Exploring Our Finnish Heritage In Helsinki. Is It What We Expected?
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Growing up in a small Finnish-American community in Ohio, my mom has always wanted to see the motherland of Finland! So, when she came to visit me in Poland this year, I made sure that we stopped by Finland. Our first stopover in Finland was Helsinki. Is it anything like what her Finnish grandmother told her it would be?
#helsinki #finland #finnish
The nastily branded BonBon sweets are actually Danish. Very popular in all of the Nordics, because of the funny branding. And the sweets are actually good, so a win-win situation right there.
Watching from a small city in Africa i use to live in Helsink in 2014 to 2018 .. Most Fins are introverted but extremely kind and welcoming people.I miss finland thank you for the video it reminded me alot about Helsinki i stayed in Tampere too.
Hi Abey! Cool you're watching from Africa and I'm glad this brough back good memories :)
Olitko yhtään kieltä ? Many say that RUclips has made IT easier to learn ? Did You go to any ice hockey games or Finnish baseball games - on Yotube called PESAPALLO ? How did You find salmiakki - or sauna ?
Opitko yhtään kieltä ?
16:40 It is not just the cinnamon, but cardamom that makes the original finnish "korvapuusti" taste. Without lots of the cardamom, it would taste just like any cinnamon bun.
This taste is very familiar from when I visited my mom's parents in Ohio. Never knew where it came from exactly.
Reikäleipä or varrasleipä is a flat, hard, round, rye bread that has a hole in the middle of it. In the old times the bread was put on a long stick (varras) and lifted up on the ceilling to dry. It's a nutrious and long-lasting bread.
Thanks Mia! That's interesting. Didn't know the history of it.
Your mum is really Finnish looking. Could be a local!
That market by the harbour is really a tourist place. I can't imagine many people going after work. Lovely place to have lunch and a stroll in the Summer, or pick up a picnic and get on one of the many boats to the islands.
Funnily enough, I never noticed the gaming machines in a dozen trips!
Yes she is.
About slots machines.. during the worst covid period the govermental gambling operator (Veikkaus) decided to shut them down. Later people just got used to "not gamble" while going to the stores and most of the machines got removed.
Thanks! That makes a lot of sense. The last time I was around was before covid...
It is weird, before covid everytime i went to the store i would gamble away all my change or just put in like 5 to 10 euros for fun. After not doing it for like 2 years i just walk out sometimes even forgetting i used to do that. I used to sometimes think that I might have a slight gambling addiction, maybe i was never that invested in it after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I respect you. You ordering that your mom can came to Finland. My fathers aunt and family lived in Cleveland, Ohio. There was a lot of finns too.
The most uniquely Finnish thing when it comes to cuisine is probably wood tar as a seasoning. Yeah, I'm totally serious. A tiny amount can be added to sauces or lozenges for taste. It adds an interesting smoky flavor.
I'm pretty sure no other people on Earth do this. (Of course, you can't be 100% sure). It's not very common, though. I've had ice cream with wood tar sauce at the Plevna brew pub in Tampere. At the fresh food market (Kauppahalli) at the South Harbor in Helsinki, one of the shops has served salmon with wood tar flavored sauce. "Terva Leijona" is a classic tar flavored licorice candy.
A really nice Mother. Just one example for a boy: "stupid pools" are warmer than the sea in winter and definitely safer to swim in.
Thanks Miko she's been wonderful! Next time I visit Finland, I'll have to try this next time I'm around ;)
@mikorossi1959 & @billsafterMATH
There is also one pool there with the seawater in. So you can swim in both cold and hot water and of course go to sauna! And you doesn't need to care about all the boats and jet skis and other stuff, so as Miko said: safer 🙂
Hesburger is a burger franchise from Turku, Finland, but burgers are not a Finnish meal, it's American. But If land is one of the most American countries in Europe - we have everything in English (and Finnish and Swedish, in some parts also in Russian).
hamburgers are german, from hamburg.
Hi Piia it's always nice to have a local recommendation. Even if it's American food, I'm glad it's there instead of only McDonald's and Burger King.
Lidl tends to sell stuff in bulk and is very different from real supermarkets like K or S supermarket. They stock a huge amount of sweets.
Yeah, it wasn't all that different from what I've seen of Lidl in other countries (with a little Finnish twist to it of course!). It was much more interesting exploring K and S markets.
I feel yall! Such a great video! how does this not have more views? I really love it when americans go out of their way to discover their history, because america is a young country and a cocktail of nationalities.
"Oh, he knew English, he just didn't tell anybody!" That was thost Finnish thing your mother's "pappa" could do. And how your mom said that was also very Finnish in tone and gesture. The Finnish just do and wouldn't talk about it much. Very nice trip.
Knew English ?
@@holoholopainen1627 Yes, that's what the woman said. I corrected the spelling mistake, thank you.
@@lilaschwarz1236 Nice - i didn't Even know that You can do that ! Did You know that The Burger KING - King of Burgers IS gone ?
Oh gosh, you just missed the greatest Korvapuusti in Finland at the Cafe Regatta very close to the Sibelius Monument. Funny story about St Urho, when I visited the United States the second time in 1990, we visited a surf shop in Hood River, Oregon. When the guy working there realized that we were Finns he pulled up his sweater and, sure enough, his t-shirt under it said "Painu hiiteen heinäsirkka!" and "Happy St Urho's Day!". We had never heard about this celebration before so we were quite dumbfounded about the whole thing. Sorry you missed the salmon soup at the market place. Once a month after the market closes the area will be filled up with classic cars, mostly American. ruclips.net/video/YI0OwlG1OB0/видео.html
Thanks for the link! I'll have to check this out next time I'm in Helsinki. I'm a big fan of salmon, but have never had it as some sort of soup. I've seen these sorts of exhibitions of cars a lot more in the US than in Europe and that looks interesting.
@@billsaftermath5477 No worries, maybe we will see a video at some point? Keep up the good work!
I would say that Hesburger is traditional American food, but cooked by finns.
6pm is not early. Thankfully, people don't go into town just to buy stuff. There's other things to do too
LIDL is German.
yeah, we saw Lidl when we were in Poland also
Nice Video ! The Burger King - is gone ! Their fumes were too much for the art on the walls... so the art stayed ! Thank God - but art was there before - King of Burgers !
Fazer is not spoken like "Phaser"... it's Fät zer
It's just fatser no ä
Fat sir
Construction workers eat in places that close early, that's why traditional food is not served in the evening. My friends always eat "fast food" on Friday night because they have already had salmon or Swedish casserole for lunch.
Those bonbon candies have been around since 90's. I actually didn't even know they still existed. So yeah they are in the style of ren and stimpy or whatever 90's was about.
It's "korvapuusti". Not korvpuust. And it means cinnamon roll. It's very old Finnish coffee bread. And Finnish salmiakki is the best. 😋
Actually nightwish didnt write the national anthem. This is a common misunderstanding. The nathional anthem was actually written by Darude and it's called Sandstorm
That park was actually quite good fake birch forest. Never knew it existed.
Ässä is S or Ace
Thanks for the pronunciation help :)
@@billsaftermath5477 Meaning, not pronunciation. The letter S or ace in a deck of cards. Also: lentäjä-ässä, ace pilot. Loanword.
The Saint Urho thing is "somewhat" different here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Urho's_Pub
Is it Sanna Marin's favorite place? :)
@@billsaftermath5477 I dont about her preferences, but if i had to guess... no.
They used to sell tickets in the room with Burger King. Now the ticket sellers are all gone so Burger King just rented the space.
Actually, the ticket hall used to be on the other side (now it's also a restaurant). Before they sold out to Burger King, there was a restaurant/café in that space. I remember spending long afternoons there, chatting with friends. The atmosphere was quite unique. Sadly, no longer.
Nice video you just got my thumps up and my subscription too...
Thanks Abey! I really appreciate it :)
Kurwa, I guess I'm polish now
Those weird "rat" candies are just normal sweets. They just put those "funny" names on them...
Oh god, calling Finland Poland TWICE! Shame!
Eila Hiltunen.
I found out later that she was a distant cousin of a Finnish American friend of mine growing up in the US
Are you Mexicans?
Si si señor!
They look like they could be from Guanajuato or Mexico City.
Bonbon is a spanish candy manufacturer😂 spanish or french. But its not finnish.
You know, that makes a lot of sense in hindsight...
Only thing correct here is Bonbon is not Finnish. Bonbon is a brand of Danish candy manufacturer Toms. Boyish humor is main theme across the brand.
@@kognak6640 oh shit well I stand corrected!