Pearl here! Hahaha, this absolutely made my week. What a ride. Cool to see you breeze past my old summer job and the parking lot where my sister let me try driving our parents' car when i was 12. Yes i have been to the car tuning cafe, unfortunately. Good ol' nokia is indeed where the phone was created. Though these days they're mostly made in china (touchy subject in the pearl household indeed). You did stumble upon the nokia tyre AND rubber boot factory, the nokia factories are....diverse? You asked me to rate the pronounciation of "laajaojankatu". It was actually scary good. But don't worry, you absolutely butchered everything else. Not a doctors at the end by the way, but a daycare :-) If you ever end up on another unconventional journey across Europe, a bit more north, me and nokia will have a selection of means of transport for you. We have more than these industrial areas you were thrown into, like one shop and a church. Yeah babey. Regards, Nokia-raised now Dublin-dwelling Pearl.
@@panoC97 It was only one time when i was a shy little girl, so i don't remember anything but the ominous aura from the group of Car Dudebros™ that gather there. I'm sure it's actually a nice place.
The factorty on the second round was actualy a warehouse for car tyres. Nokia started in the 1800's making rubber boots, and they still make rubber boots and also car tyres.
This is such a surreal experience to watch as someone who grew up in Nokia, like I've biked these paths, you went right past my childhood home at one point. Tyttölän päiväkoti (Tyttölä's kindergarden) is right next to my secondary school. I got hit by a car next to K-rautia (hardware store). This is making me homesick even though I still visit Nokia like every weekend.
12:46 -- "Any air in the tyres?" 😀 You must be psychic, Tom: you were only outside the warehouse of the Nokia Tyre Company (Nokian Renkaat)!! Incidentally, the Nokia Corporation -- which is still a huge enterprise, and still involved, even if not under its own brand name, in mobile-phone production -- has its headquarters in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, about 100 miles from the town of Nokia.
Name: Patrick Hometown: Gateshead Country: England Note: when selecting an area, do note Gateshead town centre is pretty small. I recommend either extending down to roughly where Saltwell Park is (and across towards Dunston/Felling), which takes in all my old stomping grounds, or alternatively include the city centre areas of Newcastle.
@@onr-o1h"Nokia’s plants in China manufacturer products not only for local customers but also for overseas markets." They were made in Finland too, you're right but a significant amount was made in China. "China had become the most important single country to Nokia, accounting for nearly 12 % its total net sales and employing more than 14.500 employees". This was by 2008, but R&D started already in 1998. I assume most of the phones made in Finland were mostly sold in Europe and the China manufacturing plants sold to the rest of the world, or atleast to the Asian market www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/B244.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwil89W2yLrwAhVNpYsKHct6Dm0QFjANegQIFBAC&usg=AOvVaw3WmKO7wRLbP3xDE13snkJy&cshid=1620493546105
Name: Eugene "Town": Hong Kong Country: hmm... nah If it's too big then you can choose Kowloon, New Territories, Lantau, or Hong Kong island (these are the 4 parts that make up Hong Kong)
No one: Absolutely no one: GW: *sees a warehouse of one of top 25 largest finnish companies* "Is that abandoned??" GW: Is there air in the tyres? Nokian renkaat: *angry finnish noises* "We are a tyre company"
I am offended when ppl think Finland is Part of Russia. When ppl think Finland is scandinavia you should be pleased. Scandinavian counriest are very developed and they have a good reputation.
Damn, saw the last video too late and didn't get my comment in in time. Still happy to see my country represented. Also: Obligatory irritation at 2:27 from calling us Scandinavian.
@@tenns Corona isn't nearly as dangerous as people make it out to be, contagious - yes, deadly - not even close. Most people that die are already sick, weak or old.
Nokia Mobile division was acquired by Microsoft as part of their failed attempt to crack the smartphone market. The Windows phones were actually pretty good - I still prefer the interface - but they were just way too late to the party. Apple and Android were too big by then. Inevitably, the Nokia Windows Phones tanked.
Pearl here!
Hahaha, this absolutely made my week. What a ride. Cool to see you breeze past my old summer job and the parking lot where my sister let me try driving our parents' car when i was 12. Yes i have been to the car tuning cafe, unfortunately.
Good ol' nokia is indeed where the phone was created. Though these days they're mostly made in china (touchy subject in the pearl household indeed).
You did stumble upon the nokia tyre AND rubber boot factory, the nokia factories are....diverse?
You asked me to rate the pronounciation of "laajaojankatu". It was actually scary good. But don't worry, you absolutely butchered everything else.
Not a doctors at the end by the way, but a daycare :-)
If you ever end up on another unconventional journey across Europe, a bit more north, me and nokia will have a selection of means of transport for you. We have more than these industrial areas you were thrown into, like one shop and a church. Yeah babey.
Regards, Nokia-raised now Dublin-dwelling Pearl.
I'm actually watching this on a Nokia phone, kinda funny
katka nen Ur a legend pearl
What a great sport!
I'm curious now, what's wrong with that car tuning cafe?
@@panoC97 It was only one time when i was a shy little girl, so i don't remember anything but the ominous aura from the group of Car Dudebros™ that gather there. I'm sure it's actually a nice place.
The factorty on the second round was actualy a warehouse for car tyres. Nokia started in the 1800's making rubber boots, and they still make rubber boots and also car tyres.
This is such a surreal experience to watch as someone who grew up in Nokia, like I've biked these paths, you went right past my childhood home at one point. Tyttölän päiväkoti (Tyttölä's kindergarden) is right next to my secondary school. I got hit by a car next to K-rautia (hardware store). This is making me homesick even though I still visit Nokia like every weekend.
eli tääl on muitaki nokialaisia
@@ogkurppa6703 myöhässä mut nokialta
Dunno why you picked this German Nokia commercial from the 90s but well done
12:46 -- "Any air in the tyres?" 😀 You must be psychic, Tom: you were only outside the warehouse of the Nokia Tyre Company (Nokian Renkaat)!!
Incidentally, the Nokia Corporation -- which is still a huge enterprise, and still involved, even if not under its own brand name, in mobile-phone production -- has its headquarters in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, about 100 miles from the town of Nokia.
Name: Onni
City: Jyväskylä
Country: Finland
Name: Tom
Town: Ostrava
Country: Czechia
Nokia still makes good rubber boots, they're our wellies I guess =)
Loved ur vid, as always...as note doe, we arent part of scandinavia, we are nordic but not scandinavia :)
Name: Andrés
Town: Akureyri
Country: Iceland
It's a small town with about 20.000 people. Hopefully not too small for the challenge though.
Name: Patrick
Hometown: Gateshead
Country: England
Note: when selecting an area, do note Gateshead town centre is pretty small. I recommend either extending down to roughly where Saltwell Park is (and across towards Dunston/Felling), which takes in all my old stomping grounds, or alternatively include the city centre areas of Newcastle.
I had no idea Nokia was a Finnish company. I had always assumed most phones were made in Asia. Very cool episode.
It was made in Asia, but designed in Finland
@@xWood4000 oh ok. so like how iphones are designed in california but made in asia. makes sense
@@keenanlarsen1639 Exactly like that, except probably a bit different companies in Asia, because the boom was such a long time ago
Necroposting, but what the hell: actually Nokia phones were made mostly in Finland. In Nokia, Espoo and Oulu, three cities over here.
@@onr-o1h"Nokia’s plants in China manufacturer products
not only for local customers but also for overseas markets." They were made in Finland too, you're right but a significant amount was made in China.
"China had become the
most important single country to Nokia, accounting for nearly 12 % its total net sales and
employing more than 14.500 employees". This was by 2008, but R&D started already in 1998. I assume most of the phones made in Finland were mostly sold in Europe and the China manufacturing plants sold to the rest of the world, or atleast to the Asian market
www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/B244.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwil89W2yLrwAhVNpYsKHct6Dm0QFjANegQIFBAC&usg=AOvVaw3WmKO7wRLbP3xDE13snkJy&cshid=1620493546105
Name: Romysh
Town: Ružomberok
Country: Slovakia
Name: Markus
Town: Lappeenranta
Country: Finland
Name: Jack
Hometown: Providence
State: Rhode Island
Country: USA
Name: Alexey
Country: Russia
Hometown: St Petersburg
It's massive, so I suggest taking 3mile/5km radius circle with the center at the Hermitage.
Alexey look up wekman he operates in St. Peter’sburg
Nooticus
London borough of Barnet, UK.
Please make sure to search it on google maps and use those approximate parameters please!
Name: Eoin
Town: Wexford
Country: Republic of Ireland
Im dublin
Name: Eugene
"Town": Hong Kong
Country: hmm... nah
If it's too big then you can choose Kowloon, New Territories, Lantau, or Hong Kong island (these are the 4 parts that make up Hong Kong)
Name: Kaja
Town: Ptuj/Maribor
Country: Slovenia
What do you think about having to now pay for GeoGuessr?
Name: Tibor
Town: Ljubljana
Country: Slovenia
Name: Daniel
Town: Armadale (Western Australia)
Country: Australia
Yes Finland finally!
No one:
Absolutely no one:
GW: *sees a warehouse of one of top 25 largest finnish companies* "Is that abandoned??"
GW: Is there air in the tyres?
Nokian renkaat: *angry finnish noises* "We are a tyre company"
Name: Stefan
Town: Leiden
Country: Netherlands
Leiden? I feel your pain.
Stefan Teunissen I live in Leiden too ! :-)
Name: ImSonic
City: Perth
Country: Australia
Name: Latif
Town: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Name: Jumbo
City: Summit County, Colorado (multiple towns that are very close in proximity) or Breckenridge, Colorado
Country: USA
Name: Simeon
Hometown: Pleven
Country: Bulgaria
Name: Alve
Town: Eskilstuna
Country: Sweden
Tjena hallå
Name: Larry
Hometown: Brisbane
State/Country: QLD, Australia
Name : Jesus Christ
Hometown : Bethlehem
I read the hometown first and was gonna comment “is your name jesus” and then saw...
Name: Roope
City: Espoo
Country: Finland
dont do the top half of the city. its just forrests.
Espoop!
Espoo would've been nice. The top half is only forests, but also quite pretty little villages.
Did you just call Finland SCANDINAVIAN?! I am relatively offended right now. 2:25
I am offended when ppl think Finland is Part of Russia.
When ppl think Finland is scandinavia you should be pleased. Scandinavian counriest are very developed and they have a good reputation.
I'm actually watching this on Nokia 😃
Same. Nokia 1+
Good evening
Horsham,West Sussex,England
Damn, saw the last video too late and didn't get my comment in in time. Still happy to see my country represented.
Also: Obligatory irritation at 2:27 from calling us Scandinavian.
Name: Ertugrul
City:Izmir
Hometown: bornova
County :Turkey
Name: Gabriele
Town: Rivoli, Piedmont
Country: Italy
hope you don't die
lmao why would I die, corona is just a flu
@@tenns Corona isn't nearly as dangerous as people make it out to be, contagious - yes, deadly - not even close. Most people that die are already sick, weak or old.
@@janis7077 I know, I know, I was just making a wee joke, a sarcastic one even! no chance of dying less OP is 90 years old.
@@tenns Sarcasm isn't something you can really tell over the internet unless it's very obvious, sorry.
City: Kärdla
Country: Estonia
Yes men 🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪
Name: John
Town: Nikaia , Athens
Country: Greece
@black_hole4218 Γιάννης/Giannis = John
Nokia is still making smartphones. And pretty darn good once
Name: Tomek
Town: Tarnów
Country: Poland
Name: harry. Town:saffron Walden Country:England
Name: Rick
Town: Hardenberg
Country: The Netherlands
Name: Matt
Town: Newcastle (not upon tyne)
Country: Australia
Name: Matthew
Country: northern ireland
City: belfast
Great to see a fellow Ulsterman here
Scott Mairs no Munster all the way!
hello fellow matthew
@@kerriodonovan5735 Eww no
Scott Mairs no no no up the rebels
:) nokian renkaat , Nokian Tires
Name: Will
Town: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Country: United Kingdom
Name: Alana
Hometown: Warwick, Queensland
Country: Australia
Name: Lucas
Town: Hobart
Country: Australia
Name : Arnaud
Hometown : Saint-Malo
Country : France
Name: Stefan
Hometown: Duluth
State: Minnesota
Country: USA
I knew a lady who came from Duluth
She got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
@@matheusvkt6095 is this turning into a Limerick
Name: Emran (male)
Town: Amman (west)
Country: Jordan
Name: Ilian
City: Varna
Country: Bulgaria
I've been to Varna! It's an awesome place!
Nokian is a Finnish tire company =)
Name: Izzy
Town: Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
County: England
_Izzy W Great town
Name: Valter
Town: Trollhättan
Country: Sweden
Name: Luca
Town : Santa Teresa Gallura, Sardinia
Country: Italy
Mike
Town: Long Valley
State: New Jersey
Country: USA
Name: Denís
Town: Badalona
Country: Spain
Name: Julian
Village: Gemonde (add the nearby Boxtel if it's too small for your liking)
Country: Netherlands
Name: Timofey
Hometown: Saint-Petersburg
Country: Russia
Name: Erik
Hometown: Haninge
Country: Sweden
Name: Bec
Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Country: Australia.
Name: Cody
Town: Cumming, Georgia
Country: United States
Name: James
Town: Harleston
Country: England
Small town so do surrounding areas aswell
Country: Australia
Town: Mandurah, Perth WA
Name: Midsirl(Call me Mids if you can't find a way to pronunce it)
City: Sollentuna
Country: Sweden
Name: Beltrán
Hometown: Madrid
Country: Spain
3:50 you are the center is just 2 kilometers away
Name: Robert
Town: Costinesti
Country: Romania
Name: Patryk
Hometown: Poznań
Country: Poland
Też jestem z Poznania!
Name: Hugo
City: León
Country: *Spain*
I lived above León in a village called La Pola de Gordón, and it's a really beautiful place!
Name: Rory
City: North Shore, Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Name: Love (swedish name) Uppsala, Sweden
Name: Michel
Town: Luxembourg City (Closest Place to actual home: Hassel, Luxembourg)
Country: Luxembourg
Name: Thomas
Town: Epsom
Country: England
Name: Lily
Hometown: Gold Coast, Queensland
Country: Australia
great job jeff(dk if ur name is jeff or not), you are very smart.
Name: Harri Rogers
Town: Wrexham
Country: Wales
Wrexham rise up
Benjamin Consterdine utst
Yeeeh beeby come on the captain #bootlegger
Name: Angus
Town: Edinburgh (specifically the south bit, Newington/Grange)
Country: Scotland
Nokia Mobile division was acquired by Microsoft as part of their failed attempt to crack the smartphone market. The Windows phones were actually pretty good - I still prefer the interface - but they were just way too late to the party. Apple and Android were too big by then. Inevitably, the Nokia Windows Phones tanked.
Name: Håvard
City: Bergen
Country: Norway
Bro you should go to Harvard then you’d be Håvard at Harvard
Name: Luke
Country: UK
City: Chester (Ideally Ellesmere Port > Saltney radius)
Surprised how many Aussies you get on the channel!
Name: Zayne
Home Town: Port Townsend, WA
Country: USA
Are you uploading at 1080p? It's an option when viewing but it looks really blurry.
Name: Joni
Town: Espoo
Country: Finland
Name: Jeroen
Town: Maastricht
Country: The Netherlands
Name: Cat
Town: Carnegie
State: Victoria
Country: Australia
Name: Jamal
Town: Santiago
Country: Dominican Republic
Name: Aedan
Home town: Geelong, Victoria
Country: Australia
Name: James.
Town: Otago Peninsular.
Country: New Zealand.
Name: Jerzy
Country: Poland
City: Warsaw
Name: Dylan
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Name: James
Town: Gold Coast
Country: Australia
Name : Thito
Hometown : Lille
Country : France
Name: Kevin
Town: Kildare
Country: Ireland