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Комментарии • 508

  • @Ba_Yegu
    @Ba_Yegu 4 года назад +443

    Finn: I so hate it when the Government and Healthcare demands to keep up the social distancing rule of two meters during the Covid.
    I miss the normal five.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +29

      😂😂

    • @raineja
      @raineja 4 года назад +1

      🤣

    • @savvantaur
      @savvantaur 4 года назад +1

      😂😂🤣🤣 When I saw this text, I was about to die of laughter.

    • @wudruffwildcard252
      @wudruffwildcard252 4 года назад +1

      Dude did you even watch this video? It was kilometers, kilometers, not meters! 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @savvantaur
      @savvantaur 4 года назад +1

      @@wudruffwildcard252 That was the fun: The government forces people to be 2 meters close, even if people want to be a kilometer away from another person.

  • @pexster1988
    @pexster1988 4 года назад +166

    The one guy wearing hat is Finnish national hero Kimi Räikkönen. He's pretty famous - most famous F1 driver in the World. :D

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +9

      I’ve seen a couple of clips of him driving off road. It was intense lol

    • @pexster1988
      @pexster1988 4 года назад

      @@WildwoodVagabond Gogle Kimi or Raikkonen. He is popular! :D

    • @pexster1988
      @pexster1988 4 года назад

      @@WildwoodVagabond See Leijonien jääkiekon kultajuhlat 2011

    • @pexster1988
      @pexster1988 4 года назад +2

      @@WildwoodVagabond Last Ferrari F1 World Championship was by Kimi Matias Räikkönen from Espoo, Finland. :D

    • @pexster1988
      @pexster1988 4 года назад

      Check Finland ball. Ball meme is funny.

  • @villevaljakka6787
    @villevaljakka6787 4 года назад +37

    When my mom was in New York, somebody asked her where's she's from, the conversation went like
    "Where are you from?"
    "Finland"
    "Ireland?"
    "Finland"
    "Where's that?"
    "Europe"
    "Texas?"

  • @iirovaltonen4258
    @iirovaltonen4258 4 года назад +118

    Suit is maa as in playing cards. Suit as a suit is puku.

  • @WildwoodVagabond
    @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +29

    Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed this week’s video!! If you have any video request or ideas feel free to share them! Love you all ❤️
    SIDE NOTE: I’ve gotten several comments about me saying “Cold War” when indeed it was the “winter war”. It was a little mistake with the word. I know it was the winter war but I associate winter with cold so I got the words mixed up in the moment.

    • @Jangolfin
      @Jangolfin 4 года назад

      Thank you for video of the week! :) One Idea, how you and your husby might react for 20 Funniest Finnish Expressions: matadornetwork.com/life/20-funniest-finnish-expressions-use/ Ja sitten suomeksi: Kiitos paljon viikon videosta! :) Idea, kuinka sinä ja siun miehes reagoivat 20 hassuimpaan suomalaiseen sanontaan:

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      Jangolfin Photography
      Thank you!

  • @SUBTT67
    @SUBTT67 4 года назад +70

    I’ve seen one: during this Corona epidemic it is hard to keep required 2 meter distances when normally we have 5 meters.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +5

      Haha that’s a good one!

    • @hvnsl
      @hvnsl 2 года назад +3

      Nononono, actually it's 1km

  • @Songfugel
    @Songfugel 4 года назад +200

    Corona virus pandemic, or as I like to call it, Finland Simulator

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +6

      Haha 😄😂

    • @DoctorDike
      @DoctorDike 4 года назад

      Miksi?

    • @Songfugel
      @Songfugel 4 года назад +2

      @@DoctorDike Because of the social distancing

    • @KaBr1969
      @KaBr1969 4 года назад

      in simulator no one get sick...

    • @joelallonen5501
      @joelallonen5501 3 года назад

      this stupid simulation has all bars closed :S

  • @jannehietavirta9744
    @jannehietavirta9744 2 года назад +1

    6:46 because language chances over time and some of those aren't from the finnish language. Example: Sodankylä (war's village) the word for river in saami is: soa, but to the finnish settelers it sounded like sota (war) so what started as Rivervilage turned to War's village.

  • @teresa-3489
    @teresa-3489 4 года назад +31

    my experience when i have visited finland is that if i start talking to a stranger they are a little surprised but then they talk and are nice

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +5

      Teresa H
      I had the same experience!

    • @TheAzynder
      @TheAzynder 4 года назад +17

      Shh, don't blow our cover, we have worked very hard on it :)=

    • @teresa-3489
      @teresa-3489 4 года назад +1

      @@TheAzynder 😂😂

    • @nathan2813
      @nathan2813 4 года назад +1

      Is talking to a stranger a misdemeanor (minor crime) or a felony (serious crime) in Finland?? :oD

    • @teresa-3489
      @teresa-3489 4 года назад +3

      @@nathan2813 it is almost a minor crime😆

  • @kitcat2449
    @kitcat2449 4 года назад +7

    I remember playing online games when I was younger (habbo hotel for example) and accidentally moving next to someone was the most awkward thing for me even though it was just a game lol

  • @mikrokupu
    @mikrokupu 4 года назад +3

    An American nightmare in Finland: It looks Finns typically avoid small talk if possible. And when it seems to be working and you ask How Are You, the Finn tells how his day REALLY was. And how it was yesterday :)

  • @jenniruohonen8675
    @jenniruohonen8675 4 года назад +49

    Also... Cottage cheese is Moomin minced meat. 😂

  • @helenakoivisto4459
    @helenakoivisto4459 4 года назад +9

    What a funny video. Quite a few things are true. It's nice to be quiet with friends.

  • @jkoiranen
    @jkoiranen 4 года назад +2

    This was a nice video. I didn't know half of those memes, but I can easily relate to them. Lumilapio to you too!

  • @terotommola768
    @terotommola768 4 года назад +4

    This is the story I heard why some places are named that funny/gross way: Back in the day the Swedes ruled Finland, and they sent mappers over. Not everyone took kindly to this, and when they were asked the name of the place, they gave silly ass names to the mappers.
    And they stuck.
    I dunno, but it sounds like it could be true xD

  • @susanna1258
    @susanna1258 4 года назад +13

    This was so spot on and yes, we in Finland are almost living as before, with this covid-19, the social distancing comes naturally to some of us at least, but then there are still ppl that take it really hard actually and have problems with coping with it :(

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +3

      I think that even though it’s normal for most Finns to keep distance it can be hard on them because we as humans are social creatures and thrive with social interaction. This whole situation has been hard for many people here too. It will be nice when we can get back to normal, but here in the US (according to the news) it’s still not under control. Thanks for your comment. Take care ☺️

  • @farouq7107
    @farouq7107 4 года назад +34

    7:54 Of course Finland exist. Australia on the other hand, we know it doesn’t exist

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      😂

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 3 года назад

      Wish the Soviets fell for that theory eighty years ago.

  • @enniervasti2233
    @enniervasti2233 4 года назад +9

    I'm from Finland and I had never even heard of that Moomin and mozzarella thing before. I highly doupt that it was not made by a Finnish person

    • @suskiitsu9554
      @suskiitsu9554 2 года назад +2

      Kyl tosi moni tietää ton muumiliha jutun :D

    • @enniervasti2233
      @enniervasti2233 2 года назад

      @@suskiitsu9554 Aijaa. No ei ainakaan mun korviin ollu ehtiny kantautua. Se kun luulee olevansa tosi perillä asioista, mut eipä sit ookaan :))

    • @ninniv.5615
      @ninniv.5615 4 месяца назад

      Itelle suomalaisena ei oo ainakaan tullu kovin monesti vastaan. Ehkä on sitte valikoiva kuulo kun jääny paremmin mieleen se toteamus että muumeilla ei oo peräreikää... 😂

  • @nathan2813
    @nathan2813 4 года назад +12

    LOL, "So whatever you do, STAY AWAY FROM PERVONTIE!!" (Pervert's Road) :oD

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      😂😂

    • @olivial5142
      @olivial5142 4 года назад

      😂😂

    • @BonedollPlays
      @BonedollPlays 4 года назад

      There is also a road called Paska-avenue (Shit avenue) in a town called Karstula. You might wanna check the history of that for a bit of finnish humour.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 3 года назад +1

      That is unless you're feeling particularly adventurous.

  • @TheAzynder
    @TheAzynder 4 года назад +23

    I was confounded, confused and somewhat angered by the suit.
    Turns out it's a card suit and that is indeed maa.
    You learn new stuff everyday, it's why I love life :)=
    Good tidings.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +2

      TheAzynder
      Haha 😄 so true! Have a great weekend!

    • @nathan2813
      @nathan2813 4 года назад +1

      When I was in grade school (back in the dark ages) I probably would have KILLED myself if I knew learning would one day be FUN!! :oO :oD

  • @MustaLaatta
    @MustaLaatta 4 года назад +15

    I'll comment other meems later (I think). but that 1000 pack of beer was sold at the same day it arrived and for that prize the shop delivered it to customer - without charge 😄😄

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      Suo Kuokka
      Wow! Seriously?! 😄

    • @MustaLaatta
      @MustaLaatta 4 года назад +3

      ​@@WildwoodVagabond xtremely so - buyer was some IT programming Company's publicity stunt - and they sure got it, LOL But don't worry I still think it was not poured in drain... and1000x0.15 cent = 150€ those cans pledge value.. I would have returned every single one! That's the beauty of local recycling

    • @sirsnufflepuff
      @sirsnufflepuff 4 года назад +2

      Yep, I can verify it as well. My friend works in that IT company, he posted pics of it at the time. Their office was very close by, so they just kind of wheeled it in there :'D No more need to go buy drinks for after-work pizza parties!

    • @MustaLaatta
      @MustaLaatta 4 года назад

      @@sirsnufflepuff Veery long sauna meetings...

    • @perttikroger5367
      @perttikroger5367 4 года назад

      Here I am, watching random RUclips, and then I run into The Ghost of May Days Past. I bought one. There were several, but only one at that store (not the store pictured, obviously, as it has two). It was for an IT company, and I think the other ones sold were too. Our company was in the same building complex as the store, so we just rolled it over on a pallet jack.
      Oh, and this did get me on the front page of Reddit for a while, so I guess that's one thing off the old bucket list.

  • @0Quiwi0
    @0Quiwi0 4 года назад +4

    Yes. We don't want to bother other people, so we don't start a conversation that often unless we are drunk. If you start a conversation we can get pretty chatty

  • @dudesome69
    @dudesome69 4 года назад +51

    Some legend says that the vulgar names for places come from the times when Finland belong to Russia and the representers of the Tsar roamed around the the Finland to check up on their property. When asked what is the name of the place, Finns came up with the most taunting names just to screw around with the russians. Eventually the names stuck because they were written down on official papers.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +5

      Haha well that would be pretty cool!

    • @valleyofk.yu.s.s.inmyhead8359
      @valleyofk.yu.s.s.inmyhead8359 3 года назад

      Um...
      But that/it isn't so.
      Those are mostly Very ancient places.
      Russia didn't even had "formed" yet.
      But first russian city, Novgorod, was "made" once with three "kings".
      One of those was actually finnish.
      Even -as all know?- Finland didn't even exist then.
      Weird fact.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 3 года назад

      There's a place in Southern Botnia called Vittula, should've included that on the list...

    • @tosijjaan
      @tosijjaan Год назад

      ​@@mikitz Koirankyrpäoja is better

  • @Caldera01
    @Caldera01 4 года назад +25

    You know, there's a place in Turku called Pallivaha, or "Balls wax".

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      Hahaha no I didn’t 😄

    • @akipetrus
      @akipetrus 3 года назад +1

      Yes it's true, i use to live right near pallivaha. There's also a place named "Lihasula" and that's melted meat in English. Or something like that....

  • @TANELINY
    @TANELINY 4 года назад +29

    Well Rachel, you forgot to mention, that never try to compete with a Finn in a Sauna competition. Cause a Russian dude once tried, and now he is dead!!!!

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      Taneli Nyberg haha 😂

    • @cayenigma
      @cayenigma 4 года назад +10

      Yeah, I do not think that´s funny, because it actually happened

    • @TwitteryErmine
      @TwitteryErmine 4 года назад

      Timppa saunoo!

    • @adansmith5299
      @adansmith5299 4 года назад +3

      @@cayenigma Apologies, joke officer, we will refrain in the future. Do you need my licence and registration while you're here?

    • @cayenigma
      @cayenigma 4 года назад +2

      @@adansmith5299 I´ll let you go off with a warning, this time XD

  • @Repsikka
    @Repsikka 4 года назад +14

    My friend's older brother told her when she was a child that cottage cheese was Moomin minced meat

  • @r.h.7633
    @r.h.7633 2 года назад +1

    WOW, I'm impressed of your finnish, oh my god. How did you do that. BTW, these memes are so accurate and so true, it's exactly the same in Estonia. Welcome to Estonia.

  • @emmallemiettinen6992
    @emmallemiettinen6992 3 года назад +1

    Im from Finland! 🇫🇮

  • @SnibediSnabs
    @SnibediSnabs 4 года назад +3

    4:15 for the record, suit = maa is only in the context of the suits of a card deck (Spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds). The kind of suit that you put on with a tie and all that is "puku."

  • @nathan2813
    @nathan2813 4 года назад +19

    Theory as to why Finland has so many towns with obscene names: the early explorers that were assigned the job of setting up and naming the towns were getting payback against their supervisors for sending them to such a cold, dark, miserable place!! :oO :oD

    • @SK-nw4ig
      @SK-nw4ig 4 года назад +7

      Also they sent educated young college people to put place names on maps. Many country folk just decided to troll them, and told them stupid and provocative names.

    • @xotube2206
      @xotube2206 4 года назад +1

      @@SK-nw4ig I wonder what the story behind Murhasaari is, Murder Island.. ;-)

    • @terhitormanen
      @terhitormanen 4 года назад +2

      One other thing is that when there was e.g. a swamp or a marsh that was very difficult to cross or get around they would give it a bad name (like s..t something). Same if the a lake or a pond didn't have lots of fish or it had lots of rocks or some ancient fisher-hunter had something bad or difficult happen to him there, he would give it an appropriate name ("p...a lampi" etc.)

  • @hvnsl
    @hvnsl 2 года назад +2

    10:57 I have the book and trust me, you need to read it before you travel to Finland. (There are two parts and they're both called Finnish Nightmares)

  • @omnietyy
    @omnietyy 4 года назад +5

    5:14 For you curious souls out there, number 7 is Neekerisaari. I’ll let you translate that yourself.

    • @BonedollPlays
      @BonedollPlays 4 года назад

      There was a debate of the name not long ago. I think they kept the name.

    • @Anacone
      @Anacone 3 года назад

      Too bad Neekerinsuukko was banned.

  • @Norpal
    @Norpal 4 года назад +5

    I actually live just a couple miles from Pervontie. Turns out it's just your little run-of-the-mill strip of road in a quaint little suburb.

  • @annbellgrau
    @annbellgrau 4 года назад +37

    Those place names were mild, there are actually so many places in Finland with names that are so inappropriate you could never show them in your video😁

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +3

      Really!? Wow? 😄

    • @MustaLaatta
      @MustaLaatta 4 года назад +6

      @@WildwoodVagabond Really, found an interesting aritcle of those names, if u have tendency to blush, don't read the list too intensive... www.foreigner.fi/articulo/tourism/would-you-dare-to-swim-in-lake-paskalampi-read-about-the-strangest-toponyms-of-finland/20190215162017001342.html

    • @nathan2813
      @nathan2813 4 года назад +1

      The worst town name in the U.S. I know of is French Lick, Indiana!! :oO :oD

    • @SK-nw4ig
      @SK-nw4ig 4 года назад +1

      There is also a town called Blue ball in the US.

    • @weapea
      @weapea 4 года назад +1

      There are places like "venäjä" (russia) and others oddly named places in Finland!

  • @nathan2813
    @nathan2813 4 года назад +4

    Hahaha! Your chipmunk voice is ADORABLE!! :oD

  • @Idefixu
    @Idefixu 4 года назад +3

    Last summer in Helsinki Kaisaniemi weather station, half a mile from where I live, all time high temperature was recorded, 33,2C about 92-93F. That's not the all time high in Finland though. I think it's 37C, not absolutely sure. So it's not cold and rainy every summer.

  • @terhitormanen
    @terhitormanen 4 года назад +3

    The town name Kolari actually originates from the last name Kolari. There was a man named Pekka Kolari who moved from Savo to Lapland to a place that is now called Kolari in 1587 (mentioned in some old tax book). The word itself comes from an old, medieval Swedish word 'kolare' that means a coal maker, charcoal burner (someone who makes charcoal by burning trees).

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      terhitormanen
      That’s so cool!

    • @Tylran
      @Tylran 3 года назад

      And a word for a chimney sweep is nokikolari.

  • @KasperiVonSchrowe
    @KasperiVonSchrowe 4 года назад +1

    I really enjoyed this, thank you!

  • @hannarahm
    @hannarahm 4 года назад +2

    Such a fun video! Most of those memes are so true! 🤣 Btw hello from Finland!

  • @AceVonS
    @AceVonS 4 года назад +1

    The social distancing thing... There's been a study where 23% of Finns said that social distancing has improved their quality of life.

  • @dallassukerkin6878
    @dallassukerkin6878 4 года назад +10

    The Finland doesn't exist thing originated from a mathematical 'joke' based on rounding errors - because the population is so small in global terms.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +2

      Dallas Sukerkin
      I was wonder where that came from!

    • @dallassukerkin6878
      @dallassukerkin6878 4 года назад +2

      @@WildwoodVagabond :grins: Of course I for one already knew Finland existed ... because I have been there and was trying to emigrate there before the Brexit vote annihilated the Pound (I am English) and killed the house purchase I had in progress. Otherwise I would be typing this from Riihimäki rather than Staffordshire :sad face:.
      Indeed, one the finest complements anyone has ever paid me was when me and my friend (from Riihimäki) were in Suomenlinna during winter. We were standing on the southernmost part, looking out over the water. and, out of the blue, he asked me "Are you cold?". "No." I said. He knew I was planning to move there and with a little smile said "You'll live then". ROFL.

  • @elrikup1179
    @elrikup1179 4 года назад +19

    Vittuoja (fuckditch)😁 is a river in Taivalkoski Fin 🤦🏻‍♂️
    Nice video. Kiitos

  • @angelinashiloh
    @angelinashiloh 4 года назад +3

    Best thing i like about Finland in your videos is
    Finns respect privacy
    Insulated housing
    Social distancing of 5 meters

  • @pricillasanders2330
    @pricillasanders2330 4 года назад +8

    i love finnish social distance

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      Pricilla Sanders
      Me toooo ❤️

    • @JarkkoYli-Heikkuri
      @JarkkoYli-Heikkuri 4 года назад +1

      only a Finnish man can to make a woman fall in love with herself from a mile away by whispering ;)

  • @sulosky
    @sulosky 4 года назад +10

    Thank you once again for making one of your Finnish Friday -videos! Made my day :D Lumilapio!

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      sulosky
      Awesome! Thank you! Lumilapio ✌🏼❤️

  • @arska77
    @arska77 4 года назад +3

    Thank you Rachael Vagabond again 😀 Nice vid, but too short 👍✌️

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      Arska77
      Hällöö! It’s nice to hear from you! I’m glad you liked it! Have a great weekend ❤️🥰

  • @virvalehmusvuori1469
    @virvalehmusvuori1469 4 года назад +4

    The muumi liha joke is so real! Heh

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      Virva Lehmusvuori
      It looks so much like Moomin meat 😑😂

  • @k.p.loveraft775
    @k.p.loveraft775 4 года назад +1

    Near where I live is Suolijärvi (bowel lake) which connects to suolioja (bowel brook) and in the other end is Paskosaari (shit island) . That's gross but kind of hilarious!
    Haven't ever seen 1000-packs of beer but there were 100-packs when it was Finland's 100th independence day. Even that was crazy I thought.

  • @Robustacap
    @Robustacap 4 года назад +1

    You should know that in Turku there is a place called 'Palli' and right next to it 'Pallivaha', translated as 'ball' (singular balls) and 'ball wax'.
    I've often wondered these place names myself, and I came to the conclusion that when the map names were stamped down, they likely were swedish academics (It took a long time and one Mikael Agricola to change, but for a long time Finnish Academic lingua was Swedish) going around asking people where they were and what was called what.
    Humorous Finns living a rough farming or logging or something life, far from the Lords making maps then had some fun.. ;-D
    And other thing is different accents, that can be like different languages when spoken, really old Saami-tribe words, etymology..
    Oh, and there's a place called "Varkaus" or "Theft" too and many more..

  • @tjaamanen1979
    @tjaamanen1979 4 года назад +2

    Kissanpiiskaajankuja was found in Kristiinankaupunki. That is stupid but they are partly Rantaruotsalaisia but not as bad as Närpiöläiset =)
    Thank You for Lumilapio! =D

  • @sirsnufflepuff
    @sirsnufflepuff 4 года назад +2

    I don't know if this was the origin of that Moomin meat meme, but I think there was a horror larp (live-action role-playing game) in the Moomin World in Naantali a couple of years back where they served mozzarella as Moomin meat. Not sure if that was because of the meme, or if that was the beginning of the meme.

  • @johnraina4828
    @johnraina4828 4 года назад

    Everything is bigger in Texas until.. Here come Finland with a 1000pack

  • @Jussi138
    @Jussi138 4 года назад

    in public sauna everybody talks only foreigners are shy and looking their toes, sitting lowest benches 🤣

  • @steffsilverstam
    @steffsilverstam 4 года назад +9

    This was a good one. In Sweden we need our space to but the Finns are ridiculous (but they are our brothers and sisters, we love them anyway 💕) I wonder how it is after a bottle of Koskenkorva. 😊

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +2

      Steff Silverstam
      Haha I bet it would be a whole different story after a bottle of Koskenkorva 😄

    • @pinjakorpikoski9315
      @pinjakorpikoski9315 4 года назад

      aw thank you

  • @House_of_Caine
    @House_of_Caine 4 года назад +2

    The 1000-pack of Keisari was a joke and a promotional item. They came up with that after another brewery created a 100-pack for finnish independence 100 year anniversary, so of course they had to one-up them.

  • @timomastosalo
    @timomastosalo 4 года назад +1

    That Kimi Räikkönen picture is even funnier as the real video from what actually happened. Namely Nicole Kidman arrived in the F1 paddock, and shook hands with the F1 people there. Her small talk was probably such sweat talk that Kimi watched at the camera with that face. For me it speaks loud and clear: 'This guy just 'needed' to barge in here, right?' Kimi is such an honestly straight forward guy he has little tolerance for the buzz around them unrelated to the real F1 driving. People have been laughing at that so much.
    Search & watch: Kimi Räikkönen Nicole Kidman.

  • @lassemanninen4750
    @lassemanninen4750 4 года назад +1

    Keisari 1000-päkki was made for Finlands 100y party. It was for sale, but really it was a joke.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      Lol good to know!

    • @lassemanninen4750
      @lassemanninen4750 4 года назад

      @@WildwoodVagabond
      There was also "Karjala 100-pac", from another company.
      That one can be carry by one man.
      If you were built like Arnold, in opening scene of "Commando" (1985).😁

  • @arisuva9629
    @arisuva9629 4 года назад

    most of these place names in here are the result of cartographers (russian, swedish and during winterwar german) getting local guides... and when the guides didnt know/remember the places name, they told something sooo weird... (the #7 really is so naughty that even i blushed when i first learned of it)

  • @mohammadalhasan4253
    @mohammadalhasan4253 4 года назад

    the 1000 beer pack is probably on the Estonia-Finland or Sweden-Finland cruise or one of those...
    you know! the one where people drive a car in and order it to be filled with booze!

  • @timomastosalo
    @timomastosalo 4 года назад +2

    That 'Finland doesn't exist' meme likely started because some folks couldn't believe all the good things happening in Finland ('How can that be? - No way...'). Jealousy is a strong motivator :)

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      timomastosalo
      Lol makes sense 😄

    • @miriyochanan7140
      @miriyochanan7140 4 года назад +1

      No, it is invention of the Finns who feel the country is already too crowded and wish to discourage curious tourists from travelling there...

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 4 года назад

      @@miriyochanan7140 OK :)

  • @nicoleluova2341
    @nicoleluova2341 4 года назад

    It's so funny! I live in Finland since August for study abroad till December and you channel is perfect for me! 😍😂

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      That’s so cool! I’m happy for you. I hope you have a great experience there! ❤️🥰

  • @Jantzku
    @Jantzku 4 года назад +1

    What the hell, last summer was very warm.

    • @leevi._.
      @leevi._. 4 года назад

      15 vuotta sitten juhannuksena oli lunta 😂

  • @wispywhiskers3502
    @wispywhiskers3502 3 года назад

    I sometines drive through the village Pöljä (Dumb), where I get an idyllic view of Pöljän koulu (School of Dumb).

  • @aasheeshchhabra5125
    @aasheeshchhabra5125 4 года назад +1

    What are best months in Finland. Free from snow and lot of sunshine

  • @JuhaKolari
    @JuhaKolari 4 года назад +1

    I would like to point out that the name of the town of Kolari does not originate from the word meaning collision or crash. It comes from the Swedish word "kolare", meaning someone who burns a coal kiln to make tar.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      I just noticed your last name is Kolari 😎

    • @JuhaKolari
      @JuhaKolari 4 года назад

      @@WildwoodVagabond That's how I know what it means! 😆

  • @kenseitakesi4521
    @kenseitakesi4521 4 года назад

    The place name Kolari comes from the Swedish word Kolare which also means mile burner.

  • @Lumperi65
    @Lumperi65 4 года назад +4

    Have a nice weekend, lumilapio!

  • @anu83
    @anu83 4 года назад +1

    The moomin thing was new to me as well :D hahahah

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад

      Anucirq
      That was probably one of my favorite ones!

  • @viljakytola5433
    @viljakytola5433 2 года назад

    Hi i am from Finland! Its awesome tuhat People knows Ab Finlandia even a bit .

  • @veboonetapsr6812
    @veboonetapsr6812 Год назад

    In the grass i was sitting shirtless over frozen lake with sun bench

  • @rekkaus
    @rekkaus 4 года назад

    You can buy 1000pack and shop will actually deliver it for you (that is part of the price).

  • @Sylinteri
    @Sylinteri 2 года назад

    4:30
    When Finland was part of Sweden when they would come to ask us what is name of this place for maps we would just prank them

  • @heidisaarela9076
    @heidisaarela9076 4 года назад +1

    I don’t know if this has been already commented but! Why the finish cities, places, what ever have been named like that is cause... If I remember correctly it was swedish who sent a Person to draw a map of Finland when we were part of them (or Russia if I remember wrong). And Finnish playd practical jokes on the guy and told him wrong names 🤣 and they have been not chanced. Sorry about my bad English!

  • @Kabul75
    @Kabul75 4 года назад

    I actually can see Nahkahousut (a small island) from my living room, it's in Helsinki

  • @gixxerist3537
    @gixxerist3537 2 года назад

    I have told that many of those "funny" names on map, is because back then when map makers were askin from locals, they just made them up or trolled map makers.

  • @kuhanrapelsin7877
    @kuhanrapelsin7877 4 года назад

    About social distancing, In finland there is a running joke about, well, now when social distancing one or two meters is over, can we go back to normal 5 meters at least?

  • @nathan2813
    @nathan2813 4 года назад

    On Tissikukkulat (tit hills), the Grand Tetons (mountain range) in the U.S. state of Wyoming means "large nipples" in French!! It seems those early explorers had been away from women for far too long!! :oD
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton

  • @akitahvanainen
    @akitahvanainen 4 года назад +2

    Great correction that Finland does not belong to Scandinavia! I bet many Finns would argue you otherwise, but you are indeed correct.

  • @josiwinter6836
    @josiwinter6836 4 года назад +8

    Vitunvilheltämän jänkä. that is a place. try translating that one.

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      josi winter 😲

    • @nathan2813
      @nathan2813 4 года назад +1

      Haha, it's so weird that that word in particular apparently seems impossibly complex and undecipherable to you guys. ALL FINNISH WORDS seem impossibly complex and undecipherable to ME!! :oD

    • @suokkos
      @suokkos 4 года назад

      I guess you mean _Vitunviheltämäaapa_. Would it be something like _Strong_ _Mire_ _of_ _Whistling_ _of_ _Cunt_? I don't know. The translation is hard.
      Yes. I know aapa and änk mean different swamp types. But quick internet search finds the name uses aapa.

  • @eb1042
    @eb1042 3 года назад

    ATTN:
    WILDWOOD VAGABOND
    Where and How did you learn to speak Finish?? (Just by living there?)
    Came across your amazing personality originally on your "Darkside of Nomadic/RV road life", my second introduction to you was your "How to heal a Broken Heart" video, which because of my history, I could relate to. You're a beautiful soul- I grew up in Long Island NY- I was born in Phoenix, AZ and have done some traveling myself. I used to live in San Antonio, TX. Reach out sweet soul- Reply back. Would love to hear from you. You are truly inspiring! Thanks 😊

  • @tespiii
    @tespiii 4 года назад

    Old legend:
    "Paljonko taksi maksaa Pöljälle?" "Saman verran kuin muillekin."
    "How much for a cab to Pöljä (for Pöljä/Dumb when translated word to word)?" "The same amount as for the others."

  • @sunfiretys
    @sunfiretys 4 года назад +1

    Awesome, thanks! :)

  • @Aurinkohirvi
    @Aurinkohirvi 4 года назад +29

    That "maa" thing is not a meme, and it is a sorry attempt to make it one. Almost every word you take from a dictionary has plenty of different meanings. There are plenty of English (or Finnish) words that have dozens of meanings. And what's worse, in some of those cases you need to do real mental gymnastics to claim the word should be translated as "maa," for example area or terrain. You cannot translate world as maa, the planet's name is Maapallo with capital first letter, you could shorten it as Maa. Countryside you would never write as "maa" in Finnish, the word translates as maaseutu, but again you can use an abreviation, and only in inflected forms: maalla, maalle, maalta.
    Who ever did that should be ashamed.

    • @omnietyy
      @omnietyy 4 года назад +1

      Also dirt could be called maa but it’s usually called multa.

  • @tomimarkus
    @tomimarkus 3 года назад +2

    That first meme about Moomins and Mozzarella is a complete lie. I'm from Finland and I've never heard anything so stupid in my life. No one, absolutely not a single soul, in Finland would come up with something like that or joke about it. 😒

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 2 года назад

      I have heard that one actually.
      Its not super common tho.

  • @timomastosalo
    @timomastosalo 4 года назад +2

    There was a problem arising from the Corona Virus regulation that people need to be at 2m (or 6f) distance.
    - Finns complained why they need to move so close to each other?!

  • @karinelaxa959
    @karinelaxa959 4 года назад +3

    Love your vids!😁💗 Tosi kivoja.

  • @Sevensixtytwo
    @Sevensixtytwo 4 года назад

    There is story that when cartographiers asked for places names old people made fun of them since those people was native swedish and didn't understand Suomenkieli. So they just put names finnish gave them. So this is prank for decades

  • @kristenaijala8925
    @kristenaijala8925 4 года назад +1

    So after last week's video, I connected with a cousin ....because of your channel!!... Woohoo!... Thank you. I live in Massachusetts and my cousin)whom I've never met) lives in Tampere. Very cool
    ..hope to connect on Facebook. Fun video...thx!

    • @WildwoodVagabond
      @WildwoodVagabond  4 года назад +1

      Kristen Aijala
      That is sooooo cool! Thanks for sharing! ❤️😎

    • @kristenaijala8925
      @kristenaijala8925 4 года назад

      @@WildwoodVagabond I to connect with my cousin. No comments yet following your newest video. Fingers crossed!

  • @ivanjednobiegowiec7656
    @ivanjednobiegowiec7656 4 года назад

    Ermmm... Cold War? Of course you meant Winter War. Finland made Soviets pay very dearly, but in the end was overwhelmed by superior number of troops and gear.
    But you also had War Heroes like The White Death, Simo Häyhä...
    I regards to odd places names we have quite a few in my country of birth, Poland. For example Swornegacie and Małe Swornegacie. That you can probably translate as Perky Pants and Little Perky Pants xD
    Cheers!
    I.

  • @janihalttunen5501
    @janihalttunen5501 4 года назад +1

    That muumi was wrong. We love moomin all dont we. Ok we finns are wierd but good people. You are kind and beautiful ❤️. Thank you for kind words.

  • @videosfromrandomgames5708
    @videosfromrandomgames5708 3 года назад

    Your finnis skills are so good that i can under stand it well. 3:01 I’m from finland

  • @jukka-pekkatuominen4540
    @jukka-pekkatuominen4540 4 года назад

    The worst thing about social distancing is that you have be 2 metres away from other people. Normally we live at least 4 metres away so it is a big difference.

  • @wattur1018
    @wattur1018 4 года назад +17

    "Finland defeated Russia in the cold war." This is outrageously incorrect sentence. :D

    • @MikkeMan
      @MikkeMan 4 года назад +2

      We did. That was time when Russia used to be part of Finland. We kicked Russia out because it has no use to us.

    • @nutellashrimpqwq2260
      @nutellashrimpqwq2260 4 года назад +2

      @@MikkeMan
      You are wrong
      Finland was granted its own parliament in 1906, and the first elections were held in 1907. Finland declared independence on 6 December 1917, and the Bolshevik government that seized power in the October Revolution in Russia recognised Finnish independence on 31 December 1917.
      Then in WW2 Russia was scared that Finland would help the uhm, Germans to their military grounds, cus Karjala was 21-25km away from it. So ussr charged at Finland to take their land, but they underestimated finns. finland still lost karjala and the war.

    • @MikkeMan
      @MikkeMan 4 года назад

      @@nutellashrimpqwq2260 thanks for info mate

    • @regularhooman4771
      @regularhooman4771 4 года назад

      I live in Finland

    • @falcon9182
      @falcon9182 3 года назад

      @@nutellashrimpqwq2260 i'm gonna make myself look so damn dumb probably but did you actually not notice the sarcasm in Mikkes sentence :D

  • @jupee03
    @jupee03 4 года назад

    Someone said that names are from Winter (cold) War in 1939-1940 when Finnish Soldiers told the place names for Sovient Soldiers

  • @Robustacap
    @Robustacap 4 года назад

    Suit isn't maa and we do have words other than maa for many on the list like from the top: well, um.. maa, maaperä, maa, maailma (one of my favorite Finnish words, Earthair. Favorite is Universe, as 'uni' translates into 'dream', so dreamverse is what I heard all is as a kid :-) ), kansakunta, alue, maaseutu, lika, maailma again or maapallo is sphere of maa, suit means puku and don't get that one, maasto.

  • @fl4shi238
    @fl4shi238 4 года назад

    Most of those placenames are like "Middlesex" in England. The original meaning is something else.

  • @jussilaitinen290
    @jussilaitinen290 4 года назад +1

    Finns, who is the finnish celebrity WV looks most alike?
    My vote goes to Riitta Väisänen, former Miss Europe

  • @mikoolo1698
    @mikoolo1698 3 года назад

    I'm swedish and I have to say this. Finland is a part of scandinavia. It's one of the 3 nordic countries that the scandinavian mountainrange goes through. Denmark however is not a scandinavian country.

  • @raineja
    @raineja 4 года назад +1

    That was nice vid. Please do more.

  • @KermaPippuri
    @KermaPippuri 4 года назад

    To be honest, I have never seen other finns get as close to me as some have during corona... Some people get so close in the checkout line that I can feel/hear their breathing (without mask on). But fortunately that´s just a minority.