"Fun" fact, most wood houses in Finland are painted red. It's because houses used to be painted with a paint made of reddish clay(biproduct of mining iron) which made them red. And that tradition has continued to this day even though paint isn't made out of clay anymore.
@@JacobandJennyTravel other common color is yellow (the paint is otherwise the same but a different mineral in the soil used produces yellow color instead of red)
To add: red is mimicing bricks, because wood was seen as cheap material. Red color was also seen a bit redneckish and lower class, so people with more wealth, edu ation and social status used yellow paint, like the mansion where vicar used to live.
@sakatt41Heter Rödmylla i Finland, inte samma sak som Faluröd. Rödmylla Fe2O3·H2O(Järn(III)oxidhydroxid), Faluröd Fe2O3SiO2(Järn(III)oxid-kiseldioxid).
@sakatt41 No original place here. Falun of course is the biggest producer as the mine was biggest in Europe. But Falun red is more bright and little orange, because it comes from copper not from iron as most of the paints. And it isn't clay, but copper/iron shale that comes as a byproduct of ore.
7:49 Well then again, -11 degrees centigrade is not _that_ cold. Normal winter temperatures, even for southern Finland. Of course the windchill factor will amplify the feeling if it is windy. Hopefully you got to experience at least -20 later on during your stay!
@pasiojala3227 Yes -22 today, but videos like these are usually published with a production delay of at least perhaps a week or two. This video was probably filmed in early December, already before Christmas. Jacob and Jenny have most likely left Finland already.
@@JacobandJennyTravel There's an inversion going on and wind is pretty strong on top of the significantly colder stagnant air. Saariselkä is at higher elevation and close to this inversion boundary, windchill is probably pretty bad. At the Vuotso village 35km to south it's calm there but temperature is 10 degrees lower.
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-11? I thought it was actually cold. 😄 It's been as cold as -28 here in southern central Finland this week. It's now -44 in Enontekiö, which is just about as north as Saariselkä...
Dipping in the snow during the sauna session is not only traditional fun, but it is also a very healthy for blood circulation. Your bodies will thank you. 😉
I love Jenny’s enthusiasm about the snow. 😂 Btw, you’re so north in Finland that spruce trees don’t grow up there. If you look around you can notice that there’s only pine trees and birches growing.
We agree, the snowflakes in Finland just are perfect. And the scenery with all the snow is so picturesque! We always admire when you do those snow rolls!
Welcome back to Finland! I’m so glad you have enjoyed your stay here. Some sauna tips: (Maybe you know these already but oh well), You are usually supposed to have a quick shower before you go into sauna, sauna is a place where you go already clean. If the heat gets too much for Jenny she can sit on the lower bench. Lower benches are meant for Finnish kids and foreigners.😅 Also, sauna is a place for calm relaxation, 80 degrees Celsius is hot enough to start your sauna. And you can throw “löyly” slowly, little by little so the heat won’t get too hot too quickly and you can spend more time in there. Rule of thumb: If you’re not pink as a piglet when you come out then you didn’t get enough of the sauna.😊
Ivalo is nearest town, you should visit 35km+ north from Saariselkä. There is lot of stores etc :) Now you can experience the coldest weather there too.
I feel really honored that since Finland was one of your first countries you seem to feel so safe and homey in here, and ah, that just makes me so happy! I do hope you'll visit finland during the summer, especially in the midsummer (juhannus) when our nature is most lush, gorgeous and in bloom! (Also 7 euros for A beer?! Hopefully it was at least a 0,5 liter one since you can get one near my village for 5,80 euros!)
We do just love Finland so much! It is somewhere we always find ourselves wanting to go back to. We are hoping to make it back this summer too! Or fall to see the colors and northern lights! Thanks for watching friend ♥️
Wow ! You guys are so brave ! As a native I never go out to swim in the snow or lake. I think you both recognise that "after sauna feeling", it´s so relaxed, casual feeling both inside and outside. In Finland we understand this already as child , my granma was born in sauna, it was not rare by the time she was born 1897 . What a fine footage, waiting for more. Take care .
Wow that is such a cool story!! We did not know giving birth in a sauna was a thing haha!! Thanks for sharing that with us :) and yes! The after sauna feeling is so amazing!
Hey! It's nice to follow the adventures of the two of you and I'm happy to see you in my home country of Finland. It's funny that 90% of the videos are snow and cold, you rarely see people, but that's really the situation in the North. Come visit sometime in the summer, when it's +25 degrees here and people are clearly in a good mood after the miserable cold. I have to admit that I and many others go to visit foreign countries in the winter, not all Finns have it in their DNA to tolerate the cold. Greetings and take care :)
Great videos! I'm from Finland but live in Canada now. It's so nice to watch these. Makes me home sick though. But I'm so happy to see how much you're enjoying your time there. ❤️
Up by utsjoki they have the northernmost liquor store and post office in the EU and the northernmost rock i think? And kirkenes, which is like a little finnish town in Norway by the sea. I did a vacation with Aurora Holidays and it was so incredible up there in the very North!
If you were here this week, good luck !!! Sunday was probably the warmest, Monday about the same but Tuesday onwards has been absolutely bitter. Wind chills in the mid -30c, I think it hit -40 once. Absolutely frigid and quick tip, mittens are much warmer than gloves by a lot and also your scarves were being worn incorrectly. They should be put above the nose barely under your eyes and then tied around the back. In these temps, zero skin should be exposed minus your eyes! I was there Monday/Tuesday (in Rovaniemi but I looked at Saariselka weather and it was about the same, if not much colder due to the lower wind chill) and dressed correctly I was still freezing! Good luck lol!!
Oh man, idk if you heard but there's RECORD LOW temperatures in Finland and other Nordic countries this week. 😳 And you happened to visit Finland for vacation when this happens. 😬 Stay warm!!!
Not record low. Winter 1984-1985 it was much colder when the temperature in Southern Finland dropped below -40 centigrades for two weeks and in Salla the temperature was below -50 centigrades.
@@LeifAnderssohn Ok, got it. I've read in the news that there's records low temperature in Sweden and Finland (minus 40 °C/°F). It's Sweden record low in the last 25 years.
@@criss6945 It hasn't been record breaking cold in Finland, outside Northwest "arm" between Sweden and Norway temps haven't breached -40C. Last time -40C in anywhere Finland happened 3 years ago. But in southern/middle Finland it has been unusually cold, they don't often see -30C and more.
Hahahahaaaaaaa 😂😂😂😂😂 Love u guys!!!!! Enjoy the -40 C and 1 meter snow! And 2 hours of daylight 😂😂😂😂😂 Just wait a few months and you have summer for a month 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
I'm glad to see you guys enjoying the snow and sauna combination. You'd probably be surprised that swimming in a frozen lake (ice hole) feels actually a more gentle way to enjoy the sauna. The below zero snow almost feels painful and almost like a burning sensation in comparison. Spending a minute shoulders deep in the lake and having a sauna gives a definitive endorphin rush. Also, from 60°C to 80° is a perfect time to get the moist warmth while having a cold one before taking the first plunge. 😉👍
That is awesome! We got to do a sauna and the swim in the ocean in Iceland and Norway, and we will be doing it soon again in Helsinki! We can't wait! Thanks for your comment :)
Local pro move is to use wrong end of a broom to gauge how deep snow is close to the sauna! Then just jump head on ukemi to the deep snow! That's like the best thing ever :D
Go Jacob! Not many Finns can stay in the snow like that. Or at least like to! Very "cool". I live in an apartment building in a town, where we have our own sauna in the apartment, but no easy access to snow. Instead when there's clean snow outside we carry a large bucket of it into the sauna, and just throw it on ourselves or whatever. It does not melt all that fast, especially if you keep the bucket on the lowest bench of the sauna. A good "backup" way of doing snow treatment.
Tube bandanas are very versatile, i have one around my neck and when i need extra layer for my face, it is easy to pull. It also allows to open the jacket a bit when it gets too hot without exposing throat. Getting too hot is common problem, when you stand still it is totally different from doing something.. and you need something for both. I never leave home without one these days. Tiny piece of fabric but so freaking handy.
Saariselkä "town" or village is made for tourists, skiers and hikers, there are very few permanent residents there. The nearest real town is Ivalo, the center of Inari municipality.
I'm way more south (some 11 hours - or so - on a car) and three days ago when this video came out I had 7 layers of all the kinds of pants on when waking the dogs..
Snow chrystals has more shapes during cold times. Thats one reason they seems nice - and sounds more when walking in -30 compared to -5 celsius. In cold those many little parts of flakes breaks underfoot and shatter. At milder temperatures, there are fewer and weaker parts of snow flakes, and when approaching zero, the pressure underfoot gets some of chrystal parts melted and reduces crunching sounds still more.
Yeah, it's a global weather anomaly, in a sense that at at least a couple of days ago from the time I'm writing this, Finland and Scandinavia was the *only* region in the world that was colder than average. All the rest showed as warmer than average on the map. In my home town it was -36°C, which was the coldest that I have ever experienced if my memory serves me right.
I just had to do a bit of searching! That pub is definitely not most northern one. Utsjoki is Europe´s northernmost municipality (about 200km to north from Saariselkä) and there´s a pub there :)
How do I explain this... Put the scarf on you backwards. Put the middle part on your face just above your nose, under your eyes, wrap it behind your neck and tie it in front. That way it stays nicely on your face and protects it from cold.
Remeber on layering clothing to not put too many socks to your boots as it is the air that keeps them insulated and if you put them too tight there cant be any air, same goes to all layering :) Merino wool next to skin, t shirt over that some air trapping clothing and then jacket and pants to combat wind :) Sometimes less can be more :) Bet you knew these but someone else can find this info useful aswell. Btw courious to know what made Finland your first place to visit?
That kind of information is always helpful :) and we really wanted to go to Lapland for the snow, and northern lights! It was always on a bucket list. And now we can’t stop coming 😍❄️ thanks for your comment friend!
I do the same thing warming up the sauna and sit in it. I do that after I am done and it is all dry. Oh dressing tip when putting on your snow boots unzip your pants, makes it easier to maneuver then zip everything up.
Good rule of thumb for sauna is to sit there and NOT throw any water until you are sweating. Try to relax and take it easy in the sauna. If the sauna is big enough it is also nice to lay down there
I've never, ever heard of this rule before. In fact, if you have a real woostove in the sauna, the first "löyly" is tossed on the stones before you ever prepare to actually get undressed and bathe. It's called "häkälöyly", or, free translation, the "carbon monoxide steam". It doesn't really remove the CO from the air, but clears the possible smoke a bit. Also, it isn't supposed to be dry heat, and a few ladles of water are intentionally put on the stove a few moments before you intend to go in. There are different schools of thought on whether you should wet your body and hair before going to the hot room or not, but it's generally a matter of preferences. In the summer, you might swim first and only then go to the heat. There might be some justification for not throwing the water on there before you're sweating, but really, it isn't a sauna if you don't do that. It's a generic hot room. The steam, löyly, literally is the spirit (the same word in Finnish for spirit and breath, "henki") of the sauna. Without it, it isn't what it's meant to be, both in the physical sense, and the original spiritual sense. This, from a born and raised Finn who has done some serious delving into the old traditions, spiritual concepts, beliefs, and mentality that go into the cultural traditions of old.
Remember that you always wet and wash your whole body before going to the sauna. We always go to the sauna clean because it is a holy place. In the olden days, births were given in the sauna and the dead were also washed. Its great that you like Finland and Finnish culture! 👍😍
@JacobandJennyTravel There's an old Finnish Saab TV commercial from the 1980s on the topic. Guys lock themselves out, but luckily their Saab is in front of the sauna (with keys in ignition), so they go inside and turn on the motor and heat, and the fun continues.. The title on RUclips is "Saab mainos sauna".
so the basic rule is if it snows, it's not cold.if it snows it means there's clouds which means "warmer" temperatures. when it gets really cold, the sky is always clear.
Nice! I think when you were in Rovaniemi and later Levi, many Finns recommended you to visit Saariselkä and now you got there! I have been there only in summer and autumn when the place looks quite different :) I saw from the forecast that in friday there will be even -27°C in Saariselkä. I of course don't know if you are still there and when this video was recorded. It's quite cold here south at the moment too, almost -20°C, but fortunately it will be warmer next week.
@@JacobandJennyTravel yes a lot! I have understood that statistically the best time for seeing the autumn colors at their best is the second week of September.
Glad you tried the sauna. Aquired taste, but I'm sure you can see the potential when it's freezing cold outside and you've been spending time outside say, skiing.
You should have a good parka/down jacket with big hood. The hood will protect your face from frost bites if it is really cold. You should not use those gloves. You should use mittens like Hestra Hali ski mittens. They are super warm and won’t get wet from snow. Underneath those mittens you could have Hestra merino wool touch liners. They are thin and you can easily operate your camera gear or your phones.
You should have a shower and also wet your hair/head before going to the sauna. It's both for keeping the sauna clean and your body to not overheat. And then you don't have to scream how hot it is, because it's much more comfortable when your body is wet 😅
It is because of the Gulf stream, why it is more moderate temperatures on the coast of Norway, even if it was more north than Saariselkä. Winters are infamously harsh and brutal in northern Lapland+ due to Polar Night, when the Sun wont go up at all.
You wanna get genuine leather gloves with fur on the inside to keep your fingers warm. When your fingers are together they warm each other and the leather keeps wind away :)
You guys are crazy, in a fun way. 😂. That rolling in the snow doesn’t intrigue me. Haha. But you have fun and enjoy it. Don’t lock yourself out of your room. 🥶❄️☃️💗
Have to say that 95 degrees in that small sauna with electric heater sound too hot even for Finn 😁 you should try temps from 60 and higher so you know when it’s good for you.
I´m happy that you have enjoyed yourself here in Finland. Next time you should try really exotic, challenging and lively cities like Kemi, Kokkola and Raahe. Maintaining positivity and surviving in those cities usually requires a lot of luck and humor. Those cities are only for the really brave ones. 🤔🙏
You probably didn't know, but the Finnish Snowflake Ministry cooperates with Finnair. When refueling Finnair's planes, some kind of secret extract is added in winter, which makes the snowflakes durable and beautiful. Did you have fun in the snow? At least I got a good laugh, thank you guys, for that.
Extreme heat followed by extreme cold is good for your health while getting you high and relaxed. Three rounds is considered the ultimate. The human body requires temperature changes, not a constant 21°C as many of us live today.
To be honest, you don't look like weirdos, you pretty much look and act like locals! You can do Lapland on a budget. Airbnb, grocery stores, enjoy outdoors.
Why on earth would anyone go to Arctic in winter. To avoid the mosquitoes? News flash, there is a time in Lapland when there is no snow and it is not cold. I know, it is sometimes hard to find.
Yeah that would be very unfortunate hahah! Thankfully that door is actually extremely hard to lock so we never had that problem 🙌🏼 thanks for watching friend :)
Did the air b&b have any fire building instructions or house book available? Did you know to open the "pelti", the air vent on the flue so that you are not smoking yourself inside / getting carbon monoxide poisoning?
Did you actually have to lock the door with the key? That is really rare in Finland. Abloy locks usually has a button in the lock mechanism. If you push it up the door stays locked and if the button is down then the door stays unlocked. Alternatively the door always locks and you just need the key always.
Yes it was actually quite difficult to lock haha! That is so interesting though, we did not know that about doors in Finland! Thanks for the information :)
Saariselkä might be the most northest ski resort in the world. There isn't anything else above it except north pole😂 You have done some rookie mistakes which people have corrected in the chat. Cold is not something you want to mess around, it's serious. It can harm you in minutes and can leave you to dangerous situations very quickly. Cold is like fire, it looks pretty, but it burns.
That is so interesting!! Thankfully we have snow rolled many times before and knew what we were getting into, and our door doesn't lock automatically 🙌🏼 thanks so much for your concern friend :)
Actually Norway has the most northernmost things and locations, but one thing I know for fact Finland has northernmost freeway in the world. Btw I visited Inari/Saariselkä just couple months ago, love it in Lapland, so serene.
2:00 Thats a bad mistake. If it really is that cold you should not cover your mouth/nose because of your breath will make the scarf wet and it'll most definitely freeze and then you cant even use it to comfortably cover your neck.
Youre having "kiuas" setting too hot. Thats not good to use it so red. Dial it down a little and make it like 80 celsius max. Electric is harder to make good.
Snow hanging on trees is "tykky" or "tykkylumi" in Finnish. As far as I know, Finnish has about 40 words of different kinds of snow. Inuits have 52 or so. I bet the various swear words weren't counted. 😅
@@JacobandJennyTravel When you wait for the fire to go into red hot embers that is a good time to make the sausage. It doesn't burn as easily (fire burns it easy) also doesn't get black from the smoke. It just cooks nicely and the heat produced is very clean at that stage.
@@JacobandJennyTravel did you see the northern lights yet? there are some apps that can give you northern lights forcasts and an app that notifies you when there are live northern lights sightings in the area. we had the luck to see the northern lights on the evening of 25. December.
7:27 Those are tourists who have rented clothes on them. Also, the sauna was too hot., around 80-85C is normal. Also, what kind of place have you rented? There is something wrong with the electricity circuit if sauna disconnects other heating from the house
Can u please provide some recommendations for stay in saariselka Also do we see northern lights here? If you could please help with these details it would be really grateful
I'm sorry, I wanted to scream "use the scarf right!" the whole time 😂 When it is cold like -25-45°c you have to let go of the cute aestethics and go for function. We should not see any skin of your throat. Jackets zipped up as high as you can, scarf around neck and infront of your face. You had much better look after the pub, more warm. Also tie hair up and keep it under hat and scarf/jacket. Hair can freeze and become hard, and it's not good for it. I believe it can snap into pieces. I like how you do the traditional things, and snow bathing takes some guts 💪 I hope you enjoy the stay!
Hahaha😂 that is good to know. We really love the sauna and snow rolling!! It makes us feel so good especially when we do it in Finland ❄️ thanks for watching :)
Sauna, snow and fireplace afterwards.... Very relaxing evening!
The perfect evening!! Thanks so much for watching :)
"Fun" fact, most wood houses in Finland are painted red. It's because houses used to be painted with a paint made of reddish clay(biproduct of mining iron) which made them red. And that tradition has continued to this day even though paint isn't made out of clay anymore.
Oh wow that is so fun!! Thanks for the information :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel other common color is yellow (the paint is otherwise the same but a different mineral in the soil used produces yellow color instead of red)
To add: red is mimicing bricks, because wood was seen as cheap material. Red color was also seen a bit redneckish and lower class, so people with more wealth, edu ation and social status used yellow paint, like the mansion where vicar used to live.
@sakatt41Heter Rödmylla i Finland, inte samma sak som Faluröd. Rödmylla Fe2O3·H2O(Järn(III)oxidhydroxid), Faluröd Fe2O3SiO2(Järn(III)oxid-kiseldioxid).
@sakatt41 No original place here. Falun of course is the biggest producer as the mine was biggest in Europe. But Falun red is more bright and little orange, because it comes from copper not from iron as most of the paints. And it isn't clay, but copper/iron shale that comes as a byproduct of ore.
7:49 Well then again, -11 degrees centigrade is not _that_ cold. Normal winter temperatures, even for southern Finland. Of course the windchill factor will amplify the feeling if it is windy. Hopefully you got to experience at least -20 later on during your stay!
Saariselkä (and Tampere) -22C today.
@pasiojala3227 Yes -22 today, but videos like these are usually published with a production delay of at least perhaps a week or two. This video was probably filmed in early December, already before Christmas. Jacob and Jenny have most likely left Finland already.
The wind is definitely what makes it feel very cold!! 🥶 thanks for watching friend!
@@JacobandJennyTravel There's an inversion going on and wind is pretty strong on top of the significantly colder stagnant air. Saariselkä is at higher elevation and close to this inversion boundary, windchill is probably pretty bad. At the Vuotso village 35km to south it's calm there but temperature is 10 degrees lower.
-11? I thought it was actually cold. 😄
It's been as cold as -28 here in southern central Finland this week. It's now -44 in Enontekiö, which is just about as north as Saariselkä...
Dipping in the snow during the sauna session is not only traditional fun, but it is also a very healthy for blood circulation. Your bodies will thank you. 😉
That totally makes sense!! We always feel sooo good after we do it! Thanks for watching friend :)
Welcome back to Finland. The feeling of after the sauna is something that cannot be properly described. it has to be experienced.
Thank you so much! We are happy to be back :) and we totally agree!!
I love Jenny’s enthusiasm about the snow. 😂
Btw, you’re so north in Finland that spruce trees don’t grow up there. If you look around you can notice that there’s only pine trees and birches growing.
Haha thank you friend!! Whoa that is so interesting, we didn't know that🌲
I started following you guys when you were in finland 2021. Now im glad you are here again! Kiitos ja tervetuloa suomeen :)
Wow that is amazing!! Thank you so much for following along friend :)
We agree, the snowflakes in Finland just are perfect. And the scenery with all the snow is so picturesque! We always admire when you do those snow rolls!
They are so perfect!! Hahaha we got addicted to them 🥶
I live nearby this airbnb so it’s pretty funny to watch these.
Hahaha!! What a pretty place to live!
Welcome back to Finland! I’m so glad you have enjoyed your stay here. Some sauna tips: (Maybe you know these already but oh well), You are usually supposed to have a quick shower before you go into sauna, sauna is a place where you go already clean. If the heat gets too much for Jenny she can sit on the lower bench. Lower benches are meant for Finnish kids and foreigners.😅 Also, sauna is a place for calm relaxation, 80 degrees Celsius is hot enough to start your sauna. And you can throw “löyly” slowly, little by little so the heat won’t get too hot too quickly and you can spend more time in there. Rule of thumb: If you’re not pink as a piglet when you come out then you didn’t get enough of the sauna.😊
That is all great to know!! Thank you friend :)
9:11 You know its really cold when the snow is sparkling
That is so interesting!! It was so sparkly haha! Thanks for watching :)
Its always great to see when foreigners enjoys visiting Finland. Thanks for the great content 🎉
It is a wonderful place!! Thanks for watching :)
Ivalo is nearest town, you should visit 35km+ north from Saariselkä. There is lot of stores etc :)
Now you can experience the coldest weather there too.
That is good to know!! Thanks for sharing friend 🥶☺️
you are great young people and nice to follow your travels! and welcome to Finland for the third time! 👍👍
This comment made us smile!! Thank you so much! We are so glad to be back 🇫🇮
I feel really honored that since Finland was one of your first countries you seem to feel so safe and homey in here, and ah, that just makes me so happy! I do hope you'll visit finland during the summer, especially in the midsummer (juhannus) when our nature is most lush, gorgeous and in bloom! (Also 7 euros for A beer?! Hopefully it was at least a 0,5 liter one since you can get one near my village for 5,80 euros!)
We do just love Finland so much! It is somewhere we always find ourselves wanting to go back to. We are hoping to make it back this summer too! Or fall to see the colors and northern lights! Thanks for watching friend ♥️
Pretty much the only thing I would NOT recommen is going to Lappland during the "räkkä"... meaning the worst mosquito time.
Cool thing about when it gets over -30 degrees celsius you can start feel your eyeballs freezing and eyelids freezing shut if you dont blink enough!
Oh man hahaha!! That is so crazy!👀
Thankyou for sharing this video. I'm going to Saariselkà in Dec and after watching this I really can't wait☃️xx
It is an amazing place!! Have the best time ☃️
Hilarious guys. Great video and looking to book for February 😂👍
Haha thank you so much!! Enjoy your trip ❄️
It's like fairytale. Have fun, guys❤
It really is like a real life fairytale!!❄️ Thank you ♥️
Wow ! You guys are so brave ! As a native I never go out to swim in the snow or lake. I think you both recognise that "after sauna feeling",
it´s so relaxed, casual feeling both inside and outside. In Finland we understand this already as child , my granma was born in sauna, it was not rare
by the time she was born 1897 . What a fine footage, waiting for more. Take care .
Wow that is such a cool story!! We did not know giving birth in a sauna was a thing haha!! Thanks for sharing that with us :) and yes! The after sauna feeling is so amazing!
Hey! It's nice to follow the adventures of the two of you and I'm happy to see you in my home country of Finland. It's funny that 90% of the videos are snow and cold, you rarely see people, but that's really the situation in the North. Come visit sometime in the summer, when it's +25 degrees here and people are clearly in a good mood after the miserable cold. I have to admit that I and many others go to visit foreign countries in the winter, not all Finns have it in their DNA to tolerate the cold. Greetings and take care :)
Yes we definitely want to come back in the summer and see it in a different light :) you take care as well friend! Thanks for watching!
Great videos! I'm from Finland but live in Canada now. It's so nice to watch these. Makes me home sick though. But I'm so happy to see how much you're enjoying your time there. ❤️
Finland and Canada are both such beautiful places! How wonderful you get to call them both home!♥️ Thanks for watching friend!
Up by utsjoki they have the northernmost liquor store and post office in the EU and the northernmost rock i think? And kirkenes, which is like a little finnish town in Norway by the sea. I did a vacation with Aurora Holidays and it was so incredible up there in the very North!
Oh wow so cool!! We will have to make it up there one day. Thanks for the information :)
If you were here this week, good luck !!! Sunday was probably the warmest, Monday about the same but Tuesday onwards has been absolutely bitter. Wind chills in the mid -30c, I think it hit -40 once. Absolutely frigid and quick tip, mittens are much warmer than gloves by a lot and also your scarves were being worn incorrectly. They should be put above the nose barely under your eyes and then tied around the back. In these temps, zero skin should be exposed minus your eyes! I was there Monday/Tuesday (in Rovaniemi but I looked at Saariselka weather and it was about the same, if not much colder due to the lower wind chill) and dressed correctly I was still freezing! Good luck lol!!
Thanks for the information!! The wind definitely makes it feel a lot colder 🥶
If you dig yourself into snow it warms you. Soldiers used to do that in the winter war.
Wow that is so interesting! Thanks for sharing :)
I like snowy
Us too❄️ thanks for watching friend!!
Oh man, idk if you heard but there's RECORD LOW temperatures in Finland and other Nordic countries this week. 😳 And you happened to visit Finland for vacation when this happens. 😬
Stay warm!!!
Not record low. Winter 1984-1985 it was much colder when the temperature in Southern Finland dropped below -40 centigrades for two weeks and in Salla the temperature was below -50 centigrades.
@@LeifAnderssohn Ok, got it. I've read in the news that there's records low temperature in Sweden and Finland (minus 40 °C/°F). It's Sweden record low in the last 25 years.
Wow that is crazy!! It is definitely the coldest we have ever felt lol! Thanks for watching friend :)
@@criss6945 It hasn't been record breaking cold in Finland, outside Northwest "arm" between Sweden and Norway temps haven't breached -40C. Last time -40C in anywhere Finland happened 3 years ago. But in southern/middle Finland it has been unusually cold, they don't often see -30C and more.
Hahahahaaaaaaa 😂😂😂😂😂 Love u guys!!!!!
Enjoy the -40 C and 1 meter snow! And 2 hours of daylight 😂😂😂😂😂
Just wait a few months and you have summer for a month 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Thanks friend ♥️♥️ hahaha ❄️ we are enjoying the snow but summer sounds great too! 🌞
I'm glad to see you guys enjoying the snow and sauna combination. You'd probably be surprised that swimming in a frozen lake (ice hole) feels actually a more gentle way to enjoy the sauna. The below zero snow almost feels painful and almost like a burning sensation in comparison. Spending a minute shoulders deep in the lake and having a sauna gives a definitive endorphin rush. Also, from 60°C to 80° is a perfect time to get the moist warmth while having a cold one before taking the first plunge. 😉👍
That is awesome! We got to do a sauna and the swim in the ocean in Iceland and Norway, and we will be doing it soon again in Helsinki! We can't wait! Thanks for your comment :)
Nice ! And greeting´s from Uusikaupunki in west coast in Finland. ♥♥♥
Thank you so much friend!!♥️
Local pro move is to use wrong end of a broom to gauge how deep snow is close to the sauna! Then just jump head on ukemi to the deep snow! That's like the best thing ever :D
That sounds so awesome!! We will do that next time 🙌🏼 thanks for the tip :)
I have two must to visit restaurants in Saariselkä. Pirkon Pirtti and Laanilan Kievari.
That is great! Thank you so much for the recommendation :)
😋Currently eating tuna with mustard😛You learnd me!🥰
Hahaha that is so amazing!! Tuna and mustard is the best 🙌🏼 cheers friend!
Go Jacob! Not many Finns can stay in the snow like that. Or at least like to! Very "cool".
I live in an apartment building in a town, where we have our own sauna in the apartment, but no easy access to snow. Instead when there's clean snow outside we carry a large bucket of it into the sauna, and just throw it on ourselves or whatever. It does not melt all that fast, especially if you keep the bucket on the lowest bench of the sauna. A good "backup" way of doing snow treatment.
Thanks friend!! Haha that is awesome! We will have to give that a try next time we are in Finland! Thanks for sharing!
Tube bandanas are very versatile, i have one around my neck and when i need extra layer for my face, it is easy to pull. It also allows to open the jacket a bit when it gets too hot without exposing throat. Getting too hot is common problem, when you stand still it is totally different from doing something.. and you need something for both. I never leave home without one these days. Tiny piece of fabric but so freaking handy.
That is so great to know! Thank you for the information :)
Saariselkä "town" or village is made for tourists, skiers and hikers, there are very few permanent residents there. The nearest real town is Ivalo, the center of Inari municipality.
That makes sense!! Thanks for the information :)
-35 today at western part of Finland and it's coming up north. So be ready for that... 😂
That is so cold!! Haha! It is time to bundle up! Thanks for the heads up :)
I'm way more south (some 11 hours - or so - on a car) and three days ago when this video came out I had 7 layers of all the kinds of pants on when waking the dogs..
Hahaha!! It is so cold 🥶 thanks for watching!
Snow chrystals has more shapes during cold times. Thats one reason they seems nice - and sounds more when walking in -30 compared to -5 celsius. In cold those many little parts of flakes breaks underfoot and shatter. At milder temperatures, there are fewer and weaker parts of snow flakes, and when approaching zero, the pressure underfoot gets some of chrystal parts melted and reduces crunching sounds still more.
Ahh that makes sense!! The snow was so beautiful and soft! Thanks for the information friend :)
Not gonna lie, this winter indeed has been cold. Like where i live, we are getting -25 celsius here. And we are living close Pori...
Which is 983 kilometers (611 miles) south of Saariselkä.
It is so cold!! 🥶 That is crazy!! Thanks for watching friend!
Oh wow it was only -11C. I for sure thought it was much colder because of the way you spoke about the coldness 😂
I think it felt a lot colder because of the wind!😂
You got the green toddler mustard again! 🤣
Hahaha! Ok our airbnb had the red one and we actually ended up using that and liking it a lot more!!
There’s a disturb in Polar vortex and it spewed the arctic cold air to Nordic countries, so it has been extremely cold everywhere in Finland.
Oh wow that is so interesting!! Thanks for sharing that information :)
Yeah, it's a global weather anomaly, in a sense that at at least a couple of days ago from the time I'm writing this, Finland and Scandinavia was the *only* region in the world that was colder than average. All the rest showed as warmer than average on the map. In my home town it was -36°C, which was the coldest that I have ever experienced if my memory serves me right.
@@JacobandJennyTravel They say coldest winter temperatures in about 20 years or so.
Get glove liners, make your hands super toasty and you can operate the camera. You have gotta come here in the summer. Your minds will be blown.
That is great to know!! Thanks for the advice :) we definitely want to come in the summer soon🌞
I just had to do a bit of searching! That pub is definitely not most northern one. Utsjoki is Europe´s northernmost municipality (about 200km to north from Saariselkä) and there´s a pub there :)
That is so interesting!! Thanks for the information :)
How do I explain this... Put the scarf on you backwards. Put the middle part on your face just above your nose, under your eyes, wrap it behind your neck and tie it in front. That way it stays nicely on your face and protects it from cold.
That is very helpful! Thank you friend :)
Haha you two are such good value .. Aussie slang .. loved all that sparkling snow .. gorgeous.. you guys always put a smile on my dial 😁☃️🥰
Hahaha thank you Vicki!!♥️♥️ And now we know some Aussie slang 🙌🏼
When the temperature gets low enough the snow starts sparkling a lot from moon light or artificial light.
Tomorrow, 4th of January, the temperature in Ivalo will be -25° C
today in Kuopio -32° C
about 800km south from ivalo..
That is soooo cold 🥶 thanks for watching friend!
today -36
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Remeber on layering clothing to not put too many socks to your boots as it is the air that keeps them insulated and if you put them too tight there cant be any air, same goes to all layering :) Merino wool next to skin, t shirt over that some air trapping clothing and then jacket and pants to combat wind :) Sometimes less can be more :) Bet you knew these but someone else can find this info useful aswell. Btw courious to know what made Finland your first place to visit?
That kind of information is always helpful :) and we really wanted to go to Lapland for the snow, and northern lights! It was always on a bucket list. And now we can’t stop coming 😍❄️ thanks for your comment friend!
I had so much fun to watch your video 😂 I love your style to do videos ❤ You're welcome to Finland ❤ You should visit Koli (Lieksa) sometimes
This comment made us smile!! Thank you so much friend ♥️ we will look that up!!
I do the same thing warming up the sauna and sit in it. I do that after I am done and it is all dry. Oh dressing tip when putting on your snow boots unzip your pants, makes it easier to maneuver then zip everything up.
Wow that is great to know!! Thanks for the tip :)
The Holiday Club hotel in saariselkä has a spa & pool, good fun in a cold day
That is good to know! Thanks for sharing :)
Good rule of thumb for sauna is to sit there and NOT throw any water until you are sweating. Try to relax and take it easy in the sauna. If the sauna is big enough it is also nice to lay down there
That is great to know!! Thanks for sharing :)
I've never, ever heard of this rule before. In fact, if you have a real woostove in the sauna, the first "löyly" is tossed on the stones before you ever prepare to actually get undressed and bathe. It's called "häkälöyly", or, free translation, the "carbon monoxide steam". It doesn't really remove the CO from the air, but clears the possible smoke a bit.
Also, it isn't supposed to be dry heat, and a few ladles of water are intentionally put on the stove a few moments before you intend to go in. There are different schools of thought on whether you should wet your body and hair before going to the hot room or not, but it's generally a matter of preferences. In the summer, you might swim first and only then go to the heat.
There might be some justification for not throwing the water on there before you're sweating, but really, it isn't a sauna if you don't do that. It's a generic hot room. The steam, löyly, literally is the spirit (the same word in Finnish for spirit and breath, "henki") of the sauna. Without it, it isn't what it's meant to be, both in the physical sense, and the original spiritual sense.
This, from a born and raised Finn who has done some serious delving into the old traditions, spiritual concepts, beliefs, and mentality that go into the cultural traditions of old.
There are shoes for this type of weather and they are called snow boots Demar Caribou PRO 😁
That is great to know! Thanks for the information :)
Remember that you always wet and wash your whole body before going to the sauna.
We always go to the sauna clean because it is a holy place.
In the olden days, births were given in the sauna and the dead were also washed.
Its great that you like Finland and Finnish culture! 👍😍
Wow that is so interesting!! We love Finland and it's culture! Thanks for watching :)
I really enjoyed watching this video! Have you seen Finland in summertime? If you haven't come and experience the magic, please?
We are so glad you enjoyed it!! We are hoping to make it to Finland this summer 🙌🏼 thanks so much for watching friend!
Good exercise is doing a little snow work and clearing the yard of snow
That does sound like good exercise haha!! Thanks for watching :)
Finally you are back!! 😄 it's been freezing cold lately..
We are so happy to be back!! It is so cold 🥶
Imagine accidentally locking yourself out when you are rolling in the snow.. ;) Better be careful with the door...
Hahaha that would be so terrible 🥶😂
@JacobandJennyTravel There's an old Finnish Saab TV commercial from the 1980s on the topic. Guys lock themselves out, but luckily their Saab is in front of the sauna (with keys in ignition), so they go inside and turn on the motor and heat, and the fun continues.. The title on RUclips is "Saab mainos sauna".
so the basic rule is if it snows, it's not cold.if it snows it means there's clouds which means "warmer" temperatures. when it gets really cold, the sky is always clear.
That is so interesting, we always feel like it isn't too cold when it is snowing and not windy! Thanks for your comment :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel also you can tell by the sound the snow makes.. i'm sure you've noticed by now..
That's barely snowing. You should see what it's like when it's actually snowing hard! 😉
Hahah you are right❄️ thanks for watching!!
Nice! I think when you were in Rovaniemi and later Levi, many Finns recommended you to visit Saariselkä and now you got there! I have been there only in summer and autumn when the place looks quite different :)
I saw from the forecast that in friday there will be even -27°C in Saariselkä. I of course don't know if you are still there and when this video was recorded.
It's quite cold here south at the moment too, almost -20°C, but fortunately it will be warmer next week.
Yes you are right!! And we want to come back in the autumn. Is there lots of autumn color with the leaves changing?
@@JacobandJennyTravel yes a lot! I have understood that statistically the best time for seeing the autumn colors at their best is the second week of September.
@@JacobandJennyTravel ^ Meaning there in northern parts of Lapland.
Glad you tried the sauna. Aquired taste, but I'm sure you can see the potential when it's freezing cold outside and you've been spending time outside say, skiing.
We definitely see the appeal! And we love how it soothes our muscles after a cold day of activities! Thanks for watching :)
You should have a good parka/down jacket with big hood. The hood will protect your face from frost bites if it is really cold.
You should not use those gloves. You should use mittens like Hestra Hali ski mittens. They are super warm and won’t get wet from snow. Underneath those mittens you could have Hestra merino wool touch liners. They are thin and you can easily operate your camera gear or your phones.
We definitely need those mittens!! Cheers friend :)
You should have a shower and also wet your hair/head before going to the sauna. It's both for keeping the sauna clean and your body to not overheat. And then you don't have to scream how hot it is, because it's much more comfortable when your body is wet 😅
That is good to know! We will do that next time. Thanks for the information :)
It is because of the Gulf stream, why it is more moderate temperatures on the coast of Norway, even if it was more north than Saariselkä. Winters are infamously harsh and brutal in northern Lapland+ due to Polar Night, when the Sun wont go up at all.
That makes sense!! Thank you for your comment :)
You wanna get genuine leather gloves with fur on the inside to keep your fingers warm. When your fingers are together they warm each other and the leather keeps wind away :)
That makes sense!! Thanks for the tip :)
You guys are crazy, in a fun way. 😂. That rolling in the snow doesn’t intrigue me. Haha. But you have fun and enjoy it. Don’t lock yourself out of your room. 🥶❄️☃️💗
Hahaha🤪😂 oh man, if we locked ourselves out we would be sooo cold🥶
You are so lovely couple! Just a little hint! No snow roll, just jump into 50cm snow layer and enjoy! :D
Thank you so much friend :) that sounds awesome!!
Have to say that 95 degrees in that small sauna with electric heater sound too hot even for Finn 😁 you should try temps from 60 and higher so you know when it’s good for you.
That is good to know!! I was struggling but Jacob was loving it haha! Thanks for watching! Cheers friend :)
I´m happy that you have enjoyed yourself here in Finland. Next time you should try really exotic, challenging and lively cities like Kemi, Kokkola and Raahe. Maintaining positivity and surviving in those cities usually requires a lot of luck and humor. Those cities are only for the really brave ones. 🤔🙏
Finland is always our favorite! Hahaha we will have to keep those cities in mind!!🧐 Thanks for the recommendations!
You probably didn't know, but the Finnish Snowflake Ministry cooperates with Finnair. When refueling Finnair's planes, some kind of secret extract is added in winter, which makes the snowflakes durable and beautiful. Did you have fun in the snow? At least I got a good laugh, thank you guys, for that.
Oh wow that is so interesting! We had a great time in the snow. We are glad you enjoyed our video🇫🇮 thanks so much for watching!
There were northern lights at least in Levi last night- hope you got to see them in Saariselkä as well! 🙂
We were looking for them but never got to see them 🥲 hopefully another day!!🙌🏼
Extreme heat followed by extreme cold is good for your health while getting you high and relaxed. Three rounds is considered the ultimate. The human body requires temperature changes, not a constant 21°C as many of us live today.
We always feel so good after going from hot to cold! Thanks for the information :)
To be honest, you don't look like weirdos, you pretty much look and act like locals! You can do Lapland on a budget. Airbnb, grocery stores, enjoy outdoors.
We are really happy to hear that! We try to be like locals as much as possible wherever we go! Thanks friend :)
Why on earth would anyone go to Arctic in winter. To avoid the mosquitoes? News flash, there is a time in Lapland when there is no snow and it is not cold. I know, it is sometimes hard to find.
Hahaha we actually really wanted to be in a lot of snow! It is a novelty to us (we are from the desert). Thanks for watching friend :)
Hello from Finland, this week we have over -30
Hi friend!! It is so cold 🥶 thanks for watching!!
Maybe go out one at the time when rolling in the snow because if you’d get locked out, well… 😅
Yeah that would be very unfortunate hahah! Thankfully that door is actually extremely hard to lock so we never had that problem 🙌🏼 thanks for watching friend :)
Did the air b&b have any fire building instructions or house book available? Did you know to open the "pelti", the air vent on the flue so that you are not smoking yourself inside / getting carbon monoxide poisoning?
Yes we did know to open it :) it would be terrible to have all the smoke coming into the house haha! Thanks for watching!
Did you actually have to lock the door with the key? That is really rare in Finland. Abloy locks usually has a button in the lock mechanism. If you push it up the door stays locked and if the button is down then the door stays unlocked. Alternatively the door always locks and you just need the key always.
Yes it was actually quite difficult to lock haha! That is so interesting though, we did not know that about doors in Finland! Thanks for the information :)
Cold & hot doing nothing. Except maybe drinking. You catched all the best of finnish lifestyle in one of the coldest winters in Finland.
We are happy to hear that!! Thanks for watching :)
Saariselkä might be the most northest ski resort in the world. There isn't anything else above it except north pole😂
You have done some rookie mistakes which people have corrected in the chat. Cold is not something you want to mess around, it's serious. It can harm you in minutes and can leave you to dangerous situations very quickly. Cold is like fire, it looks pretty, but it burns.
That is so interesting!! Thankfully we have snow rolled many times before and knew what we were getting into, and our door doesn't lock automatically 🙌🏼 thanks so much for your concern friend :)
It is good for your health to go in from the sauna to a snow project or a hole in the water!
We always feel so good after we do it!!
Wind speed is over 10 m/s and temperature - 21C. That feels the same as - 35C in calm weather.
That totally makes sense!! Thanks for watching :)
Actually Norway has the most northernmost things and locations, but one thing I know for fact Finland has northernmost freeway in the world. Btw I visited Inari/Saariselkä just couple months ago, love it in Lapland, so serene.
That is so interesting!! Thats amazing, it is such a wonderful place :) thanks for watching!
2:00 Thats a bad mistake. If it really is that cold you should not cover your mouth/nose because of your breath will make the scarf wet and it'll most definitely freeze and then you cant even use it to comfortably cover your neck.
Yes that was a struggle hahaha
4:02 reminds me of "look at all those chickens" video 😂
Hahahaha 😂
Youre having "kiuas" setting too hot. Thats not good to use it so red. Dial it down a little and make it like 80 celsius max. Electric is harder to make good.
That is good to know! Thanks for the information :)
Snow hanging on trees is "tykky" or "tykkylumi" in Finnish. As far as I know, Finnish has about 40 words of different kinds of snow. Inuits have 52 or so. I bet the various swear words weren't counted. 😅
Oh wow that is so interesting!! Hahaha!! 😂 Thanks for watching!
It's definitely safe to grill sausage in the fire even with fire starter
I've even cooked a sausage in the exhaust of a forwarder and still alive
That is great to know!! Thanks for the information :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel When you wait for the fire to go into red hot embers that is a good time to make the sausage. It doesn't burn as easily (fire burns it easy) also doesn't get black from the smoke. It just cooks nicely and the heat produced is very clean at that stage.
You are in the same cabin as my family and i were last year 😊
That is so cool! It is so cozy!
@@JacobandJennyTravel did you see the northern lights yet? there are some apps that can give you northern lights forcasts and an app that notifies you when there are live northern lights sightings in the area. we had the luck to see the northern lights on the evening of 25. December.
7:27 Those are tourists who have rented clothes on them. Also, the sauna was too hot., around 80-85C is normal. Also, what kind of place have you rented? There is something wrong with the electricity circuit if sauna disconnects other heating from the house
Yeah I am not sure why that happens but the owners told us it would happen! So weird! Thanks for your comment :)
You sure picked a cold week
Hahaha🥶 it is time to bundle up!! Thanks for watching!
Can u please provide some recommendations for stay in saariselka
Also do we see northern lights here?
If you could please help with these details it would be really grateful
We stayed in an airbnb because it was cheaper, but the Holiday Club there looked like a great hotel :) enjoy!
-11 degrees C? Literal baby numbers!
Just recently, the temperature dropped to whooping -39*C!
That is quite cold 🥶 thank you for watching!!
-11 degrees isnt that bad, for example about a week ago it was -40 degrees.
Yes that is sooo much colder! 🥶
You surely know that the idea of the sauna is to throw water on the "stove" (kiuas)?
The human body adapts to cold. Therefore, it is more painful for you than for accustomed winter bathers
That makes sense!! Thanks for watching :)
I'm sorry, I wanted to scream "use the scarf right!" the whole time 😂 When it is cold like -25-45°c you have to let go of the cute aestethics and go for function. We should not see any skin of your throat. Jackets zipped up as high as you can, scarf around neck and infront of your face. You had much better look after the pub, more warm. Also tie hair up and keep it under hat and scarf/jacket. Hair can freeze and become hard, and it's not good for it. I believe it can snap into pieces.
I like how you do the traditional things, and snow bathing takes some guts 💪 I hope you enjoy the stay!
Hahaha😂 that is good to know. We really love the sauna and snow rolling!! It makes us feel so good especially when we do it in Finland ❄️ thanks for watching :)
Nice trick: go under a small tree covered of snow. Kick the tree. Enjoy a private snowfall.
That is awesome ❄️ thanks for the trick⛄️