Watch the statistics in the video "Country alcohol consumption comparison." In Europe the highest alcohol consumption countries are: The 1st Moldova. The 2nd Lithuania. Tge 3rd Chechia and the 4th Germany. Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle of Europe. For instance Russiaa, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, Belarus, UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Andorra, Cypros, Serbia, Poland, Portugaletc. Are ahead of Finland.
In Finland we have quite a small group of heavy drinkers who are responsible of the amounts of alcohol consumed in Finland. A majority of us are eather average users or those who drink sometimes or not at all. It makes me sad to hear over and over again that we finns are always or mostly drunk. I don't drink alcohol at all, not because its a problem to have a glass sometimes but because I don't see any point with it. I prefer a mug of coffee instead. But I'm glad to hear you like Finland 😊
@@stinak7924 I think the general statistics about the Finnish drinking is that about 10 % are heavy drinkers that consume about 50 % of all alcohol. Besides in 2023, 12% of the population, 10% of men and 14% of women were non-drinkers. I am always sober, so I belong to a small minority, but my friends don't drink much even beer whatever we do.
Interesting, thanks! About Finns and alcohol: Finns actually consume less alcohol per head than the Germans, French, Brits, not to talk about the eastern Europe. The alcohol consumption has been declining for many years now, especially the younger generations drink less these days. But yes, there still are Finns who like to drink. About the Russian language: I don't know where in Finland you live but rather few native Finns speak Russian, it has always been a rare language at school. Russian speakers make the largest immigrant group in Finland, though, many of the them live in eastern Finland. Finland has received around 60k refugees from Ukraine, some of them speaks Russian, too.
Almost more Ukrainians than Russians over here now(I live in Espoo) and very few can separate the language if you don't speak a Slavic language. Was in the store when one fin reacted to some Ukrainians as they would have been Russians. Even I sit on the train staring at people that looks too happy and speak a slavic language, but they usually have some kind of symbol if they at least support Ukraine so then I stop. Yes I worked with a Russian guy for years but he supported Putin so it kinda made me think differently about him. Can't say anything else than if you are from Ukraine then wear your flag because we kinda carry an anger towards our mutual neighbor(then also a Russian carrying the colors of Ukraine at least shows sympathy or has to hide behind Ukraine, both goes for me).
@@amadeuz8161 sounds like you are doing/attempting some passive variation of ethnic profiling purely based on observation of people expressing joy/happiness, Slavic language and if there's a symbol, yet you don't care if it's genuine or virtue signaling, you don't care who these people are, their origin, opinions etc. because you already made up your mind, did I miss anything?
@@snekbaev If you know something about the history between Finland and Muscovia then you do understand why a Russian taking shelter here while their messed up country destroys homes and families in Ukraine. So if they are here taking shelter while their country rapes, kills, loots, razes... then they better wave the Ukrainian flag and high. My point was that it is hard to separate a slav from a slav so when they speak a slavic language it sounds for me as a slavic language so if they are Russian they are not welcome except if they clearly show support for Ukraine or more important show that they are against their own country and what it is doing. So you now trying to twist something out of it, there are a lot of saying about Russians here but none of them tells of a Russian changing or thinking they have done anything wrong.... So when Russia return Karelia, Kola and Ingria. Asking for forgivness from every Ingrian still living today for what they did then that day we can start to talk about origin and opinions. Happily those Ukrainians and Belarusian moved into my grandmothers lands, like if they would be pure they wouldn't take that land or even their relatives today live on it becuase it is not theirs! So you feel sorry for those bstrds, I am waiting for the day when I can honor my ancestors and hunt the muscovian kind in the Uralic forests that strech all the way to the Pacific. So you go read the real history of the Ural Altaic peoples and the Slavic ones and then come again to me and say I should show respect to a Muscovian.
I don't agree that Finland is a difficult country to live if you don't drink alcohol. In day to day life, alcohol is not present in any way. People often drink milk with the food instead of wine. Water, soft drink and juice are also popular drinking options. If you are invited to a cocktail party, there is always a non-alcoholic options, since somebody has to drive home, and most people are responsible enough to not drive under the influence. The hosts are aware of this, and always provide alternative drinks. So you could easily live without alcohol if you want to. Though Finland does consume quite a lot of alcohol per capita per year. That is because when finnish people drink, they really drink. It is unbeleavable how much some people can drink. Occasionally it breaks the newsbarrier how somebody was over 3‰ drunk. I think I would be dead if I was that drunk, but those people must be at least semi-professionals to develop a tolerance like that. Even those drinking parties is acceptable to participate sober, by being the designated driver. So even that part of society is open if you don't drink alcohol. I try to think of a place where you couldn't, but even the vine of the sacrament in the church has non-alcoholic option provided. If there is a situation where you have to drink alcohol, I cant figure one out, so please help me with it? Actually what is much more difficult drink to avoid is coffee. That is everywhere, several times each day, and you are viewed as a difficult person if you request something else. It's even baked into the language, breaks are often calked coffee breaks, if you don't drink coffee you are an outsider. If you ask someone to come with you to a date, you often ask if they would want to have a coffee with you (even when neither of you actually drink coffee) Sometimes in events there is a tea option also, but again you are a second class citicen, having just hot water and then having to brew your own tea, and then have to figure out what to do with the thrash. There is an option to make a readily made tea that anybody could just take, but that is rarely an option, the messaging is that the event is primarily a coffee event, tea drinkers are lucky to have anything at all as an afterthought.
You are so right 😂. And the water can be so lukewarm that the aromas of the (black) Tea doesn’t dissolve at all and the Tea tastes like dishwater (without liquid)...Don’t even think about drinking some other type of Tea... 🙄. Okey, must admit Tea isn’t an easy drink in that sense, but still... I wonder how British people find it here? Although I myself do like coffee too except if I’m offered a non-grease milk with it 🤦♀️. And for the evening visits I bring my own non-theanine teabag with me 😂. It’s not worth of keeping awake whole night for any drink...convenience matters more to me than to be polite 😏
"A lot people speak Russian" is pretty relative and perhaps even subjective perception. In Finland, about 1.5% speak Russian as their mother tongue, in cities like Helsinki (2.7%) and Lappeenranta (>4%) there are relatively more speakers, but not many percent.
For instance in North Carelia about 4,8 % of population don't speak Finnish or Swedish as a native language, and about 3 % of population is Russian native speakers. In eastern Finland there's very little native Swedish speakers who live mainly on the western and southern coasts. About 3 % of population in North Carelia don't have a Finnish citizenship, and most of them are from Russia, Syria, Estonia, Thailand and Ukraine.
Yeah, in cities like Lappeenranta (or Lappeenranta in particular), you will encounter a "lot" of Russian speakers, but even there it's not more than several thousand residents. Elsewhere it is even more random. Back in the olden days of pre-Covid and pre-war, Lappeenranta was packed with Russian tourists and the same can be said of some other cities as well to a lesser degree.
Should be 0% in the Ural Altaic lands... like that slavic language aint even Native to the lands to the East. A far away relative to them Baltic is more native to the areas. Karjala vttu takasin, best regards from a Karelian. Never forget, never forgive.
Looking at the last set of elected Finnish MEP it do seem to barely beat out German and French as the 4th most commonly spoken language. The three first is Finnish, English (all of them speak both), and Swedish.
Nice to hear you liked your stay here in Finland. I dont agree with people speaking russian though, I only know a couple native finns who do, and they´re from Lappeenranta which is next to the border with Mordor.
Thank you for your kind words. You are spot on with the drinking culture, as someone who drinks 1-2 times a year, sometimes it's hard to find new friends and connect. For the winter, I always leave when it gets to dark.
Taking about salaries in Europe compare to US, I d say that in EU standard deviation in salaries is lower then in States, so it’s hard to be rich here but otherwise salaries for ordinary job don’t differ so much from salaries of qualified specialists as it is in US. Europe is not for people who want to earn a lot of money, over all vibe here is more relaxing.
Stop with this "it's hard to be rich here" nonsense. Finland has a lot of millionaires for its small population, it's just that we don't have the same class struggles that most other countries have so you wouldn't even know a millionaire if you saw one because they blend in with regular Finns. In Finland you literally get paid to go to school which means you can become whatever you want and Finns can travel/move pretty much anywhere they want, which is why this is one of the best countries in the world to be born in.
There is public information about income and income tax, but not about personal wealth in Finland. But if your wealth is based on publicly traded shares or public companies or property, such information is available. Other asset classes are more hidden from the public.
To be precise only taxable income - after the deductions - and income tax are public information, not your total income. The wealth information is as you wrote.
Per capita, i wonder where this idea comes that you cant be rich on Finland or in Europe. Lets be real, 99% of people fail with their american dream. They wont be rich. Not even close, even when you dedicade your whole life to work. I actually think its easier to achieve pretty decent (upper)middle clas life in Finland, with just basic effort and lots of free time and benefits. One thing with money and Finland is modesty. You see people around you, while missing out totally how good life they live. Group of millionaires can be hanging out at gas station and drinking coffee wearing crocs like anybody. There is lots of hidden money in Finland, but when you dont see all the richness, cars, mansions, white parties, yachts you think it means richness dont exist. In US, many of those things are not even real, but founded with huge debt and other things. Yeah, it seems more flashy than it really is and vice versa in Finland.
@@EiraAimo Well, if you pay over 40 Percent income tax the state pretty much tries to kill you and often succeed. Noone should see that as a positive thing. Of course, many Finns are just lazy and want everyone to fail. Decent upper middle class life? With manual labor that ain't happening or you have a weird definition about upper middle class life.
As a Finn I feel that you would be crazy to choose Finland over the US. Interesting video, I subbed. About drinking, I'm an older dude lol but I wouldn't offer you vodka as I have never used alcohol unless it is embedded in a Runeberg tart or ice cream. I never saw my issue with not drinking as a problem, I just considered people into drinking as mental midgets and started to avoid them at an early age.
Hahah! That was funny! There has not been a third winter and I can speak Russian if they don't speak English. You might be a tipping off an edge soon. Just enjoy the summer before you do! 🤩
I appreciate if people shut up in saunas, dammit. I read that Japanese teahouse allows only two topics for discussion: tea and all the tableware used to serve tea. I think sauna should have the same rule: you can only discuss löyly and vasta and how sauna is built.
In regards to traditional Japanese tea gatherings: The main part (serving the thick tea or koicha) has the discussion restricted only to the tea and tableware, with only a few pretty much set words. Other parts are more informal and people can discuss other stuff too, but even then, don't start anything about politics, religion etc. It's all about good vibes and harmony and hospitability.
@@jps8678 Kirjoittamaton Saunasääntö onkin että Politiikasta ei Saunassa puhuta, nauttiminen löylyistä ja pieni jutustelu on ok mutta ei muuta ,Enoni joutuikin kerran siilinjärvellä lähtemään "karkuun" kun yks ukko ylisti jotain politiikan tyyppiä koko ajan :-)
Thank you for the nice words about our country! :) About the Russian language though, that is definitely very regional, as also mentioned in other comments. I also know Russian and hear it frequently in Helsinki and the bigger cities of Eastern Finland. But if you come to the west of the country you almost never hear it. I can immediately tell that you just happened to be in the few places where Russian speakers are somewhat more common.
I'm super scared of walking on ice, I definitely don't do it unless I've prepared for everything. So many people drown every winter, for example one Winter at least seven people drowned in my municipality (with a population of 130k). There's this super scary cartoon thing they showed to us as kids called "Varokaa heikkoa jäätä!" Finns are the worst when it comes to respecting water. For example, when I was 18, me and my friends went on an island cottage to party. Beforehand we all agreed that no one would go swimming when drunk. During the party, everyone went swimming while super drunk, and when I asked them "what about the promise?" they just got super angry at me and kept swimming. It was pitch-black too, so if someone would have got themselves into trouble, there would have been very little we could do, because the visibility was 0, and we had no flashlights or anything like that. So the lesson of the story is: if your Finnish friends do reckless stuff regarding ice or water, don't follow them - remember: Finns are completely suicidal when it comes to water. Just look at our 'Midsummer bingo': people guess how many people are going to drown on the day of 'Midsummer' also known as 'Juhannus'. One Midsummer (year 2016), nine people drowned.
1. Yes some people fall through the ice and drown, some experienced too because its a shock. Many times its also old people that have done this their entire and they know, so when the heart aint as stong anymore the shock is enough even if they have pulled themselves 100's of times before from the hole. The other group is people seeing other people on the ice thinking the ice is as thick in every spot and have no clue about the waters. So ignorant people thinking we that ice fish drill holes every 10m do it because we are searching for fish or then they see a drilled hole and think someone has been there not understanding that the ice changes very fast and that holecould be a marker for the fisher not to go further out/closer to the current. Of course we have daredevils but they are usually prepared for falling through the ice when they skate on like 1-2cm thick ice(I have been ice fishing on 4-5cm thick ice and it bends). 2. The swimming drunk aint that horrible or dangerous, its the jumping and diving that is dangerous if you are too drunk and if its dark outside without moonlight you might not know whats up or down. I have been swimming drunk for almost 40 years and only once when my friend pushed me from was it 3 or 5m I almost didn't find the surface but then remembered that I will float up so that gave me the direction. If you aint a good swimmer then you should not swim while drunk becuase you become even worse but someone with a brain understanding water it aint dangerous. Most that drown during midsummer is drunk people using a boat(most of them, one year a bunch drove like 30 knots into a concrete pier the guy at the front being ready to jump on land with the rope) or very drunk people falling into the water already having problems walking on land. So yes they both are dangerous things even when you know what you are doing but so is crossing the road!
@@amadeuz8161 you sound like the typical person with a reckless attitude regarding water. Now is the good time to stop gambling and start respecting the water.
@@pupper5580 I was born next to water and water is not dangerous. It is you that make it dangerous. Some people drown when they get a cramp in water, I stretch because when you are 100m+ out its kinda hard to swim back, just learn to float and move like a bobber in the waves. You go under but you float so you will come back up. You should always respect the sea and never in my life have I driven a boat drunk or been in one if the driver is drunk. There is a huge difference in going for a swim drunk and falling into the water drunk. You do notice your condition and how faar out you can go from the shore. Sauna, beer, sausage and swimming is a must on midsummer but drivin a boat drunk aint. So still most that can swim and drown do it because they suddenly ended up in the water when drunk, some die before hitting the water like the ones that drove sober too fast under a bridge not understanding that waves exist(was a experienced driver that forgot everything sober)or they had some kind of health problem from a cramp to heart issue or even lung issue. Like I said crossing a road. 87 drowned in 2023 and 183 died in traffic, still you drive your car and say water is the dangerous element...
@@pupper5580 Sausage and sauna also, else it wont feel right. Then of course you have to have a bottle of some clear stuff hidden away near the sauna that the women don't know of :D
Suomi Perkele 🇫🇮 Finland is nice place to live . We don't do "small talk" it's unneccasary😂😂😂. And winter is not terrible , you just need good clothing😂😂😂
Mikaela, thank you! It was very interesting, but tooooooooo fast! 🙂 The main problem is that you change your thoughts and topics so quickly that it's too hard to follow and remember what you said a couple of seconds before!
@@olavirannisto3552 Thank you for your suggestion! :) |'d prefer the speed of speech close to that in videos in Russian! :) Well... Agree... May be a few times faster, but definitely not as fast as in this video.
I think you are quite young and maybe not know our history with Russia? I mean if there is one coutry we really hate....And everybody drinks and drives in the US. The first advice I got while living in the US, do not drive on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights. Or like dozens of places in the cities where not to go. And it took almost 5 days before my first evacuation and gun violence/ killing experience. Glad you like it here in Finland.
О, мне тоже нравится Финляндия, потому что люблю северную суровую природу. Хотя я и не был в Финляндии, но был в Карелии, бывшей частью Финляндии, и это очень яркое детское впечатление.
To speak Russian is not common as has been mentioned already. The language people speak most after Finnish and English is Swedish. Almost everybody should speak it, because it's compulsory to study it at school (though in reality, people often speak it very badly if at all). That compulsion is interesting because nobody seems to know why. Of course, there are all kinds of official explanations and popular beliefs, but none of them really make sense. And the bottom line is that it's stupid to learn another small language which is already furthermore spoken as a mother tongue by more than 200 000 Finns. It's hard to come up with a more useless subject. My humble guess is that the main reason is that many of the wealthiest people in this country have Swedish as their first language and they identify often as the Finland's Swedes. There has always been the risk that they move abroad with their money. The state tries to assure them that Finland is their home, too, and their language is considered highly important.
@@mikaellindroos1594 Perhaps so. It would be interesting to know the real reasons, tho. Why this massive investment in something that is so useless, relatively speaking? BTW, another reason is Sweden.
@@mikaellindroos1594 Yeah sure. I've studied Finland's history and written books about it, by the way. But you couldn't answer my question But, hey, that's ok, nobody can (although many think thye can because they think that some magic word, like history, makes the irrationality go away).
Have you been to Finland Light (Estonia) ? They do love to talk when alcohol is involved. Being around drunk Finnish people is stressful, because then they will try to talk with me. I am socially awkward and also my Finnish is not so good at all. How I am going to answer ?
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 They are shopping for alcohol here. Our consumption in statistics has gone to the roof. One Finnish guy spent 43k on one purchase in Valka for booze.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 alkoholijuomien kokonaiskulutus vuonna 2023 oli 8,7 litraa sataprosenttista alkoholia 15 vuotta täyttänyttä asukasta kohti. Kokonaiskulutus väheni vuoteen 2022 verrattuna 2,4 prosenttia. In my books, 2,4 % is not much, but I know its a matter of opinion
I hate they publish the list of the rich people here in Finland. And I hate I’m not on the list. Also sauna is cool until you heat it. And the sense of humor here is really dry, until *alcohol problem* Haha funny. Not. Glad you enjoy it over here, I don’t. 😅
Finland's alcohol consumption has gone drastically down in 20 years. Watch the statistics in the video "Country alcohol consumption comparison." Russia's alcohol consumption is much higher.
@@peketee2278 No. Finland's alcohol consumption has gone drastically down in 20 years. It goes down every year more and more. Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle of Europe.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 I like it, although I only drink it a couple of times a year. It doesn't mean that you should pour it down your throat with both hands.
Jatka Suomen ja Venäjän kielen opiskelua. Ystäviä tulee olemaan paljon! Мы в Санкт-Петербурге учим финский, потому что соседи: хотя больше этот язык нигде и не пригодится. Финны - это народ, который наполовину русские Карелы, наполовину шведы😂
Minä sanoin sille tytölle että ollaan tässä sen verran pitkän matkan miehiä, että antakaa mulle Vesilasi, vessanavain, heiniä paali siinä on reissupojan elämän maali Rahaa on niin paljon, ettei paskalle taivu eihän sitä muutoin kehtaa kaiken mihin meikäpoika kätensä lykkää häätypi olla ehtaa
You are very obsessed with money. In Russia, no one is interested in prices. If we are talking about education, I would like to know about its quality. Under the video "A Day in the Life of My American Life in Russian | One day in my American life)" I asked meaningful questions. If you don't answer, then we lose interest. Please answer questions in writing directly in the comments. Possible in English.
Очень грубо, чувак, требовать особого внимания. Довольно наивно полагать, что человек, которому вдали сотни вопрос в комментах ответит всем. На это не хватит ни времени, ни сил, ни интереса. Дай человеку самому решать что делать.
Дорогая Микаела, ну имей уже совесть! Ты так быстро говоришь на своём американском наречии, шо таки я даже и пару слов перевести не успеваю! Зачем вы так быстро разговариваете, в своей этой Америке?
Watch the statistics in the video "Country alcohol consumption comparison."
In Europe the highest alcohol consumption countries are: The 1st Moldova. The 2nd Lithuania. Tge 3rd Chechia and the 4th Germany.
Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle of Europe. For instance Russiaa, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, Belarus, UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Andorra, Cypros, Serbia, Poland, Portugaletc. Are ahead of Finland.
In Finland we have quite a small group of heavy drinkers who are responsible of the amounts of alcohol consumed in Finland. A majority of us are eather average users or those who drink sometimes or not at all. It makes me sad to hear over and over again that we finns are always or mostly drunk. I don't drink alcohol at all, not because its a problem to have a glass sometimes but because I don't see any point with it. I prefer a mug of coffee instead.
But I'm glad to hear you like Finland 😊
@@stinak7924 I think the general statistics about the Finnish drinking is that about 10 % are heavy drinkers that consume about 50 % of all alcohol. Besides in 2023, 12% of the population, 10% of men and 14% of women were non-drinkers. I am always sober, so I belong to a small minority, but my friends don't drink much even beer whatever we do.
Interesting, thanks! About Finns and alcohol: Finns actually consume less alcohol per head than the Germans, French, Brits, not to talk about the eastern Europe. The alcohol consumption has been declining for many years now, especially the younger generations drink less these days. But yes, there still are Finns who like to drink. About the Russian language: I don't know where in Finland you live but rather few native Finns speak Russian, it has always been a rare language at school. Russian speakers make the largest immigrant group in Finland, though, many of the them live in eastern Finland. Finland has received around 60k refugees from Ukraine, some of them speaks Russian, too.
Almost more Ukrainians than Russians over here now(I live in Espoo) and very few can separate the language if you don't speak a Slavic language. Was in the store when one fin reacted to some Ukrainians as they would have been Russians. Even I sit on the train staring at people that looks too happy and speak a slavic language, but they usually have some kind of symbol if they at least support Ukraine so then I stop.
Yes I worked with a Russian guy for years but he supported Putin so it kinda made me think differently about him.
Can't say anything else than if you are from Ukraine then wear your flag because we kinda carry an anger towards our mutual neighbor(then also a Russian carrying the colors of Ukraine at least shows sympathy or has to hide behind Ukraine, both goes for me).
@@amadeuz8161 sounds like you are doing/attempting some passive variation of ethnic profiling purely based on observation of people expressing joy/happiness, Slavic language and if there's a symbol, yet you don't care if it's genuine or virtue signaling, you don't care who these people are, their origin, opinions etc. because you already made up your mind, did I miss anything?
@@snekbaev If you know something about the history between Finland and Muscovia then you do understand why a Russian taking shelter here while their messed up country destroys homes and families in Ukraine. So if they are here taking shelter while their country rapes, kills, loots, razes... then they better wave the Ukrainian flag and high.
My point was that it is hard to separate a slav from a slav so when they speak a slavic language it sounds for me as a slavic language so if they are Russian they are not welcome except if they clearly show support for Ukraine or more important show that they are against their own country and what it is doing.
So you now trying to twist something out of it, there are a lot of saying about Russians here but none of them tells of a Russian changing or thinking they have done anything wrong.... So when Russia return Karelia, Kola and Ingria. Asking for forgivness from every Ingrian still living today for what they did then that day we can start to talk about origin and opinions. Happily those Ukrainians and Belarusian moved into my grandmothers lands, like if they would be pure they wouldn't take that land or even their relatives today live on it becuase it is not theirs! So you feel sorry for those bstrds, I am waiting for the day when I can honor my ancestors and hunt the muscovian kind in the Uralic forests that strech all the way to the Pacific.
So you go read the real history of the Ural Altaic peoples and the Slavic ones and then come again to me and say I should show respect to a Muscovian.
I don't agree that Finland is a difficult country to live if you don't drink alcohol. In day to day life, alcohol is not present in any way. People often drink milk with the food instead of wine. Water, soft drink and juice are also popular drinking options. If you are invited to a cocktail party, there is always a non-alcoholic options, since somebody has to drive home, and most people are responsible enough to not drive under the influence. The hosts are aware of this, and always provide alternative drinks.
So you could easily live without alcohol if you want to. Though Finland does consume quite a lot of alcohol per capita per year. That is because when finnish people drink, they really drink. It is unbeleavable how much some people can drink. Occasionally it breaks the newsbarrier how somebody was over 3‰ drunk. I think I would be dead if I was that drunk, but those people must be at least semi-professionals to develop a tolerance like that.
Even those drinking parties is acceptable to participate sober, by being the designated driver. So even that part of society is open if you don't drink alcohol. I try to think of a place where you couldn't, but even the vine of the sacrament in the church has non-alcoholic option provided. If there is a situation where you have to drink alcohol, I cant figure one out, so please help me with it?
Actually what is much more difficult drink to avoid is coffee. That is everywhere, several times each day, and you are viewed as a difficult person if you request something else. It's even baked into the language, breaks are often calked coffee breaks, if you don't drink coffee you are an outsider. If you ask someone to come with you to a date, you often ask if they would want to have a coffee with you (even when neither of you actually drink coffee) Sometimes in events there is a tea option also, but again you are a second class citicen, having just hot water and then having to brew your own tea, and then have to figure out what to do with the thrash. There is an option to make a readily made tea that anybody could just take, but that is rarely an option, the messaging is that the event is primarily a coffee event, tea drinkers are lucky to have anything at all as an afterthought.
You are so right 😂. And the water can be so lukewarm that the aromas of the (black) Tea doesn’t dissolve at all and the Tea tastes like dishwater (without liquid)...Don’t even think about drinking some other type of Tea... 🙄. Okey, must admit Tea isn’t an easy drink in that sense, but still... I wonder how British people find it here? Although I myself do like coffee too except if I’m offered a non-grease milk with it 🤦♀️. And for the evening visits I bring my own non-theanine teabag with me 😂. It’s not worth of keeping awake whole night for any drink...convenience matters more to me than to be polite 😏
"A lot people speak Russian" is pretty relative and perhaps even subjective perception. In Finland, about 1.5% speak Russian as their mother tongue, in cities like Helsinki (2.7%) and Lappeenranta (>4%) there are relatively more speakers, but not many percent.
For instance in North Carelia about 4,8 % of population don't speak Finnish or Swedish as a native language, and about 3 % of population is Russian native speakers. In eastern Finland there's very little native Swedish speakers who live mainly on the western and southern coasts. About 3 % of population in North Carelia don't have a Finnish citizenship, and most of them are from Russia, Syria, Estonia, Thailand and Ukraine.
Yeah, in cities like Lappeenranta (or Lappeenranta in particular), you will encounter a "lot" of Russian speakers, but even there it's not more than several thousand residents. Elsewhere it is even more random. Back in the olden days of pre-Covid and pre-war, Lappeenranta was packed with Russian tourists and the same can be said of some other cities as well to a lesser degree.
Should be 0% in the Ural Altaic lands... like that slavic language aint even Native to the lands to the East. A far away relative to them Baltic is more native to the areas. Karjala vttu takasin, best regards from a Karelian. Never forget, never forgive.
And those who speak Russia are Russians who don't wanna live in Russia.
Be careful about claims "lots speak Russian", because Russia will get "a reason" to invade and "SAVE local Russians" :P
Swedish is the second official language of Finland. Almost everyone can speak english. Russian language is not very commmon.
Looking at the last set of elected Finnish MEP it do seem to barely beat out German and French as the 4th most commonly spoken language. The three first is Finnish, English (all of them speak both), and Swedish.
I Finn I know speak englanti and sverige. Jag tycker flickorna. Jag sauna och bastu och swimma i summeren.
Nice to hear you liked your stay here in Finland. I dont agree with people speaking russian though, I only know a couple native finns who do, and they´re from Lappeenranta which is next to the border with Mordor.
Thank you for your kind words. You are spot on with the drinking culture, as someone who drinks 1-2 times a year, sometimes it's hard to find new friends and connect. For the winter, I always leave when it gets to dark.
Lot of ppl drink but alcohol comsumption is below eu average we still have that reputation tho
@@tero2535Even if it's below eu average, it's way too high imo. It's hard to find young people who dont drink and aren't super boring.
Greetings from Finland😎
She has a 199cm boyfriend
Taking about salaries in Europe compare to US, I d say that in EU standard deviation in salaries is lower then in States, so it’s hard to be rich here but otherwise salaries for ordinary job don’t differ so much from salaries of qualified specialists as it is in US. Europe is not for people who want to earn a lot of money, over all vibe here is more relaxing.
"Work to live" (Europe) vs "Live to work" (US). I prefer the first way. In reality you only need so much, you can't earn all money in the world.
Stop with this "it's hard to be rich here" nonsense. Finland has a lot of millionaires for its small population, it's just that we don't have the same class struggles that most other countries have so you wouldn't even know a millionaire if you saw one because they blend in with regular Finns.
In Finland you literally get paid to go to school which means you can become whatever you want and Finns can travel/move pretty much anywhere they want, which is why this is one of the best countries in the world to be born in.
I would love you to do more videos in English. Again short comment 😄
We're happy to have you here! Glad you've enjoyed your stay!
I love how you even question if Finland is more or less developed than the US. The US is a third world country compared to Finland.
Finland doesn't have a large non white population sucking up resources
Very true
Compared to any other Nordic countries too.
@@CircumambulationMaedia amazing what one can have in a white majority country isn't it?
Sorry but the US is now a 4th World Country.
There is public information about income and income tax, but not about personal wealth in Finland. But if your wealth is based on publicly traded shares or public companies or property, such information is available. Other asset classes are more hidden from the public.
To be precise only taxable income - after the deductions - and income tax are public information, not your total income.
The wealth information is as you wrote.
Per capita, i wonder where this idea comes that you cant be rich on Finland or in Europe. Lets be real, 99% of people fail with their american dream. They wont be rich. Not even close, even when you dedicade your whole life to work. I actually think its easier to achieve pretty decent (upper)middle clas life in Finland, with just basic effort and lots of free time and benefits.
One thing with money and Finland is modesty. You see people around you, while missing out totally how good life they live. Group of millionaires can be hanging out at gas station and drinking coffee wearing crocs like anybody. There is lots of hidden money in Finland, but when you dont see all the richness, cars, mansions, white parties, yachts you think it means richness dont exist. In US, many of those things are not even real, but founded with huge debt and other things. Yeah, it seems more flashy than it really is and vice versa in Finland.
@@EiraAimo Well, if you pay over 40 Percent income tax the state pretty much tries to kill you and often succeed. Noone should see that as a positive thing. Of course, many Finns are just lazy and want everyone to fail. Decent upper middle class life? With manual labor that ain't happening or you have a weird definition about upper middle class life.
As a Finn I feel that you would be crazy to choose Finland over the US. Interesting video, I subbed. About drinking, I'm an older dude lol but I wouldn't offer you vodka as I have never used alcohol unless it is embedded in a Runeberg tart or ice cream. I never saw my issue with not drinking as a problem, I just considered people into drinking as mental midgets and started to avoid them at an early age.
Hahah! That was funny! There has not been a third winter and I can speak Russian if they don't speak English.
You might be a tipping off an edge soon. Just enjoy the summer before you do! 🤩
I appreciate if people shut up in saunas, dammit. I read that Japanese teahouse allows only two topics for discussion: tea and all the tableware used to serve tea. I think sauna should have the same rule: you can only discuss löyly and vasta and how sauna is built.
In regards to traditional Japanese tea gatherings: The main part (serving the thick tea or koicha) has the discussion restricted only to the tea and tableware, with only a few pretty much set words. Other parts are more informal and people can discuss other stuff too, but even then, don't start anything about politics, religion etc. It's all about good vibes and harmony and hospitability.
Jep. Se on hirveetä kun yleisisis saunois joku alkaa lässyttää omia mileipiteitään poliitikista ja muusta. Pilaa usein koko saunakokemuksen.
@@jps8678 Kirjoittamaton Saunasääntö onkin että Politiikasta ei Saunassa puhuta, nauttiminen löylyistä ja pieni jutustelu on ok mutta ei muuta ,Enoni joutuikin kerran siilinjärvellä lähtemään "karkuun" kun yks ukko ylisti jotain politiikan tyyppiä koko ajan :-)
Finnish winter is great if there are snow and its freezing, but when its +2C and rains it can be awful.
Спасибо большое за новое видео! Ставлю лайк! Как всегда интересно! 🙂
You should do more on Finland and Finnish! Interesting to me, a Finn, who found your channel as you study and speak Russian as do I. :)
Suomi mainittu, torille1!!1
Вы уверенны,что Вам следует указывать,что и как делать человеку,у которого есть свой выбор ? Почему бы Вам не говорить больше о Финляндии ? Без обид!❤
Thank you for the nice words about our country! :)
About the Russian language though, that is definitely very regional, as also mentioned in other comments. I also know Russian and hear it frequently in Helsinki and the bigger cities of Eastern Finland. But if you come to the west of the country you almost never hear it. I can immediately tell that you just happened to be in the few places where Russian speakers are somewhat more common.
I'm super scared of walking on ice, I definitely don't do it unless I've prepared for everything. So many people drown every winter, for example one Winter at least seven people drowned in my municipality (with a population of 130k). There's this super scary cartoon thing they showed to us as kids called "Varokaa heikkoa jäätä!"
Finns are the worst when it comes to respecting water. For example, when I was 18, me and my friends went on an island cottage to party. Beforehand we all agreed that no one would go swimming when drunk. During the party, everyone went swimming while super drunk, and when I asked them "what about the promise?" they just got super angry at me and kept swimming. It was pitch-black too, so if someone would have got themselves into trouble, there would have been very little we could do, because the visibility was 0, and we had no flashlights or anything like that.
So the lesson of the story is: if your Finnish friends do reckless stuff regarding ice or water, don't follow them - remember: Finns are completely suicidal when it comes to water. Just look at our 'Midsummer bingo': people guess how many people are going to drown on the day of 'Midsummer' also known as 'Juhannus'. One Midsummer (year 2016), nine people drowned.
1. Yes some people fall through the ice and drown, some experienced too because its a shock. Many times its also old people that have done this their entire and they know, so when the heart aint as stong anymore the shock is enough even if they have pulled themselves 100's of times before from the hole. The other group is people seeing other people on the ice thinking the ice is as thick in every spot and have no clue about the waters. So ignorant people thinking we that ice fish drill holes every 10m do it because we are searching for fish or then they see a drilled hole and think someone has been there not understanding that the ice changes very fast and that holecould be a marker for the fisher not to go further out/closer to the current. Of course we have daredevils but they are usually prepared for falling through the ice when they skate on like 1-2cm thick ice(I have been ice fishing on 4-5cm thick ice and it bends).
2. The swimming drunk aint that horrible or dangerous, its the jumping and diving that is dangerous if you are too drunk and if its dark outside without moonlight you might not know whats up or down. I have been swimming drunk for almost 40 years and only once when my friend pushed me from was it 3 or 5m I almost didn't find the surface but then remembered that I will float up so that gave me the direction. If you aint a good swimmer then you should not swim while drunk becuase you become even worse but someone with a brain understanding water it aint dangerous. Most that drown during midsummer is drunk people using a boat(most of them, one year a bunch drove like 30 knots into a concrete pier the guy at the front being ready to jump on land with the rope) or very drunk people falling into the water already having problems walking on land.
So yes they both are dangerous things even when you know what you are doing but so is crossing the road!
@@amadeuz8161 you sound like the typical person with a reckless attitude regarding water. Now is the good time to stop gambling and start respecting the water.
@@pupper5580 I was born next to water and water is not dangerous. It is you that make it dangerous. Some people drown when they get a cramp in water, I stretch because when you are 100m+ out its kinda hard to swim back, just learn to float and move like a bobber in the waves. You go under but you float so you will come back up. You should always respect the sea and never in my life have I driven a boat drunk or been in one if the driver is drunk. There is a huge difference in going for a swim drunk and falling into the water drunk. You do notice your condition and how faar out you can go from the shore. Sauna, beer, sausage and swimming is a must on midsummer but drivin a boat drunk aint.
So still most that can swim and drown do it because they suddenly ended up in the water when drunk, some die before hitting the water like the ones that drove sober too fast under a bridge not understanding that waves exist(was a experienced driver that forgot everything sober)or they had some kind of health problem from a cramp to heart issue or even lung issue.
Like I said crossing a road. 87 drowned in 2023 and 183 died in traffic, still you drive your car and say water is the dangerous element...
@@amadeuz8161 "beer and swimming in midsummer is a must" facepalm.
@@pupper5580 Sausage and sauna also, else it wont feel right. Then of course you have to have a bottle of some clear stuff hidden away near the sauna that the women don't know of :D
Suomi Perkele 🇫🇮 Finland is nice place to live . We don't do "small talk" it's unneccasary😂😂😂. And winter is not terrible , you just need good clothing😂😂😂
Mikaela, thank you! It was very interesting, but tooooooooo fast! 🙂
The main problem is that you change your thoughts and topics so quickly that it's too hard to follow and remember what you said a couple of seconds before!
turn on the subtitles and use pause if necessary...
@@olavirannisto3552 Thank you for your suggestion! :) |'d prefer the speed of speech close to that in videos in Russian! :) Well... Agree... May be a few times faster, but definitely not as fast as in this video.
you can slow videos.
Ну уж очень быстрая речь... Финны Вас часто принимают за свою соотечественницу?
I think you are quite young and maybe not know our history with Russia? I mean if there is one coutry we really hate....And everybody drinks and drives in the US. The first advice I got while living in the US, do not drive on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights. Or like dozens of places in the cities where not to go. And it took almost 5 days before my first evacuation and gun violence/ killing experience. Glad you like it here in Finland.
1000 lakes? 188 000 lakes.
Hello Mikaela❤ vieläkö olet Suomessa 🇫🇮🌞🌼
Sounds like you live in eastern Finland based on the drinking and russian language comments, the north, west and south all have their own quirks.
О, мне тоже нравится Финляндия, потому что люблю северную суровую природу. Хотя я и не был в Финляндии, но был в Карелии, бывшей частью Финляндии, и это очень яркое детское впечатление.
To speak Russian is not common as has been mentioned already. The language people speak most after Finnish and English is Swedish. Almost everybody should speak it, because it's compulsory to study it at school (though in reality, people often speak it very badly if at all). That compulsion is interesting because nobody seems to know why. Of course, there are all kinds of official explanations and popular beliefs, but none of them really make sense. And the bottom line is that it's stupid to learn another small language which is already furthermore spoken as a mother tongue by more than 200 000 Finns. It's hard to come up with a more useless subject. My humble guess is that the main reason is that many of the wealthiest people in this country have Swedish as their first language and they identify often as the Finland's Swedes. There has always been the risk that they move abroad with their money. The state tries to assure them that Finland is their home, too, and their language is considered highly important.
Kind of explanation, funny but nothing to do with the thrut.
@@mikaellindroos1594 Perhaps so. It would be interesting to know the real reasons, tho. Why this massive investment in something that is so useless, relatively speaking? BTW, another reason is Sweden.
@@Atomisti you have to read Finland, Sweden history. Two language country no problem at all.
@@mikaellindroos1594 Yeah sure. I've studied Finland's history and written books about it, by the way. But you couldn't answer my question But, hey, that's ok, nobody can (although many think thye can because they think that some magic word, like history, makes the irrationality go away).
You love Finland because you look very much like Finnish ...
I have questions please ;
- Why do you speak Russian heavily ?
- Are you a STEM person ?
1. do the Finns like Tango ?? heard it was thing over there
2. So sauna is a big deal ??
Why do you love Finland so much? easy, because it is full of beautiful women 😉😎
Once Russia can admit, any of their genecides, finnish people also would.
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я продавал финнам водку ещё в 1992-ом году . Щеночки !!!
Я в 88-м, когда это ещё было опасно.
@@user-lj8kg4jd1l Why was it dangerous?
Ой, это вы продавали метаноловую водку... Многие финские алкоголики потеряли зрение из-за вашей "водки"
So you changed vodka to pantyhose...
@@VilleH83 sukkahousut metanolilla...
ты красотка❤
Похоже, что Вам просто нравится не американский стиль жизни. Думаю в Бишкеке Вам тоже нравится
Have you been to Finland Light (Estonia) ? They do love to talk when alcohol is involved. Being around drunk Finnish people is stressful, because then they will try to talk with me. I am socially awkward and also my Finnish is not so good at all. How I am going to answer ?
We maybe feel private, cause we dont small talk much. Do we drink a lot...yeah:D
Not anymore. Finland's alcohol consumption has gone drastically down.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 They are shopping for alcohol here. Our consumption in statistics has gone to the roof. One Finnish guy spent 43k on one purchase in Valka for booze.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 I would not say drastically, but younger people do drink less. Druguse has gone up...unfortunately.
@@tony6896 it has gone drastically down. Don't you follow the news. Drug use has gone up in other countries too.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 alkoholijuomien kokonaiskulutus vuonna 2023 oli 8,7 litraa sataprosenttista alkoholia 15 vuotta täyttänyttä asukasta kohti. Kokonaiskulutus väheni vuoteen 2022 verrattuna 2,4 prosenttia. In my books, 2,4 % is not much, but I know its a matter of opinion
Говори пожалуйста также медленно как на русском. 🙏
Вот-вот! "Помедленнее, я записываю"(с)
Финляндия - одна из скучнейших стран в Европе. Наверное, только Исландия ещё скучнее.
Jealous??
You are absolutely right - for the russians Finland is very boring. Keep away!
@@timoterava7108they should stay there, in their lovely Ruzzia 😂.
I hate they publish the list of the rich people here in Finland. And I hate I’m not on the list. Also sauna is cool until you heat it. And the sense of humor here is really dry, until *alcohol problem* Haha funny. Not. Glad you enjoy it over here, I don’t. 😅
Да живя в Карелии мы знаем что финны любят водку😄
Finland's alcohol consumption has gone drastically down in 20 years. Watch the statistics in the video "Country alcohol consumption comparison." Russia's alcohol consumption is much higher.
yes maybe, but we don't drink it nearly as much as the Russians....
@@peketee2278 No. Finland's alcohol consumption has gone drastically down in 20 years. It goes down every year more and more. Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle of Europe.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 I like it, although I only drink it a couple of times a year. It doesn't mean that you should pour it down your throat with both hands.
@@peketee2278 that's what I try to say. I never said you drink much. Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle of Europe.
Your russian much better of english !😉😂😂😂I not sure,if right write .
Comment for support Mikaela. 🇫🇮🙏🏻🇺🇸
Бритни Спирс напоминает внешностью.
Нет. Та более конфетная..была в начале 00-ых.
Jatka Suomen ja Venäjän kielen opiskelua. Ystäviä tulee olemaan paljon! Мы в Санкт-Петербурге учим финский, потому что соседи: хотя больше этот язык нигде и не пригодится. Финны - это народ, который наполовину русские Карелы, наполовину шведы😂
well, it's not really.
Minä sanoin sille tytölle että ollaan tässä sen verran pitkän matkan miehiä, että
antakaa mulle
Vesilasi, vessanavain, heiniä paali
siinä on reissupojan elämän maali
Rahaa on niin paljon, ettei paskalle taivu
eihän sitä muutoin kehtaa
kaiken mihin meikäpoika kätensä lykkää
häätypi olla ehtaa
You are very obsessed with money. In Russia, no one is interested in prices.
If we are talking about education, I would like to know about its quality.
Under the video "A Day in the Life of My American Life in Russian | One day in my American life)"
I asked meaningful questions. If you don't answer, then we lose interest.
Please answer questions in writing directly in the comments.
Possible in English.
Очень грубо, чувак, требовать особого внимания. Довольно наивно полагать, что человек, которому вдали сотни вопрос в комментах ответит всем. На это не хватит ни времени, ни сил, ни интереса. Дай человеку самому решать что делать.
@@sempasha Ок. Смотрите сами. Зуб даю, что она цереушница.
максимальная токсичность) И действительно ли "no one"?
Slava ukraini
@@Saunajallu сало уронили. Героям сало!
Дорогая Микаела, ну имей уже совесть! Ты так быстро говоришь на своём американском наречии, шо таки я даже и пару слов перевести не успеваю! Зачем вы так быстро разговариваете, в своей этой Америке?