Really liked the way you sneaked in the sponsor. Instead of just talking about it for few minutes, you actually made it part of the video with your stories and activities. It was both entertaining and also useful (got to try those weetabix chicken!) Good job!
Came in to say the same thing! It didn't seem forced or like it was one of those "let's get this over with" type of things, but actually part of the video and it seemed natural for "the narrative". Good job, Dave!
All of my kids were born in England but we moved to Finland 8 years ago. Haven't regretted it for a second. I love the fact that I can just push the kids out the door to go to the park with their friends, or that I can safely leave a 9-year-old at home while I go to work. I love how great the child-care and school systems are. The safety and freedom here are mind boggling.
Such a gift to Leo, three languages. I´m Swedish, my mother is from Finland and my father from Tornionlaakso (Torne Valley) on the Swedish side. When I was a small child both my parents spoke both Swedish and Finnish to me until a doctor told my parents, you cannot speak Finnish to him, only Swedish. He will not be able to speak correct Swedish if you mix two languages (the doctors thought it was right at the time, 50 years ago) Today I speaks Swedish (of course) and English (kind of). But I can´t speak Finnish, and that is a big disappointment. I understand some words but that´s all. So if you have the possibility to teach your son three languages, good for him.
I find it funny, how many people say they'd like to be able to speak multiple languages. Maybe I'm missing something? I was born and raised in Tornedalen/Torniolaakso/Meänmaa and I do speak finnish, swedish and english. Of course, nowadays I live in Savonia and literally, I havent had the chance to speak swedish in many years here. I dont find my abilities fascinating at all😅 I've got five kids, and I've been trying to speak swedish for my kids, just solely because they need to study it in the school later on. But sadly my wife doesnt speak swedish, so I just go back to finnish without even noticing it.. English is just something that came by itself, thanks to video games I played in my youth.
@@jomppeboy My mother tongue is Finnish, but later in life I have learned to speak English, Swedish and Danish fluently, also studied Spanish and Arabic. Each language has its own view of the world, you can find it in the vocabulary and even in the interesting different structures they have. Ofcourse you can learn languages later in life too, but to get more than one - specially if they are so different as English/Swedish compared to Finnish, it will be easier. I just started to learn Korean, it is a language again totally different. So speaking several languages widens your thinking automaticly. Like if you speak both Swedish and Danish, you'll know that these people have a really different mentality and attitude eventhough they share a lot of common history and even the languages are related.. :)
That doctor is an arse hole? Everyone can learn a new language, i still study english by myself and im almost 37 so, any1 can do it :) Trying some Japanese as well while im at it :) super hard tho, Arigatou, Domo arigatou!!
Growing up in Finland I remeber my grandfather teaching me to gut a fish at age 4. I also got a safety knife for woodwork and learned how to make fire. We spend most summers at my familys farm (we lived in a town nearby) running in the forests and gathering berries and mushrooms. I feel lucky to have learned so much at such a young age. I know how much work goes into getting the food on our tables and it helps appreciate the people who are ready to do the work it requires.
Can't argue with that. My grandmother was sent away from home to Sweden when she was young, because of some family drama. She didn't speak the language, but she learned how pretty quickly 🤷♀️
Many Finns do not even understand how great country we live in. I remember My own youth. We fished, swam, adventure in the woods, skied, played hockey on the outdoor ice, and so on. Even small children. Do a lot of things in nature.
Its how most of Finnish people are. Personally i love it here stuff might be expensive but who needs all the expensive useless crap to fill out your house but mostly i love that i can just walk out of my door straight into woods or with a small walk next to river.
@@Fydron People think. If you have money, power. You are happy. Of course, if you have the money, you can do whatever you want. But, look, for example, all these celebrities. How many are really happy? Money destroys happiness. In general. In Finland, we can go to the forest. Collect mushrooms, berries, etc. Fishing, swimming, hiking. You don't need millions. Little things make a real life.
Cyanobacteria are thought to be a contributing cause of Alzheimer's. Scary when the Baltic Sea is full of them in the summer due to pollution. On the other hand, it is believed that L-serine rich diet reduces the risk.
It's been quite a while since I moved out of Finland, so I can't really say how it is to live there. But now that I have a child I have been contemplating on moving there just so that he'll have the best education in the world. Also, the food in Finland is the best. I live in Sweden and the whole living in and of nature is big here too.
Each summer - untill I was 14 years old and wanted to stay in town - for one month when my parents had their holiday from work, we moved to live on our simple summercottage - no electricity, no running water, no wc etc. - by a lake in the forrest and lived really simple life there. Just swimming, running and playing in the nature. Best childhood memories, total freedom. Still love nature and need it everyday..
With regard to languages - my daughter grew up with four languages (ITA, GER, ENG, SUI) and there were no issues at all and no confusion. She spoke them with 5 years so well and was able to translate between them from 8 onwards. FRA and SPA were easy for her to pick up at school. It took me two years in the country to become fluent in Finnish and more than twenty years of not speaking it to forget it again. :-) Although I do speak it a little still and understand many things. But I was no monolingual when I acquired it. It was the sixth language I learned.
I had 2 bricks of Weetabix for breakfast during my early school years (end of 1970's). Pain to draw and for some reason we seemed to have drawing our breakfast as an assignement several times. My dad was a dentist so sugary cereal was a no-go. And my parents couldn't be bothered to cook porridge.
That was probably the best use of a sponsor I've seen in a video for a long time! I never really liked Weetabix as breakfast, but this really made we want to try using them in cooking instead of bread crumbs.
Seeing you guys living so well and happy, really warms my heart. The more languages the better in my opinion. My swedish grandparents and my dad thought it would harm us in a way if we were taught hungarian (moms side is from hungary), so they were not allowed to teach us, which still saddens me. The grammar from the hungarian language could have helped me now when im trying to learn finnish. Also thank you for the very nice recipes!
Hey Dave, your marketing worked! I watched your video today, then went grocery shopping and accidentally came across weetabix. I've never seen it before so of course I have to give this Dave Cad childhood food a try! Haha
Leo will be just fine. My cousins are 8 years old and growing up abroad. They speak Bulgarian as their mother tongue, as well as Luxembourgian, French and German. And since they discovered RUclips a year ago, they started picking up English as well. It was tough when they were little because they'd sometimes use 3 languages in one sentence. But they grow out of it in time and manage to separate the languages. Now they can easily switch languages and will reply in whatever language you address them. This ability of theirs, as well as my desire to study in Finland and likely stay after, has been fueling my courage to open up the suomen kielen oppikirja every day. And you're right, I can feel my brain ramping up in power and it feels awesome!
Great video and one of my favourite topics - comparing the UK vs. Finland. I think UK has a great culture as I found it easy to make friends in Britian, have socials, really dwelve into the cultural iceberg there. I really learned the value of kindness, politeness, diplomacy, fairness and equality-in-diversity there. I think Finland really lags behind in those aspects even though most people here are generally easy to talk to. When it comes to kids and their growing up, Finland wins hands down. I live in Espoo for 2 years now and moved here from Southampton, UK after living there for 6 years. I have never seen a teenager smoking cigarettes/weed/pots/vape/toxic stuff in dodgy alley ways in Finland, whereas this was a common scene in the UK. This is primarily because the UK does not provide adequate healthy entertainment to adolescent kids. In Finland there is so many healthy ventures for kids to partake that there is no time for unhealthy pursuits (not to mention everything is way more expensive here in Finland). Overall I think Finland has a much more healthier lifestyle than the UK for all ages. Living closer to nature and enjoying the outdoor fresh air in whatever way possible is always healthy. No one died from breathing fresh air.
I didn't even realize that WTBx was a sponsor of this video but still got memories from my childhood :D I live by the lake here in north karelia and my kids love to swim and fish. For some reason I don't fish and get that free food from the lake... still I pick billberries and mushrooms (kanttarelli) and enjoy the forest around me.
Beautiful Artek Chairs you got! The school I recently graduated (Graphic Design) has had those chairs for decades and they are still in great condition. Especially so when you consider that they are used in the cafeteria and lunch hours.
Dave, your baby is TOO CUTE!!!! I really enjoyed this video. You seem so relaxed and content. I wish I lived in Finland. I hope to visit soon. Keep up the good work.
Just bought Weetabix from Amazon since I dont think the USA sells it. I send my mom ur videos and we both fell in love with watching u eat Weetabix. My box comes aug. 28th can't wait to try ! Little Leo is a doll !! Growing up fast !
The first childhood memory I have was when I was 3-4 years old. I was pounding a raw egg with an iron fish scaler on the kitchen floor for some reason. My mother stopped me after 2 good whacks. After that I remember burning my right hand index finger on the kitchen stove around the same age. I have no idea what I ate at that time, but for some reason the earliest memories I have are at the kitchen.
Im Irish, my dad is swiss and mums dutch. I got to learn swiss german, french, dutch and thankfully Spanish and Irish from school. Irish is the most beautiful language. My friends in Ireland also love to learn languages its an underrated country when it comes to education.
About that chart. A lot of people in other countries than UK simply have English as their secondary language, so they rank higher in that chart. After all, English is kind of the main language of Earth. UK people rank low in the chart because they already know the "main language" so there is no pressure to separately learn it. If we modified the rules of the chart in such way that it other countries than UK should have a third language under their belt, the chart might look quite different. How many actually go the extra mile to learn something other than English.
We have mandatory swedish and english over here in Finland. And on top of that people can take one more language (usually spanish, germany or french - depending on the school and teachers there)
Actually Spanish is the main language of the world, at least more people speak spanish than english. But yeah I think Finland has understood the value of speaking different languages, how it really developes your thinking etc. UK hasn't.
I eat my crumbled weetabix with yogurt, it’s like crunchy granola but without tons of sugar! Some pumpkin seeds, berries, honey or whatever on top and you’ve got a perfect bowl!
I ate Weetabix as a child and it was great, still eat it sometimes and still good. Chocolate version was awesome as it doesn't need added sugar, but sadly can't eat chocolate anymore, so back to regular it is.
I took I'm the only person how knows, that learning difficult stuff actually and fysically makes your brain bigger and makes you smarter. Yes it does. Keep it up.
Leo is also very lucky to have more than one language that he'll learn from the start. Knowing more than one language, and especially when you can speak and write in it as a native speaker would, provides much richness to life. I've read about research on multilingual children a bit, and what I remember is that children who hear more languages than one at home tend to start speaking a little later (understandably!), but they gain a cognitive benefit from speaking more languages, in addition to the obvious utility of doing so. I consider myself bilingual - I'm as comfortable in English as I am in Finnish - and I had exposure to English early on, which really helped me to learn it fast. I could not imagine life where I knew only one language. It would be such an impoverished life, compared to what I have now. The world that speaking English fluently opens up to me is rich - as is the world that opens up to me speaking Finnish. There is culture and literature in both languages that require you to understand it in the original language to truly get the meaning and feel of the thing. I can only imagine that with Swedish added to that mix, your son will have a very wide world open to him. He is lucky indeed! Oh, and I have a curious sudden need to buy a box of Weetabix. 🤔
When I was a kid I did love weetabix. Not anymore but at least I have a mökki. It's my grandparents house and I have been here in every summer since I have born.
With regard to the question in the title, I think there is absolutely no question. You know yourself how the situation in the UK has worsened since your childhood (stabbing, grooming gangs etc.) and even if Finland is not the funland of the 90s any longer, when I used to live there, it is much safer and more 'harmonic'. Less stress, less competition, less striving for useless things (mostly). Nature, education, school system. To be honest, there are also nice things in the UK, but for growing up, Finland is far superior.
Yo Dave. Next time, try finnish breadcrums to cover what ever, fish, pork, chiken etz. Not any basic crums, but Hapankorppu- crums. If you have a blender, use that. If not, plasticbag and bang the life out of hapankorppus. Then fry in butter.......very important if the meat is fish. Bon Apetit.
When i was a little girl i loved fishing!!! My mom is allergic to it so we never borought the fish home. I have never liked eating fish, because i am picky and i never learnd to eat it because my mom could die if we had fish In the house. Oh i am from finland
When you can speak Finnish then you can understand also a little bit Estonian also.:-) Try to learn some Estonian also after Finnish.:-) I learn Estonian as my one minor subject at the university of Helsinki at the moment and I have started to learn it at the community college 14 years ago already so I can speak it a quite well nowadays.:-D Proovi õppima natuke eesti keelt ka kui sa oskad paremini soome keelt.:-)
VERY little, just some very simple basic things. And that is for written Estonian, spoken even less than that. Most Finns can't really say that they understand Estonian.
I moved to UK year ago and I was unaware of weetabix until I started to work in carehome. Everyone eats weetabix in here. EVERYONE. We usually add milk and heat it up so it becomes like porrige. :3 I don't like weetabix btw but I am suprised how popular it is here. :)
Very few people in my social circles have direct access to summer cottages these days. But renting them is a big business. It seems that most of the foreigners that move to Finland seem to have access to one when they marry to Finnish spouse. I find that odd.
Wetebix, pimä whit alooots jam is childhood hardcore 😁 Leo gona be so creative, have many langues skills whit both of you two as parents, dont you worry...👏
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The "tri-language" thing is pretty common these days where the parent is from other country. But in most cases finnish people just do their swedish studies in school and never use it since english is more widely used. Even in work related stuff. Also your location in finland matters, if you are in west coast / northern border then it's really high chance that you actually speak swedish. Same applies if you life on the east border, then you get russian language in your life. Of course the Espoo-Vantaa-Helsinki area is just a big melting pot for languages. But then there's the future for Leo, in finnish schools kids start to learn an extra language usually around age of 10-12 in bigger cities (this is schools financial thing), but when he turns 13 he can actually choose an another language to study even in smaller schools. Most common languages for students in finland are german/french, spanish is also been quite popular. Who knows when Leo becomes a teenager, you as a parent start studying with him some new language. And if you have a possibility to take Leo out in the "wild" from city life it's a thing you need to do. There's a lot of stuff out there that a concrete buildings can't teach you.
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@muuminyymi I think it matters what the parents put in the papers as the childs "first language" when it comes to school. True that kids who can speak english would just be bored in those classes. Wonder if there's some kind of level test for that.
In finlandswedish schools we begin to learn finnish in first or second grade (can't remember) and in maybe 3rd grade start to learn english, however still in junior school and in second year in high school (seventh year our of nine) we can choose other side languages to learn like; spanish, german, french and som other ones can't remember. English and finnish is of course obligatory throughout whole basic school (1-9nth grade). Usually still have them in the schools you study in after high school anyway.
I love weetabix but haven't bought it for ages but will now get some and stock up, thanks for reminder it is a very filling breakfast, i love with hot milk in winter, nice and soggy with crunchy sugar topping!
Yeah in Finland Swedish is mandatory to the age of 15 if you only go to the primary school. But if you go to high school or to vocational school there will be mandatory Swedish too. And if you go further even universities and universities of applied sciences do have few courses of mandatory Swedish based on the profession you are learning.
I don't know anyone that has weetabix in their pantry. Neither did I in my childhood, not us, not my friends, not my relatives. Honestly, I didn't even know they're available in Finland anymore. Tried once, didn't like. But those wings look awesome!
I used to eat weetabix too when I was a kid. My granpa was all "they are good for you". Never crossed my mind you could use it like that... maybe I shall try it with pike perch. I have some in the fridge. 😎
When I was a child, I asked my mom for Weetabix once. She bought it for me, though she had something against it. She served it to me dry, without anything. Needless to say I agreed with her after that experience. I still haven’t given Weetabix the chance it deserves 😂
omg didn't it show and stand on the pack it will be served with milk or yogurt? Because in one way or another it should have been rather obvious. :O :/
Good job Dave, that's a nice fish!!! There's lots of finnish peopple that are less "finnish" then you are! Enjoy all the good things about both countries! Not many peopple have that privilege in there lives♤
I used to love Weetabix growin' up! Especially with banana and kiwi fruits 😋 Too bad I can't eat them anymore 'cause I was diagnosed with coeliac disease few years back 😔
8:55 You know as a Finnish teenager currently in a near identical situation with swedish as in ”I’m being forced to learn this what’s the point?” I find it very difficult to find a reason even in your perspective to have motivation for swedish. I understood english being taught since it is incredibly common and I even started studying japanese outside of school. I still can’t find a reason to study swedish in my head. I don’t like the language to it’s basics since it is taking english and finnish but making it different enough so they have very different tones and the sentences are constructed differently. Idk maybe this is just teenager angst but I really dislike the language and having it forced down our throats isn’t making the situation for me any better.
Nothing is better than meeting ppl when u travel and u can say you speak 3 languages. 😁 Well my Swedish is super basic, but you can't believe how many Swedish ppl travels and lives around the world. Also your work possibilities outside of Finland at least doubles. I have used my little Swedish when lived in Australia and traveled in Asia. It also helps you to learn other languages in the future when u know something else than just English. Also in most of the cases getting into a uni in Sweden is a bit easier.
@@LMLYHM couldn't agree more. I remember Swedish teachers telling me that if I learn the language, my job prospects go up. Didn't believe them one bit, I've never wanted to live in Scandinavia so what's that nonsense. Thinking what's the point of learning another marginally spoken language. Now I've figured that if you want to live outside of Finland anywhere, the most basic language combos won't take you very far. Finnish+English? That's pretty much everyone under 40 years now in Finland. And every Finn ever abroad. Finnish+Swedish+English? Now we're interested, as you know "Scandinavian" and pretty much can understand Norwegian and Danish to a point. That's a more unique skill set.
All of the points you mention here plus a few more are any we plan on moving over in a year or so's time. Doesn't Finland top world education rankings for English maths and science? Oh by the way, you seem good at fishing, care to teach me how when we're over? 😅🎣👍
Finland is on the grid 99.9 percent of every remote part of country every time. You can check it online. But although the most remote parts have power. You see no people.
I've learned two languages at the same time when grew up. Finnish and english. Because my mum is english. In school, I've been learning swedish, but I'm bad at it. My dads son ( my stepbrother ) has swedish speaking daughters. But I don't think I'll ever learn how to speak swedish as good as english.
See if you can get someone to only speak Swedish to you, it is the best and easiest way to learn. Knowing English, I'm sure it will be a piece of cake for you to start understanding what people are saying, and then it just takes a bit of courage to start speaking. Don't worry about mistakes, they are part of learning! Lycka till!
Swedish language alot alike english, and grammatically pretty identical. The way you pronounce many of the sam wourds and spell them are inm many cases very same as well. It should really be quite easier than you think, don't worry. :)
That's really sad that people nowadays have the attitude that "somebodys grandparents will know how to do this and that".. I think public schools should give you basic survival tools like how to catch a fish and how to properly gut it and cook it. But things like this aren't taught in school.. All they teach is abstract math and more useless stuff. After the grandparents die.. Who are to pass on these basic tools how to survive to the young? Maybe somebody didn't care about learning this stuff and have nothing to teach their children. It's a good thing we have the internet so we can archive all this stuff and have the grandparents teachings saved. It's better to learn stuff and not use it than not know when you need it. Fishing and hunting is more humane than agriculture. Also much better for the environment.
I’m priviledged to have experienced both, a childhood in Finland and Camberley, England. We had a great, big park near us and remember going on a riverboat on the Thames. Unpredictable weather for sure, we had some snow come down in the winter too. We even had the possibility to go to Suomikoulu and speak Finnish and meet other Finnish kids and families. I think it was mostly because of the big Finnish community there, but it was an important thing for many families. England was great, I would never become so fluent in English and have some great memories too. And those smiley face potatoes were the best thing in my childhood 🤪
That's so weird! I'm half Finnish and grew up (and still live) in Camberley. I went to the suomikoulu as a kid and even helped out in of the classes as a teenager!! There definitely used to be a large Finnish community here when Nokia still had offices here. I love England but would have preferred to grow and go to school in finland😀
Really liked the way you sneaked in the sponsor. Instead of just talking about it for few minutes, you actually made it part of the video with your stories and activities. It was both entertaining and also useful (got to try those weetabix chicken!) Good job!
Thank you! :)
Came in to say the same thing! It didn't seem forced or like it was one of those "let's get this over with" type of things, but actually part of the video and it seemed natural for "the narrative". Good job, Dave!
I smiled when I see Dave riding boat and using only elbow to hold that steering stick.
He is more and more Finnish every day.
All of my kids were born in England but we moved to Finland 8 years ago. Haven't regretted it for a second. I love the fact that I can just push the kids out the door to go to the park with their friends, or that I can safely leave a 9-year-old at home while I go to work. I love how great the child-care and school systems are. The safety and freedom here are mind boggling.
Leo is so lucky that he is taught three languages! Kids learn languages really fast and he will be fluent in every one of them
Such a gift to Leo, three languages. I´m Swedish, my mother is from Finland and my father from Tornionlaakso (Torne Valley) on the Swedish side. When I was a small child both my parents spoke both Swedish and Finnish to me until a doctor told my parents, you cannot speak Finnish to him, only Swedish. He will not be able to speak correct Swedish if you mix two languages (the doctors thought it was right at the time, 50 years ago) Today I speaks Swedish (of course) and English (kind of). But I can´t speak Finnish, and that is a big disappointment. I understand some words but that´s all. So if you have the possibility to teach your son three languages, good for him.
That's a shame.
I find it funny, how many people say they'd like to be able to speak multiple languages. Maybe I'm missing something? I was born and raised in Tornedalen/Torniolaakso/Meänmaa and I do speak finnish, swedish and english. Of course, nowadays I live in Savonia and literally, I havent had the chance to speak swedish in many years here.
I dont find my abilities fascinating at all😅
I've got five kids, and I've been trying to speak swedish for my kids, just solely because they need to study it in the school later on. But sadly my wife doesnt speak swedish, so I just go back to finnish without even noticing it.. English is just something that came by itself, thanks to video games I played in my youth.
@@jomppeboy My mother tongue is Finnish, but later in life I have learned to speak English, Swedish and Danish fluently, also studied Spanish and Arabic. Each language has its own view of the world, you can find it in the vocabulary and even in the interesting different structures they have. Ofcourse you can learn languages later in life too, but to get more than one - specially if they are so different as English/Swedish compared to Finnish, it will be easier. I just started to learn Korean, it is a language again totally different. So speaking several languages widens your thinking automaticly. Like if you speak both Swedish and Danish, you'll know that these people have a really different mentality and attitude eventhough they share a lot of common history and even the languages are related.. :)
*easier when you are child.. (this part went missing..)
That doctor is an arse hole? Everyone can learn a new language, i still study english by myself and im almost 37 so, any1 can do it :) Trying some Japanese as well while im at it :) super hard tho, Arigatou, Domo arigatou!!
Growing up in Finland I remeber my grandfather teaching me to gut a fish at age 4. I also got a safety knife for woodwork and learned how to make fire. We spend most summers at my familys farm (we lived in a town nearby) running in the forests and gathering berries and mushrooms. I feel lucky to have learned so much at such a young age. I know how much work goes into getting the food on our tables and it helps appreciate the people who are ready to do the work it requires.
All of this is so true. Thanks for sharing!
You'll learn finnish and swedish eventually. Necessity is the best source of motivation.
yeah thats why you wont learn swedish
@@glowner7878 Swedish is pretty nessecary if your partners family is Swedish speaking 😅
@@TheTekuli ah missed this part! otherwise its what many many finns fall short on.
Can't argue with that. My grandmother was sent away from home to Sweden when she was young, because of some family drama. She didn't speak the language, but she learned how pretty quickly 🤷♀️
Hey Dave just here to say i moved to Finland 2 weeks ago and thanks to your video it helped a lot to make the move easier! Keep up the good work
Enjoy! Welcome!
welcome to finland! i hope you like it here :)
Welcome to Finland!! Don't be shy coz we are 😂
Welcome to Finland! 😊
That's awesome! Happy to be of help! All the best here :)
Many Finns do not even understand how great country we live in. I remember My own youth. We fished, swam, adventure in the woods, skied, played hockey on the outdoor ice, and so on. Even small children. Do a lot of things in nature.
Its how most of Finnish people are. Personally i love it here stuff might be expensive but who needs all the expensive useless crap to fill out your house but mostly i love that i can just walk out of my door straight into woods or with a small walk next to river.
@@Fydron People think. If you have money, power. You are happy. Of course, if you have the money, you can do whatever you want. But, look, for example, all these celebrities. How many are really happy? Money destroys happiness. In general. In Finland, we can go to the forest. Collect mushrooms, berries, etc. Fishing, swimming, hiking. You don't need millions. Little things make a real life.
9:05 super important, learning languages might even protect you from Alzheimer's disease or at least lower the risk of it.
Cyanobacteria are thought to be a contributing cause of Alzheimer's. Scary when the Baltic Sea is full of them in the summer due to pollution. On the other hand, it is believed that L-serine rich diet reduces the risk.
It's been quite a while since I moved out of Finland, so I can't really say how it is to live there. But now that I have a child I have been contemplating on moving there just so that he'll have the best education in the world. Also, the food in Finland is the best. I live in Sweden and the whole living in and of nature is big here too.
Each summer - untill I was 14 years old and wanted to stay in town - for one month when my parents had their holiday from work, we moved to live on our simple summercottage - no electricity, no running water, no wc etc. - by a lake in the forrest and lived really simple life there. Just swimming, running and playing in the nature. Best childhood memories, total freedom. Still love nature and need it everyday..
With regard to languages - my daughter grew up with four languages (ITA, GER, ENG, SUI) and there were no issues at all and no confusion. She spoke them with 5 years so well and was able to translate between them from 8 onwards. FRA and SPA were easy for her to pick up at school. It took me two years in the country to become fluent in Finnish and more than twenty years of not speaking it to forget it again. :-) Although I do speak it a little still and understand many things. But I was no monolingual when I acquired it. It was the sixth language I learned.
I had 2 bricks of Weetabix for breakfast during my early school years (end of 1970's). Pain to draw and for some reason we seemed to have drawing our breakfast as an assignement several times. My dad was a dentist so sugary cereal was a no-go. And my parents couldn't be bothered to cook porridge.
I've only had Weetabix once as a child...was not a fan. But seeing the hauki file and the chicken wings - I think I need to give it another go!
I really like that your whole video was not purely dedicated to your sponsor, and was still entertaining!
Thanks you, that means a lot to me!
11:57 That was instinct to look at the splash. Sign of true outdoorsman!
Haha its like a reflex! I gotta know where they're lurking 😁😁
Dave, you’ve finally uploaded a new video! 🤩🤩🥰
Yes! It's been a while, I know! But lots of videos coming out over the next few weeks and something special in September! :))
I'm pretty sure he's aware
Finnish nature and wilderness equal happy childhood. So lucky I experienced it and it made me who iam
That was probably the best use of a sponsor I've seen in a video for a long time! I never really liked Weetabix as breakfast, but this really made we want to try using them in cooking instead of bread crumbs.
Leo is just so cute ❤️
😍😍
Seeing you guys living so well and happy, really warms my heart. The more languages the better in my opinion. My swedish grandparents and my dad thought it would harm us in a way if we were taught hungarian (moms side is from hungary), so they were not allowed to teach us, which still saddens me. The grammar from the hungarian language could have helped me now when im trying to learn finnish. Also thank you for the very nice recipes!
So unfair. They truely had no proof such belief. *NONE*
Hey Dave, your marketing worked! I watched your video today, then went grocery shopping and accidentally came across weetabix. I've never seen it before so of course I have to give this Dave Cad childhood food a try! Haha
Leo will be just fine. My cousins are 8 years old and growing up abroad. They speak Bulgarian as their mother tongue, as well as Luxembourgian, French and German. And since they discovered RUclips a year ago, they started picking up English as well. It was tough when they were little because they'd sometimes use 3 languages in one sentence. But they grow out of it in time and manage to separate the languages. Now they can easily switch languages and will reply in whatever language you address them.
This ability of theirs, as well as my desire to study in Finland and likely stay after, has been fueling my courage to open up the suomen kielen oppikirja every day. And you're right, I can feel my brain ramping up in power and it feels awesome!
Great video and one of my favourite topics - comparing the UK vs. Finland. I think UK has a great culture as I found it easy to make friends in Britian, have socials, really dwelve into the cultural iceberg there. I really learned the value of kindness, politeness, diplomacy, fairness and equality-in-diversity there. I think Finland really lags behind in those aspects even though most people here are generally easy to talk to.
When it comes to kids and their growing up, Finland wins hands down. I live in Espoo for 2 years now and moved here from Southampton, UK after living there for 6 years. I have never seen a teenager smoking cigarettes/weed/pots/vape/toxic stuff in dodgy alley ways in Finland, whereas this was a common scene in the UK. This is primarily because the UK does not provide adequate healthy entertainment to adolescent kids. In Finland there is so many healthy ventures for kids to partake that there is no time for unhealthy pursuits (not to mention everything is way more expensive here in Finland). Overall I think Finland has a much more healthier lifestyle than the UK for all ages. Living closer to nature and enjoying the outdoor fresh air in whatever way possible is always healthy. No one died from breathing fresh air.
I didn't even realize that WTBx was a sponsor of this video but still got memories from my childhood :D I live by the lake here in north karelia and my kids love to swim and fish. For some reason I don't fish and get that free food from the lake... still I pick billberries and mushrooms (kanttarelli) and enjoy the forest around me.
Beautiful Artek Chairs you got! The school I recently graduated (Graphic Design) has had those chairs for decades and they are still in great condition. Especially so when you consider that they are used in the cafeteria and lunch hours.
The security and freedom, and the pure, fresh air are in the top 5 things! ❤
Dave, your baby is TOO CUTE!!!! I really enjoyed this video. You seem so relaxed and content. I wish I lived in Finland. I hope to visit soon. Keep up the good work.
Just bought Weetabix from Amazon since I dont think the USA sells it. I send my mom ur videos and we both fell in love with watching u eat Weetabix. My box comes aug. 28th can't wait to try ! Little Leo is a doll !! Growing up fast !
What a chill vid! Nice background music. I enjoyed this one quite a lot. It's not just the UK that is guilty of poor language education
Great video Dave. I grew up in Finland till age 12 & I feel so lucky to have had childhood. That fish though 😮😋😂
The first childhood memory I have was when I was 3-4 years old. I was pounding a raw egg with an iron fish scaler on the kitchen floor for some reason. My mother stopped me after 2 good whacks. After that I remember burning my right hand index finger on the kitchen stove around the same age. I have no idea what I ate at that time, but for some reason the earliest memories I have are at the kitchen.
My earliest memory is of a relatively massive watermelon on the kitchen floor at 2-3.
Im Irish, my dad is swiss and mums dutch. I got to learn swiss german, french, dutch and thankfully Spanish and Irish from school. Irish is the most beautiful language. My friends in Ireland also love to learn languages its an underrated country when it comes to education.
Congrats on getting a sponsor, Dave!
About that chart.
A lot of people in other countries than UK simply have English as their secondary language, so they rank higher in that chart. After all, English is kind of the main language of Earth. UK people rank low in the chart because they already know the "main language" so there is no pressure to separately learn it.
If we modified the rules of the chart in such way that it other countries than UK should have a third language under their belt, the chart might look quite different. How many actually go the extra mile to learn something other than English.
We have mandatory swedish and english over here in Finland. And on top of that people can take one more language (usually spanish, germany or french - depending on the school and teachers there)
It could be, however look at Ireland there at over 70%
Actually Spanish is the main language of the world, at least more people speak spanish than english. But yeah I think Finland has understood the value of speaking different languages, how it really developes your thinking etc. UK hasn't.
I absolutely enjoy watching your videos. :) All the best for you and your family!
Thank you, that means a lot!
I eat my crumbled weetabix with yogurt, it’s like crunchy granola but without tons of sugar! Some pumpkin seeds, berries, honey or whatever on top and you’ve got a perfect bowl!
That sounds sooo good!
This video is so nicely edited. Good job!
I ate Weetabix as a child and it was great, still eat it sometimes and still good. Chocolate version was awesome as it doesn't need added sugar, but sadly can't eat chocolate anymore, so back to regular it is.
I took I'm the only person how knows, that learning difficult stuff actually and fysically makes your brain bigger and makes you smarter. Yes it does. Keep it up.
Absolutely!
Oh man the end of this video was so calming💚 you really remind me about the good things about my country thank you!
Aw thank you, and you're welcome! 😊
Leo is also very lucky to have more than one language that he'll learn from the start. Knowing more than one language, and especially when you can speak and write in it as a native speaker would, provides much richness to life.
I've read about research on multilingual children a bit, and what I remember is that children who hear more languages than one at home tend to start speaking a little later (understandably!), but they gain a cognitive benefit from speaking more languages, in addition to the obvious utility of doing so.
I consider myself bilingual - I'm as comfortable in English as I am in Finnish - and I had exposure to English early on, which really helped me to learn it fast. I could not imagine life where I knew only one language. It would be such an impoverished life, compared to what I have now. The world that speaking English fluently opens up to me is rich - as is the world that opens up to me speaking Finnish. There is culture and literature in both languages that require you to understand it in the original language to truly get the meaning and feel of the thing.
I can only imagine that with Swedish added to that mix, your son will have a very wide world open to him. He is lucky indeed!
Oh, and I have a curious sudden need to buy a box of Weetabix. 🤔
Im from the highlands of scotland and I feel a bit claustrophobic in finland, surrounded by so many trees. We're in Åland now. It's beautiful.
7:00 Whaaat, that's so weird but genius
I know, right! and worked so well!
When I was a kid I did love weetabix. Not anymore but at least I have a mökki. It's my grandparents house and I have been here in every summer since I have born.
With regard to the question in the title, I think there is absolutely no question. You know yourself how the situation in the UK has worsened since your childhood (stabbing, grooming gangs etc.) and even if Finland is not the funland of the 90s any longer, when I used to live there, it is much safer and more 'harmonic'. Less stress, less competition, less striving for useless things (mostly). Nature, education, school system. To be honest, there are also nice things in the UK, but for growing up, Finland is far superior.
Actually Finland now is significantly safer than in the 1990s/early 2000s, according to the statistics. Less homicides, less suicides.
Yo Dave.
Next time, try finnish breadcrums to cover what ever, fish, pork, chiken etz.
Not any basic crums, but Hapankorppu- crums.
If you have a blender, use that.
If not, plasticbag and bang the life out of hapankorppus.
Then fry in butter.......very important if the meat is fish.
Bon Apetit.
I'm sorry that English is so bad, but I have to say that, yours videos are very interesting and in some ways I have learned English about yours videos
When i was a little girl i loved fishing!!! My mom is allergic to it so we never borought the fish home. I have never liked eating fish, because i am picky and i never learnd to eat it because my mom could die if we had fish In the house. Oh i am from finland
When you can speak Finnish then you can understand also a little bit Estonian also.:-) Try to learn some Estonian also after Finnish.:-) I learn Estonian as my one minor subject at the university of Helsinki at the moment and I have started to learn it at the community college 14 years ago already so I can speak it a quite well nowadays.:-D Proovi õppima natuke eesti keelt ka kui sa oskad paremini soome keelt.:-)
VERY little, just some very simple basic things. And that is for written Estonian, spoken even less than that. Most Finns can't really say that they understand Estonian.
@@6891x spoken estonian is easy to understand but speaking estonian is hard
These are things that you don't realize when it's all you know.
Absolutely!
I moved to UK year ago and I was unaware of weetabix until I started to work in carehome. Everyone eats weetabix in here. EVERYONE. We usually add milk and heat it up so it becomes like porrige. :3
I don't like weetabix btw but I am suprised how popular it is here. :)
Now I really want to buy Weetabix and try it with hauki. We fish a lot so I must show it to my husband.
Congrats on the sponsorship! I do like Weetabix with strawberry jam and milk, but it's more like a treat than a breakfast item, imo.
Learning languages is super important😉👌
Leo on paras mainosmies. 😊
Very few people in my social circles have direct access to summer cottages these days. But renting them is a big business. It seems that most of the foreigners that move to Finland seem to have access to one when they marry to Finnish spouse. I find that odd.
I always loved Weetabix with warmed up milk and a bit of sugar when I was growing up in England. Never even thought about cooking with it before 🤔
It’s either a summer house or a boat you can live on. Or a caravan!
Weetabix with blueberry soup! 😋💙🥰 Self made blueberry soup is of course the best kind, but I do like those you can buy from the grocery store too.
Ooh I've gotta try that!
Wetebix, pimä whit alooots jam is childhood hardcore 😁
Leo gona be so creative, have many langues skills whit both of you two as parents, dont you worry...👏
The "tri-language" thing is pretty common these days where the parent is from other country. But in most cases finnish people just do their swedish studies in school and never use it since english is more widely used. Even in work related stuff. Also your location in finland matters, if you are in west coast / northern border then it's really high chance that you actually speak swedish. Same applies if you life on the east border, then you get russian language in your life. Of course the Espoo-Vantaa-Helsinki area is just a big melting pot for languages.
But then there's the future for Leo, in finnish schools kids start to learn an extra language usually around age of 10-12 in bigger cities (this is schools financial thing), but when he turns 13 he can actually choose an another language to study even in smaller schools. Most common languages for students in finland are german/french, spanish is also been quite popular. Who knows when Leo becomes a teenager, you as a parent start studying with him some new language.
And if you have a possibility to take Leo out in the "wild" from city life it's a thing you need to do. There's a lot of stuff out there that a concrete buildings can't teach you.
@muuminyymi I think it matters what the parents put in the papers as the childs "first language" when it comes to school. True that kids who can speak english would just be bored in those classes. Wonder if there's some kind of level test for that.
In finlandswedish schools we begin to learn finnish in first or second grade (can't remember) and in maybe 3rd grade start to learn english, however still in junior school and in second year in high school (seventh year our of nine) we can choose other side languages to learn like; spanish, german, french and som other ones can't remember. English and finnish is of course obligatory throughout whole basic school (1-9nth grade).
Usually still have them in the schools you study in after high school anyway.
I love weetabix but haven't bought it for ages but will now get some and stock up, thanks for reminder it is a very filling breakfast, i love with hot milk in winter, nice and soggy with crunchy sugar topping!
Gotta love that u went fishing & actually enjoyed the catch! Nice size of pike :)
It's the only kind of fishing I do now! Perfect pike and tasted great!
@@davecad Thats great to hear!
Yeah in Finland Swedish is mandatory to the age of 15 if you only go to the primary school. But if you go to high school or to vocational school there will be mandatory Swedish too. And if you go further even universities and universities of applied sciences do have few courses of mandatory Swedish based on the profession you are learning.
I don't know anyone that has weetabix in their pantry. Neither did I in my childhood, not us, not my friends, not my relatives.
Honestly, I didn't even know they're available in Finland anymore.
Tried once, didn't like.
But those wings look awesome!
I used to eat weetabix too when I was a kid. My granpa was all "they are good for you". Never crossed my mind you could use it like that... maybe I shall try it with pike perch. I have some in the fridge. 😎
Seeing what Britain is turning into (everything George Orwell warned about) then Finland is the natural choice.
It’s not just Britain though, the rich elite want the whole world to have a “new normal”.
Weetabix is delusious ,grown Up with it here in Finland
Cute kid
Yeah! It's such a nostalgic taste for me! (and thanks!)
When I was a child, I asked my mom for Weetabix once. She bought it for me, though she had something against it. She served it to me dry, without anything. Needless to say I agreed with her after that experience. I still haven’t given Weetabix the chance it deserves 😂
Haha oh no! 😂 Time to try it out with something yummy on! 😋
omg didn't it show and stand on the pack it will be served with milk or yogurt? Because in one way or another it should have been rather obvious. :O :/
Good job Dave, that's a nice fish!!! There's lots of finnish peopple that are less "finnish" then you are! Enjoy all the good things about both countries! Not many peopple have that privilege in there lives♤
I hated Weetabix when I was a kid... but now I think I have to try doing the same thing with HAUKI as you did :D
I used to love Weetabix growin' up! Especially with banana and kiwi fruits 😋 Too bad I can't eat them anymore 'cause I was diagnosed with coeliac disease few years back 😔
Those transitions were cool 8)
Thanks!
I'm a northern lad living in the north whos kids are learning english/finnish at home and swedish at school.
Hyvää Suomen luonnon päivää!
Leo has been a celebrity since birth
You're too cute a pair with your son. The love so in the open ❤️
8:55 You know as a Finnish teenager currently in a near identical situation with swedish as in ”I’m being forced to learn this what’s the point?” I find it very difficult to find a reason even in your perspective to have motivation for swedish. I understood english being taught since it is incredibly common and I even started studying japanese outside of school. I still can’t find a reason to study swedish in my head. I don’t like the language to it’s basics since it is taking english and finnish but making it different enough so they have very different tones and the sentences are constructed differently. Idk maybe this is just teenager angst but I really dislike the language and having it forced down our throats isn’t making the situation for me any better.
Nothing is better than meeting ppl when u travel and u can say you speak 3 languages. 😁 Well my Swedish is super basic, but you can't believe how many Swedish ppl travels and lives around the world. Also your work possibilities outside of Finland at least doubles. I have used my little Swedish when lived in Australia and traveled in Asia. It also helps you to learn other languages in the future when u know something else than just English. Also in most of the cases getting into a uni in Sweden is a bit easier.
@@LMLYHM couldn't agree more. I remember Swedish teachers telling me that if I learn the language, my job prospects go up. Didn't believe them one bit, I've never wanted to live in Scandinavia so what's that nonsense. Thinking what's the point of learning another marginally spoken language.
Now I've figured that if you want to live outside of Finland anywhere, the most basic language combos won't take you very far. Finnish+English? That's pretty much everyone under 40 years now in Finland. And every Finn ever abroad.
Finnish+Swedish+English? Now we're interested, as you know "Scandinavian" and pretty much can understand Norwegian and Danish to a point. That's a more unique skill set.
@muuminyymi please note that I was referring to working outside of Finland.
I'm 14 years old boy from finland and i say that im Lucky, because i have been grow up In finland.
I eat Weetabix once in a while. With milk and strawberry jam....😋
I've not tried that! I'll have to because I love strawberry jam on EVERYTHING! haha
That's the best way to eat it!! 😋
The mosquitoes build character. Character that is needed during the winters, which also builds character.
Oi man finally you uploaded a new video :O
But like u should do a vid where u come to suomenlinna
Haha yeah! it's been a while (took a little summer break) but lots of videos coming in the next few weeks :)
My family never owned a summer cottage. Some have it, others don't
All of the points you mention here plus a few more are any we plan on moving over in a year or so's time. Doesn't Finland top world education rankings for English maths and science? Oh by the way, you seem good at fishing, care to teach me how when we're over? 😅🎣👍
Finland is on the grid 99.9 percent of every remote part of country every time. You can check it online. But although the most remote parts have power. You see no people.
Weetabix, karseeta pahvia. Tulee lapsuus mieleen. :D Vähemmän mukava muisto. En aio todellakaan syöttää lapsilleni.
So adorable!
Lovely😍
So cute to see you daddying 😍😍
We had a English car when i was a child. I havent work so i could visit there
I've learned two languages at the same time when grew up. Finnish and english. Because my mum is english. In school, I've been learning swedish, but I'm bad at it. My dads son ( my stepbrother ) has swedish speaking daughters. But I don't think I'll ever learn how to speak swedish as good as english.
See if you can get someone to only speak Swedish to you, it is the best and easiest way to learn. Knowing English, I'm sure it will be a piece of cake for you to start understanding what people are saying, and then it just takes a bit of courage to start speaking. Don't worry about mistakes, they are part of learning! Lycka till!
@@emmamemma4162 Thanks!
Swedish language alot alike english, and grammatically pretty identical. The way you pronounce many of the sam wourds and spell them are inm many cases very same as well. It should really be quite easier than you think, don't worry. :)
That food looked too good :)
I need to buy some Weetabix next time I'm going shopping! How is it possible that I had forgotten about them :)
Nice! Don't forget to keep the receipt and enter the competition on the website in the description!
That's really sad that people nowadays have the attitude that "somebodys grandparents will know how to do this and that".. I think public schools should give you basic survival tools like how to catch a fish and how to properly gut it and cook it.
But things like this aren't taught in school.. All they teach is abstract math and more useless stuff.
After the grandparents die.. Who are to pass on these basic tools how to survive to the young? Maybe somebody didn't care about learning this stuff and have nothing to teach their children.
It's a good thing we have the internet so we can archive all this stuff and have the grandparents teachings saved.
It's better to learn stuff and not use it than not know when you need it. Fishing and hunting is more humane than agriculture. Also much better for the environment.
More videos more often please 😁
Lots coming over the next few weeks :)
Nothing to take away from your cooked hauki fillet, but it could use some sauce. I got an excellent recipe for you if you want to
do you have more british or finnish subscribers?? i'd like to know😄
Like 90% are from Finland :)
@@davecad oh that's a lot
I’m priviledged to have experienced both, a childhood in Finland and Camberley, England. We had a great, big park near us and remember going on a riverboat on the Thames. Unpredictable weather for sure, we had some snow come down in the winter too. We even had the possibility to go to Suomikoulu and speak Finnish and meet other Finnish kids and families. I think it was mostly because of the big Finnish community there, but it was an important thing for many families. England was great, I would never become so fluent in English and have some great memories too. And those smiley face potatoes were the best thing in my childhood 🤪
That's so weird! I'm half Finnish and grew up (and still live) in Camberley. I went to the suomikoulu as a kid and even helped out in of the classes as a teenager!! There definitely used to be a large Finnish community here when Nokia still had offices here. I love England but would have preferred to grow and go to school in finland😀
sapsu123 ha yeah, my family lived in England because my father is employed by Nokia 😂
@@katyamcflyxX oh cool I thought that might have been why, every other Finnish family I knew growing up was here because of Nokia 😂