I grew up in Northern Minnesota, USA. My Daddy is Finnish and my Grandparents were born in Finland. Our little town is mostly Finnish, then Swedish, then some Europeans. The school offered to teach Finnish to it’s students just recently. When Daddy went to school, you had to speak English only, no Finnish allowed! The pendulum has swung back again. Yes, please tell us more about your home and village and anything else you would like to share!
thats so wonderful, this is the same with me 2nd generation, my chance do you know of the book Life in the Finnish woods, written by Martha Ukura she mostly lived in around McGregor center Mn. thank you for sharing genie
I am enraptured and want to see more. So far, what I saw and heard is beautiful and interesting. Brings back similar living in Labrador where I am from. Best wishes for 2023.
All eight of my great-grandparents came to Michigan in the USA from Finland. Some of their original log buildings still exist, including a savu sauna built in 1894. I will be visiting Finland for the first time this year to study weaving and will bring my Fiskars scissors with me:) Love what you are doing, excellent presentation, and I enjoy seeing your kissa too! Hyvää uutta vuotta!
How cool! And welcome to Finland once you get here, I hope you'll have time to explore a bit. I have my weaving loom upstairs, waiting to be assembled so I can start weaving too!
Did they also settle in Upper peninsula? When I was looking for genealogy it never occurred to me why I couldn’t find Ellis Island documents until someone suggested looking into Whitefish Bay and there they were.
@@liswiits good luck and happy travels for you. I’m a mix born in Iron Mountain, my dad was 100% Finnish, I wish I paid attention when my grandparents talked in Finnish, they only did it when they didn’t want me to know what they were saying. My last name is Lempinen.
@@caroleindyl9937 The adults all talked to one another in Finn at my grandparent’s too, and I largely tuned it out. Now I wish I could listen one more time or better yet, have a video clip of them. Happy new year to you!
Hellow Nina, its odd but you'll understand. My name is kim, my mother was born in Finland her name is Aune. Whenever l meet a Finnish person l always feel a warm connection with them. My mother dyed two years ago, at 82. I am 56 and l miss her so much. She was not allowed to raise me her only daughter nor my three older brothers with any Finnish culture. I came across your channel for the frist time this morning and again felt the kindness of Finnish culture. You speak English so well and so much of what you said reminded me of mom. Your home is waiting to be able to tell a story of life long ago. My first name was planned to be Lilja Aune. Forgive me Nina, talking so much of my-self. I feel l was meant to meet you and learn about Finland. Thank you
Hi Kim! I know the feeling of needing to reconnect with ones own roots and understand you perfectly! I hope my videos will give you bits and pieces of Finnish culture to connect with. Happy New year! 💖
Hi, from Canada. Yes, I would like to see more about your village and surrounding area. Your house is indeed beautiful and I look forward to seeing more about it.
KIITOS from Toronto Canada! I enjoyed your tour very much. It was very sentimental, reminded me of my mother's family home in rural Finland. Looking forward to seeing more of your content!
Hello Nina, Your house is indeed unique. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the house and the region you live in. I enjoyed your video very much, you are so kind and friendly !Thanks !
I, too, am not sure why your video appeared on my screen, but I’m glad it did ! LOVELY house. Look forward to seeing it, and the garden, throughout the year. Am impressed at the way you walked into that lake without a shiver !
Thank you Nina for showing your house to us. You look very sweet & are a kind person. We live in the U.S. & I have a sister named Nina & a Spanish friend named Nina which means little girl in Spanish. My husband grandma was Finnish & Swedish decent
It was very exciting to see your home in Finland. My cousin from Finland sent me the You Tube link. Thank you for sharing your home. I love your "garden"...it IS really special to have all that wilderness! My grandparents, on both my Mother and Father's side lived in Finland and immigrated to America. My father came to America when he was 7 with his mother, brother and sister. My Grandfather had moved to Minnesota and then had his family move from Finland. My Grandfather on my mother's side, came to America when he was 6, and my Grandmother came when she was 12. They met and were married when my Grandmother was 17 and my Grandfather was 22. My Mom was born in Minnesota. I grew up in Minnesota and moved to California in 1971. I wish you the best of luck in completing your renovation.
@@ninasointu Where in Finland are you located? My Great Grandparents used to own a farm in Finland, and I don't know if it is still there.....but I have found a cousin who also lives in Finland and he is going to see if it is. I can only say again, the area where you live---winter right now or not---it is very beautiful with all the trees. Take care, and I will continue to watch your videos on You Tube. Bonnie
Thank you for sharing your heritage home!! I can’t wait to see what the remaining areas look like… and what your property looks like in summer. You live in an absolutely beautiful area!! Utterly magical… ✨✨
Hi Nina, Very interesting for me personally. All 4 of my grandparents immigrated to the US from Finland in the late 1890s. To see your beautiful heritage house brought back memories of my grandma’s house, and my mother’s design sensibility as both created very Finnish homes in their new country. I hope you continue to make your videos, you have a very easy to listen to voice. Cheers from the US.
So interesting history you have! Yes, we all take piece of our homeland with us when moving to a new country and then it will be passed on to next generation in one form or another. Greetings to you!
You have a beautiful home. We are in southron MIssouri, US. We also heat with wood. There is nothing like it. As Europe keeps shooting itself in the foot, you will be happy to have your home the way it is. Modern homes, with connections to the grid, will become dinosaurs. Happy Robert E. Lee/Stonewall Jackson week!
Indeed! Newer homes could (and should) combine the best of two worlds, and not just rely on the modern elements of building houses. Old does not mean outdated, there are many good technical aspects of really old houses that would work great in present time as well, like having wood heating at least as an backup. 🔥👍
I love this. My dad's grandparents are both from Finland (Ostrobothnia?). I have always wanted to go and see where my family is from. Thanks for showing and sharing.
I would love to see your little village. One thing I admire about European countries is how they did not plow everything down and build all new buildings. Here in the USA we do have some areas set aside but for the most part things are plowed over and rebuilt. Your home is beautiful!
Unfortunately here in Finland most of old houses have been destroyed too and only about 5% of all houses are 100 years or older. And to find houses over 200 or 300 years is very rare. Thus it's really important to preserve and protect all of the few houses still left standing. Places like Fiskars and other similar iron works villages and few old towns are the places where you can find a concentraded areas of really old houses.
Your house is beautiful. It reminds me of Carl Larson's home in Sweden. Fiskars are lovely scissors. I will appreciate them more after seeing the village they come from .Thank you for your video. I am from Nebraska in America.
So wonderful !!! I would love to see more of the town and anything you feel like filming as you are very creative and I love the historical nature of your home and the region . Thank you , Nina 🧡
Greetings from the Czech Republic. I like everything Finnish. The house is unique and must be wonderful to live in. Thank you for arranging the tour. My parents also renovated the old house (farmhouse) from my great-great-grandparents. Maybe they can see it from heaven and are glad it wasn't torn down ❤. Among other things, I like the cat's name Smetana. In Czech, it means cream and it is also the name of our music composer.
I was expecting beauty but almost gasped when you entered the first cold room. The colors! What you're wearing, the kitty, the stenciling, the painted furniture. I'm half Swedish and live in a house from 1807 located in the US. You have inspired me. Thank-you.
I would love to see many more videos! I've lived in big cities, small cities, little towns but have always been drawn back to deep country living. It takes us 45 minutes to get to the nearest town now, and we love it. oh..and Fiskars has been the best scissors ever made. I have around 20 pair of scissors most almost as old as I am, and each pair has its own job, I don't use the ones I have say for fabric on paper and so on. And I have never thrown a pair away yet. Even the ones with a broken handle..lol
Fiskars scissors are 💪! We are similar in that! I also lived in different countries and in big and small cities, but also prefer the freedom and space in more rural areas!
Thank you for sharing the beauty and historical significance of you home. You are now located in the past, present, and future--all without leaving the house. I look forward to watching all of your videos.
Kiitos, että annoit meidän kurkistaa elämääsi. PALJON rakkautta Boiselta, Idahosta! Hyvää uutta vuotta! Your home is BEAUTIFUL! I'm from Germany and have been to FINLAND a couple of times. ALWAYS found the people so inviting and friendly. They may giggle BUT always appreciate my POOR attempt at the Finnish language.
I am so glad that I stumbled across this video. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska and we have a "cold porch," too, except we call it an Arctic Entry. I look forward to more videos from you-especially summer in the garden!
Hi Nina. I've always been curious to see inside this house. Having lived in Fiskars since 2001, which is longer than I have lived anywhere else, I walk past your door very often thank you for the tour!
We have had a few events for locals to come and see the place, and will continue organizing them this year too. Will post about them in the local fb-groups, you're welcome to visit then!
Hello Nina! I came across your video by accident. I am in Georgian Bay , Ontario Canada. My grandparents were from Finland. Last name Juhola. Loved seeing your home. Thank you!
Hi! Nice to meet you! I can see it is cold in there! Yet, you are smiling and you are a good reason for it! You live in a beautiful place and you have a nice house to care for. I wish l had a good place to live into. You have nice objects and l love your big table and it is a sewing machine on it, sign you are working at home, in good faith! Admirable! You also presented your cute cat that loves you and it is a joy to have your own cat! I hope l can see episodes on your house and you also promised garden adventures and l cannot wait to see this, too!
Hello Nina, your property and home are truly beautiful and unique. Thank you for shareing. It is special to be able to own a property with a history. I live in a 150 year old (approximately). It needs lot of work itself. Good luck.
I am in love with your beautiful home. ❤ I can just imagine how special a meal in your dining room would be lit with candlelight. My ancestors are from Sweden and lived in a very similar style home.
I just started watching your channel, you have beautiful heritage home, I love these old places has so much character; my mother and grandmother immigrated to Canada 1951, they are from Tapanila village in Helsinki, it was farm land in the old days; my mother remembers the Vantaa River and Keravanjoki tributary, they lived in a brown house in Tapanila, in summer stayed in their red cottage by the river. My grandmother worked in the city Helsinki and my mother would stay with her mummu in Tapanila countryside.
Hello, Nina, your home and your area are both very beautiful. I love seeing different cultures and areas around the world. Let's talk about you swimming when the snow is on the ground!! I will love seeing more of your world. God Bless from hot and humid Florida, USA.
Finland is such a beautiful country and the people are so friendly and always seem to be happy. I think I read an article that said Finland was rated the country with the happiest people. Your home and landscape is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Yes, Finland has been rated many times as the happiest country in the world and many are trying to figure out the "recipe for happiness". It's a tough puzzle to figure out though 😅
Such a beautiful house, can't wait to see next episode. Love the pink walls with the grey. I live in Norway, in a old house my great-great-grandfather build, its not as old, but it is from 1886.
How amazing to live in a house that has so long history within your family 😍 and 1886 is already quite an age for house at least in from a Finnish point of view. In Finland there are only few percentage of houses that are even hundred years old.
Fabulous! I love this opportunity to see something of Finnish culture ad heritage! I would be very interested too, in a tour of our village/surrounding countryside. Thank you!
I’m not sure how I stumbled across your video but I am glad I did. Your house is absolutely amazing! I can only imagine what it would be like to live in a heritage home with so many stories to be told, so many small details to find, and so much beauty to appreciate. I’m excited to see more 😁 Greeting from Alabama, USA ❤️
Thankyou for posting this. Your home looks warm & wonderful. It's so big! It's like you're living in your own motel! We have heritage homes here in the U.S. too. Mostly in the North East but we also have a few down here in Florida where I live. You've been blessed to be the next caretakers of this glorious piece of property and I'm sure you're up to the challenge. Looking forward to more videos! Anne in Cape Coral, Florida USA
It is quite large and although we now in winter use up only about 1/4 of the entire available space, it's still more than what we had when we lived in the city 😅
Hi from Sweden 👋 Thanks for showing us your amazingly and beautifully home ❤ I myself is born in Luleå and I have as young spent many times in the North of Finland. These days I live in the south side outside of Stockholm ✨ Warm hugs
Thanks Nina. I like your house and its historic nature. I would love to learn more about where you live and what makes it unique and special. Long live Fiskars scissors !!! I live in France.
What a lovely homely home. Would love to see more. Very calming watching this. I will just say that I am watching with earphones and the audio seems to mainly be in one ear. The left.
Hei! Your house is a beautiful dream! I love your magic pink trousers. Thank you so much for sharing. I'd love to see more of your home and town. Greetings from New Zealand :)
What a lovely place to live. I'd love to see more of the little town, and hear more about your way of living. I too live in an old home, most of which has no electricity. I do enjoy hearing how other people live in older homes around the world. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
i live in Canada i i own a 2 acre fruit and flower garden i would love to see your garden in the summer it would be interesting to see the variety of fruit they had then.i love your show you could show us your village and thrift store or other if you have. anyway good job.
Thank you for making this video and for inviting us into your home Nina; a really special place you have. Being able to watch it in the USA really makes one feel like we are in Finland with you! Bravo.
I also love to tap into different lifestyles, extraordinary houses and gardens through RU-vid, so I am glad to hear of I can be of inspiration in return. 🥰🙏
Hola! Si, ojalá que la casa tenga la oportunidad de existir por cientos de años más, que en el futuro se también encontrará otros dueños quines quieren mantenerla.😍 Saludos a México!
Still looks pretty chilly in the house. I live in the northern US, it’s about 0 degree Fahrenheit outside in the winter and 72 degrees inside, so lots of time we just wear t-shirt and shorts inside. We heat our house with propane. I am about 20% Finnish and 80% Norwegian so I find this very interesting.
Yes, rarely in Finland we keep even modern houses that warm due to ecological and energy saving reasons. Top indoor temperature for a modern house is probably at 69F and old wooden houses generally stay at 66F. The part we heat up is around 64F, so it is much coooler here. 😅🤭
Good morning, Nina. I am so happy to have found your video on RU-vid! I’m looking forward to seeing more of your home, garden and village. Lynn from Fayetteville, Georgia, USA 🇺🇸
Thank you for the wonderful tour of your area and house. My mother's family was from Finland and I'm quite familiar with the mid-century Finnish aesthetic. It's a delight to see an older home in such a good condition. I have Fiskars scissors, too. And your followers need to see a Finnish easter egg...they are made of stainless steel!
The house is very pretty and interesting. Thanks for sharing your home with us. I like the coziness of the rooms that are occupied in winter. Also the color scheme of the house, inside and out.
I love your home and way of living. I live in the USA, in the state of Michigan. We have very cold winters. I am 65 so my children are not living here anymore. My home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. ( It is not a large home). During the winter I close off one of the bathrooms and 2 of the bedrooms to save on heat. Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and way of life. ☺️
Thank you for sharing your home with us! You are very lucky to get to live in such a beautiful place. I hope to one day visit your area! But this will do for now 😊
I can only imagine the atmosphere in that home, as so many souls have lived and made memories there before you. I love your way of storytelling and your calm energy, thank you for this wonderful video ❤🙏🏻
so many nice comments, i too am from Minnesota, with a Finnish background, your home is beautiful and the lifestyle, more importantly you seem a very beautiful person from the inside out. glade i came across your video and will follow, thank you for sharing.
Your village is breathtaking! I am a big Fiskar fan, I literally cannot live without their appliqué scissors😂 I started watching this on my iPad and I had to move it to the big screen! Wow! I’m sad to say, with the exception of a few visits on another channel, this is my first “visit “ to your beautiful land. Cannot wait for more!❤
Nina, thank you so much for the invitation😍 You live in such an amazing cosy old house and you are so good taking care of it! In old time people always slept in the kitchen by the stove, it was a glimpse into forgotten times... Have a beautiful christmas🥰 All the best from Northern Norway, Kautokeino.
Greetings to Norway! Yes, so many slept by the stove back in the days, and probably more people go back to doing it as a way to stay warm with less effort of heating. ❤️
It might be so special to live in such an ancient house. You're created absolutely love atmosphere there ❤️ I live in Finland and every time I see this type of building I used to think how it's inside 🤔 Now I know. Thank you Nina! Wish you good luck and looking forward the new videos of your 🙂💐
Thank you for showing us your heritage home. Years ago we had a basic cottage with no indoor toilet. We got a an environmentally friendly dehydrating toilet. We ran it off of electricity but I believe it will run off of solar too. It's extra nice in cold weather because it gives off heat. I found it had low odor, similar to earth or moss maybe. Just wanted to put the info out there in case anyone is looking for ideas. Cheers from Canada.
Yes, it's so great that there are several waterless toilet solutions available in today's world. I find our toilet to be very odorless and as it doesn't require any electricity or water it works in any situation. Happy New Year to you!
Thank you for sharing your lovely house with us. I look forward to watching your future videos. Fiskars is a name I know well, as most of my garden equipment is Fiskars, and you are correct it is beautifully made and indestructible. I live in a very old stone house in SW France in the mountains, and although it takes a lot of maintaining, I would not live anywhere else. Thank you again.
Thank you! We feel lucky to be one of many people who have already lived in this house. All this history makes the house to feel like it has a personality. 😍
Asua vuosisadan vanhassa talossa voi olla ainutlaatuinen ja jännittävä kokemus. Nämä talot historia ja arkkitehtuuri voivat herättää tunteita nostalgiaa, uteliaisuutta ja ihailua. On yleistä kuvitella ihmiset, jotka asuivat näissä taloissa ja millaista elämä oli siihen aikaan. Nämä pohdinnat voivat antaa sielun rakennuksille ja herättää sanoin kuvaamattomia tunteita, erityisesti pitkien öiden hiljaisuudessa. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷☀️☀️☀️☀️🎶🎶🎶🎉🎊🎉🎊🌴🌴🌴🌴
Isnt it amazing how these old wooden houses lasts for centuries? We have a lot of them here in Norway too. The oldest house in Norway, as we know of, is 700 years old, built in 1296, and it is also lived in. The oldest structure in the world (non-religious) is a logbuilding used for storing food, it is 882 years old. Underneath the wooden panelling there is a log structure. Is that the structure in your house as well? You have a beautiful home. You need to be a tough woman to live there, and I see you are with the icebathing! That way your house feels warm! 😅 Very nice video, thank you. 😊
Yes, old log houses can last for several lifetimes and they are like Lego structures; you can always take out a broken piece and put in a new without the need of destroying it all. We have been planning actually to come to Norway for some old house inspiration. 😍 It would be lovely to see the colors and the way they are built! Yes, under the floor boards are logs and this house stands on solid rock. It will not move anywhere 😅
Thank you for offering to take us on this tremendously fun and daunting journey of this old house. I’m Canadian so I know cold so I am in awe of how tough you guys are to live in this house while you plan on restoring it.
