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Well, I can't possibly remember all the points anymore. Should have taken notes. Here's what I can remember. Re: Salmiakki Salted liqourice. 99.9% of Finns love it dearly, but only about 1% of foreigners are fine with it. According to legend, no foreigner to this day has truly liked salmiakki when they first tasted it. Basically Finns feed it to unsuspecting foreigners just to see what kind of a face they make. If it so happens that the foreigner actually likes it, the Finnish person will become alarmed and try to eat as much of the remaining salmiakki as fast as they can before it runs out. One alternative is to acquire some salmiakki vodka and enjoy it that way, though it's easy to get extremely drunk with it since it tastes a bit like candy. I'm not sure if this is still factual, but I remember hearing in the past that in Germany salmiakki is actually a controlled substance that you can only get from apothecaries, because it does excite the heart and it's not advisable to eat if you want to sleep sometime soon. Finnish apothecaries also sell more "pure" salmiakki products, while those in the supermarket candy shelf tend to have various other stuff and a lot of sugar mixed in. Re: Sauna culture There really are private saunas in almost every apartment, especially in flats. In city centers where space it more narrow, high-rise apartments tend to have a common sauna area in the basement which the home owners can reserve for like an hour every week or something. The sauna culture thing goes way back into the history of the area, a long time before Finland existed. If you're really interested, I'm sure you can find some similar documentary-type video about the history of Finnish sauna culture alone. "Sauna-cured meat" is a staple that you can find from any Finnish supermarket. You might even find sauna cured reindeer meat from many of the bigger supermarkets, haha. Going to sauna was believed to have a large variety of health benefits, modern science at least agrees that it can help with high blood pressure related issues. In the old times it was also very handy for killing lice and similar insects. Re: Architecture Finland has some interesting architectural findings here and there in the oldest cities, but honestly it's not much even all put together. The World Wars resulted in all kinds of destruction, plus the Finnish politicians have always been very fond of tearing down old buildings and reconstructing something "more modern" (ie. a concrete cube) in its place. I hope all of whatever historic buildings there are still left can be properly preserved.

"They have really cool architecture." Yeaaaaah. You should see Kouvola.

Who else is finnish and just found this in the recommemded section

I went to a Sauna in an YMCA in New York, and it was a very toned down experience when compared to a Finnish sauna. It was almost cold and you weren’t allowed to throw water on the rocks. Also, there was a 15 minute time limit you should stay there and a medical doctors phone number on the wall in case you weren’t feeling good. 😂

Also a fun fact: most finnish people love it when people mention our country or react to "finnish things" 👀

06:29 No. Norwegian law didn't permit this. But it's the thought that counts.

If sauna is cool, it's probably broken..

As a swede living in Finland for a couple of years I would say Sweden and Finland are best friends if a heated situation should develop around here.

Missä on mun suomalainen saunagäng?🍻🐺🌍🏔️🥵

We are tested in Finnish schools. The tests just are not mandatory and standardized. Usually in all grades and in all subjects you have some kind of tests where your level of learning is tested. But in every classroom they can be different and the teachers can also make their own tests themselves for their class. That makes it easier for example to adjust the learning and testing with the needs and the progress of the class. There are national learning guidelines that teachers need to follow. But if some students for example have learning difficulties they can be taken into consideration better when all the tests are not standardized across the region or whole nation.

The russian guy died cuz he like "Cheated" used some thick cream so he wouldn't feel the heat as bad. But when it's 110 Celsius you might wanna know when you're done.

As a finn i find it fun and wholesome seeing someone reacting to our country and culture. Also in appartments there is one sauna so every person need to share one sauna and let me tell you, in one of the appartments i lived in there was a huge fight over who gets to use it on that specific day. so yeah sauna is pretty important to us, only 3 or 4 times have i seen a house/appartment which doesn't have a sauna. Also with the mud soccer, bro ya gotta try it, it's so much fun and a good sport too. Loved the video ! Was very entertaining.

Ammonium chloride: Exists Every finnishe people: This is some serious gourmet shit

Saunas are rooted deeply in our culture. "Back in the old days" people who were building their own houses after the wars usually started with the sauna and they would sleep there in the winter before they could finish the rest of the buildings, because it was so easy to get it warm!

I'm Hungarian, we love Finnish people because back in the day they were the same tribe behind the Urals. Very cool people but don't ever try to out-drink them. I made that mistake. It did not end well. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_peoples

That English speaking thing has actually gotten even better. We used to start English at 3rd grade (9yo) but now it usually starts at 1st grade (7yo) or even kindergarten. And having TV programs (apart from kid's programs) subtitled with original language spoken (so mostly English) instead of dubbing and internet does helps a lot too.

Refreshing to finally see one of these Finland videos not concentrating on Helsinki but the real Finland. Thumbs up for that!

Finish grandpa didn't have a sauna in Sweden, so he built one.

9:10 Finland gets 7 km² per year but it's distributed along the ~1000 km of the gulf line so change in one location is not that huge. It's still interesting that this yearly effect is caused by the tectonic plate still getting upwards since the ice melting after the last ice age around 10000 years ago.

As a finn I certainly appreciate you learning. And yes- we do have a sauna also in our house... important because of the cold here bro! Not to mention the relaxation and peace 🙏🇫🇮

Lordi won The Eurovision Contest with their shock factor metal outfits, playing hard rock. In a contest that usually only have contemporary pop songs.

Naked mud wrestling? Never heard about it...and I'm finnish! Salmiakki = Salty liquorice. Bear meat is very rare in finnish restaurant's! Every reindeer in Finland is owned by someone. They are like cows in Lapland. Deers, white-tailed deers and moose's are wild one's.

i really appreciate how finnish people are so proud of their country

Just to be clear, Savonlinna is the name of the town where "Olavinlinna" is. The picture this video shows for Savonlinna is the same castle as Olavinlinna

I mean, there's more saunas than cars in Finland. Just saying.

Yep, you are butchering, it’s Sauna, not Soona ;).

theres a finnish joke " a finn and a russian went to sauna, the finn came out"

To touch up on few: The mountain never happened, despite the best efforts of Norwegians. If I remember correctly, such a move was not exactly allowed by the Norwegian constitution and everybody realized that trying to go through with it is probably not worth a constitutional amendment. Still, a nice gesture. And it's not like anyone up there cares on which side of the border you happen to walk on anyways. Education: The school system used to be much more like the US back in the day. Then the whole system was revamped, in the -60-70's or thereabouts, largely based on the idea that it's better to teach critical thinking than to teach how to perform in tests. Analyze instead of memorize and all that. And that the amount of work should be palatable to kids so they actually immerse themselves in the ideas rather than perform the mental equivalent of digging a ditch. Results (ironically based on international testing) skyrocketed. However, there are tests in schools. But they are not standardized and exists just as much to develop teacher as the kids and to see what topics should be perhaps given more attention. Likewise school funding is not in any way based on the test results but on the amount of pupils to level the playing field. One actually needs a masters degree from a university to be an elementary school teacher and part of the success is based on the fact the body of teachers is well versed in pedagogy. And to the latitude thing, yes, latitudes with Alaska match. Helsinki located on the southern coast is roughly on the same latitude as Anchorage, AK. And the previously mentioned mountain is roughly on the same latitude as Point Lay, AK.

Reindeer is probably the best kind of meat there is.

There is about 3.2 million saunas in Finland and the population is 5.5 million! You can calculate is there many apartments without sauna! And being in sauna is not only healthy, but (at least to Finns) also relaxing, spiritual time once or twice a week.

Thank you for the video! I really enjoyed it. I liked the fact that you actually followed the video and rewinded if you missed something or wanted to re-check something. :) Greetings from Finland!

Män, I come from the Czech Republic in Central Europe, but I visited Finland in 2020 just before the covid madness started and I swear that country is worth the visit! Not only is the Finnish culture super-badass and the language totally crazy, but you gotta enjoy it. Finns (despite yes, they are more reserved) are always helpful once you need some help, the food is delicious, and I tasted the Finnish beers and the "Karhu" (lit. Finnish for "bear") and "Karjala" (eastern region of Finland) I enjoyed the most. Also - sauna, ice-hockey, heavy music and the "do-normal & be fine" concept of living is a really cool thing there. Thumbs up! Even though I only stayed in Helsinki, I also heard of Turku, Tampere, Oulu and the northern places are charming. ;-) (and once you have enough time, a day-trip to Tallinn, Estonia just over the Gulf of Finland is a good thing to do). So, according to me - you gotta see this! Once the travel restrictions are over, do not hesitate and go to Finland - I swear you gonna enjoy it! :-) Greetings and love from Pilsen, Czechia!

When I was younger and still lived with my parents, I never took a shower without going to the sauna too, that would have been weird, sauna was always a part of washing yourself. But then I have kind of dropped that when I moved out, because I didn't have my own sauna in my apartment (even though we obviously had a shared sauna in the apartment building, I think most apartment buildings have one), but now I have moved to an apartment where I have my own sauna, so that's very nice. Also some people might even have two saunas if they have one inside the house and one outside in a separate building. And fun fact: we always go to a sauna naked, even the public saunas. Never in a towel, some might wear a swimming suit in some situations if there are men and women in the same sauna, but not always even then.

Now I finally understand why Floor and Finland, well, ok, Nightwish, go so well together. It is the Salmiakki of course! The Dutch are crazy about their licorice! We must have at least over 200 varieties of it (it was 240 or so back in 1975) :). School homework a lot? It is different now, but I happened to do the old fashioned version of grammar school over here (graduated in 1973 :)). We had 44 "lessons", or classes, a week, and a lesson was 50 minutes. Actually, I was going to school, or college, whatever you want to call it, even on Saturdays, when we actually had 5 classes. And homework: basically an hour before supper, and another 3 to 4 hours thereafter. And most of the weekends too, especially the last 3 years, prepping for final exams. The Finnish are known for their math skills, BTW, and IT-related skills too, and they are very friendly, at least the ones I know :).

I thinks it's really sad we could not give Finland the mountain, allot of people wanted to and it's not like we'd miss an mountain or 2

Thank you Jim! That was really fun! I was responding out loud to you through the video. I am a Finn, but lived elsewhere now 15 yrs. I do go back there every summer, do sauna, skinny swimming in the lake. 1 thing strikes me here, the guys running in hard terrain for beer! If you would like to know the answere why some guys pick big ladys.... check out the price of beer in Finland! Again , thank you, great content and love yr positive and open-minded way you work👍 STAY SAFE!

Apparently it was deemed unconstitutional to give away land. Wikipedia: "In 2015, a group of Norwegians began a campaign to give the peak of to Finland for its centenary in 2017 by moving the border between the two countries by 200 m (660 ft). The idea gained substantial public support in both countries, and in July 2016 it was reported that the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg was seriously considering ceding the peak. Norway ultimately chose not to move the border, citing the Norwegian constitution's definition of the country as an "indivisible and inalienable" realm."

Enjoyed very much this brief overview of Finland...it has been on my travel radar many years as their historical relations with the Soviets and their reputation of 'SISU' got my attention. Seems like a fascinating place to visit at the height of summer and winter.. Being a Nightwish admirer doesn't hurt, either. American expat salutes from crazy Venezuela!.

Greetings from finland! Good video btw i did enjoy :)

One of the best video for long time. Thanks bro

Saunas are very deeply rooted in Finnish culture for various reasons, notable ones being the health benefits, hygiene, warmth, community, and spirituality in a way. You could say that saunas are sacred places to Finns but not in any religious sense. They're a place for physical and mental cleansing, calmness, and often connection with others or nature. It's common for people or families to go to sauna once a week. But it varies, some Finns go to sauna every day, some maybe once or twice a year. Finns generally don't wear anything to sauna, you go there naked and everyone else does as well. To Finns, there's nothing sexual about nudity in sauna, it's mostly just about being clean. With people you know it can also be about bonding as equals with associations to honesty as you quite literally can't hide yourself behind anything. Also, nudity in general is not as sexualized or as scandalous in Finland, it's viewed more neutrally as something natural. Clothing can highlight differences or signify inequality, but in a sauna everything has been stripped away and everyone is of equal status. Going to sauna is part of everyday life, but it's also part of certain holiday traditions or a form of celebrating in general. But any sort of fighting or conflict in a sauna is generally condemned, as it is a place of peace and community. People have sometimes even held diplomatic talks or meetings in saunas since Finns know not to raise their voices there and the sauna atmosphere works well to prevent conflicts from escalating. So to Finnish people, a sauna is so much more than just a fancy hot room. That's why they're everywhere.

As being a soon 30 years old Finn, the whole good schooling system thing just kinda hit me why it is so good. It's not about memorizing things (as is sounded when u said you had crazy amount of homework and all sort of tests), it is more about making kids to really understand _why_. And I mean REALLY. Thats how kids get better problem solving skills and later they can approach problem different ways, and use their own strengths. I'm not probably totally correct, but thats how I felt it.😄 Great video, was fun to watch👌

Awesome Work Thanks Bro!!👍👍 Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸

Greetings from Finland and thanks for your reaction 😀🙃😃😷😳

"Every house and apartment haves sauna" Yeah. Every single time when you are drinking alcohol we need to go to sauna. Its just great :D after the sauna we will go out side and go around in snow or jump in lake. Drink some alcohol in sauna and get more drunk. Its also relaxing to go to sauna. In Finland its traditional to go to sauna on Saturdays every week.

I have own sauna my home :D i am finn... when you are outside and there is cold its so nice going to sauna when you come home. Good sauna degrees is 80-100 celsius. 60 degrees sauna is cold😀

I really liked that you took your time, not just blasting through the video.

Perkele! Nice video Love from finland! 🇫🇮

11:00 Imagine September in northern Finland where you can have sunset around 18:00 (6 pm) and the next sunrise is around 06:00 in March!

One thing that was not mentioned was the Air Guitar World Championships they have every year I think in the city of Oulu. They say there are 3 million saunas in Finland, which for me is hard to believe, even though I am a Finn. 3 million saunas for 5,5 million people. We could all easily go to the sauna at the same time. I go to the sauna in the basement of the apartment building I live in, every saturday, there are not many things that goes past that, for a Nightwish concert I would skip sauna. The sauna costs me 11 euros per month, that's 4 times, so it's very cheap. It's 90 minutes: 15 minutes of washroom, 45 minutes of steamroom, 30 minutes of washroom. I'm the first one on saturday, and the old lady who's turn it is after me, has, sadly, not been able come to the sauna for months so that gives me extra time if I want, need it. That comes handy if I'm for some reason late going in. As a boy I spent quite a few summers, (with my brother and mother, dad usually stayed in Helsinki because of work), about a month or so, in Lapland, just North of the Arctic Circle. The weather was often times warm. Once we tried to sleep in a tent, just for fun. The sun was shining all through the nightless night, (that's what we call the 2 month? period when the Sun doesn't set in the North), through the orange fabric of the tent. It was like a flashlight to your face. We decided to go inside the house. The worst thing in Lapland in summertime: moskitos. Then in the winter time in Lapland they have the sunless period called "kaamos". White snow helps a lot. In Helsinki there is nowadays, 'thanks' to climate change, usually no snow untill after New Years, so it is DARK! Now we have quite a lot of snow. It is snowing heavily right now. In Helsinki where I live the day is 6-7 hours as it's shortest on December 21st, and 19-20 hours late June. But is doesn't get totally dark, there is some natural light all through the night. I think Helsinki is a nice summer city. The highest ever recorded temperature in Helsinki Kaisaniemi weather station was 33'2C, 92F in summer 2019. I live less than half a mile away. That is not the highest ever in Finland. That's 35C-37C, I guess. The coldest ever in Finland is minus 51C. Cold as hell in Farenheit too. I have once experienced minus 30C with awful wind in Helsinki. I spent one week mostly indoors.

I love it how you actually seem interested in the video! A lot of the time I feel like the ones reacting do it just for the views and in the end they dont really care. Lovely that you do though!

The Salmiakki ice cream is amazing!! Greetings from Sweden

Greetings from Finland! 🤘🇫🇮🤘 Welcome to the jungle. This is funny place!

Finnish people love forests and it's common to go picking various berries or mushrooms at end of summer/fall. You can pick them wherever you want, but not too close from someone's house. I got lots of them in my freezer 😁

Loool it's so funny to watch this because im from finland

Glad you noticed the details. I'm from Finland and It always amazes me when I'm in older cities with architecture like Helsinki (some parts of it) and how much details went into those houses. New houses are so plain, compared. I can't even imagine the work hours that went into these 18-19th century houses.

When you can, please visit the southern parts of Finland in the summer; no need to worry about the cold, you'll be baking! Just don't take it personally if people don't look you in the eye -- it's a sign of respect because they don't want to waste your time with inane small talk. That is, unless you engage them in an actual conversation and you'll find that they're total sweethearts and potential friends for life. We don't like America all that much over here but somewhat paradoxically we do like americans, so you're very welcome to visit.

I recommend to everyone to watch "Meanwhile in Finland". Yhey are short, funny, craze clips, tellinG something about the Finnish humor and mentality. I think 180 000 is the number of lakes not islands in Finland. Of course there are lots of islands too. I remember when I visited Minnesota, in the car register plates the had the text, The state with 10 000 lakes. Not everything is bigger in the US. The 1st building you were inpressed with has the Canadian embassy in it. You van see the flag so and so.

Fun to watch these reactions! :D

We have here more saunas than cars. Thank you for this nice video. Hello from Finland 🇫🇮

The third band in those photos is Apocalyptica. You need to hear these guys ... great metal group of chellos

I have two saunas. The one in the house is electric heated with shower room, and the second one is separate, small, wood heated sauna building, which gets water from a well. Love the wood heated one, but it is more hustle to heat so don't use that all the time. Cold smoked horse meat is pretty similiar to cold smoked reindeer meat. Bear meat I didn't like that much. I also have never heard of mud/swamp wrestling competitions here. But swamp soccer is a big thing. We also have "pipolätkä" (pond hockey) tournament every year. During winter there are ice fishing competitions everywhere. Highly recommend to check out air guitar world championships.

Im happy that many people from other countries have nostalgia on finnish games like angry birds and Clash of clans.

Correction.... Lake countryside island are about 98 050, and in to sea areas there is about 80 897 islands! All 178 947 islands! In Finland

Moi suomalaiset jotka kattoo tätä! Kiva ku kattoo tätä ja tietää tyylii kaiken jo

Finn reacts to America: "I have seen everything about this, don't bother" American reacts to Finland: "wow, what is this underdeveloped country???"

I'm from Finland 🇫🇮👍😃

Haha, the sauna thing is funny because jumping into snow piles straight outta sauna didn't get mentioned

Finnish fun fact of the day: In Finland there are more saunas than there are cars (people go into the sauna men and women into the same one, naked)

I don’t know who made up this bs there weren’t tests in Finland. There are a lot of tests and quizzes here. There is home work also. It’s true that many of the tests aren’t standardized state-wide national tests but the students must fulfill the state requirements. The teachers have more autonomy but they’re not free to choose what they teach.

Heheheh I am a georgraphy freak and this is sooooo detailed and the humor oh mama, is very punchy. You guys nailed it.

Lovely July-August holiday in Helsinki, this summer it's good to be a Finn even I don't live there.

Ok, they didn’t give away the peak of the mountain. It would have been against their constitution. Also, Finland was founded before the Soviet Union and never was a part of it unlike he says. Finland fought them off twice, though.

They used to have that sauna championship. It was pretty much exactly as you guessed, who ever spends most time in sauna wins. Only thing is that the temperature was 110 degrees celcius (230F) and water was automatically thrown to the stove in every 30 seconds. Water boils in 100 degrees so it doesn't take Einstein to explain what that does to your skin and organs. In 2010 in the finals Russian guy died at the scene and a Finnish guy suffered a serious burns all over his body and he was in coma for 2 months. The quality of the video is crap, but you can see how badly he was burnt: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ALY4LA2bros.html

The two most important things about Finland are that our school system is free (including universities), and so is our health care (mostly). A few years ago I developed a leak in my lung (pneumothorax) and I went to the small hospital in my city. From there I got taken to a bigger hospital in another city by ambulance. I spent a week there and got two surgeries to fix the lung during that. All I had to pay was 70 euros (under 100 dollars) for the ambulance ride.

Fun fact: one time in like 2005-2008 the nature museum of Helsinki got invaded by some spider speces. now seeing that one of those spiders is like one in a million. (Feel free to correct me about the year if I got it wrong)

The sword is really important, when you have an academic discussion.

When Finnish peacekeepers go to a new place, the first building they construct is a sauna. We have more saunas than cars.

I’m an American with Finnish roots. 90% of the people I know have saunas here in America.

I have to give it to You - from now on, I will recommend this as the thing to wach if my foreign friends do want to know more about Finland. I could not said this better myself (and with my English - I certainly could not said that better myself) I shall now go and check if You have similar looks on other countries, this is high standard indeed. Of course I am subscribing now

I've never tasted bear myself, but I've eaten my share of moose and reindeer. Although the most typical meats you will encounter in Finland are the same as anywhere else: chicken, pork, beef etc.

Finnish ppl say that their country is she/her

it's always so fun when people try to pronounce some finnish words with ä or ö

I'm Finnish and its always to find reacting videos from diffrent people

Finland: We have water We have wood We have alcohol We have sauna We have balls Some guy: "We have balls" what does that mean? Finland: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lo2fkwB185A.html

These kinds of informative videos are very funny to watch as a native. :) I've never played in the swamp. I think it's pretty nasty. :P I've fell in once or twice but I would NEVER for example play soccer in there. I've never tried to eat bear meat nor ever seen it served in restaurants. I guess it's more like a tourist thing? I can't stand reindeer meat. Many love it, I don't. I actually didn't know that land in Finland is rising. And what diploma you'll need in order to get a sword and a top hat?! I've never ever seen nor heard of that! :D Yup, pretty much every home in Finland has a sauna in it. Even apartment buildings often have sauna in every apartment, or at least a one big one, which all the residents can use. :) Sauna is big part of our culture. For our ancestors it was a holy place for cleansing both your body and spirit. Saunas were of great importance for our ancestors, since warmth of sauna was extremely needed during harsh winters. Women also gave birth in sauna and dead were tended there. Basically Finns were born in sauna, they cleaned and refreshed their soul in sauna and they were taken there once more when they left the land of the living. No wonder it is important. :) Nowadays sauna is used for relaxation, health benefits and as a place to spend time with your friends and loved ones. Public saunas are pretty interesting places. Foreigners often find it odd that Finns, who tend to be so quiet and love their personal space, would cramp in steaming hot room with total strangers and be totally ok with it. Some of them can be mixed saunas (gender neutral). Perhaps sauna still holds some kind of holy vibe for us. Sauna is not a place to argue, judge nor "looking others". Everyone in sauna is automatically equal to everyone else in there, since every one is totally "bare" with nothing to hide oneself behind. You might get a bad look from locals if you go into sauna with your towel on when everyone else is naked, since you are not "in the same level" with everyone else. Of course we understand shyness of foreigners but to get a real sauna experience, leave that towel in the showers and let the sauna properly cleanse your body, soul and mind. ;) Thanks for a great video! You seem like a super sweet guy! Come visit Finland some time, we will happily drink you under the table! xD Until that, rock on! \m/ (> _

As a finnish person, i learned so much about my own country from this vid! ;DD

Fun fact also. SAKO company who made guns ( same what canadian snipers using ) is from Finland even now we have sell it to italy 2000. (beretta) but factorys is here and those are made by Finland

when i was in school (finland) we were given homework at start of class so hard workers could finnish them during clases so i rarely had to do enyting at home

he forgot about the cellphone throwning contest xD

Jim: “Alright Finland, show me what you got.” Me: “Nothing!”

This was fun to watch at least for me because I'm from finland, and it's always funny to watch ppl trying to say names of Finnish places lol

13:00 For example, Finnish doesn't use prepositions but instead uses word stemming to modify the end of the word to transfer the same information that way. However, that results in *every verb* having about 3600 inflection forms. For example, word "istua" meaning "to sit" can have a couple different forms: istun = I sit ... istuitte = you did sit ... istuisimmekohan = [I] wonder if we should sit ... and so on. It's very complex. On the other hand, you can often mix the order of the words and that does not change meaning of the sentence. For example, a short sentence like "a dog bit a man" can be written in Finnish as "koira puri miestä" (koira=dog, purra=bite, mies=man). However, you can put those words in any order (e.g. "puri miestä koira") and the meaning of the sentence is still the same. This is often used in poets and some of the word orders are considered more poetic.

We do get tests in school. Probably not as much but at the end of every "course" we get tested.

Yes saunas are everywhere. I have one in my apartment and two at my summer cottage. On in the house and one right by the lake

Fun fact about the doctor's tophat and sword. They are not just given, you get the chance to buy them, and the sword costs like 500-700 euro, while the tophat is more like 100-200 IIRC.

I'm from finland! Moi jos on suomalaisii

12:45 Paradoxically, Finnish is extremely easy to actually speak and pronounce; you always say a word how you write it. There are no rules that change how a letters are pronounced (as a confusing example in English: chase and chasm, both would be pronounced with the ch from chase.) Foreigners sometimes have problems with double vowels though, in that they tend to cut the vowel sound short in those cases.

i am from finland and the importance of sauna is that in the old days when there wasn`t any hospitals people cind of borned and died in the sauna room

As a student I've been twice in Helsinki+ and later once in the summer in the Rovaniemi region - fantastically beautiful country & fantastically funny people! With "sisu" I've now learned the finish expression describing what struck me most there: Whatever we did the Fins were always totally commited - whether it was partying or being serious at a company presentation or lecture on Finish economy anf switching within seconds. Totally my style. The building you been so impressed by is the tempeliakku kirku in Helsinki. I've got to learn Salmiakki as a vodka based drink - and got used to it pretty fast (then again I'm Swiss and we have Alpenbitter). Salmiakki candy is sold in Germany quite normaly under the name of "Lakritze". I will (although pretty wasted) never forget walking back to our hotel cabin at 3am after the wedding festivities and it was clear as the day were ending / starting in about 30 minutes - very strange indeed.