I discuss five differences between America and Finland. From going nude in the sauna to building 'sisu', this is my most Finnish vlog to date. Instagram: / tylerwaltonvlogs
I think Americans perception on nudity is all wrong. You see so much sexually explicit materials around but god forbid a nude beach or a local sauna, or something small is absolutely forbidden. but then again some people let their 13 year old daughter walk out of the house, wearing sexually suggestive clothing, make up, the whole bid. It's crazy. Why can't they just let things be natural, and not be so awkward about everything. Same thing with the circumcision rate in america, its absolutely disgusting and unnecessary. wont find that in Europe.
Don't forget people!!! The guys you are receiving in Europe, has the worse perception about nudity. Take care, because in Germany people already closed a nudist beach, because of Muslims, an absurd!!
Different cultures bro. People in America equate nudity with either showering(privacy) or sex. Having trivial conversations in a sauna with a bunch of naked dudes is weird AS FUCK to us.
It must have been rather weird for my foreign girlfriend when she learned that I've been in a sauna with many of my male and female friends, and that being naked in a sauna together is only sexual if the participants want it to be. At first she was hesitant to go with anyone except me, but at least later she got comfortable doing it with our female friends.
How to spot a non-Finnish person in everyday life: at the start of the video you were sitting on the aisle seat and therefore occupying to possible seats. Now if the bus gets crowded someone has to actually ask you if the seat next to you is taken. This creates an unwanted, awkward, over social moment.
Angelee Gee When the bus is as empty as it is on the video, it's more acceptable to sit on the isle seat. However, it's very rare to see a Finn do such thing. It's a norm, an unwritten rule of our society: If possible, always take the window seat when using public transportation XD
I hate it so much, when someone sits on the aisle seat! Or when they put thir bags on the other seat, on the seat behind them, in front of them and all over the floor.
Nonsense. I'm a Finn and I always sit on the aisle is possible. If the bus or whatever gets crowded I might move, but barring that it's aisle all the way! Why, you ask? Because I don't like to be stuck behind people when I try to exit said vehicle.
Haha, that's funny. When I got to Iceland, Taco Bell was the first place I went (only because I needed a coffee and it was the only thing near my AirBnB.)
Yep. Important aspect of Sisu is just that, it is not only about 'guts', 'stamina', 'endurance', 'courage' etc. usual things attached to it's meaning. It goes beyond than that. It's more like culturally in-built understanding that one can exceed his/hers perceived capacities by unleashing one's inner power potential. That many Finns has that ability, requires that they also recognize that they have it. However, Finns have no monopoly over Sisu. When a panicking mother summons the strength to pull a crashed car over from her injured child, - the victim of unfortunate accident -, the Mother is unconsciously channeling her Sisu. When American conscientious objector Private Desmond T. Doss saved half of his company at Okinawa during II acting "Far above and beyond the call of duty" without having even ever carried a gun, he summoned his Sisu using his firm believe to the god as a mean to control it, and channel it to the action regardless of nearly impossible circumstances, odds, adversity, and sheer physical requirements of his deeds. Myriads survival stories all around the world contain often the essence of Sisu. One manages to get access to his/hers inner power potential called as Sisu and continue against all odds...
Anton Komulainen To me it’s getting pissed-off at (and conquering) the obstacles mentally and physically. It may not be nice (or wise) and may even become a matter of life and death, because there’re no choices available, or you just don’t give yourself any. You have to do what you have to do. For some reason it often works. It always doesn’t, however.
The thing about throwing beer cans around is that you get collateral amount of money once you return them into a grocery store. 15 cents for aluminum cans, 20 for small plastic bottle, 40 for a large plastis bottle and 10 cents for a glass one. So throwing them into the trash would not only be waste of money but also nature considering the recycling. Having said that, even if you forget or intentionally throw a beer can into the forest, some1 will eventuall pick it up and recycle it. The recycling % of all bottles/cans sold in Finland is something like 90% so its pretty good.
Yeah, then you have milk cartons, juice, chips, cookies and kermaviili boxes thrown around. And nobody picks those up cos they are not paid anything. I was appalled by the amount of trash you can find around, and the fact that you don't recycle for shit.
Drest Drestlin well we have so many trees so cardboards are useless like do you know how much of finland is trees like the size of finland is really big compared to its population. And that means that all the area witch is not populated is just forests pretty much.
yes karhu very good beer the can is in the forest because people with alcohol problems can pick them up and get money from them to buy more alcohol very good yes
I hate littering but that can doesn't make me feel bad at all because when there's bottles or cans lying around, they're not gonna be there for a long time, someone who needs money is gonna pick it up eventually...
i know what the guy who left the beer can to the forest was thinking he was like : "there's a picture of a bear in this can, maybe i should leave it to forest because then the beer can meets other bears and makes many friends ☆_☆".
As much is that may be true it not really the best mindset to walk around with :P. Like if you can why not just dispose of it properly, if you really wanna help the needy do it in better ways instead of indirectly helping them through littering.
+Teppo You're correct! I'm actually 100% okay with that. I meant it as a joke, but seriously even if it were legal, I don't think taking on an alcohol sponsorship would be the direction I'd like this channel to go. :)
Tyler Walton Germans classify beer as food. It really doesn’t have much alcohol in it even. Don’t drink more than 3 cans before driving. We have stricter limits on drunk driving than the US. The US has harsher punishments but drunken driving is way more common in the US. People don’t drive to nightclubs here.
I think the reputation of having very cold winters comes from the time before the 21st century. The winters have been pretty warm for the past 10-15 years, excluding couple of colder winters in between.
Nah, Americans believe in gravity because *1)* nobody's found a way to claim that the Bible is against gravity and *2)* nobody's figured out a way to make money on denying gravity.
1 thing: Never ask Finnish person if they speak English, you just start to speak it! It's hard to explain but most of us (especially young people) feel offended if you ask if they can speak English. We are weird, I know :P
+tihk89 Yes, I figure that's true, but I have this weird 'politeness' thing ingrained in my behavior that tells me that asking people to speak English first is the more acceptable practice than just speaking English straightaway. But you have a point I'll take into consideration now. Also, you have to see that asking people to speak English is literally the ONLY Finnish sentence I can actually use and makes me feel like I'm not just a tourist (which I'm not). Don't take that away from me! haha
In France, if you just start speaking english with people there they'll usually dislike. I'm not french, but that's what I've noticed. So it's hard, we tourists sometimes try to be polite and end up offending people! lol Here in Brzil people would not understand you, but would try to speak english with you and it would probably be a linguistic horror show!
CollieHermai: From my little less than two months of experience, in France there's very high change that they wouldn't understand you anyway. 😉 Unless you are in a tourist destination in which case they might but you'd still be better off with even the most basic French.
Some people make it other way round too. They know that Finland is a big(ger) country and even when they know it's sparcely populated they guess that it'd have perhaps 20 million people living there.
+Jukka-Pekka Tuominen - If one knows the country is located, then it comes pretty obvious it's not gonna have 20 million people. Northern countries tend to be sparsely populated.
I was also shocked by my otherwise environmentally conscious friends littering but there is a good reason - when you buy beer, wine or soda you pay a little extra deposit for the container which you get back when you return it to the shop. People leave their cans for poorer people to collect and get the money.
As a finn if I had to translate "sisu" it would be "guts" but that is not all. It's about enduring and not complaining about every little thing. It is also about that even if you are in an annoying queue you just keep it in and just stand there. "Sisu" is not just about "WE ARE STRONG" it is also about how we don't want to bother those around us and just keep our complaints in.
Hehe :) I love the way you tried characterizing "Sisu" in a nutshell. You're not TOO far off, but as a native finn I have to point out that it's a double-edged sword. The word also conveys meanings of stubbornness, a hint of anger towads characteristically unfavorable circumstances and hardships, and pure bullheaded determination in the face of overwhelming obstacles. It tries, in one word, to sum up all of this. A mixture of willpower, strength of character, bravery, determination and above all the near fanatical resolve to not give up, no matter what. And I would you definitely don't need to be a finn to have it, but it takes a finn to truly appreciate it. :)
Finland is small in population, but it's a tall country in length and therefore there is different kinds of landscapes. :) The norther you go, there is less trees and vegetation, colder winters, brighter summers (sun doesn't go down at all in midsummer in the north) and there is also more elevation differences. The Helsinki area is much warmer than the Lapland area. But that's right that Finland isn't a Siberia from any part, because gulf stream warms up the Europe.
The gulf stream is actually overrated, it only affects Europé when we have SW winds, when we have big blocking high pressures over N europé it has no milder effects
Faronstream S Well, there is a lot of thermal energy in the water. The closer to shore you are, the more effects it has. (Colder summers, warmer winters). If you look at North American cities at same heights as for example many scandinavian cities are, they are considerably colder.
As soon as the video started and he was sitting in a public bus shootin a video I though "what the fuck are you doing". In finland you would get the biggest stick eye for doing anything remotely similar to shooting a video in a bus.
Ten minutes later someone came and picked up that can because you get fifteen cents if you return them :) Some people actually collect them for tax free income.
It's tax free because you basicly pay a "rent" for the can when you buy it. It's bacly a fee you get back if you return it to the store. And every store selling those cans has to have a recycling (PalPa) system. Or the clerk has to count them and waste a lot of time.
Haha, exactly! Living in Rovaniemi is much different from living in Helsinki, and when you go even further north it gets worse (read way colder and darker).
I rather live in Rovaniemi than in Helsinki during winter time. In Helsinki, most of the time ground is full of dirty slush and snow is wet if not water. In Rovaniemi you might not see sun for months, but you can see a lot of northern lights. Also ground and trees gets very lightful because of snow. Weather might be cold but you can go to sauna and swimming on the hole in the lake.
Estonians come to Finland for work. Aint nobody got time for sitting in the forest, but finnish men have loads of time to buy cheap alcohol from Estonia and drink like there's no tomorrow (even as an estonian I've never understood why nordic people/ baltic people drink so much). So yeah, probably not estonians. Good try, though. Joking about stereotypes.
The weather changes a lot when you start going north from Helsinki. In my experience weather in the capital area is quite mild during winters. Especially these days with the greenhouse effect, there are even winters with no permanent snow coverage down there.
Usually people don't litter in the forest (where I live here in Heinola) but even if they do, there are people who will walk around and collect them because here in Finland whenever you return a bottle or can you get a certain amount of money back (0.1e, 0.15e, 0.2e or 0.4e depending on the size of bottle/can) and you can then spend that money in the store. That's what helps us stay clean because those who can afford to not return and get money back leave it for others who can't afford to throw them away.
I'm glad to hear that people are active about picking up trash, but it's sad that people just assume their litter will get cleaned up! That's not always the case.
winter can be between 0c and -50c debending on time of year and year itself. this january i had one week when it was -40c at coldest which i would say is relatively cold.
tyler - "sisu" is what makes you keep going when other people would give up ; there is no english expression for that. you march on beyond exhaustion - and you dont whine and lament about it - thats sisu. No one says only finns can have it, but aparrantly only finns know what it means. perhaps because its a finnish word :) When the finns held out, some say even "gave the soviets a bloody nose", against massive odds, with constant ammo and material shortages in the trenches - when all the other baltic states just gave up right from start ... that was a case of "sisu".
FinlanderSane yes there "are some translation attempts" if i may alter your sentence a bit. many things are lost in translation because english language is unprecise. (you rely a lot on contextual relationships in the sentencing in comparision to other languages, such as finnish or german i.e.) people recreate sauna - but the real thing cannot be had outside finland. people ponder about "sisu" - but they have a hard time really getting behind the real meaning of it. : Not a big deal. Why would you care...
Sisu is basically the combination of multiple words like courage, determination, tenacity and presistance. But in the end sisu is about doing what needs to be done.
Tyler! That was way better than the college girls i see in their dorm rooms talking about finland. They're so boring! Don't lose your humor, or let anyone make you think it's over the top. You just made a boring topic funny and enjoyable. Thanks dude!
In your opinion, a salary 6000eu brutto is a lot in Finldand? If a person is not living in Helsingi or any other major city. Is a person considered middle class? Or upper class?
-In America you have to pay for all of your medicine & doctor visits, here you only have to pay like 20% of the price, Kela pays for the rest of the sum. -It's illegal not to go to school in Finland. There are just a few of private schools here. The food is very high-quality and always free for the students and teachers, so you never have to bring your own lunch.
3 things ill add to this video. (im a finn) nro 1: beer can yep, those you can find enywhere. nro 2: Sisu is like jumping in to a cold lake or staying in 80degree celsius sauna, and the more you do those things, the more people will say:wow! you have so much sisu! 3: a huge difference, only one poisonous animal that is not even certainly lethal to babies. some animals like bears are dangerous or some plants and mushrooms, but yeah, super safe country
Awesome video. One thing though. You should visit north of Finland and you probably won't remember that quote about milding effectd of the sea anymore! ;)
Fun video! Glad you're liking your stay in Finland! Some comments on the differences: 1. Somewhat true. Sauna and mökki are normal places to be naked all the time, skinny dipping is pretty normal even in public beaches but it is somewhat frowned upon. Sauna is an almost a spiritual place for Finns, where you can unwind your mind from stress. 2. I think Finland is a very expensive country to live. Food and almost everything is under heavy taxation. Sure the taxes are being used largely for infrastructure but still it is pretty hard to eat healthy and have what Finns consider normal lifestyle if you're low-income. 3. Finland is pretty large for it's scarce population. Forest everywhere! 4. Weather is pretty weird in Finland. It can change from warm and sunny day to snowstorm in under 24 hours. Winters are pretty tough especially in the northern regions, but summers can be really gorgeous. 5. Sisu is is a hard word to describe but I think perseverance and tenacity come pretty close.
Yeah, Helsinki has a warm ("warm") climate because it's in the south but in Northern Finland it's not really that weird if it snows in September or early June.
Haha! An awesome video, Thanks! I bet when the NEXT PART (and you seriously gotta make one) comes up you will have your sponsors cap on, which is too, unfortunately very finnish!
The beer cans in the forest aren't that big of a deal because I know that a lot of my primary school used to pick up then and get them to a grocery store to get a small amount of money( I believe it's 20 cents per can). And they would at the same time as walking in the woods pick up and place them in a bag and just keep walking so it's kinda not a problem if it's just beer cans really.
Sisu = You set your mind to something and you just simply wont give up untill its done, doesnt matter if you set your mind to dumping a shit before work or winning the worldcup in hockey, you just wont give up untill its done
One of the differences I've noticed, is that in America, you have the water high up in your toilets. But in Finland we only have a little water at the bottom.
The country of Finland is such a beautiful one, it always breaks my heart to see it's citizens littering it's gorgeous land, sure it's mostly drunks and teenagers, but still... stop, you have no idea how fortunate you are.
As a Finn breaks my heart as well. We take an awful lot of things for granted so a friendly reminder is sometimes useful. We have tens or hundreds of thousands of lakes that we can actually swim in, there's a good reason to be proud of Finnish nature, but we take it for granted.
Atte Aksola I see empty plastic bottles, candy wrappers as well. I've gone metal detecting with my shuband through out some forests and beaches here in Finalnd and have dug up some ancient cans. Got to find out that Marley was a liquor companty before it only made juices, after we dug up some old Marley liquor can from who knows when.
Pinky Malin you found iron cans and propaply some other metal cans, it has some rust on it and yet it still had the label on it. The important thing is that it was natural metal, you found it cuz there was no oxygen underground to let it oxidize. Its not that it would hurt anyone when the can is underground cuz its theoretically just iron ore under some dirt and rocks
Hi Tyler! I stumbled upon this video by accident. I enjoyed it so I think you did a good job. I agree about the cost of transportation in Dallas (I live near the Downtown DART station in Garland). Can you believe a regular monthly DART pass costs $80.00 (Yikes)! I am not even talking about the premium monthly pass which is twice as much. Anyway, it is good to see a fellow Dallas area resident in Finland. Maybe, you can do a video between the differences between Finland and Texas. Hint. Hint. Remember to include the local motto:"We're from Big D, we don't have to make sense!" Good Luck
Good video. Made me kind of wish you would have mentioned about the can being recyclable in the way that usually we take those to the grocery stores, get a small payment for it (the machine prints a receipt) that you can then use as a part of the payment for your stuff or get as cash. I believe it's 15 cents for a small bottles and cans and 30 for bigger ones. So... you will not get rich from it, but it's enough to encourage people to return the cans for recycling. That has led to empty glass bottles being returned for recycling by almost 100% the time (!!!). Cans and plastic bottles aren't too far behind.
I live in Dallas. Traveling around the city and maintaining a car is almost a third of your income. It is also a main contributor to daily stress. How I wish for a better public transit system.
Yeah, the public transportation is pretty cheap. I've got student discount so it was like 87€ from the beginning of September to December 18th (when my uni term ends), and it's unlimited. That's four months, less than 100€. I've only ever lived in Helsinki so I don't know how it is elsewhere in Finland, but still, pretty damn cheap.
You don't really have to ask cashiers etc. to speak english, everybody does at least enough to get the transaction completed. :) Ps. the beer can is actually kind of surprising, since they have pawns, and at least where i live empty cans won't be laying around for long. I actually once lost a race to an empty can.. Yes.
It's the polite way of doing it. Tourists from English speaking countries often get a bad reputation around the world for simply assuming everyone speaks their language, and therefor never even bothering to learn how to say "Hello" and similar things in the native language. Of course it's not generally a massive issue in the Nordic countries, Netherlands etc. but there are parts of Europe where you have less than 1 in 4 chance of a random person understanding English so it seems polite to ask first when traveling. :) Various studies use slightly different criteria. Things like what exactly constitutes "a basic conversation in English?" and similar will always be somewhat subjective as well. But even so you can still see a pattern emerging. The same countries seem to be around the top and the bottom in the different ones. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EF_English_Proficiency_Index en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Europe jakubmarian.com/map-of-the-percentage-of-people-speaking-english-in-the-eu-by-country/
Kentix thanks for your response. The point of my "sarcasm" is that America is NOT a country! USA is. In America we have many countries like the ones I mentioned before.
In English, America *is* a country. English isn't Spanish. America América. It's a common misunderstanding. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend "False friends are words in two languages that look or sound similar, but differ significantly in meaning." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_%28word%29 "In modern English, 'Americans' generally refers to someone or something related to the United States of America; among native English speakers this usage is almost universal, with any other use of the term requiring specification."
I get your point, but it's a bit off. America = América, in English there are no tildes (accents) so there is no other option but to misspell it ;) I do know about the tendency among native english speakers to try and hijack the continent's (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number) name to refer to USA, but it doesn't make it universally accepted; especially by Spanish speakers (second worldwide language in terms of native speakers - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers) - the biggest population in América. Coming back to my original point, as the video is available for the whole world population, including non native english speakers, it may be worth the clarification that the comparison is between USA (the country) vs Finlandia ;)
Thanks for the response. I'm sorry if I was impolite before. You were very polite. All I'm saying is it's a difference in language that many people do not understand. Even if those two words are spelled exactly the same (i.e. without accents), they still represent two entirely different concepts, i.e. they are "false friends" as defined above. América in Spanish does not equal America in English even without the accent. It's a true difference between Spanish and English. We have a term in English for the meaning of your word América, but it is not America. That term is "the Americas" and is the proper translation into English of that word in Spanish. In standard English usage, there is no continent named America, rather two continents named North America and South America, so we're not hijacking the name of anything when speaking in English. Again, it's a question of translating properly between two languages. As an American speaking English he apparently thought the meaning was clear, as it follows standard English conventions. But, as you say, he can choose to clarify if he wants. Obviously, if the video was in Spanish, he would need to do it differently.
In Bulgaria we get a card for the bus and it costs only 16 BGN = 8.52 US Dollars, for 1 month :) it's only for the bus but it's worth it, i usually get for 3 months which is 48 BGN = 25.56 US Dollars, on the other hand things like Nike shoes and Starbucks are REALLY expensive here....
I biked Finland in 85. 1000 miles from northern Germany, throughout Scandinavia. My ancestors land, not mine, anymore. The Finns rarely smiled. A stoic attitude, maybe. I love Denmark, visit them!
I know so many smiling Finns! I've only been through the airport in Denmark, but I remember having a lovely conversation with a Danish person there. :)
The thing is that finns don't like sosial moments with people they don't know and it's bacause we don't know how to do normal small talk or not very well at least. And if you smile to someone that could mean that it's ok them to talk to you and no one usually wants that.
You should visit Stanton Township, Michigan whenever you come back to the States and make a video about the place. There are a lot of people who have Finnish ancestry there and you can still find Finnish speakers in Stanton Township. 😊
Wait.. is the price ~52€ for the public transportation card for a month (I thought I heard you say that in the store)? Where I live in Sweden you can get a months buss-card with student discount for only 35€ :D!
How is it better to pay 35€ for bus only *AND* already including student discount than 50€ for all transportation with no discount (meaning that everyone can pay this price as long as they have a valid Finnish ID)?
you should try throwing beer on the stove(the thing with the rocks in the sauna). It will smell like toasted bread after that :). This is the first video i see from you, and i allready subscribed!
Us as finnish nation, we don’t have like at all trash in the forest because we have good education to that also and we care about our nature a lot. You’ve must been somewhere neer by grocery store or city forest where you find that bottle of beer
As a finn I can tell you that owning and using a car here is very expensive. In addition to insurance (expensive) you have to pay also tax for using the car. This tax is even more expensive if you happen to have a diesel powered car.
0:19 Finland also got 1st out of all countries for the Press Freedom index made by Reporters Without Borders. Finland also ranks in the top three countries with the lowest Corruption Perceptions index made by Transparency International.
In some very weird way, you just made me homesick. And just yesterday I made a decision not to visit Finland unless I really have to. I might have to go back on that decision. Grrrrrrr...
I have heard that Finns would be disturbed and feel very uncomfortable if a stranger tried to talk with or ask them something on the street or anywhere else open(not necessarily) to public? Are they really socially anxious that much?
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Finns don't consider nudity automatically as a sexual thing so it's natural. To me it seems like in the US nudity = sexual
I think Americans perception on nudity is all wrong. You see so much sexually explicit materials around but god forbid a nude beach or a local sauna, or something small is absolutely forbidden. but then again some people let their 13 year old daughter walk out of the house, wearing sexually suggestive clothing, make up, the whole bid. It's crazy. Why can't they just let things be natural, and not be so awkward about everything. Same thing with the circumcision rate in america, its absolutely disgusting and unnecessary. wont find that in Europe.
Don't forget people!!! The guys you are receiving in Europe, has the worse perception about nudity. Take care, because in Germany people already closed a nudist beach, because of Muslims, an absurd!!
But isn't the second biggest Jew population in USA as well?
Different cultures bro. People in America equate nudity with either showering(privacy) or sex. Having trivial conversations in a sauna with a bunch of naked dudes is weird AS FUCK to us.
It must have been rather weird for my foreign girlfriend when she learned that I've been in a sauna with many of my male and female friends, and that being naked in a sauna together is only sexual if the participants want it to be. At first she was hesitant to go with anyone except me, but at least later she got comfortable doing it with our female friends.
How to spot a non-Finnish person in everyday life: at the start of the video you were sitting on the aisle seat and therefore occupying to possible seats. Now if the bus gets crowded someone has to actually ask you if the seat next to you is taken. This creates an unwanted, awkward, over social moment.
you Finnish people are worried about that even though there's nobody else but you (and the bus driver) in the bus? :D
Angelee Gee When the bus is as empty as it is on the video, it's more acceptable to sit on the isle seat. However, it's very rare to see a Finn do such thing. It's a norm, an unwritten rule of our society: If possible, always take the window seat when using public transportation XD
I hate it so much, when someone sits on the aisle seat! Or when they put thir bags on the other seat, on the seat behind them, in front of them and all over the floor.
fazerii nono, that way they might not even ask or bother you.
Nonsense. I'm a Finn and I always sit on the aisle is possible. If the bus or whatever gets crowded I might move, but barring that it's aisle all the way! Why, you ask? Because I don't like to be stuck behind people when I try to exit said vehicle.
Sitting in an empty bus that close to the driver and recording a video, a great way to make a Finn feel uncomfortable :P
I'm pretty much a pro at making people feel uncomfortable.
Nobody sitting right - Next to You - on The Bus ! Great way to Film - to avoid People ?
I loved the guy in R-kioski :D "yeah.53 euros and 40 sents. thank you bye bye." ah so finnish
Nopeaa ja mukavaa on asiointi
+Erä Jorma Kaiken lisäksi lähellä
I think I understand what you mean?
@Ikea
Mate, what are you talking about?
Ikea Uppsala yeah, I wouldn’t feel comfortable with him in a sauna.
In the last part. It was a bear. It was in it's natural habitat.
+Iaraparka lol
Beer bear
+Zuper Amanda jep xD
It was a Russian tourist.
badum tss
Well, its maybe not that cold in Helsinki. But once you go up north its really. Fucking. Cold.
hahah true
Helsinki is like the bastard child of Finland. It feels like its cold as balls at winter but really its just a little chilly.
RatNational its now -24 here and i'm not even in North
Aki Kanervo a Couple of days ago it was -32c and I'm only in the south of Lapland (Northern Finland).
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im Finnish and theres only one mistake.. NO FUCKING TACOBELL PLZ FINLAND PLZ
Haha, Taco Bell = Taco Hell.
Tyler Walton No its Good....
Blasphemy!!! :P I grew up mostly in Texas. We have higher taco standards. XD
+Angel OfTheRedSands Touché
Haha, that's funny. When I got to Iceland, Taco Bell was the first place I went (only because I needed a coffee and it was the only thing near my AirBnB.)
Sisu is courage, not giving up, pushing your limits in any form of life (school,sports etc). Atleast thats sisu for me.
+Anton Komulainen sisu is also a truck brand :D
+Fille02 Extra yes
Yep. Important aspect of Sisu is just that, it is not only about 'guts', 'stamina', 'endurance', 'courage' etc. usual things attached to it's meaning. It goes beyond than that. It's more like culturally in-built understanding that one can exceed his/hers perceived capacities by unleashing one's inner power potential. That many Finns has that ability, requires that they also recognize that they have it. However, Finns have no monopoly over Sisu.
When a panicking mother summons the strength to pull a crashed car over from her injured child, - the victim of unfortunate accident -, the Mother is unconsciously channeling her Sisu.
When American conscientious objector Private Desmond T. Doss saved half of his company at Okinawa during II acting "Far above and beyond the call of duty" without having even ever carried a gun, he summoned his Sisu using his firm believe to the god as a mean to control it, and channel it to the action regardless of nearly impossible circumstances, odds, adversity, and sheer physical requirements of his deeds.
Myriads survival stories all around the world contain often the essence of Sisu. One manages to get access to his/hers inner power potential called as Sisu and continue against all odds...
Anton Komulainen To me it’s getting pissed-off at (and conquering) the obstacles mentally and physically. It may not be nice (or wise) and may even become a matter of life and death, because there’re no choices available, or you just don’t give yourself any. You have to do what you have to do. For some reason it often works. It always doesn’t, however.
Sisu means stubborness and stupidity and bad self-confidence. Its just gloryfied something
greater...
Tyler: Finns....Don't litter in your own forest! *drops the can back*
5/5
xD
Yeah :D But thumbs for him for saying that!! That is the way IT SHOULD BE! It hate morons who dumb everything in the forest/nature.
You got me!
Viis kautta viis
Why would you drop it back?! thats 15 cents right there free for taking! cmon bruh. :D (and yes I know this is old post.)
The thing about throwing beer cans around is that you get collateral amount of money once you return them into a grocery store. 15 cents for aluminum cans, 20 for small plastic bottle, 40 for a large plastis bottle and 10 cents for a glass one. So throwing them into the trash would not only be waste of money but also nature considering the recycling. Having said that, even if you forget or intentionally throw a beer can into the forest, some1 will eventuall pick it up and recycle it. The recycling % of all bottles/cans sold in Finland is something like 90% so its pretty good.
SageHide oregon is increasing to 10 cents soon. forget working lol
Yeah, then you have milk cartons, juice, chips, cookies and kermaviili boxes thrown around. And nobody picks those up cos they are not paid anything. I was appalled by the amount of trash you can find around, and the fact that you don't recycle for shit.
Drest Drestlin well we have so many trees so cardboards are useless like do you know how much of finland is trees like the size of finland is really big compared to its population. And that means that all the area witch is not populated is just forests pretty much.
SageHide Yep the best way to make money as a teen! I usually took like 6 bags of cans to the supermarket and got like 35€
Yes it's awesome!
Hopefully you returned it to store and got your 15 cents for it. Collect 5 more empty cans and you can buy yourself a beer!
yes karhu very good beer the can is in the forest because people with alcohol problems can pick them up and get money from them to buy more alcohol very good yes
XDDDDD eivittu
that's just sad
that's finland in a nutshell
:DDDDDDDDDDDDD
+tøp trash bullshit, we have no nutshells. theyre for some reason classified dangerous and forbidden to enter the country.
I hate littering but that can doesn't make me feel bad at all because when there's bottles or cans lying around, they're not gonna be there for a long time, someone who needs money is gonna pick it up eventually...
+Sorbet well not in teh forest but inthe city i think you should drop bottles in street corners on holidays so the poor get some money of that.
Tuomas Hirvonen
I don't think he was very deep in the forest :D but yeah that's true
Sorbet
ok well then some one would do it
i know what the guy who left the beer can to the forest was thinking
he was like : "there's a picture of a bear in this can, maybe i should leave it to forest because then the beer can meets other bears and makes many friends ☆_☆".
As much is that may be true it not really the best mindset to walk around with :P. Like if you can why not just dispose of it properly, if you really wanna help the needy do it in better ways instead of indirectly helping them through littering.
Karhu. Täyttä olutta.
I'm sorry, you are not going to get sponsorship deal with Karhu. Finland has super strict alcohol laws and specially alcohol advertising laws. :)
+Teppo You're correct! I'm actually 100% okay with that. I meant it as a joke, but seriously even if it were legal, I don't think taking on an alcohol sponsorship would be the direction I'd like this channel to go. :)
Tyler Walton Germans classify beer as food. It really doesn’t have much alcohol in it even. Don’t drink more than 3 cans before driving. We have stricter limits on drunk driving than the US. The US has harsher punishments but drunken driving is way more common in the US. People don’t drive to nightclubs here.
@@torpmorp1324 nii kosk 4h reissu alepa fillaril sit himaa
Almanintiellä on jätekeskus siellä otetaan puutarhajätettä vastaan.
Ei oo ku muutama karhu!
Kyllä haista vittu
Mårten Savela mä oon lenkillä
Kyllä mäki oon tehny vartiomies hommia
Ryssä Pepe jumalauta
I think the reputation of having very cold winters comes from the time before the 21st century. The winters have been pretty warm for the past 10-15 years, excluding couple of colder winters in between.
and U.S.A is big part of that problem, i think.
However, many Americans don't believe in the global warming theory. I wonder if they don't believe in the gravity theory either.
Nah, Americans believe in gravity because
*1)* nobody's found a way to claim that the Bible is against gravity and
*2)* nobody's figured out a way to make money on denying gravity.
Excellent points you made :D
I think it also depends on which part of the US a person is from. I have friends from the southern part who think +15 C is cold.
1 thing: Never ask Finnish person if they speak English, you just start to speak it! It's hard to explain but most of us (especially young people) feel offended if you ask if they can speak English. We are weird, I know :P
+tihk89 Yep, almost everyone (at least younger people) in Finland understand English really well, so you don't have to ask, just speak it:)
+tihk89 Yes, I figure that's true, but I have this weird 'politeness' thing ingrained in my behavior that tells me that asking people to speak English first is the more acceptable practice than just speaking English straightaway. But you have a point I'll take into consideration now. Also, you have to see that asking people to speak English is literally the ONLY Finnish sentence I can actually use and makes me feel like I'm not just a tourist (which I'm not). Don't take that away from me! haha
In France, if you just start speaking english with people there they'll usually dislike. I'm not french, but that's what I've noticed. So it's hard, we tourists sometimes try to be polite and end up offending people! lol Here in Brzil people would not understand you, but would try to speak english with you and it would probably be a linguistic horror show!
CollieHermai: From my little less than two months of experience, in France there's very high change that they wouldn't understand you anyway. 😉 Unless you are in a tourist destination in which case they might but you'd still be better off with even the most basic French.
actually Finland is the 8th largest country in Europe, so it's not that small :)
Some people make it other way round too. They know that Finland is a big(ger) country and even when they know it's sparcely populated they guess that it'd have perhaps 20 million people living there.
Timo Toivonen maps are inaccurate. Look at a satellite image
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_area
+Jukka-Pekka Tuominen - If one knows the country is located, then it comes pretty obvious it's not gonna have 20 million people. Northern countries tend to be sparsely populated.
By small he meant by population
I was also shocked by my otherwise environmentally conscious friends littering but there is a good reason - when you buy beer, wine or soda you pay a little extra deposit for the container which you get back when you return it to the shop. People leave their cans for poorer people to collect and get the money.
Christopher Purcell Well in my opinion it's not bad thing at all :)
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How to spell swag: *_M i n Y o o n g i_* SUGAA
yaass lisää armyja
No ei vitussa
As a finn if I had to translate "sisu" it would be "guts" but that is not all. It's about enduring and not complaining about every little thing. It is also about that even if you are in an annoying queue you just keep it in and just stand there. "Sisu" is not just about "WE ARE STRONG" it is also about how we don't want to bother those around us and just keep our complaints in.
lentokoneturbiiniapulaisvaraupseeri is an ordinary finnish word
Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas, if I may say.
Yea dude nobody uses those words man
I am amazed
Ink Chara ihan helppo
Ink Chara the hell
And what does it mean?
Hehe :) I love the way you tried characterizing "Sisu" in a nutshell. You're not TOO far off, but as a native finn I have to point out that it's a double-edged sword. The word also conveys meanings of stubbornness, a hint of anger towads characteristically unfavorable circumstances and hardships, and pure bullheaded determination in the face of overwhelming obstacles. It tries, in one word, to sum up all of this. A mixture of willpower, strength of character, bravery, determination and above all the near fanatical resolve to not give up, no matter what.
And I would you definitely don't need to be a finn to have it, but it takes a finn to truly appreciate it. :)
This was super helpful in a bewildering way. Thank you!
0:38
what the actual fuck?
What kinda mushrooms did you eat in that forest?
Yeah.. hahahhahahahhahahahah :DD
Mushrooms of awesomeness.
well obvioysly :D made you loose and elastic :D
well obvioysly :D made you loose and elastic :D
well obvioysly :D made you loose and elastic :D
Finland is small in population, but it's a tall country in length and therefore there is different kinds of landscapes. :) The norther you go, there is less trees and vegetation, colder winters, brighter summers (sun doesn't go down at all in midsummer in the north) and there is also more elevation differences.
The Helsinki area is much warmer than the Lapland area. But that's right that Finland isn't a Siberia from any part, because gulf stream warms up the Europe.
Thanks for the comment!
The gulf stream is actually overrated, it only affects Europé when we have SW winds, when we have big blocking high pressures over N europé it has no milder effects
Faronstream S Well, there is a lot of thermal energy in the water. The closer to shore you are, the more effects it has. (Colder summers, warmer winters).
If you look at North American cities at same heights as for example many scandinavian cities are, they are considerably colder.
Less trees in the northern parts? There is nothing BUT trees in north
As soon as the video started and he was sitting in a public bus shootin a video I though "what the fuck are you doing". In finland you would get the biggest stick eye for doing anything remotely similar to shooting a video in a bus.
Ten minutes later someone came and picked up that can because you get fifteen cents if you return them :)
Some people actually collect them for tax free income.
STFU, or they will add a tax, if they are not already doing so.
It's tax free because you basicly pay a "rent" for the can when you buy it. It's bacly a fee you get back if you return it to the store. And every store selling those cans has to have a recycling (PalPa) system. Or the clerk has to count them and waste a lot of time.
Quiwi Lin Lisolet They can fuck this up you know. They can invent more bullshit.
u are so wrong with the weather
Haha, exactly! Living in Rovaniemi is much different from living in Helsinki, and when you go even further north it gets worse (read way colder and darker).
Yeap
I rather live in Rovaniemi than in Helsinki during winter time. In Helsinki, most of the time ground is full of dirty slush and snow is wet if not water. In Rovaniemi you might not see sun for months, but you can see a lot of northern lights. Also ground and trees gets very lightful because of snow. Weather might be cold but you can go to sauna and swimming on the hole in the lake.
that can in the forest - probably Estonians
We all now that Estonians wont buy Finnish beer cause in Estonia they get it 2x cheaper.
Estonians come to Finland for work. Aint nobody got time for sitting in the forest, but finnish men have loads of time to buy cheap alcohol from Estonia and drink like there's no tomorrow (even as an estonian I've never understood why nordic people/ baltic people drink so much). So yeah, probably not estonians. Good try, though. Joking about stereotypes.
almost all construction workers here in finland are estonian xD
The weather changes a lot when you start going north from Helsinki. In my experience weather in the capital area is quite mild during winters. Especially these days with the greenhouse effect, there are even winters with no permanent snow coverage down there.
You're right!
Usually people don't litter in the forest (where I live here in Heinola) but even if they do, there are people who will walk around and collect them because here in Finland whenever you return a bottle or can you get a certain amount of money back (0.1e, 0.15e, 0.2e or 0.4e depending on the size of bottle/can) and you can then spend that money in the store. That's what helps us stay clean because those who can afford to not return and get money back leave it for others who can't afford to throw them away.
I'm glad to hear that people are active about picking up trash, but it's sad that people just assume their litter will get cleaned up! That's not always the case.
winter can be between 0c and -50c debending on time of year and year itself. this january i had one week when it was -40c at coldest which i would say is relatively cold.
Dang!
To be fair, Karhu belongs in the forest :p
tyler - "sisu" is what makes you keep going when other people would give up ; there is no english expression for that.
you march on beyond exhaustion - and you dont whine and lament about it - thats sisu. No one says only finns can have it, but aparrantly only finns know what it means. perhaps because its a finnish word :)
When the finns held out, some say even "gave the soviets a bloody nose", against massive odds, with constant ammo and material shortages in the trenches - when all the other baltic states just gave up right from start ... that was a case of "sisu".
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FinlanderSane yes there "are some translation attempts" if i may alter your sentence a bit.
many things are lost in translation because english language is unprecise.
(you rely a lot on contextual relationships in the sentencing in comparision to other languages, such as finnish or german i.e.)
people recreate sauna - but the real thing cannot be had outside finland.
people ponder about "sisu" - but they have a hard time really getting behind the real meaning of it. : Not a big deal. Why would you care...
Sisu is basically the combination of multiple words like courage, determination, tenacity and presistance. But in the end sisu is about doing what needs to be done.
ESBA yeah thats a good way to put it.
The best explanation I've heard: fighting with steath when your knife breaks.
Tyler! That was way better than the college girls i see in their dorm rooms talking about finland. They're so boring! Don't lose your humor, or let anyone make you think it's over the top. You just made a boring topic funny and enjoyable. Thanks dude!
In your opinion, a salary 6000eu brutto is a lot in Finldand? If a person is not living in Helsingi or any other major city. Is a person considered middle class? Or upper class?
-In America you have to pay for all of your medicine & doctor visits, here you only have to pay like 20% of the price, Kela pays for the rest of the sum.
-It's illegal not to go to school in Finland. There are just a few of private schools here. The food is very high-quality and always free for the students and teachers, so you never have to bring your own lunch.
3 things ill add to this video. (im a finn)
nro 1: beer can yep, those you can find enywhere.
nro 2: Sisu is like jumping in to a cold lake or staying in 80degree celsius sauna, and the more
you do those things, the more people will say:wow! you have so much sisu!
3: a huge difference,
only one poisonous animal that is not even certainly lethal to babies. some animals like bears are dangerous or some plants and mushrooms, but yeah, super safe country
Thanks for the insight!
Awesome video. One thing though. You should visit north of Finland and you probably won't remember that quote about milding effectd of the sea anymore! ;)
so true! :P
Fun video! Glad you're liking your stay in Finland! Some comments on the differences: 1. Somewhat true. Sauna and mökki are normal places to be naked all the time, skinny dipping is pretty normal even in public beaches but it is somewhat frowned upon. Sauna is an almost a spiritual place for Finns, where you can unwind your mind from stress. 2. I think Finland is a very expensive country to live. Food and almost everything is under heavy taxation. Sure the taxes are being used largely for infrastructure but still it is pretty hard to eat healthy and have what Finns consider normal lifestyle if you're low-income. 3. Finland is pretty large for it's scarce population. Forest everywhere! 4. Weather is pretty weird in Finland. It can change from warm and sunny day to snowstorm in under 24 hours. Winters are pretty tough especially in the northern regions, but summers can be really gorgeous. 5. Sisu is is a hard word to describe but I think perseverance and tenacity come pretty close.
Yeah, Helsinki has a warm ("warm") climate because it's in the south but in Northern Finland it's not really that weird if it snows in September or early June.
Haha! An awesome video, Thanks! I bet when the NEXT PART (and you seriously gotta make one) comes up you will have your sponsors cap on, which is too, unfortunately very finnish!
Thank you! Somebody get me a sponsor! haha
I’m interested in relocating to Finland. I want more information on where to begin?
The beer cans in the forest aren't that big of a deal because I know that a lot of my primary school used to pick up then and get them to a grocery store to get a small amount of money( I believe it's 20 cents per can). And they would at the same time as walking in the woods pick up and place them in a bag and just keep walking so it's kinda not a problem if it's just beer cans really.
You're from Dallas? I moved from Austin TX to Finland. Been here 4 months.
Sisu = You set your mind to something and you just simply wont give up untill its done, doesnt matter if you set your mind to dumping a shit before work or winning the worldcup in hockey, you just wont give up untill its done
Have you been in Linnanmäki? Its very popular place in Finland. Btw do you live in Helsinki?
Yes I live here :P
Kenttälapiol kaivaa aika nopeesti ;) no ketä millasnkin montun, kait siel viel tilaa on? ;)
One of the differences I've noticed, is that in America, you have the water high up in your toilets. But in Finland we only have a little water at the bottom.
When it's winter here, it's super cold. But when summer comes; we die from overheating just like computers back in 2010. I also live in Finland.
Plus, you actually gave me some real inside scoops, which i wouldn't have known without actually going there. Such as the monthly transport pass.
The country of Finland is such a beautiful one, it always breaks my heart to see it's citizens littering it's gorgeous land, sure it's mostly drunks and teenagers, but still... stop, you have no idea how fortunate you are.
As a Finn breaks my heart as well. We take an awful lot of things for granted so a friendly reminder is sometimes useful. We have tens or hundreds of thousands of lakes that we can actually swim in, there's a good reason to be proud of Finnish nature, but we take it for granted.
Pinky Malin god dammit its aluminium not plastic it will oxidize in the environment but plastic doesnt
Atte Aksola I see empty plastic bottles, candy wrappers as well. I've gone metal detecting with my shuband through out some forests and beaches here in Finalnd and have dug up some ancient cans. Got to find out that Marley was a liquor companty before it only made juices, after we dug up some old Marley liquor can from who knows when.
Pinky Malin you found iron cans and propaply some other metal cans, it has some rust on it and yet it still had the label on it. The important thing is that it was natural metal, you found it cuz there was no oxygen underground to let it oxidize. Its not that it would hurt anyone when the can is underground cuz its theoretically just iron ore under some dirt and rocks
Pinky Malin plastic does not belong underground tho so im glad that you found some of it
It's expensive to own a car anywhere and not a sound economic decision. How much was the public transportation in your home town?
Hi Tyler! I stumbled upon this video by accident. I enjoyed it so I think you did a good job. I agree about the cost of transportation in Dallas (I live near the Downtown DART station in Garland). Can you believe a regular monthly DART pass costs $80.00 (Yikes)! I am not even talking about the premium monthly pass which is twice as much. Anyway, it is good to see a fellow Dallas area resident in Finland. Maybe, you can do a video between the differences between Finland and Texas. Hint. Hint. Remember to include the local motto:"We're from Big D, we don't have to make sense!" Good Luck
Good video. Made me kind of wish you would have mentioned about the can being recyclable in the way that usually we take those to the grocery stores, get a small payment for it (the machine prints a receipt) that you can then use as a part of the payment for your stuff or get as cash. I believe it's 15 cents for a small bottles and cans and 30 for bigger ones. So... you will not get rich from it, but it's enough to encourage people to return the cans for recycling. That has led to empty glass bottles being returned for recycling by almost 100% the time (!!!). Cans and plastic bottles aren't too far behind.
I live in Dallas. Traveling around the city and maintaining a car is almost a third of your income. It is also a main contributor to daily stress. How I wish for a better public transit system.
Are you still in Finland? And of not when are ypu coming to Finland again?
Of course it's not that cold if you live down south in Helsinki; you're lucky to even see proper snow during the winter season.
Good clip and a nice reminder about the benefits of our public transportation system. Thx!
Thank you!
Yeah, the public transportation is pretty cheap. I've got student discount so it was like 87€ from the beginning of September to December 18th (when my uni term ends), and it's unlimited. That's four months, less than 100€. I've only ever lived in Helsinki so I don't know how it is elsewhere in Finland, but still, pretty damn cheap.
wat city u liv in
Good video and great sense of humor...A+
Tyler Walton you know Dallas has a public transit too right? (you'd probably get mugged on it)
You don't really have to ask cashiers etc. to speak english, everybody does at least enough to get the transaction completed. :)
Ps. the beer can is actually kind of surprising, since they have pawns, and at least where i live empty cans won't be laying around for long. I actually once lost a race to an empty can.. Yes.
It's the polite way of doing it. Tourists from English speaking countries often get a bad reputation around the world for simply assuming everyone speaks their language, and therefor never even bothering to learn how to say "Hello" and similar things in the native language.
Of course it's not generally a massive issue in the Nordic countries, Netherlands etc. but there are parts of Europe where you have less than 1 in 4 chance of a random person understanding English so it seems polite to ask first when traveling. :)
Various studies use slightly different criteria. Things like what exactly constitutes "a basic conversation in English?" and similar will always be somewhat subjective as well. But even so you can still see a pattern emerging. The same countries seem to be around the top and the bottom in the different ones.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EF_English_Proficiency_Index
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Europe
jakubmarian.com/map-of-the-percentage-of-people-speaking-english-in-the-eu-by-country/
We hosted a Finnish exchange student for a year (I made some videos on it) it's been 2 months since she left today.
So u are living in Finland?
It may be good to clarify what country of América are you comparing Finland to.
Mexico? Argentina? USA? Canadá?
Or it might be completely unnecessary since the language used is English. And he's not comparing it to América. Read the title again.
Kentix thanks for your response. The point of my "sarcasm" is that America is NOT a country! USA is. In America we have many countries like the ones I mentioned before.
In English, America *is* a country. English isn't Spanish. America América. It's a common misunderstanding.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend
"False friends are words in two languages that look or sound similar, but differ significantly in meaning."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_%28word%29
"In modern English, 'Americans' generally refers to someone or something related to the United States of America; among native English speakers this usage is almost universal, with any other use of the term requiring specification."
I get your point, but it's a bit off. America = América, in English there are no tildes (accents) so there is no other option but to misspell it ;)
I do know about the tendency among native english speakers to try and hijack the continent's (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number) name to refer to USA, but it doesn't make it universally accepted; especially by Spanish speakers (second worldwide language in terms of native speakers - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers) - the biggest population in América.
Coming back to my original point, as the video is available for the whole world population, including non native english speakers, it may be worth the clarification that the comparison is between USA (the country) vs Finlandia ;)
Thanks for the response. I'm sorry if I was impolite before. You were very polite.
All I'm saying is it's a difference in language that many people do not understand. Even if those two words are spelled exactly the same (i.e. without accents), they still represent two entirely different concepts, i.e. they are "false friends" as defined above. América in Spanish does not equal America in English even without the accent. It's a true difference between Spanish and English. We have a term in English for the meaning of your word América, but it is not America. That term is "the Americas" and is the proper translation into English of that word in Spanish. In standard English usage, there is no continent named America, rather two continents named North America and South America, so we're not hijacking the name of anything when speaking in English. Again, it's a question of translating properly between two languages.
As an American speaking English he apparently thought the meaning was clear, as it follows standard English conventions. But, as you say, he can choose to clarify if he wants. Obviously, if the video was in Spanish, he would need to do it differently.
Hi, I love your video. I am thinking about moving to Finland or usa to study. Which one should I go to? Thank you❤❤❤
In Bulgaria we get a card for the bus and it costs only 16 BGN = 8.52 US Dollars, for 1 month :) it's only for the bus but it's worth it, i usually get for 3 months which is 48 BGN = 25.56 US Dollars, on the other hand things like Nike shoes and Starbucks are REALLY expensive here....
I biked Finland in 85. 1000 miles from northern Germany, throughout Scandinavia. My ancestors land, not mine, anymore. The Finns rarely smiled. A stoic attitude, maybe. I love Denmark, visit them!
I know so many smiling Finns! I've only been through the airport in Denmark, but I remember having a lovely conversation with a Danish person there. :)
you are aware that Finland is not a part of Scandinavia, right?
The thing is that finns don't like sosial moments with people they don't know and it's bacause we don't know how to do normal small talk or not very well at least. And if you smile to someone that could mean that it's ok them to talk to you and no one usually wants that.
We rarely smile but when we do, you'll know it's a genuine one.
germans dont smile neither
You should visit Stanton Township, Michigan whenever you come back to the States and make a video about the place. There are a lot of people who have Finnish ancestry there and you can still find Finnish speakers in Stanton Township. 😊
Wait.. is the price ~52€ for the public transportation card for a month (I thought I heard you say that in the store)?
Where I live in Sweden you can get a months buss-card with student discount for only 35€ :D!
How is it better to pay 35€ for bus only *AND* already including student discount than 50€ for all transportation with no discount (meaning that everyone can pay this price as long as they have a valid Finnish ID)?
Helsinki is the only city in Finland that has subways and trams so paying for the buss outhwere is the same.
With student discounts it's 50% less.
you should try throwing beer on the stove(the thing with the rocks in the sauna). It will smell like toasted bread after that :).
This is the first video i see from you, and i allready subscribed!
+aaannikaa But be considerate with it. Too much and it smells horrible.
Thank you!
Love your passion for this country.
How did you pay less than me for travel card? I payed around 130 euro for one month
3:07 have you ever been to lappland?
You dont really need to worry about beer cans. People collect them and recycle, its 15cents per can, 20cent per 0.5l bottle and 1.5litre 40cent
Did u move to Finland or are u from USA
When you said about cold weather, its where you live. You was in Helsinki I think, but northern, is colder
In turku the same kind of transportation card costs only 36€! B)
though we don't have trams and metros here...only buses. But still.
Us as finnish nation, we don’t have like at all trash in the forest because we have good education to that also and we care about our nature a lot. You’ve must been somewhere neer by grocery store or city forest where you find that bottle of beer
idk if it's just me or does someone else think you look and sound like misha collins? btw do you speak eny finnish?
i mean he kinda looks like misha
sannihowell
yea but when i think about it idk if he sounds like him tho....
Misha is my spirit animal. Or vice versa, we haven't really decided yet.
As a finn I can tell you that owning and using a car here is very expensive. In addition to insurance (expensive) you have to pay also tax for using the car. This tax is even more expensive if you happen to have a diesel powered car.
I love your subtitles 😂
0:19 Finland also got 1st out of all countries for the Press Freedom index made by Reporters Without Borders. Finland also ranks in the top three countries with the lowest Corruption Perceptions index made by Transparency International.
I have never heard anyone referring Helsinki as Dallas of Europe (01:44). I have lived in Helsinki for a decade.
I was being sarcastic ;P It's definitely quite the opposite!
wait, I thought Karhu grew in the forest? That's where I always find those cans.
America? North or South?
forgot: for South Canadians their land is called America.
Dude, that sunny day your hands cant be freezing
Great vid, thanks! 😀
In turku,finland its eaven cheeper to travel but here is not trams or metros
that's dallas. new York which is based on transportation is like 100 dollars a month for unlimited
In some very weird way, you just made me homesick. And just yesterday I made a decision not to visit Finland unless I really have to. I might have to go back on that decision. Grrrrrrr...
Im from finland and i found this awesome!
Thanks!
I have heard that Finns would be disturbed and feel very uncomfortable if a stranger tried to talk with or ask them something on the street or anywhere else open(not necessarily) to public? Are they really socially anxious that much?
u can charge ur travel card in the metro station
finland sauna is the place where u get heat and u run on lake thats why its best things in summer and fishing is too
That's not just a can, that's a beer called Bear. Some drunkard thought it was a funny joke to release it back to wild, I reckon.
Do you like Finland? Btw im from Finland.