens. This is one of many examples.
You don't really consider them as bunkers. They are just underground spaces. Luke Bland is an American living in Finland. He has made a good video about how those bunkers connect to everyday life: "Luke Bland To the bomb shelter".
There are bunkers and tunnels open to the general public, and then there are tunnels that aren't general knowledge. I have had the privilege of working in some of those more "secret" ones. Unfortunately I have signed a life-long NDA about it 😅
Hervanta Tampere .Kiitos
They showed two separate bunkers. The car park and sports hall are in what was my local bunker for many years in Hakaniemi, central Helsinki. The swimming pool is in Itäkeskus, East Helsinki.
Can you say purple burglar alarm?
Good places to drink when kid😄. We hang out our bunker. No sound goes out
Groundskeeper Mert🤣
Best indoor skatepark is in a bunker in Helsinki.
its common sense here in Finland under hug of russian bear.
Fuck yes im happy there are bunkers for us all. We dont fear Russia, we prepare for Russia.
Scary? Absolutely not! Just a matter of fact.
It is only based on the fact that we have an aggressive neighbour to our east.
This is an more comprehensive tour of one of the Finnish capitals nuclear bombshelters: ruclips.net/video/q8bE5zJwIGs/видео.htmlsi=ZSfa3qFZyzQtNo9y.
Awesome video. Perkele.
Hi Mert. I enjoy watching your videos and reactions. You being living in south-east asia is also interesting, espec to us scandinavians. Why don't you make a video that explais the culture and living style in that part of the world. I have plans to move to the Philippines (i have a Philippino girlfriend), so, it would be good to hear some interesting and useful facts from somebody who lives in that part of the world, but who also knows the western culture, and who can tell about all the differences. It might be beneficial for us who has plans to visit as tourists or who has plans to move to south-east asia as me. Thanks :)
Again one more thing to shock people...other than Finns.
We have so so much bunkers and tunnels(Undergrpund) Highway and railway have onw-military! We allso tunnels under highway to military! Allso we have MASSIVE underground magazine systems!! Military havr onw! We have onw unfergrpund word!
Do not speak like that.