There's zoo near by Stockholm called Kolmården and in Stockholm there's this place called Skansen, there's aquarium, zoo, open air museum... Definitely check more information from the internet if there's something you guys would like to see... During summertime, there's multiple sing-along concerts in Skansen that locals love to go to called Allsång på Skansen, even the royal family members attend sometimes and those concerts are broadcasted live to Finland too. Vasa museum is a must, there's a huge intact 1600's warship on display, the ship sunk during it's maiden voyage in 1628 and was lifted in 1961 the ship is in amazing condition and worth a visit. There's also swedish crown jewels on display in or actually underneath the Royal palace in the vaults of Royal treasury (skattkammaren) Too bad that Gröna Lund amusement park isn't opened yet...
Fun fact. When the Symphony (and it´s sister ship, the Serenade) started operating, it was the world´s largest ro-ro ferry. Also the center promenade was something that was said to be impossible to make or at least be very unsafe, but the Finnish ship design engineers decided otherwise. Enjoy Sweden! Try to catch a football match while there!
I was going to say this but I knew someone already came and said it. My strategy when I was younger and went to these cruises a lot was, just eat the bare minimum and have as many glasses of wine you can in that time :)
@That's what 50% of people go to do on the cruises. You can buy tickets for a cruise where you go from Finland to Sweden (or vice versa) and back and don't go on shore for 10-20€, but if you want to use same ship for travelling, it's about 50-70€ from the top of my head. Just to get people to spend on booze and other stuff. People also go on the cruises to buy tax free tobacco and booze.
Thanks for this! Our plan is to come back for the Finnish finals. Hoping for at least one team we've already been to (and have hats, scarfs, etc) to make it to the finals, so we can cheer for them! (looking like it has to be Tappara now)
As a Finn I've been to the cruise ships probably 30 times in my life, ever since I was a kid (obviously it wasn't a booze cruise then, there is actually a lot of stuff for kids to do on the boats as well). And from my later experience I can tell that the people who were carrying the beer boxes were taking those to their cabin to drink them, because it's much cheaper than to drink in the pubs there... Everyone knows that the boat "rules" say that you can't do that, but they still do 😅 Glad that you visited Finland and that you'll be back! And next time try Finnish pea soup (hernekeitto) with mustard, it's something that I think every Finnish person has eaten in their life and either love or hate, mostly love 🥰
A common misconception about Schengen area that might be worth clarifying, is that it does not mean no border checks or border security, quite to the contrary, it is a stronger unified outer border, when members have agreed to focus all border check efforts on the border facing outside of Schengen area and not inside it. Meaning the whole Schengen area is protected with a stronger more unified border control, by freeing up the resources from border control between the member nations. This however does not mean that a Schengen member nation can't ramp up and restart the border control between borders inside the area, it is just saved for crisis, since it is such a waste of time and money otherwise. For example, during the refugee and covid crisis even many borders inside Schengen area were temporarily re-activated on a needs basis Btw, pancakes for breakfast is a North American thing, don't expect to find if outside NA unless they are regularly serving NA tourists
When you are in Sweden, you know you have to try it... Dun dun DUUUN! Surströmming... It's the tourist's moment of horror, like salmiakki in Finland. Hope to see you back in Finland.
Thanks so much for this donation!! Although: I am not sure we will try surstromming. Let me ask Ivana about it. She might be able to handle it. She has some experience with fermented fish and stuff. I might vomit..... But anyway, thanks again for your donation!! We appreciate it, and it will really help us :)
@@JetLagWarriors You see a lot of people eating it brutally with a bad mindset straight from the tin, I promise you, it is not so bad when you eat it with tunnbröd (a Swedish version of flatbread) some potatoes and onions like it is supposed to be!
Vasa ship museum is cool in Stockholm. Its a great war ship built in 1628 which unfortunately sank on her maiden voyage. They lifted it up from the bottom of the sea and now its there for all to see. Its very Impressive. Ive seen it three times as Finnish guy!:D
4:15 The buffet is worth it if you pick the most expensive items and drink the more expensive alcoholic drinks. But unless you do, you can get a cheaper meal in one of the restaurants aboard. Oh and if you book a fancier cabin (commodore or above), a premium breakfast, lounge access with all sorts of food and drink plus a fully stocked minibar in your cabin are included. It can be a pretty good deal outside the most popular cruise season when cabins are less expensive.
I work with these ships, they have 3 huge 100+ cubic meter tanks for the fresh water. They have the ability to pump water from tank to tank to act as ballast water as well.
16:16 that's not a pancake, that's called räiskäle or more commonly lätty or lettu. It could be translated as thin pancake. The real pancakes (pannukakku) are much thicker and baked in the oven instead of a pan. And we put sugar and different types of jams on both, but never syrup (or at least I've never heard of anyone putting syrup on either one)
17:27 - In Canada, a 4 hour drive is considered ''near''! In some parts of Europe, you've crossed an entire nation and into another one on a 4 hour drive!
90% of Canadians live hugging the southern border of the country. 4 hours would be enough for them to visit the USA and get back home for pancakes. If it's just a one way trip of four hours, you can increase the percentage further. So, as vast as Canada is, most of them can very easily visit a foreign country.
@herrakaarme fair enough! I live in Ottawa, the state of NY is an hour or so away, Algonquin Park is approximately 3 hours away. I've been to the former once, the latter several times!
Algonquin was Ivana and my favorite spot to go camping. We would go portaging on Lake Opeongo over a long weekend, with friends. The bessssssssst times ever. I miss that place.
13:50 if you ever get on those boats again, get to the lowest level cabin. Those are the cheapest and also the engine noise and vibration are the highest. Also the wildest place on the ship. I sleep heavy so have never been bothered by others down there.
@@iLoveTheseRemoras I've slept through thunderstorms that have felled trees around me. It takes quite a bit to wake me up, hence I have about 8 alarms every time. Thought I had a neighbor that was blasting music so loud that t was louder in my apartment than I would have kept my TV on as an example.
Swedish football (soccer) culture is awesome, even if you don't care for the sport, and the season just started! Make sure to watch Hammarby play at home. The atmosphere is better than Djurgården (they share the stadium) or AIK (who play at the national arena). Djurgården and AIK do have hockey teams, too, but they are stuck in the second tier (Hockeyallsvenskan).
Did you know that before Shengen agreement We have not needed passports between Sweden, Finland,Denmark (Greenland included) and Norway since 1954. PS. Island too.
You still don't know how to eat karelian pie? It is like bread. Traditionally you put eggbutter on top of it, but you can put just butter, and slice of cheese or meat, or both. 😀
The most important thing about the Schengen Area that you need to know is that you as non-Schengen Area citizens are allowed to stay in it ONLY for 90 days in a 180 day period. So make sure you keep record the number of days you spend in the Schengen Area. Oh, yeah Bulgaria and Romania are also part of it so decide to go there the same 90 day rule apply.
@@kuliranisti Who's mad? Did you see an angry face in the end of the post? It's just polite to take off hat while eating, you must be one of those cap wearing "wannabe Americans".😂😂
Silja Line isn't that much of a party boat, it's for families. If you want a party atmosphere, you should get on a Viking Line (aka 'porauslautta' or 'drilling platform' in English).
How long are you staying in Sweden? Stockholm is beautiful but expensive so take a train to Skåne ( south of Sweden ) it's cheaper and nicer and if you're going to Denmark take the boat from Helsingborg. Lots to do and experience.
In Sweden you definitely want to go watch football. The top tier Allsvenskan just started. Stockholm hosts now four Allsvenskan teams; AIK, Hammarby, Djurgården and Brommapojkarna.
@@JetLagWarriorswhen was this recorded? (we got snow come back today!) (saw there is a hockey game on April 4th btw, Djurgården - Mora. And I guess you will see Djurdgården - Häcken in football on Monday?) BTW Djurgården translates to either "the Zoo" (via Google translate), or (more 'word by word) to "the animal farm")!
@@staffan144 Yeah, yesterday walking towards the game was a snowstorm! And very windy too. And yes again- our plan is to go to Djurgarden-Mora on Thursday and then Djurgarden-Hacken on Monday! And that's funny about Djurgarden's meaning... I think I will mention it in the next video :)
@@JetLagWarriors if you look on the map of Stockholm, there is also a location / island that is named "Djurgården", so it is really a name of a place, whose meaning is something like that (but more like the animal farm, or something similar).
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Swedish football is like the 50th ranked in the world lol. Hockey is definitely what you should watch if you want to see quality sports in Sweden. Nothing wrong with the football atmosphere, though.
Someone already recommended it, but the Wasa ship is definitely worth visiting. About 20 years ago when I was a little kid, I visited the ship with my dad when we sailed from Finland to Sweden. I was like the 1000th "customer" that day or week and I got a prize (a book about the ships history etc.) for it. Very cool memories and I would love to see the ship in your vlog. Surely would be hella nostalgic!
Yes, Finlandia in Finland is like Foster’s in Australia. Finns drink Koskenkorva (or something out of a bunch of Rinnish brands that are cheaper or more ”artisanal”), or stuff from the Baltics or Poland.
Yes, the water aboard are from three giant tanks and is of high quality. The finnish tapwater is the best in the world and the tapwater on the ship is better than bottled water.
Going between different Nordic/Scandinavian countries is easy beacuse they are more or less "Sibling countries". It has little to do with the Schengen agreement. It's more historical than that and goes way back when we all used to be pretty much the same people. Way back as in like the Viking age. Moving/working/traveling between our countries requires nothing other than being a citizen of one of the others. It's like going from your home, to your other family memebers home. The borders are open for all of us. Including Iceland and greenland etc.
See you are walking along Götgatan and shopping at Medborgaplatsen Coop. I guess today, you have a freak winter, usually it is spring weather now. Have a good trip. If you buy a week or two travel pass, you can use that on certain train (pendeltag) , trams subway(tunnabanna) , bus and certain boat ride, unlimited rides per day throughout the validity of card. Should also visit old town(gamla Stan) and lots of museums. but weather will be fine in a day or two (back to Spring weather)
Viking Line for sure is a bit of a party boat, I go on theme cruises twice per year (Turku - Stockholm) where we have metal bands and all kinds of other fun stuff (Burlesque, bellydancing, stand up comedy, hangover bingo (which I host)). Haven't been on a Silja Lines cruise since I was a little kid tbh. The Viking Line cruises do also have just normal people in them every time, even though it's a theme cruise. Lots of old people and lots of kids that are part of some sort of sports teams (probably soccer or ice hockey or something) and it's a bit of a culture shock to venture out from the areas that are full of heavy metal people. Buffet meals are always pricey on boats, I do recommend checking out what kinds of food options there are on the boats if you take another cruise in the future. One thing that is a must for me is a shrimp sandwich! Usually I find some kind of cake at some point as well and my friends roll their eyes and say "you're supposed to be drinking instead of eating!" :D We're big on buying booze from the cruise ships, and especially Finnish people buy snus and/or nicotine pouches. Snus isn't sold in Finland, and nicotine pouches are much cheaper on the boats, so we hoard them. For us Finns clean water from any tap is a no-brainer, even in a cruise ship! And yes, our pancakes are more like crepes, we don't do the thicc pancakes like North Americans do. There's also oven pancake, which is thicker, usually served on Thursdays for dessert after pea soup. We do love our cruises, and we also love going from one country to another with no hassle. I don't even have a passport atm, haven't had one for years, and I've travelled to Estonia, Denmark, Sweden and Norway without having to show my ID at all. Well, during covid times I did have to show my ID when I returned to Finland, and my vaccine card and then had to explain that I wasn't able to get the third shot because I got some weird side effects and then my doctor told me not to get the third one, almost wasn't allowed to come back to Finland lol. We had checked if we need to have proof of vaccines when going to Norway and Sweden, never thought to check out if we needed to have proof when coming back home :D
It is a seal. Nordic countries (except Greenland etc) have had a passport exemption that applies to their citizens since 1952, well before Schengen. No custom because of EU although Ahvenanmaa in Finland is not a part of EU and there is both custom and VAT border - tax free works onboard. The passport rules are more liberal than in Schengen: one just needs to proof the identity. You as foreigners need to have a passport and keep record how long you are allowed to stay.
Fresh water on the ship comes from the shore (both Helsinki and Stockholm have very good tap water), and should the tanks run out for any reason, the ship can also make fresh water from seawater.
Finnish pancake is made in the oven, and it's often (in my family always) the size of a full sized oven tray, and quite thick. You just cut a piece the size you want to eat, top it with whatever and om nom nom. What other countries call a "pancake" is more of a crepe in Finland, although maybe not as thin... Depends on who's cooking.
I've always thought that it is the Faraday Cage effect why wifi doesn't work well on those Finland-Sweden ferries. Those cabins are metal blocks that are put to place when they build the ship.
I spent a weekend in Stockholm a few years back. My favorite spot was the Vasa Museum a centuries old ship that they dug out of the harbor. Additional things to check out: The Skansen open air museum, walking around Gamla Stan the old town, visit Hotorgshallen market and eat a fish soup at Kajsas Fisk (don't worry Steve it's not fishy at all and tastes better than it sounds), visiting the royal palace and walking the gardens. Also good to know is that Sweden is mostly a cashless society these days so I didn't bother taking any Kroner out at the ATM, used my credit card the whole time and it was universally accepted.
Haven't had the time to watch all of your Finnish videos yet, so I'm not sure if you checked it out while in Tampere, but if you didn't: they have a hockey museum. Definitely worth a visit if you come back for more games!
Weather in Sweden seems to have gotten more towards spring than here in Finland it’s still cold and wet. Next month can’t come fast enough I want spring and summer weather here too
You can occationally find pancakes for breakfast, but overall Pancakes and different versions of it is typically served more for Lunch/dinner, often together with soup.
20:20 Yeah you're 100% paying for the location with that one, goddamn. I used to live in a studio apartment around the same area and I thought my apartment was bare essentials, but damn that bnb takes the cake.
The last time I was on a ship was sometime as a child. Alcohol seems to be still almost free there, compared to the prices in Finland. 1 liter of Finlandia vodka, I don't even dare to think what it costs here. Is one of the most expensive brands
Hi! If Leksands IF wins the quarter finals you should visit Leksand. It's a small town with a big hockey culture, they love their team hockey team Leksands IF. Btw the team's colours are the same as the Leafs. You're videos are awesome!
Ironically. 5:00 Viking Cinderella right across the harbor. 18:50 And there you are passing right by Viking Cinderella on the other side of the Harbor. Granted, yes, Silja Sernade is leaps and bounds better than Viking Cindrella
Finns don't drink Finlandia in Finland (usually) but it's being sold and the bottle is nice so some people buy it. It's in the taxfree store for swedes mostly. It's just rebranded Koskenkorva vodka honestly for international markets (and the license is owned by americans)
You could have also go with train from Tampere to Turku harbour. The train goes straight to the harbour. And from there you could have taken the newest Viking Line ship that goes to Stockholm.
Hope you didn't get scammed by the Stockholm taxis. Official looking taxis are a big problem there. They've been known to charge 100 bucks or more for short distances.
We have been using bolt app. Our experience in every countrybhas been basically the same: the taxis hanging around airports, bus stations, sporting venues etc are usually charging very high price. We tend to avoid them.
Kind of fun to see you guys get to experience a cruise across Östersjön, has been a long time ago since I am blackslisted from all cruises. Let´s just say that I did throw some furniture in to the ocean. I was not very fun to be detained and drunk on a cruise I can tell you that much.
188€ is pretty expensive, I think I had a similar cabin, breakfast, and evening buffet last time with that price for 2 persons. It was 62€ overnight trip to Tallinn with a car parked on the ship on last Saturday. The buffee was 29€. These ships get the money mainly by selling booze and cigarettes and snus.
You must visit a hamburger restaurant called Barrels in Stockholm! Everytime me and my friends visit Stockholm from Finland we go there. Best burger I've ever had!
Well those buffets has so good food like salmon in many different forms, shrimps and so on. I usually eat the starters so mucht that i bearly eat the warm food 😁. Also the beer and wine is unlimited, but i rather eat well and don´t drink very much. Also i eat so much food that i sertainly don´t have any room for dessert in my stomach 😂. 17 hours is long time. From Turku to Stockholm is 11 hours if i remember correctly. I live in Tampere so i take train to Turku and i go over the sea from there. It also costs less. Last fall i had to go to my aunts funeral in Sweden and i traveled alone. Trains and cruises costed 153,10€ plus 5,40€ for busses here in Tampere from my home to trainstation and back (well actually by the orthodox church that is 400m from station) so totally 158,50€. Not so bad at all.
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There's zoo near by Stockholm called Kolmården and in Stockholm there's this place called Skansen, there's aquarium, zoo, open air museum...
Definitely check more information from the internet if there's something you guys would like to see...
During summertime, there's multiple sing-along concerts in Skansen that locals love to go to called Allsång på Skansen, even the royal family members attend sometimes and those concerts are broadcasted live to Finland too.
Vasa museum is a must, there's a huge intact 1600's warship on display, the ship sunk during it's maiden voyage in 1628 and was lifted in 1961 the ship is in amazing condition and worth a visit.
There's also swedish crown jewels on display in or actually underneath the Royal palace in the vaults of Royal treasury (skattkammaren)
Too bad that Gröna Lund amusement park isn't opened yet...
I don't think you can get copyright strikes for filming a live performance...
Fun fact. When the Symphony (and it´s sister ship, the Serenade) started operating, it was the world´s largest ro-ro ferry. Also the center promenade was something that was said to be impossible to make or at least be very unsafe, but the Finnish ship design engineers decided otherwise.
Enjoy Sweden! Try to catch a football match while there!
I hope they noticed that the buffet is so expensive because it includes wine and beer as much as you can drink.
I was going to say this but I knew someone already came and said it. My strategy when I was younger and went to these cruises a lot was, just eat the bare minimum and have as many glasses of wine you can in that time :)
I feel bad for people who dont notice that😂its the best part about it.
hahahah classic, i remember chugging like 8 glasses of beer and i hate beer
You guys seriously went on cruises just to chug booze? That's the most WT thing I've ever heard
@That's what 50% of people go to do on the cruises. You can buy tickets for a cruise where you go from Finland to Sweden (or vice versa) and back and don't go on shore for 10-20€, but if you want to use same ship for travelling, it's about 50-70€ from the top of my head. Just to get people to spend on booze and other stuff. People also go on the cruises to buy tax free tobacco and booze.
Hey, I highly recommend the Wasa Warship Museum in Stockholm the ship is from 1628 and its spectacular to see.
That is a spectacular view!
Reason why buffet is always full is because it includes unlimited beer and wine included.
Your kind of people are always welcome to visit or stay in Finland. Hope you have a nice time in Sweden!
Thanks for this! Our plan is to come back for the Finnish finals. Hoping for at least one team we've already been to (and have hats, scarfs, etc) to make it to the finals, so we can cheer for them! (looking like it has to be Tappara now)
@@JetLagWarriors what if Tappara doesn't make it to the finals? Are you ready to cheer the Kärpät to victory!? :)
You're just like Finnish peoples, "accent" just differs, but think You are much much More Finnish than any.
As a Finn I've been to the cruise ships probably 30 times in my life, ever since I was a kid (obviously it wasn't a booze cruise then, there is actually a lot of stuff for kids to do on the boats as well). And from my later experience I can tell that the people who were carrying the beer boxes were taking those to their cabin to drink them, because it's much cheaper than to drink in the pubs there... Everyone knows that the boat "rules" say that you can't do that, but they still do 😅
Glad that you visited Finland and that you'll be back! And next time try Finnish pea soup (hernekeitto) with mustard, it's something that I think every Finnish person has eaten in their life and either love or hate, mostly love 🥰
Yeah you buy a beer in the bart then refill it
A common misconception about Schengen area that might be worth clarifying, is that it does not mean no border checks or border security, quite to the contrary, it is a stronger unified outer border, when members have agreed to focus all border check efforts on the border facing outside of Schengen area and not inside it. Meaning the whole Schengen area is protected with a stronger more unified border control, by freeing up the resources from border control between the member nations.
This however does not mean that a Schengen member nation can't ramp up and restart the border control between borders inside the area, it is just saved for crisis, since it is such a waste of time and money otherwise. For example, during the refugee and covid crisis even many borders inside Schengen area were temporarily re-activated on a needs basis
Btw, pancakes for breakfast is a North American thing, don't expect to find if outside NA unless they are regularly serving NA tourists
When you are in Sweden, you know you have to try it... Dun dun DUUUN! Surströmming... It's the tourist's moment of horror, like salmiakki in Finland. Hope to see you back in Finland.
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Thanks so much for this donation!! Although: I am not sure we will try surstromming. Let me ask Ivana about it. She might be able to handle it. She has some experience with fermented fish and stuff. I might vomit..... But anyway, thanks again for your donation!! We appreciate it, and it will really help us :)
Do not do that. It just make you vomit. No fun
@@JetLagWarriors You see a lot of people eating it brutally with a bad mindset straight from the tin, I promise you, it is not so bad when you eat it with tunnbröd (a Swedish version of flatbread) some potatoes and onions like it is supposed to be!
Yes Surströmming, must
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Vasa ship museum is cool in Stockholm. Its a great war ship built in 1628 which unfortunately sank on her maiden voyage. They lifted it up from the bottom of the sea and now its there for all to see. Its very Impressive. Ive seen it three times as Finnish guy!:D
4:15 The buffet is worth it if you pick the most expensive items and drink the more expensive alcoholic drinks. But unless you do, you can get a cheaper meal in one of the restaurants aboard.
Oh and if you book a fancier cabin (commodore or above), a premium breakfast, lounge access with all sorts of food and drink plus a fully stocked minibar in your cabin are included. It can be a pretty good deal outside the most popular cruise season when cabins are less expensive.
I work with these ships, they have 3 huge 100+ cubic meter tanks for the fresh water. They have the ability to pump water from tank to tank to act as ballast water as well.
There is 7 +300m3 tanks, though only 3 are in normal use(for weight purposes).
16:16 that's not a pancake, that's called räiskäle or more commonly lätty or lettu. It could be translated as thin pancake. The real pancakes (pannukakku) are much thicker and baked in the oven instead of a pan. And we put sugar and different types of jams on both, but never syrup (or at least I've never heard of anyone putting syrup on either one)
But it is not even close what Canadians means with pancake.
Its literally called a "crepe" in English lol. There are both salty and sweet crepes.
Caramel topping by the Dutch, syrup by the Canadians and honey by the others.
in southern Finland it's lettu and lätty is pizza. in any case, the correct name is ohukainen
It's lettu everywhere, never heard any other from Lapland to Southern Finland. @@DecibelAlex
17:27 - In Canada, a 4 hour drive is considered ''near''! In some parts of Europe, you've crossed an entire nation and into another one on a 4 hour drive!
90% of Canadians live hugging the southern border of the country. 4 hours would be enough for them to visit the USA and get back home for pancakes. If it's just a one way trip of four hours, you can increase the percentage further. So, as vast as Canada is, most of them can very easily visit a foreign country.
@herrakaarme fair enough! I live in Ottawa, the state of NY is an hour or so away, Algonquin Park is approximately 3 hours away. I've been to the former once, the latter several times!
Algonquin was Ivana and my favorite spot to go camping. We would go portaging on Lake Opeongo over a long weekend, with friends. The bessssssssst times ever. I miss that place.
13:50 if you ever get on those boats again, get to the lowest level cabin. Those are the cheapest and also the engine noise and vibration are the highest.
Also the wildest place on the ship. I sleep heavy so have never been bothered by others down there.
Terrible advice for someone who needs to get a 100% full day on the next destination 😅 I've booked those cabins exactly once, never again
@@iLoveTheseRemoras I've slept through thunderstorms that have felled trees around me. It takes quite a bit to wake me up, hence I have about 8 alarms every time. Thought I had a neighbor that was blasting music so loud that t was louder in my apartment than I would have kept my TV on as an example.
The Paradox museum is really fun in Stockholm city! Lot of cool illusions that i think you would enjoy and would make great content!
Swedish football (soccer) culture is awesome, even if you don't care for the sport, and the season just started! Make sure to watch Hammarby play at home. The atmosphere is better than Djurgården (they share the stadium) or AIK (who play at the national arena). Djurgården and AIK do have hockey teams, too, but they are stuck in the second tier (Hockeyallsvenskan).
Did you know that before Shengen agreement We have not needed passports between Sweden, Finland,Denmark (Greenland included) and Norway since 1954. PS. Island too.
You still don't know how to eat karelian pie? It is like bread. Traditionally you put eggbutter on top of it, but you can put just butter, and slice of cheese or meat, or both. 😀
I like mine toasted :)
Dude, in earlier video he was wondering he didn't get knife and fork when having korvapuusti (cinnamon bun) in a cafeteria 😂
@@samivorhees I literally felt nauseous hearing that in the video
Oh man i love carelian pie with butter, salami, cheese and tomato!!
And it's Karelian _pastry_ - not pie.
The most important thing about the Schengen Area that you need to know is that you as non-Schengen Area citizens are allowed to stay in it ONLY for 90 days in a 180 day period. So make sure you keep record the number of days you spend in the Schengen Area. Oh, yeah Bulgaria and Romania are also part of it so decide to go there the same 90 day rule apply.
Didn't you have free drinks in the buffet? Everyone gets wasted there
Also one strategy to avoid the lines is to .... Well avoid the lines and have an unusual order for different foods
Someone already mentioned it but did you notice beer and wine included to buffet price?!😂
Awesome, Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇨🇦🇫🇮🇨🇦
I don't much care about Hockey but it makes me smile to see how happy it makes you! Love the travel vlogs as always 💕
The Stockholm archipelago is fantastic.
I don't know how delayed these videos are or if you already left Stockholm, but Wasa ship is pretty unique sight to see!
These videos are 1-2 days behind. We are still in Stockholm! We will look into Wasa ship. Thanks for the rec
In Finland we usually take off hats while eating, did you notice there was one guy wearing hat at dinner. 😆
thats how u spot a conservative person in finland when they get mad when someone wears a hat to the table
@@kuliranisti Who's mad? Did you see an angry face in the end of the post? It's just polite to take off hat while eating, you must be one of those cap wearing "wannabe Americans".😂😂
@@kuliranisti Or just normal manners.
We use separat blankets in Sweden aswell. So much nicer and you can always share if you're feeling cozy anyway.
That "pancake" is actually called a "Lettu" in finnish. I'm not sure if there is a word for it but they are sooo good :)
Oisko crepe
Thanks for Finland visity! Visit Vasa museum and Abba museum in Stockholm! Awesome places!
Its gonna be like Finland vs Sweden ice hockey finals now, prepare yourself Jetlag Warriors.😉
The dinner buffet comes with all you can drink red, white wine and beer! Don't miss that on the way back.
Never missed that😂, and food is great, just superb❤
Tappara vs kärpät would be legendary because they are the two best clubs in the 2000s
I'm always so hungry after I watch your videos, all the food you eat looks so good 🤤
Finnish "pancakes" = ohukainen, lettu etc. is amazing with berries and vanilla ice cream. Perfect for summer.
Or you can replace vanilla ice cream with whipped cream. I would prefer the ice cream version during summers and whipped cream one rest of the year.
In my family we have always said lätty :)
Silja Line isn't that much of a party boat, it's for families. If you want a party atmosphere, you should get on a Viking Line (aka 'porauslautta' or 'drilling platform' in English).
I think they know, they say it in the beginning...
You can push the beds together and there is a fresh water tank that they fill in the dock.
How long are you staying in Sweden? Stockholm is beautiful but expensive so take a train to Skåne ( south of Sweden ) it's cheaper and nicer and if you're going to Denmark take the boat from Helsingborg. Lots to do and experience.
"Swedes are tall and blond". Finland has more blond hair (and blue eyes) than Sweden tho 😅
naturally maybe, but finns tend to dye their hair dark more often than swedes do. Swedes go for the blonde highlights
finnish people dirty people :andru:
and Finns are taller
@@heyyomary If you are blonde you don't have to highlight it at all. If you have to do that you are not naturally blonde.
@@Talixforpresident Nah, wishful thinking😅
In Sweden you definitely want to go watch football. The top tier Allsvenskan just started. Stockholm hosts now four Allsvenskan teams; AIK, Hammarby, Djurgården and Brommapojkarna.
Yes! We plan to watch a football match on Monday!
@@JetLagWarriorswhen was this recorded? (we got snow come back today!) (saw there is a hockey game on April 4th btw, Djurgården - Mora. And I guess you will see Djurdgården - Häcken in football on Monday?)
BTW Djurgården translates to either "the Zoo" (via Google translate), or (more 'word by word) to "the animal farm")!
@@staffan144 Yeah, yesterday walking towards the game was a snowstorm! And very windy too. And yes again- our plan is to go to Djurgarden-Mora on Thursday and then Djurgarden-Hacken on Monday! And that's funny about Djurgarden's meaning... I think I will mention it in the next video :)
@@JetLagWarriors if you look on the map of Stockholm, there is also a location / island that is named "Djurgården", so it is really a name of a place, whose meaning is something like that (but more like the animal farm, or something similar).
Swedish football is like the 50th ranked in the world lol. Hockey is definitely what you should watch if you want to see quality sports in Sweden. Nothing wrong with the football atmosphere, though.
Someone already recommended it, but the Wasa ship is definitely worth visiting. About 20 years ago when I was a little kid, I visited the ship with my dad when we sailed from Finland to Sweden. I was like the 1000th "customer" that day or week and I got a prize (a book about the ships history etc.) for it. Very cool memories and I would love to see the ship in your vlog. Surely would be hella nostalgic!
Yes, Finlandia in Finland is like Foster’s in Australia. Finns drink Koskenkorva (or something out of a bunch of Rinnish brands that are cheaper or more ”artisanal”), or stuff from the Baltics or Poland.
12:44 Thats funny. You are sitting at the exact same breakfast table we did on our last cruise 2 month ago
Yes, the water aboard are from three giant tanks and is of high quality. The finnish tapwater is the best in the world and the tapwater on the ship is better than bottled water.
That looks like great craic (fun) ! And Ivana you’re picking up a Scandinavian accent already 😁
The "crepes" you had are called "räiskäle" in Finnish (among other names). I found them in IHOP, TX under "Swedish Pancakes".😊
Going between different Nordic/Scandinavian countries is easy beacuse they are more or less "Sibling countries". It has little to do with the Schengen agreement. It's more historical than that and goes way back when we all used to be pretty much the same people. Way back as in like the Viking age.
Moving/working/traveling between our countries requires nothing other than being a citizen of one of the others.
It's like going from your home, to your other family memebers home. The borders are open for all of us. Including Iceland and greenland etc.
See you are walking along Götgatan and shopping at Medborgaplatsen Coop. I guess today, you have a freak winter, usually it is spring weather now. Have a good trip. If you buy a week or two travel pass, you can use that on certain train (pendeltag) , trams subway(tunnabanna) , bus and certain boat ride, unlimited rides per day throughout the validity of card. Should also visit old town(gamla Stan) and lots of museums. but weather will be fine in a day or two (back to Spring weather)
Before Schegen we had in nordic countrys passport free area. Driving license or id requirment.
And we still do, hello Iceland.
this cruise was the greatest time you could have as a kid, theres nothing better than this
The fresh water onboard comes from shore. so big water tanks onboard yes!
Viking Line for sure is a bit of a party boat, I go on theme cruises twice per year (Turku - Stockholm) where we have metal bands and all kinds of other fun stuff (Burlesque, bellydancing, stand up comedy, hangover bingo (which I host)). Haven't been on a Silja Lines cruise since I was a little kid tbh. The Viking Line cruises do also have just normal people in them every time, even though it's a theme cruise. Lots of old people and lots of kids that are part of some sort of sports teams (probably soccer or ice hockey or something) and it's a bit of a culture shock to venture out from the areas that are full of heavy metal people. Buffet meals are always pricey on boats, I do recommend checking out what kinds of food options there are on the boats if you take another cruise in the future. One thing that is a must for me is a shrimp sandwich! Usually I find some kind of cake at some point as well and my friends roll their eyes and say "you're supposed to be drinking instead of eating!" :D We're big on buying booze from the cruise ships, and especially Finnish people buy snus and/or nicotine pouches. Snus isn't sold in Finland, and nicotine pouches are much cheaper on the boats, so we hoard them. For us Finns clean water from any tap is a no-brainer, even in a cruise ship! And yes, our pancakes are more like crepes, we don't do the thicc pancakes like North Americans do. There's also oven pancake, which is thicker, usually served on Thursdays for dessert after pea soup.
We do love our cruises, and we also love going from one country to another with no hassle. I don't even have a passport atm, haven't had one for years, and I've travelled to Estonia, Denmark, Sweden and Norway without having to show my ID at all. Well, during covid times I did have to show my ID when I returned to Finland, and my vaccine card and then had to explain that I wasn't able to get the third shot because I got some weird side effects and then my doctor told me not to get the third one, almost wasn't allowed to come back to Finland lol. We had checked if we need to have proof of vaccines when going to Norway and Sweden, never thought to check out if we needed to have proof when coming back home :D
It is a seal.
Nordic countries (except Greenland etc) have had a passport exemption that applies to their citizens since 1952, well before Schengen.
No custom because of EU although Ahvenanmaa in Finland is not a part of EU and there is both custom and VAT border - tax free works onboard.
The passport rules are more liberal than in Schengen: one just needs to proof the identity. You as foreigners need to have a passport and keep record how long you are allowed to stay.
That boat includes one of my childhood memories on dunking onn ball sea and video game cavern memories
Fresh water on the ship comes from the shore (both Helsinki and Stockholm have very good tap water), and should the tanks run out for any reason, the ship can also make fresh water from seawater.
Finnish pancake is made in the oven, and it's often (in my family always) the size of a full sized oven tray, and quite thick. You just cut a piece the size you want to eat, top it with whatever and om nom nom. What other countries call a "pancake" is more of a crepe in Finland, although maybe not as thin... Depends on who's cooking.
I've always thought that it is the Faraday Cage effect why wifi doesn't work well on those Finland-Sweden ferries. Those cabins are metal blocks that are put to place when they build the ship.
I spent a weekend in Stockholm a few years back. My favorite spot was the Vasa Museum a centuries old ship that they dug out of the harbor. Additional things to check out: The Skansen open air museum, walking around Gamla Stan the old town, visit Hotorgshallen market and eat a fish soup at Kajsas Fisk (don't worry Steve it's not fishy at all and tastes better than it sounds), visiting the royal palace and walking the gardens. Also good to know is that Sweden is mostly a cashless society these days so I didn't bother taking any Kroner out at the ATM, used my credit card the whole time and it was universally accepted.
Well if you are in sweden you need to go see Vasa, it was largest warship at its time :)
The Shengen- area, in EU is basicly the very same, when you travel in, North-America.
All tdough i’m sure you need to carry some documents, if cross Can-US
21:45 Coop Medborgarplatsen! My old everyday grocery store when I lived near there. :)
Haven't had the time to watch all of your Finnish videos yet, so I'm not sure if you checked it out while in Tampere, but if you didn't: they have a hockey museum. Definitely worth a visit if you come back for more games!
Skål means cheer in Swedish
oh no! they missed the unlimited beer and wine in buffet 😂
Weather in Sweden seems to have gotten more towards spring than here in Finland it’s still cold and wet. Next month can’t come fast enough I want spring and summer weather here too
The snow came back today (in Stockholm. It's all white now. Just like that!)
You can occationally find pancakes for breakfast, but overall Pancakes and different versions of it is typically served more for Lunch/dinner, often together with soup.
20:20 Yeah you're 100% paying for the location with that one, goddamn. I used to live in a studio apartment around the same area and I thought my apartment was bare essentials, but damn that bnb takes the cake.
10:55 does anyone know what group / artist that is?
Did you miss the included beer and wine taps at the buffé? 😄
For free you can go to Swedish Museum of Natural History which is pretty awsome to learn Nordic nature etc.
You should definitely try surströmming :D
Aprils fools joke except it isn't.
Long Drink is best deal for price in tax free shops. In land 24 pack costs around 70€
Vasa Museum is a must in Stockholm. I always show my Brasilian college's the Museum and it's always a hit 👍
You should have visited Turku.... It is the oldest city in Finland and very nice. Turku archipelago, Aurajokiranta, Turku cathedral are all great
Turku is dead in the winter
It's an old tradition to cruise once a year becaus our family comes from both countries and it has always been worth it! 👍
"Does it come with 26 Euros?" hahaha 😆😅
Seems like you have had a great experience in Finland. Usually these kind of videos miss out so much but not you guys!
The last time I was on a ship was sometime as a child. Alcohol seems to be still almost free there, compared to the prices in Finland. 1 liter of Finlandia vodka, I don't even dare to think what it costs here. Is one of the most expensive brands
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If Leksands IF wins the quarter finals you should visit Leksand. It's a small town with a big hockey culture, they love their team hockey team Leksands IF. Btw the team's colours are the same as the Leafs.
You're videos are awesome!
Funny I just came from that same ship today. Was walking down the same isles this morning haha
And you came just in time for April weather.
Ironically.
5:00 Viking Cinderella right across the harbor.
18:50 And there you are passing right by Viking Cinderella on the other side of the Harbor.
Granted, yes, Silja Sernade is leaps and bounds better than Viking Cindrella
When coming back, take a viking line to Turku, check out sites there.
Good job for changing that beanie, though, Ilves is out (of course, it's spring) 😂
Finns don't drink Finlandia in Finland (usually) but it's being sold and the bottle is nice so some people buy it. It's in the taxfree store for swedes mostly. It's just rebranded Koskenkorva vodka honestly for international markets (and the license is owned by americans)
6:13 Typical Finnish man in April😂😂😂
You could have also go with train from Tampere to Turku harbour. The train goes straight to the harbour. And from there you could have taken the newest Viking Line ship that goes to Stockholm.
Hey there fellow Kitsune! I see I'm not the only one enjoying JetLag Warriors, same country too.
@@ssr-p1n 🦊🤘
😅haha. Finally you discovered this boat😅. Lots of 🥃🍷🥂🍸🍾
Ilves and Tappara Icehockey teems in Tampere. Fire and Ice! And he wares them both!😄🤣
If you like to learn more about Swedish history and you like to also see animals you could go to Skansen. It’s located right next to Vasa museum
If you have the funds I would actually recommend the slightly more expensive cabins, It's quite the upgrade compared to the room you had.
That room was very fine. With a window and all.
It must been the hat that made you sick. Next morning with a new hat you where fine!🤣
Hope you didn't get scammed by the Stockholm taxis. Official looking taxis are a big problem there. They've been known to charge 100 bucks or more for short distances.
We have been using bolt app. Our experience in every countrybhas been basically the same: the taxis hanging around airports, bus stations, sporting venues etc are usually charging very high price. We tend to avoid them.
@@JetLagWarriorsFrom Helsinki-Vantaa is a fixed price to the Helsinki centre 35€. The taxi companies are mentioned next to the airport main doors.
Thats why you use Uber or wolt
Kind of fun to see you guys get to experience a cruise across Östersjön, has been a long time ago since I am blackslisted from all cruises. Let´s just say that I did throw some furniture in to the ocean. I was not very fun to be detained and drunk on a cruise I can tell you that much.
188€ is pretty expensive, I think I had a similar cabin, breakfast, and evening buffet last time with that price for 2 persons. It was 62€ overnight trip to Tallinn with a car parked on the ship on last Saturday. The buffee was 29€. These ships get the money mainly by selling booze and cigarettes and snus.
Get well soon Steve 😊
18:35 Might reason for easy pass thru customs that you are looking like a average person from Tampere when flying colors the the teams... ;)
What a nice new channel I just found!
You must visit a hamburger restaurant called Barrels in Stockholm! Everytime me and my friends visit Stockholm from Finland we go there. Best burger I've ever had!
I tried their vegan burger and I must say that was a waste of my money, it was so dry it made my mouth feel like a desert :/
Well those buffets has so good food like salmon in many different forms, shrimps and so on. I usually eat the starters so mucht that i bearly eat the warm food 😁. Also the beer and wine is unlimited, but i rather eat well and don´t drink very much. Also i eat so much food that i sertainly don´t have any room for dessert in my stomach 😂. 17 hours is long time. From Turku to Stockholm is 11 hours if i remember correctly. I live in Tampere so i take train to Turku and i go over the sea from there. It also costs less.
Last fall i had to go to my aunts funeral in Sweden and i traveled alone. Trains and cruises costed 153,10€ plus 5,40€ for busses here in Tampere from my home to trainstation and back (well actually by the orthodox church that is 400m from station) so totally 158,50€. Not so bad at all.