Slow Life in the Countryside of Finland - A Day in My Life 

Ah, I've again sunk in your comments. I keep reading them over and over again. Thank you ❤❤ Your kindness, love and warmth is transmitted even through this screen of mine. I'm happy to hear there are s many of you who also enjoy a quiet, simple life. If not possible in the moment in your own life, you are on the way there. Maybe one day we are the majority, and the world could have more peace, silence and slow down its hectic rhythm? I hope so. Thank you for being here with me ❤

This looks like an introvert's idea of heaven!! At least for me....cold weather, dogs, and quiet surroundings!!😃

Not a small, boring life at all. Immensely rich and rewarding! You are in tune with what really matters.

I LOVE SIMPLE, UNCOMPLICATED LIFE. WE SHOULD LIVE THIS WAY

You have a wonderful authentic, quality and rewarding life. Honestly, I think most people would rather have your life than having an urban, busy city life. You are so connected to the land and that’s what most people would want. ❤

There’s nothing small or boring about your life. I think it’s wonderful. It peaceful and satisfying to watch. When I was on social media I used to compare myself and my life to other peoples and it always made me feel so bad and I always thought I should be doing what everyone else is doing. But now that I’ve been off social media for the last 5 years I feel so much happier. I don’t compare myself anymore and I love my life. I realized I don’t have to be doing what everyone else is doing. I’m happy and satisfied doing my day to day chores and errands. I’m happy staying home and hanging out with my husband. I don’t need to go out and spend money to be happy. My favorite thing to do is cuddle with my husband and cat. We watch our favorite shows and movies. We cook yummy food together on the weekends. I love it so much. It makes me happy.

I used to be a kindergarten teacher. I'd come home and just want to be quiet. I live alone now and quiet is what I have! Sometimes I think it would be nice to have someone like Esa to share the quiet moments with. I knit and I read (and hike near the ocean, on trails, bike , kayak, skate a little, swim...) paint, watch the birds..and I think some people would think my life is boring. I don't care. Peaceful is what I love. And Sanna, I completely understand your yearning for a yarn store...you want to feel the yarn and see the real colors, right?

How lucky I was to have bumped into your lovely channel in early January just a week or so before my wife and I briefly visited your enchanted part of the world! Watching your beautiful videos, the old and new ones, helps to keep our wonderful memories from fading away. Thank you. One more thing. Over the years, among other things, I have taught English as a foreign language, and I must tell you that your artistic and poetic use of English as a storytelling medium makes me fall even further in love with it. However, your references to silence at the breakfast table and in forest reminds me of something the 13th century Persian Poet, Rumi wrote, that "silence is the language of God; everything else is a poor translation." Your older dog had the most to say about this. 8-)

Omg did I just find Finnish Jonna Jinton? Yess, cant wait to watch more of this channel!!

I will love learning about the Finnish life from you! I am from Alabama, USA!

Love your videos. I am in North Dakota, USA. Our winters are very much like yours. Sometimes we have to give ourselves permission just to learn to “be” in our own homes. I am learning that a quiet and peaceful life is found in my own home. There is nothing “ out there” for me any more.

I'm half Norwegian and I'm also not a chatty person. I live in the mountains of northern New Mexico US; I'm a skier and a knitter - I'm jealous of your stash of yarn at 12:07! I love this video - I will watch it again later. It's all the things I enjoy I life. Thank you!

Wie süss, die Ruhe in ein Glas einfangen und jedem zusenden🥰....ein Ruhiges Leben im Einklang was wichtig ist 👏👍

Your life is so lovely. My husband and I are very quiet people, which sometimes feels awkward in the UK. Watching you is like a little meditation. Thank you x

Ciao Sanna,mi chiamo Fanny e sono una nuova iscritta al tuo meraviglioso canale. Ti scrivo dall’Italia,più precisamente Milano, dove sono nata e vivo. I tuoi video sono così belli,direi quasi curativi per me:vorrei avere intorno a me lo spazio vitale che hai tu,vorrei respirare l’aria pulita che c’è lì. Vorrei avere il silenzio che qui non c’è mai. Sono le cose che mi mancano di più. Anch’io come te amo i maglioni jacquard che sferruzzo con piacere. Io solo lavoro con 4 Ferri e tengo il filo a destra! So che per te sarà molto impegnativo montare questi bei video e io per questo ti ringrazio davvero tanto. Con essi fai del bene a tante persone e devi davvero essere orgogliosa di questo. Complimenti per il tuo inglese perfetto. Ciao a presto e un caro saluto anche al tuo ragazzo. 🇮🇹 ❤ 🇫🇮

I am glad to hear that being quiet is not rude or strange in Finland.

Thank you for your explanation of Finnish culture regarding quiet time during meals. I resonate with this so deeply. Perhaps this is something I inherited from my Norwegian grandfather, so perhaps it is also a Scandinavian trait, and I should cherish that and respect that although I am different from most in the U.S. culture, it's a very valid feeling.

Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful life with us. The finnish people are usually called the thinkers. If one suffers on stress - they need to make holiday in Finland. There time goes differently and there is such a quality of life. I have many finnish colleagues and they are unique. Quiet, smart - very pleasant to have around. I'm german and I really love the finish people! And of course your country. What is Naava translated to english? Is it a moss? Is it lichen? The silence you mentioned - when I was a kid, I sat for hours during the dark winter hours in the snow just to listen to the silence. never found that again. I need vacation in Finnland

I'm 100% Finnish, but I don't really feel like it as I was born in Australia. I'm learning from you more than I have from my parents, as you speak English so well. I have lost the ability to speak Finnish, but I did understand a few words you spoke here. It just warms my heart everything about your life. Thank you for sharing.

I've just discovered you last night and I have to say I'm quite impressed you and your husband have a calming effect on me I feel a sense of Serenity and peace so I will continue watching and I am very thankful for the effort you put into everything to make it possible like to introduce myself my name is Kenny I'm irish-american living in the USA ☘️🇨🇮🇺🇲☘️ and I want to thank you and your husband for allowing me into your life thank you 😊

You are talking about very important things of human being in the world. Thank you. Alicja from Poland

Yes I could feel and hear the silence. I go out into the desert here in Arizona and have that same experience. Thank you.

Sanna, teillä on kyllä todella kaunis ja hienosti sisustettu vanha hirsitalo! Upeat lattiat ja ovet. Hauska yksityiskohta oli myös keittiön valaisin, jonka huomasin olevan samanlainen kuin minun vanhempieni ruokapöydän yllä :) äitini kertoi, että se on heidän ensimmäinen ostos isäni kanssa 70-luvun alussa heidän yhteiseen kotiin, kun olivat vain 19-vuotiaita. Olen vasta vähän aikaa sitten löytänyt kanavasi, ja videot ovat tosi rauhoittavia. Mekin asumme mieheni kanssa taajaman ulkopuolella maaseutumaisessa ympäristössä, mutta kuitenkin hyvin lähellä kaikkia mukavuuksia Oulun seudulla. Olisi hauska kuulla pitempi tarina siitä, miten päädyit asumaan lappiin, miten tapasitte Esan kanssa ja mitä hän tekee työkseen? Kevät tulla jolkuttaa kovaa vauhtia, teillä ehkä vielä vähän hitaammin kuin meillä täällä "etelässä". Mukavaa maaliskuun jatkoa!

you are so lucky you were there on that beautiful place lots of people dreaming on that kind of beautiful peaceful place and we are so happy to see your videos

Дякую за це спокійне, приємне, цікаве та гармонійне відео! Як би я хотів вести такий спосіб життя!

Enchanting, I’m a fan of slow living, I don’t go out much and am happy to potter around my home and spend the summers in my garden growing food and flowers and creating a new forest type garden ( teeny tiny in comparison to your forest ). Thank you for sharing your love of your forest and home. I am so envious of your knitting skills. I used to watch my mum knit when I was little but alas,I have never been able to master this, my mum was so creative.

Greetings! I grew up in the state of Maine, in New England (born: 1951). I remember drifts so high in winter that we had to practically shovel the house out from under them. The crust of the snow would get so hard because of the low temperatures we could skate on top of it. I lived in a four-room log cabin that my father built while he was building our permanent home. (We had an outhouse rather than a bathroom--that was no fun.) We had an Irish Setter named Sunday who loved the snow. Later my father built his own line of sleds and raced huskies and malamutes. We all skied and used shoe shoes. Yup! We followed animal tracks, as well. This woman's house looks quite a bit like my dad's log cabin! (Hmmm. Do the dogs understand English and Norwegian? If so, they're darn smart!) I can certainly relate to the climate!! I've always felt very much a part of nature; to me, the planet really belongs to the other species. But, then, I'm a bit different! For the last two decades I've lived in St. George, Utah, in the American Southwest. The older I became, the less I could deal with the snow, sleet, rain, and cold. This is one of the most beautiful areas in the nation, with five major national parks: Zion, Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef. It's a fascinating geological area that is studied by geologists from all over the world. The Grand Canyon is just a few hours away in Arizona. I spend a great deal of time driving the roads throughout southern Utah. I subscribed, Sanna! I'll keep watching and try to lend any support I can. Good luck! Lana Lorenzen

And leave the house with the front door open. Wow. I have never done anything like that in my entire life. I wonder what it is like to do that. Amazing.

MUST BE BEAUTIFUL THERE DURING CHRISTMAS SEASON.

Beautiful snow beautiful landscape beautiful life Greetings from Romania With love Rody❤❤❤

❤❤❤ I heard Finland 🇫🇮 is top country on peaceful places ( and happiest ) list . I agree .😊

In the mountains of North Idaho, they have Tamarack trees that have the same Yellow hair that you call Saava, growing on the ends of the branches. There, the folk call the hair Bears Hair. Skal

I love this girl ❤ Wonderful life; wonderful video - thank you for sharing, Sue in the UK x 🇬🇧

From the shores of Portugal, a big fraternal hug! May everything be favorable!

I find your vlogs to be very calming and healing. Its quite difficult to articulate exactly how I feel, but I wanted to say 'thank you' for sharing such natural beauty, earthly wisdom and a sense of peace. Wishing you every success with your business - I hope that us/we - your new RU-vid friends - will be able to help it grow and grow :-)

Greetings from Upstate South Carolina(Westminster), in America! Our Spring has begun! Winter was very mild! We had no snow. I never wore a coat…only a sweater. Yellow Forsythia & Jonquils have just finished blooming. RedBud trees are beginning to put forth their beautiful pink blossoms. They are now mature, 15+ feet tall; I began growing them @ 12-18” tall. They’re my babies! Have a blessed day!

You have a wonderful life Sanna and I enjoy it,but can you please make a video on how you make bread,how you got your dogs,where you and your husband met etc

Greetings from Brazil, I really enjoy watching your videos and seeing life in Finland, a country that I really like, I wish you Sanna Vaara and everyone all the best! 🇧🇷👋🏻🇫🇮

I found you today and have watched two of your videos and they are charming. What a beautiful way of life.

We also have Naava, in Cordova, Alaska. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks Heaps.

So happy to see you again ❤

Sanna , I think you have a good, and simple life, uncluered like it is in the rest of the world. I like your cabin also. It's a bit cold for my taste but you can all seem to handle it well. I love your dogs, they are family too. Especially the little Shelty. ❤

I wish you had a sweater shop online. A lot of people would buy from you. You have such a talent with the needle!

I watched your beautiful video last night, but this is the first chance I have had to leave a comment. In it you mentioned reading before sleep - something I do regularly and have done so for very many years. Last night, I watched your video, which was at the same time peaceful and calm, but also inspiring. In many ways, it takes me back to my childhood, and to my grandparents (I am a grandfather myself now, so it can be a bit of a stretch 😁). Their life was uncluttered compared to many lives these days. They grew their own vegetables, kept chickens, and ate the seasons produce - no broccoli was flown in from Kenya back then! Too many people have lost touch with the natural world. I am so grateful to see that you have not, and enjoy every moment of your videos. I also appreciate how hard you both work to achieve the most basic things, such as keeping warm! My very best wishes to you both

I was smiling all the time while watching your video! I love your smile and your energy and it's so nice to see you being happy and living your life. I feel so inspired and would love to have a cup of coffee and a piece of cake with you! I'm looking forward to your next video! You fulfilled my fridaynight! I wish you a nice weekend! (Your dogs are sooo damn cute!!!)

Love your videos and the calmness of them. I'm really glad you found this while you are young. I'm watching from Nova Scotia where I finally came home after too many years away and found my peace and calm. There simply isn't anything better than the quiet and serenity of a snowy day. It's almost palpable. I live in a small A Frame cottage overlooking a small lake. It's where I live and write in pure contentment. I recently found you and I'm starting at the beginning of your videos and catching up.❤

You are so right! We have very little of silence in the world!

What a ✨Beautiful day! ✨Thank you, Sanna, for sharing and greetings from Kainuu Region! 🍀

Such soothing relaxing videos. Your voice is very calming and mesmerizing. Look forward to your videos. You do a splendid job! Thank you all the way from from Texas!

Oh Sanna, this was the loveliest video to enjoy with my very own cup of evening chamomile tea! So much of how you live and what you talk about really speaks to my heart - I especially love your connection to nature and the love you have for your forest. And that beautiful moment of pure silence and stillness! What a special moment, I can only imagine how magical and blissful that would feel. I too had a similar moment on my walk through the trees, with only the sound of a gentle breeze and some lovely birds. A simple life connected to nature is truly so beautiful. Greetings and much love and appreciation from my little home in New Zealand! xx

Ootte tosi suloisia :). Kivoja juttuja teillä seinällä, kantele ja muutamat tuohijutut varsinkin näyttävät seinällä ihanilta. Hiljaisuus on ihana asia kaiken kiireen ja melun keskellä.

Dear Sanna, thank you so much for your sharing for these beautiful video! Super! ❤❤

Your life is beautiful and peaceful ❤

I love your life! I live simply on an island in the north east of the US and love it. We seem to have so much in common, though I am about 40 yrs older than you. I am the only family member to live this way, everyone else are city people, with so much going on, staying up late and just not being connected to "Mother nature". I also love the inside of your cozy home, particularly the room you had your carrot cake/coffee in. My days are also filled with needlework, photography, veggie garden design for the upcoming season and just plain ol trying to relax a very "noisy" mind. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing such a wonderful way to live. Good luck with your business, I wish I could help, but too far to give any to you.

Thank you for this nice,calm and rich day full of true life...❤

I’m envious of your life. I love the slowed down pace of things and there’s comfort in consistency. Everyone has their own natural rhythm or routine. Yours is more in tune to mine and I’m never bored. When I have free time, I like you, love to knit. Your setting and snowy wonderland is very beautiful. I can’t wait to see your next video. 🌈☮️☃️❄️🧶

Relaxing videos! I found your channel not long. Also, slowly learning some Finnish. I think it’s been about a year since I started. Kiitos for the videos!

An absolute beautiful video. Thank you for sharing! We love watching from Wisconsin, USA.❤

Meraviglia di vita....profumi della natura, musica del silenzio, quiete dell'anima...ti invidio tanto!!!

Sanna, Absolutely lovely and cozy videos from you in Finland! I like your style and your heritage/culture! Your sweaters that you knit are gorgeous! Love the longer one you went skiing in with turtleneck. You have the right idea about living in the country, lots of solitude, not filling up every air space with words at meals, and creativity with your kitting and work....I would be out crossing country skiing too, everyday! I live on the coast of Maine, USA, and I love to cross country ski, and unfortunately, we don't get as much snow now, with global warming 😢 I think the forrest belongs to the animals, because it is their home,. You have a very nice way of articulating English, very kind and thoughtful. Take Care and Bravo with your youtube videos‼ 💟☮☯🕉

I have been watching this video while knitting my sweater also) and yes, we would need a day in a life of Pappu, please

Привет Санна у нас тоже много снега но я уже посадила на рассалу цветы. Помидоры чуть позже посажу. А пока во дворе оттаял рододендрон и из сугроба показались веточки гортензии.

I just found your channel…. love it! I grew chamomile for the first time last summer, harvested the flower heads, dried them, and make my own chamomile tea. It’s so easy, and so good! You will love it!

Please keep posting. I’m originally from Finland. I moved to the US 36 years ago. I love your videos. They have made me think of life and how I can simplify everything.

I’m so glad I found this channel !! I absolutely love it !! Keep making these wonderful videos !!

Always amazed at how beautiful and wonderfully peaceful your countryside is in your clips Sanna. I was just thinking how great it would be to feel the quietness and silence of it all in the first part. Then you surprised me at 20min mark with your remarks upon it. I love the grey cast winter wonderland, the pristine cleanliness of Naava's meaning in life. You live a very interesting life Sanna.

THAT LOOKS LIKE USNEA. IT'S LIKE MOSS GROWING AROUND THE TREES OR WOODS

Thank you for your channel. The quiet stillness and beauty of your soul, your home and your land is enchanting and wonderful to watch. 🕊🙏❄️

Again, you have brought a beautiful picture of your life to us. Thank you. It was beautiful ❤️

Thank you for sharing your beautiful area of the world with us. It is such a magical where you live!❤

Your videos always bring me so much joy 🤗🫶

Thank you Sanna! I love your videos.

Thank you so much for sharing your life with us! It seems so incredibly peaceful ♥️

Thank you. You are a blessing.😊

Thanks for sharing, this was very lovely 😊

Sorry about my comment, but you're really similar to Jonna Jinton, you're voice is similar as well.

One of my favorite books is called the Fox in the Cupboard. It is written about a lady learning how to ride a horse and then fox hunt. However it also about how her life and horses are new to her and the things she learns.

This video was so interesting ! So peaceful 😌. Thank you for sharing your daily life with us ❤

Thank you for another amazing video! The beauty there, tugs at my heart. Have you ever tapped into the birch trees in the spring? I have seen it done, but have never done it myself. But I have tapped maple trees. Stay warm!

Thank you for showing us your day. It was so lovely to follow your slow pace of life - and to see Esa speeded up in the rocking chair, which was so funny!

You have the most beautiful blue eyes goodness…you two are such calm people and your videos are so calming. When I was a child I loved finding a place in the woods just being alone and listen to the quiet. Thank you for sharing your world you and the sweet guy 😉

I have just found your videos and enjoy them so much. Thanks for sharing🙋‍♀️

Great point you make about silence. 😇 Outside in rural N Scotland, you wouldn`t believe the amount of near-constant engine noise: road vehicles, farm vehicles, different sorts of aircraft, whether at home or far up some remote glen. Not forgetting my lawn mower, garden shredder, etc. I only noticed it after making a few test videos. 🚛🚜✈

Lovely videos you got. Wishing you both continue your happy life up north ❄️❄️❄️❄️☀️☀️☀️☀️

You are living a beautiful life. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thanks for the insight into your day your videos are so inspiring and refreshing to watch thank you take care and stay safe ❤❤❤

I agree that your life is not at all boring, but instead, it is beautiful. You are honest, and you appreciate everything and you take such great care to work and recharge again to keep a healthy balance. I love that you are quiet together. I am a quiet person. I love winter here for the reason that it is so quiet. My heart is full of joy when I am walking in snow in the woods. This winter Minnesota did not get snow as usual. I missed it so much. I'm thankful to see you enjoying it. You are a blessing.

Oh, I almost forgot: your landscape is beautiful!

Your energy is so calm and soothing. Thank you for sharing perfectly simple and full life with us 🥰

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life. Your dogs are precious.

I totally agree-reading a book is a great way to end a day. Also, comparison is a thief of joy! Enjoy your quiet life!

New subscriber here. I love your simple cabin life! It's so beautiful!

Love your vlog, your life style and that rocking chair!

Sanna, what a wonderful and awesome life that one you have!!! It is so nice to see you so very happy in that peaceful village. I am glad I found you up there in Finland. I am writing from Chile on the other side of the World. I love your videos, and your beautiful house. Thanks for sharing such a marvellous life, the one you have in the wood. Congratulations , thanks, and lots of love. Rose

Your life is beautiful and the silence! So rare and breathtaking!

Just lovely. :) I wish I could hear that silence in the snow but I can imagine it. Beautiful. Thank you.

This was a Dimond....Thanks for this down to earth simple country life. Would love to visit Finland... It's beautiful!!

Fantastic experience, thank you, I love it and so relaxing! I love your country and your life!! 🙏

I can not stop watching your videos, I do not know why the algorithm choose them for me, but I appreciate it did! I was born in another country with a strong winter -) and now I live in a place with no winter at all. I feel like I can understand every feeling you describe and that is so amazing! Slow life is what I really need. I completlly agree with another comment that there is no such thing like a small in life. Every life is huge and the one closer to the nature is even bigger for me. Your video is like therapy for me. Thank you for sharing!

Ni lever ett så harmoniskt och fint liv! Kram från södra Sverige ❤