REACTING TO FINNISH NIGHTMARES 

I suck in sauna ~ Dave Cad 2017

The "speaking to someone on public transport" became a social experiment for one of my classmates. She got handed a challenge in one of our classes to speak to the stranger sitting next to her in a bus in Finland and she often got the response "sorry lady, I'm married" and then the person turned away to face the window, no matter the gender. It was pretty hilarious tbh

75 degrees in sauna? Was the "kiuas" even on?

You should definitely check out book called How to marry a Finnish girl

Public saunas is a thing, people talk to strangers in sauna a lot. Usually oldies

When there are free seats in the bus but someone still decides to sit next to you :)) WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO MEEEE NOO!!!!

Hey dave this video is cool, could you do this again (different pages). Thank you

Definitely also triggered by bus seat hoarders 😬 Especially if someone sits on the isle seat when the window seat is empty and the bus is full. Years ago was when I was walking with crotches, hopped on a bus and completely healthy people had taken all the invalid-seats and _no one_ stood up to hand me a seat. Too shy back then as a teenager to have opened my mouth 😅

The "full" bus situation happened to me once, when I was on a bus in Tampere during my exchange studies in Finland. It hasn't been my first time in Finland, so I knew to some extent that having a stranger sit next to oneself on public transportation can cause discomfort for some Finns. For some reason I can't remember, I still sat down next to a finnish man, but when someone got off on the next stop and there where two free seats, I didn't know what to do. Would he see it as offensive if I stay next to him and keep intruding his personal space or would it be weird if I stand up and change my seat, so he could think I "dislike" him and want to get away from him as soon as possible? I decided to wait a little, but after a short time he said, slightly annoyed: "No, mene vaan", so that answered my question. But there are so many things to consider in those kind of situations, it's funny and weird at the same time 😅

Hey Dave this is pretty cool! You should make another video doing the same thing but read different pages!

Dave ”I suck in the sauna” ;)) made me laugh out loud xD

Of course do make a second part. A couple of remarks: Stuff like what you described about the trains is why the finnish railway company VR is nicknamed "Venaa Rauhassa" which means "wait in peace." And about putting your bags on the seat next to you, that's just the biggest&most obvious sign of "don't sit there I want to be alone" ever. :D

Looks like a there's a little Matti inside you Dave. I've never witnessed the it's-raining-and-the-bus-stop-can-hold-only-one phenomenon. If it's raining, we do huddle in the small shelter. We don't like it but we don't like getting wet in the rain either. That stereotype keeps popping up, but i've never seen it. Been living in Finland for over 30 years.

FINNISH IT! (totally intended.)

6:51 dem skillz

Hey Dave. This is pretty cool. You should another video doing the same thing but read different pages 😋

It's funny to see that you relate so much 😂 I'm glad you're enjoying Finland~

I met one of my Finnish nightmares last Friday when I was sitting in the bus next to the woman I didn't know. And then she asked me if I want candy O.o I nearly died

Jokainen sosiaalinen tilanne...

Yes do another video like this ! 😂 I have to get that book too

Well public transportation being late in Finland...DURING WINTER...is a nightmare of it's own. I remember when i was a kid, waiting for a bus to school here in lapland on a nice chilly -30c morning. Let me tell you. Five minutes suddenly feels like five hours.

Sinun pitäisi tehdä uusi osa :) Tämä video oli loistava :D

DAVE!!! I just wanted to say that you are my favorite youtuber (: Also please make 2nd part of this!

Try public sauna of swimming hall in morning, every time filled with pensioneers speaking about everything.

2:35 Comparing you to me- a 13-year old kiddo in finland and i can easily be in somthing closer to 80 C°. It really shows the difference in being used to finnish stuff and a "tourist" for example :D

There is also second book of finnish nightmares :)

Hey Dave! This is pretty cool, you should make another video doing the same thing but read different pages.

We need more of this!

Haven't watched you in a while Dave Cad, but I enjoyed this vid, have a thumbs up!

this was very nice! pt. 2 would be awesome!

Make a video where you read the rest of the book! Love your videos.

I like you so much!! Usually i don't understand english youtubers very well but you are speaking so well!! I can understand all what you say!

True story: First time I met my neighbor below my apartment was after living in the house more than ten years. It happens in the elevator. She asks me, did I move in recently. So, I politely explained that no, I was living in my apartment already over a decade and we closed the conversation with "Nice to finally meet you".

Second part! Can't wait!

You should absolutely do a 2nd part of this. 😄

This is me and my friend in public swimming halls (or whatever is it) sauna. like 5 old mans, 110 degrees and some one starts asking me like how old i am... tempature suddenly rises to 1000 degrees.

Hey Dave this is pretty cool! You should make another video doing the same thing and reading the same pages!

Hey Dave this is pretty cool you should make another video doing the same thing but read different pages

yes, please make a second part! :)

Please make more. This was fun :D

5:36 A friend of mine came up with a mnemonic for Hund's rule, which is a rule in chemistry, based on how Finns sit in a bus. So atoms have electron orbitals, each of which can hold 2 electrons. Well, orbitals on the same energy level are filled the same way Finns sit in a bus: always put an electron into an empty orbital if there is one, and only after that you start filling the orbitals that already have one electron. Yeah it was more of a joke, really. You don't actually need a mnemonic for a rule as simple as this one.

When i go to sauna there has to ne ATLEAST 80 celcius. Anything below that just feels like you were sitting in the living room :D

The bag on the other seat is a sign; they don't want people to sit next to them. How do I know, I used to do that when I took the bus to school. The other way to lessen the chance to get an unwanted stranger next to you is to sit on the isle seat. Also before I trigger you - the bus was never full when I did that, I'm not an asshat.

Your every single video about Finnish is great

You just have to bless us with more of your book-reading skills!

So you really have to make 2 videos of one book that has less than 30 pages.

Hey Dave, that was cool, you should do another video reading the same pages.

In my opinion you don't have to ask every time you throw water. You can and it can work as an icebreaker if ur feeling chatty

Hey Dave, this is pretty cool, you should make another video doing the same thing but read different pages.

Make a second part please! I lauched so hard!😂😂

Yessss, more of these xD I think heippalappu ('bye note'? haha) can be a negative thing, like, "Hey, you who played loud music at 1am, some people are trying to sleep here. Kthnxbai." So yeah it'd be awkward to get caught putting the heippalappu up. ;D And on the bus, if it starts looking like the bus is going to be full, it's just polite to 'allow' people sit next to you. x) Also.... I don't know why, but a lot of people (mostly older drunken men) seem not to care about the headphones on thing at all. D; It's like... dude, if I wanted to have a conversation with you, I'd take the damn things off. (What annoys me more, however, is teens / kids watching videos or Snapchat clips without any type of headphones plugged in. =__=;;) Anyway, I recently got this book as well - in English, though I'm a Finn. xD It's a quick, fun read. I also recommend Xenophobe's Guide to the Finns. P: It's a bit longer to read, but I loved the humour in that one!

I need more, Dave.

MORE!!! this was awesome

Hey Dave, this is pretty cool, you should make another video doing same thing but with different pages.

I'd love to see part two. :) I need that book. LOL

I once was in crammed up train and fell asleep (long way trip). When I woke up I was hugging the complete stranger next to me, had my head on his shoulder and I had drooled on his leather jacket. He just sat like petrified, face all red. I've never been so embarrassed in my life. Ever. I can imagine that has been the worst day for the boy.

I've been waiting for this like forever!!!

Hey Dave this is pretty cool, you should make another video doing same thing, but read different pages.

The worst people are the ones were you have your headphones in on public transport and they still talk to you and don't realize you can't hear half of what they're saying

You are my favourite youtuber! I love your videos! I dont care how you can do so good vids!

Please do a second part 🙌🏻

I live near the end stop of long tramline in Helsinki (Munkkiniemess). Every time I go shopping downtown and take tram home I ask from the person I sit next to where they are going and if they are going just a short way I suggest that we change seats. But then again I talk to people on trams and busses all the time. So even though I've born in Helsinki and my parents were born in Helsinki I'm not a typical finn.

Definitely second part, im hooked.. what will happen on a chapter called Finnish nightmare - shopping 😳

Hey Dave, this is pretty cool, you should do the same thing, but read different pages

Hi, hi... You are slowly becoming a Finn :P ;) And yes, second part please. That with the heafphones in the bus... always work :) Thanks for your videos, love them!

80 degrees is like minimum in sauna to me... Weakness disgusts me. Jk. You are the best Dave!

One nightmare is that sauna doesn't work in winter... Damn i would cry in the corner.

Yes 2nd part. These are so good. And sauna is must be close to 100 degrees.

Part two, please

We want more!

The most relatable book ever made 😁 Make the second part as well, the best parts are still up ahead.

Terve Dave! Opening weekend for Tuntematon Sotilas! Go see it when you are next time in Finland

From what book store can you find that book? And yes i am from finland

Please make another one!

I use the headphone trick all the time but there is always that one granny who starts to talk to you! Especially in long distance trips. And when you dont want to be rude you take the plug out of your ear and listen to her and answer shortly and start putting the plug back to your ear but she continues the story and you end up taking the headphones off. So annoying...

On the bus I hated to be the first who has to sit next to someone. If there are already some people doing that, I don't feel so bad. Then I just look for the general area, where I tend to sit. And don't sit next to a lady who might feel it too much like an approach, if it isn't the only option. And the sitting bags piss me off too. I get it when there are still available seats, but after that... Then it's as stupid as those people who walk side by side in a board walk, so you as one person should go to the street with cars, when passing them. Or when you carry bags, people don' give the bag any space when passing you - though they had space to move. As if the bag is always so light, it's pleasant to keep shifting it ever so often - breaking a sweat when walking. There has been situations, when the bagged seat was the only one left - so I just said 'sorry...' and left waiting, trying to look like an accusing tired old man. I'm closer to 50 than 40, so it usually succeeds. And the bags moved. Some young lady blew air through her nose like sighing. Well, didn't ask her for a date. Maybe I should've - maybe she was playing hard to get? Couldn't probably afford her.

You should make video where you try to read a book that is in finnish

it almost has become a joke that trains in finland are always late :D i guess somebody said that VR (i guess you know what is it) means "venaa rauhassa", what means "wait in peace" :D & thumbs up for your video!

we want more! we want more!!!

When I moved to London I realised I couldn't possibly care anymore of my personal space, had to say goodbye to it... It's difficult being a Finn in London but somehow just need to get used to it

Smaller places in Finland you totally run to the bus... because the next bus maybe comes several hours later.

do a part 2!

Im swedish and this feels like a normal day in sweden and then i mean EVERY singel side of that book

About the "public transport is late" picture, I think there was a hint of sarcasm in there - it showed the bus being late by 2 minutes. Public transport is actually quite punctual in Finland, for the most part, and a 5-10min delay is already considered out of the ordinary. I lived in the UK for half a decade and got used to the buses and trains coming "eventually", I suppose no one over there even expected the timetables to be spot on. And what's with the constant train strikes?? Is it still a thing? Really made my commute from Purley to London a nightmare at one point... But funnily enough, once I moved back to Finland, I found myself listing things that were better in England. Finland doesn't have good hummus!! Finland doesn't have Bailey's ice cream!! Finland doesn't do cheesecake in a lil yoghurt pot!!

You do know that Finnish Nightmares has a second book too, right? More videos, yay ~

LOVED THIS VIDEO

Riding the public transportation was so stressful. Usually when I came home from school I had pretty full backpack either from having so many books in there, or possibly because I had clothes and toiletries with me because I usually spent nights at my boyfriend's or friends house and I didn't want to go all the way to my apartment to grab that stuff. In addition to that, I usually bought groceries on my way to home or friend's place. So, I had lots of bags with me whenever I used to buss, and the busses were most of the time pretty full because everyone was getting out of school/work. I didn't want to be that asshole taking up seats with my stuff, but I also almost suffocated holding my bags on my lap, so I placed them in the seat next to me. Therefore, EVERYTIME the bus stopped I'd panic and empty the seat next to me. And it was completely in vain because no one would even sit next to me! Tangent: I actually started to worry about no one sitting next to me on the bus. Couple of seats left and the person would sit next to drunk person, or mom with a crying baby. Like what? I'm autistic so I started to get really worried about the vibe I'm giving off to people. I don't think I'm threatening or stinky, I shower every day and children LOVE me. Only group of people that likes me on public transportation are children and toddlers. Their little faces light up when they see me. They always wave and smile at me. Am I funny looking? Do they think I'm some sort weird kids show character? I don't wear ANY bright color clothing, just blacks and neutrals. Riding the bus gave me an existential crisis 😳

Yeah.. I'm always stuck in my apartment when someone else is in the hallway. I just can't go there and if I'm in a hurry, I'm still just standing at the door and wishing that the other person would go away.

Make a second part pleeeeease:D

Haha I liked it 😅 make another part! ☺

The train to airport is sometimes canceled when there is snowing 'much'

Make part 2 !!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Make another one of these videos please

Yes do more💙

One I has to relate is that bus stuff. I ride a bus to my school since third grade and I always wanted to sit either first seats (near the driver) or back seats. And when ever I made that mistake to sit front seats a freaking grannies sat next to me. And did they talk? Oh f yes.. and EVEN if I had my headphones on. That was most uncomfortable and awkward because I usually had anything to say to them. And so annoying because old people talks to you still even if you have headphones on. I tried to listen to my music but the go damned still talked to me so I had to shift other headphone to hear and when I put it back that mofo still continued to talk :D I was so pissed! But yeah! More videos of reading this book, pretty please

When the bus is "full". That is something I can fully relate to as a finn. Unfortunately.

The last video where you tested finnish sodas you said Kane's was cheating with their american style branding, Kane's is actually manufactured under license by Olvi. So Olvi can't change the branding. Just to let you know dave :)

In tampere the busses are great because they come always late or before they should come

Make 2nd part!

Do you know what means "oot paras tubaaja!"