Reaction To These 11 Things Will Screw Your Life in Finland 

As a Finn I can drink without having a party.

One thing about Abloy locks: they're very hard to pick open =) Also, yeah, I happily pay my taxes considering everything they pay for. That "church tax" is a thing but you only need to pay it if you belong to the state church. I don't, so I don't pay church tax.

In regards of the climate, I personally like that we fave 4 very distinct seasons and they all have their pros and cons. Hardest time for me is late autumn, October and November, when it's very dark and depressing. It gets better after the snow falls, it instantly gets more beautiful and not so dark anymore.

Can you check Finland's 2006 Eurovision win? Absolutely one of the most unforgettable moments in the Finnish history.

I am finnish and weather don´t bother me. You just have to dress appropriatly. And I have plenty of flashlights to use when it is dark outside.

The taxes are not that high at all! Corporate tax rate is a fixed 20% and capital gains is anywhere from 0% to a max 35%. Payroll tax is also not that high. If you make 1000000€ and have no deductions(which you definitely have if you're making a million euros) then the tax rate is 42%! But almost no one pays payroll tax who makes more than 100 000€, they pay capital gains tax.

It takes money to run church. Translated from Wikipedia: "Church tax in Finland is a tax paid by members of the Evangelical Lutheran and Orthodox Church of Finland who pay municipal tax. The church tax is paid to the local parish or association of parishes. The tax rate varies by location. The church tax applies to those who belong to the aforementioned churches. Other religious communities do not have the right to tax, but they can charge a membership fee like other associations."

Sometimes I don't say thank you because of social anxiety like not having talked in whole day and being afraid my voice will crack and sounding stupid. I try to nod though.

Just today i bumped into someone and literally said "oho". I dont think that this is the whole story however, because bumping into someone takes 2 people, if the other person had paid more attention we would not have touched, so my reaction isnt just "oh shit i hit someone, i should say sorry", its more like "oh we didnt pay attention, well im not angry so i'll make it look like it was my fault and carry on with my life". Of course if it is clearly just my fault, i will say im sorry, i have done so before, but most of the time i just acknowledge that we got too close to eachother and move on, the situation cannot become awkward if we never even look at eachother.

I love the weather, we have really warm summer with nordic beaches equal to Spain, colorful autumn with "ruska", and usually sunny spring when the nature starts to wake up after winter, and the winter is amazing planetary feature. Driving sucks though. And yes I have locked myself out

Winter is my favorite season its dark so its cozy to sleep and because its chilly wrapping around blanket is just so nice compared to summer and trying to sleep while sweating your ass off and at work trying not to pass out on heat stroke when temperature is above 35c incide with humidity that you can almost swim in.

I'm happy with taxes. I don't pay church tax because I have never been christian and belonged to Lutheran church, which is like a state church basically.

About at 16.30, I've been to my local Prisma supermarket. Most times I've asked about some item, they usually come to show me. Sometimes if I see the staff is busy, I just ask where the item is.

As a couple wise radio commentators said: There are many countries where you can have fun without alcohol. In Finland you can have alcohol without fun.

"Aleksi himself" speaks bad English and is boring. For taxes you get free education, free healthcare, social services, a non-corrupt government etc. Please check geoboss (or something like that) who has moved to Finalnd and lives here. You get a better picture of Finland. PS. I do like your videos & that you are from Scotland!

Finns don't say 'please' as there isn't a word for that in Finnish language. Some say 'kiitti' or 'kiitos' (thanks) when receiving something or 'sori' or 'oho' when they bump into someone. The 'oho' is more like 'sorry, I realized I bumped into you and it was an accident'. Just a shorter version.

Weather is a really funny thing for us Finns. When it's autumn and the first "Cold" weathers come... like -5 degrees celsius... After the warm summer, we will automatically grab our full winter gear from our storages. But when it's spring, it's the other way around... After that long and cold winter, the first time we see the temperature go up to -5 celsius we instantly grab our shorts and t-shirts from the drawer and casually take a stroll in the streets. I have been doing this for all my life and I can promise you, tourists wearing full winter gear have given me a stare when I walk past them wearing only shorts while they are wearing full winter gear and it's August and like -5 degrees out there

Looking at couple of the more positive aspects of these. First off, winters are really damn dark, yes, but it is worth mentioning that summers are the complete opposite. During midsummer, the sun never really goes down, so it's actually quite bright outside even at the middle of the night. Second, while we do have high taxes, I'm super thankful we don't have the system they have in the States, for example, where you yourself have to calculate how much you've made and how much you have to pay and all that jazz. Over here, the tax office keeps track of the basics for most people and sends you a prefilled tax card, based on your earnings, that you can then make changes to, if the need be, or you can just roll with the prefilled one. Not to mention, that if you estimated your earnings too high, no worries, you don't lose that money, but rather get it back as tax returns next year.

You can decide if you want to "belong" to the church. If you don't then you don't need to pay the tax. If you don't belong to the church you can't have a church wedding and you can't be a godfather or a godmother. Also if you are poor and you are not doing so well you can get aid from the church.

Cost of living has gone up very fast especially after the war started like it has in most places.

Customer service depends on many things! If you are looking for a specific fishing bait and the worker doesn't understand anything about fishing, they will just tell you " You can find fishing supplies on the isle 13, ask more there " ( If there are anyone there ), but i see this kind of a behaviour as a win-win. If you do not know, just point to the direction of the supplies, right? The most depressing thing is to bother some summerworker at the local supermarket about something that they don't understand, and they need to pretend they know what they are selling while we both know that neither of us are fishermen and we stand there awkwardly looking at those baits, till the clerk "recommends" the most expensive one, or tells me to go buy a shovel and dig some worms, because that works too. BUT if I ask about " Where are the toilet papers? ", still i like that this dude/dudette doesn't come with me to the isle, but tells me the number of the isle. BUT BUT ALSO ALSO: If i ask that " Where are your hot sauce section, i can't seem to find it?" THEN it is okay for the clerk to show me, and after a small " Kiitos ", he/she needs to be going away, because i don't need help anymore. So this point on the video doesn't click with me fully. I'll take the " Forward, left turn, right turn, number 18 isle. There ." Perfect and have a nice day.

i am danish but i can for sure relate to these finnish things, hate when people smile at me if i don't know the person, they just make it weird and force me to decide wether to smile back or not and also think about the reason they smile in the first place. i mean you can be friendly without walking around smiling to everyone.

Aleksi makes funny and informative videos about Finland. His channel is recommended to all foreigners who are interested in Finland.

Finnish weather is excellent😊

I think I am as as Finnish as they get. I get the instructions, I thank for the instructions and just go on my merry way.

Please, make a reaction video about Andrew Zimmern Bizarre Foods - Finland. There are three 15 minutes long videos of that episode on RU-vid (part1, part2 etc...), so you can make a whole series of videos out of those. Good stuff! We like it. And if you ever visit Finland (hope you do) you should taste fried reindeer meat slices with mashed potatoes (poronkäristys) - and cloudberries with whipped cream for dessert. It's so good...it's...It's pure ambrosia - the food of the gods. It really is beyond anything you've ever tasted. I've been to Ireland, I've been to New Zealand, I've been here and there - but never found a match to "poronkäristys" and cloudberries. Not even close. It's something else.

I have never forgotten my keys, but that is only because I am absolutely OCD about checking and rechecking that I have my keys, wallet and phone before going out. Sometimes more than three times just to confirm I really have them. My memory is finnicky, that adds to the obsession to check my belongings before exiting the main door. Often times right before closing the door, I still re-check everything.

strange how much Finns like watching foreigners talk about their country, its cute.

I like middle part. Not too hot and not too cold. On winter between minus something to minus 15. On summer. Plus 20 is top limit. Hello from finland ❤

I told my elderly neigbor how to remember the tab position: Tab is up - "Ylös, ulos ja lenkille = Get up and go out for a walk." Tab is down- "Istu alas ja rentoudu= sit down and relax." Abloy locks are very difficult to lockpick; the 'commercial lock' that is shown here is (as I recall) second only to one with a microchip identification when it comes to security. And doors also have steel plates over the edge where the lock is located, and small metal pegs on the hinge side, that are there to prevent the door being lift out from the frame. All this is to prevent burglars. True, taxing here is pretty high, but on the flip side we get so much back and while stuff like food etc is probably pricier than in many countries, but it is safe to eat. When it comes to food items, I aim to get food produced in Finland, even if there is stuff from another european country, that's a no for me. I recall our health and hygiene regulations are even stricter than what EU mandates. So things like food poisoning or diseases spreading are quite rare and get investigated thoroughly, with media ofen following the proceedings all the way.

The darkness could definitely take some getting used to, as you can goto work before sunrise, spend your entire day indoors and then get home after sunset... Not seeing any natural sunlight except on the weekends.

Abloy locks are absolutely everywhere in Finland. They are very popular, because they are very safe. It's completely impossible to pick an Abloy lock with lock pics. You need a power drill or explosives.

The darkness! Winter in Helsinki would be so much better with constant freezing weather, snow brings light.

Taxes are somewhat high, but that's why our standard of living is also one of the best there is. We have free education and such, but the money has to come from somewhere - so tax it is. I don't mind. I actually prefer it. Some folks complain, because they seem not to realize that life is short and will end someday. They don't understand that everything we have in our lives (money, houses, cars, stuff) is actually not really ours to keep. It's just stuff we leave behind when time comes for us to move into greener pastures. So, since the money I earn during my lifetime is not actually mine to have forever - I might as well pay taxes to make this country a better place for myself and others while I'm still here. That's how I see it.

I think Finnish weather is basically ok but I'm not the biggest fan of that 5th season between autumn and winter, when it's just rainy and dark around the clock; luckily it looks like it was very short this year and we got an early winter (which, of course, can still be cancelled).

In finnish its not common to say for example: I would like a coffee, please. Usually customers just say coffee and nothing else. After the payment they say thank you.

Flying to poland costs like 30€ at best, then take a interrailing ticket to go to southern europe. You can go to the Spain by this method with only 500€ and this includes the flight back from Poland -> Finland. For two persons. People usually take those custom made travel agency trips that will cost you like 700€ per person as is, atleast! Including Hotels and travelling to the hotel and some other services, but with some knowhow and elbow grease, you can travel cheaper as a fin. AirBnB, cheaper flying agency, time to plan and a lot of sitting in the local trains will get you far, it is not that expensive when living out of the borders.

that "oho" or just "oh" is so basic thing :D i do it, and i think almost everyone. No need to be sorry :D

The PERKEL....MOMENT when you hear sound of closing door behind you and know, at this momen youre now going get bad time, why? Abloy is the one of the difficult lock to open without key (ask lockpikinglawyer), like just call maintance the lock openin cost you like 50-200€ if its open universal key. And when the lock must be picing or break te door/locksytem, there are sometimes like blastdoor of nuclearbunker, i was teenager when this PRKL....MOMENT strike. Locksmith, new locksystem, and other carpentering and maintance jobs cost 850€ Just you forget yor keys.

most annoying thing is that if someone bumbs you, you need to confirm several times that its okay. Sorry once, and get the hell out of my personal space :D

From the point of view of traveling, Finland is almost like an island; in most cases, you have to travel abroad by ship or plane.

During the summer, families in Finland like to travel within the country, or maybe travel to Sweden or Norway by car to go sightseeing, visiting amusement parks etc.. But during Autumn when it becomes colder in Finland it's really popular to travel to southern europe. The most popular destinations I feel like are Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey

Oh yeah, not once or twice locked myself out but more, sucks in winter when u go to take trash out in -28C temperature outside in ur boxers

One time I went outside to get my pizza I had ordered home...It was winter time, I was in a t-shirt and jogging pants, I didn't have my keys and I had locked myself outside. Luckily I had been talking to the pizza guy with my cell phone all the way outside. So I called a taxi and went to my parents place to share a pizza. My mom had a spare key, happy ending.

Taxes are high yes. But like you say I also prefer to have high taxes and great education, health care, public transportation, libraries and so on.

Finland tax system. When you get salary your working, you pay taxes like 10-30% seems legit. but when you got unemployment or get even pension payments, you are earn that money working, you have to still pay like 25%+ taxes those money. Like you got 4000€ salary/month, you pai like 27% taxes. Then you get pension like 2000@/month, you pay 26% taxes for that money

to learn finnish weird music skills, check vilko play and ten frets wonder

Once my dads dog push the door closed and they left out 😂 Luckily his uncle lived near and has spare key 😁

Many people do not go to other countries to vacations, because it is so expensive.

The living costs have increased a bit, but i would say, not that dramatically. Only thing that has been dramatically increased is the fuel and electricity prices due to the crisis. Some groceries have stayed the same price, others have increased but overall I would say the cost of the standard Grocery bag containing food, household goods and a couple beers has gone up maybe 10 'ish percent

Customer service in Finland...yes. Well, let me put it this way; One Finnish telecom service provider (called Sonera) had tv-commercials back in the day, and their slogan was "Kuinka voin auttaa?" - which in English means "How can I help you?". Now, think about that; that is a normal everyday phrase or question anywhere else in the world - but not in Finland. In Finland it's so rare, that it's been elevated to a slogan! :)

There is no such thing as "Social awkwardness". Somebody havn't got anything else to say or otherone is just comfortaby silent.

LockPickingLawyer has praised Abloy's locks as good. North of 65 degrees latitude is the world's brightest region (about 1-2% brighter than in the southern hemisphere), due to the elliptical shape of the Earth. As a result, summer is longer in the northern hemisphere.

Germany doesn't have that type of lock, that automatically locks without a key when closing the door. We only have a knob (no movement, no function) at the front door. You'll need a key to open from the outside, but you can open it from the inside by the 'Türklinke' (door handle). How do Finnish people deal with this scenario? You leave your home, close the door, mind your own business. You now have trapped your family inside, if they don't have a key.

fun fact. Abloy stands for Ab Lukko Oy.

I would definetly suggest that you check out more of Aleksi himself:s stuff out 😊

Churchtax is for take care for the building and the work churches make i think so it is in Sweden and we have burialpayment in the taxes too. Think Finland have kind of smular about this

House and apartment prices have been going down for quite a bit, but rents are higher than ever.

I have locked my self out 2 times, but lucky for me both times i had my work keys with me (i work in property maintenance and my house was in building we managed) so i was able to go get masterkey from its safe place and unlock my own door 😂

6€ beer would be fine for me now when we are gettin to like 10-12€ per beer.

And estinoians go to Latvia (or was it Lithuania, well nearer one) to buy even chesper booze.

I keep a spare key in my mom's apartment, she lives little over 3km away (me and my siblings all have keys to her place). My sister lives half time with our mom and the other half with her (my sister's) dad who lives very close to our mom, my brother lives about at 2h distance with a car. If my spare key wasn't with my mom it would probably be with my sister or at my uncle's or god-mother's place (both live close to my mom) or someone else that I trust. Fun story once few years ago during winter I was visiting my mom, like I do about twice a week and it was over 11 at night when I left my mom's place and I walk slow (especially during winter) so it took me almost 1h to get home. I was around midnight at the front door of my apartment building when I noticed I didn't have my keys with me so I had to call my mom who luckily hadn't gone to sleep yet to check if I left had the keys there and I had. My mom had to leave my keys to a hiding place outside because she had to go to sleep and I had nice extra 6km walk and in the end it was about 2 in the morning when I finally got home. After that I made it a habit to check I have my keys before I open a door to get out and before close that door.

I do like Finnish climate, the fact that we have clearly all 4 seasons and all of them have their good qualities. I am more autumn-winter-spring- person than summer person. The manner thing, to say thank you etc., depends where in Finland we are. I think, the bigger the city is the less people will say thank you.

"Juntti" could also be translated as a rube.

Just heads up, this guy has been threatening some other reaction channels with lawsuit, and has forced them to take down the videos, could be that they weren't promoting his channel or didn't even leave the orginal video in the discription. So just heads up for you. But you should be safe if that's the case.

Whan I hear Estonian, I feel stupid, because it sounds like I should understand it but I don't. All their words sound like they are some Finnish words that I just haven't heard yet. So frustrating. 🤯

Customer service: There are numbers for the aisle hanging up there, look up number ?? to find your item. They grow from the entrance in, towards the cash registers out. Theres also text on which area you are in, mens clothes, furnture, kids toys, etc. General customer: Im blind, deaf and fkn stupid.

@Mert Fin; when are you coming here? I'll show you around so you can get the real picture of us, our habits and places

Do you read the comments? In every video you say "tell me in the comments" but you don't answer to anyone or react to any comment. Just wondering.

Those tax numbers are wrong. Im earning about 2500€/month, thats 30 000€/year and my tax rate is 15%. You can round up all deductions from your salary and you are left wiht around 75%-80%. So not bad. Taxes pay our healthcare, logistics (roads) and sht like that. Well gladly pay taxes if theres something in it for us, like schools and education system, that are among the best in the WORLD.

Yeah the church tax is a thing. But luckily, I'm not religious.

6€ for beer is very cheap

Please react to your comments. Especially when you ask them. Feels pointless to comment when author seems to ignore them. Interact with your community if you want more subs! :) You make nice reaction videos, but that comment-beggin without interaction is becoming quite annoying.

i'm 30+ and i've only once in my life forgot keys inside e.e u have to call someone to open it for u and i think u have to proof u live there and pay like 60e... not fun. that way long time ago tho and idk if it's different now.

There isn't a Finn who hasn't been locked out of their home. Then you'll have to call the guy and he'll be pissed off even though his fee shows a bump in the GDP figures. You interrupted his drinking. You fool. You're ashamed but your consolation is that you're drunk too and it's night, the bars are closed and its freezing outside so you really had no choice but to humbly ask for help. At least you had a minute of not thinking about how poor you are after taxes, especially the alcohol tax.

I think "oho" or "oho sori" is good enough. I would be more "pissed" if they started babbling like in that re-enactment.

Cost of groceries has gone up In Finland for couple of years straight.

If those tax rates are just income tax, they are not realistic at all. In Finnish terms I don't have a well paid job (in between the 2nd and 3rd level shown) and my rate is 13%. However, get over €40k and the rates increase very quickly.

about taxes ,church tax you can avoid by resingning from church . btw you still can believe whatever you want.

I usually get good customer service in Finland

And we are number 1 in the world, so we can't suck so much❤️👍

I do not like paying taxes - hwo does.? but when I get sick - it is free to get treatment. It is free to children to go to school. And by the way you do not have to pay anything to church if you do not want to.

😂😂The whole existence of Finland is based on To keep The idiots away! 😍 😂Leave me alone, I know what I am doing!! 😍

Look closer that eu map. We are an island compared to rest of eu. No land connection to south only high in north has land way to western world. So it has influenced us alot.

6:50 the tax rate lowers at the highest incomes?!

No! " Oho " Is enough. No need to make a big number out of it...

You don't have to pay church tax if you're not a member of the church.

i smile all the time :D

I don't pay church tax. I'm not mwmber of church. You can be religious even if your not member of church.

I love that accent, Trainspotting all the way!!! 👍👍👍

Vacation Italy, Spain, Greece, Cypros, central europe

Basickly almoust every finn will complane in every season my mom says in winters "is too cold i wish it was summer allready and she says in in summers "its too hot i wish it was wnter allready so basickly finns always complain about The weater i personaly like every month when it not cold outside of snowy

14:02 Bulgarian is also a Uralean language, along with Finnish and Estonian.

Church tax is for everyone who has born into a family who is part of the lutheran church, you can opt out by leaving the church which everyone with a brain at 2023 should do.... Anyway a lot of people just pay the tax even though they dont believe in the teachings of the church.

Mämmi is sweat rye breaad dish. We eat it on easter. Mämmi looks like sh+t. All Finns don't like mämmi, but specially skier Juha Mieto likes it. We nprmally eat mämmi with milk. I eat it naturally or with whisped cream.

Where the fuck does Aleksi live that he can get a beer in a restaurant for only 6e!?!??!?!

We support free education with our tax money. That's what the people here consider free. =)

you are just projecting scotisssh weather to finnish. No, the fucking climate isn't similar....you have atlantic and gulf stream right next to you. it actually embraces you. We are here like everybody has fucked that before and it's out time: no

The thing that will screw your life the most in Finland is the healthcare system, because it's almost impossible to get treatment for your health problems, so then you have to go private and pay for private treatment on top of the public healthcare that you already paid for in your taxes.

This guy does not read and little cares about what is written here. Arrogant towards viewers. Zero Points and Buuu!