WEIRD (but genius) THINGS ABOUT FINNISH HOMES | Part 3 

Yeah, i thought all but double/triple decked windows were common, but guess not...

i knew about window and shoe thing but not that there isnt such recycling in uk nor storages, guess people arent as smart abroad

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@@JonVonBasslake Where I used to live, windows were to keep out birds and rain, and doors were closed with a padlock. Bare feet was the preferred footwear unless you went to the yard, where you had plastic flipflops. I once saw a staring contest between a lizard and a big spider on the living room wall. The lizard decided to get a smaller snack instead. There was running water though. I knew someone who lived in a place where running water meant walking real fast with the bucket and you had to walk like a kilometer to get it.

It is where it’s at all cold in the US.

You will learn, child.

Nina Ylimaki tää oli hyvä!

We have sarcastic bitches in Finland.

@@onearthonelegion and lots of stupid men... ✋

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Indeed and even if you are told that keeping the shoes on is ok, you still feel so quilty if walking with them in someone's home.

the only exception is when you can wear shoes inside is when there's a formal-kind of party going on :D

@@iidaemppuu true, like christening or something like that. Even then it's your dress shoes/high heels you don't use tht often and only for formal parties

yeah why would you bring all that sand and dirt inside i dont get it..american's floor must be filthy

@@iidaemppuu I've never ever been in formal party in someone's house with shoes on. When there is some rented place, then of course but in those places you keep shoes on even if there isn't any party. Tho I must say that maybe ladies can keep their high heels on...?

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@@itsmesia2469 why do you use so many emojis

Yeah. Ill just take 2 really long steps to retrieve what I forgot.

I know, it feels so wrong. We had Japanese foreign exchange students staying with us back when my son was in high school, & they asked why Americans don't remove their shoes. I said "because we're always in a hurry" (instead of "we are barbarians.") And then one of the boys made me a beautiful crane out of origami paper. I still have it, and fond memories of those polite, clean, well-behaved boys.

Also, in some places, the plastic still goes to the burning plant and will not be recycled.

@@Saareem "burning" is a very mistaken, almost hostile concept. Most of types of garbage is still turned to heat in hot water systems, and to electricity. While not recycling, its still reusing. A lot of metals, especially magnetic ones and heavy metals are separated. The ash is cleaned, the smoke is cleaned, and the air itself is cleaned. Put it in somewhere like Mexico city or Beijing, and the air comes out cleaner than going in. You would not describe a Ferrari or Porsche an "oil burning machine made to burn oil" either. Because thats not what it is, unless you really dig for the worst possible description that is still containing a smallest shred of truth just for show. 50 years ago, garbage was burned. Today, burning is just one part of the process of separating different contents. The ash that comes out of the system and needs to be dumped is a mere 20% of the stuff that goes in. Rest is either cleaned, recycled, or separated. You see a cloud over the smokestack? Thats not smoke. Theres no smoke coming out the smokestack. Thats water vapor and hot air.

I think plastic is required if there is more than 30 apartments!

Our building just got a bin for plastic and i started to gather them in a seperate bag and jesus how much plastic crap you use without even noticing and the bin is allways full

Yup. I always said that I'm used to the cold outside, not inside.

I just moved to UK like two months ago and I get this all the time too 🤣🤣🤣

@NoNoNoNii Our cottage *can* be heated with wood, but is generally heated with electricity. Regardless, afaik it's had double glazing for 50 years or something, and being constructed of logs with insulation+outer cladding as well, it's pretty warm anyway. Some cottages may be cold, sure, but frankly a lot aren't even intended for year-round use.

I still get that now 😅

I remember my friend coming over to Perth during our winter in 2001. She complained of our cold wet weather where the temperature was around 16°C. I joked that as a Norwegian, she should be used to cold weather and it was only after discussing he differences in how we build our houses that I realised their houses are built to keep out the cold and ours are built to keep out the heat in summer.

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​@@davecad I'm not sure how those keys work, but i think since they're disc detainer type, the "common area" locks have only a few discs that match with all of the keys. Just guessing from what i've seen on Lockpicking Lawyer and BosnianBill videos :D

We're actually using these digital Iloq-keys too which is a small upgrade. Also in the rentable city apartments we got a optical fiber connection with 100mb for 1€/month. Kinda handy when playing WoW etc. :} ...oh, and the gateway modem came for free in post too :D

@@AmbientEpicuros You really sure you wanna call ILOQ-keys an 'upgrade'? XD Have you never forgotten something home when rushing out and having to go back for it only for the ILOQ-key to be like 'yeah, I ain't letting you in til you toss salt over your shoulders, pray for a saviour, achieve near-complete immobility and stop breathing while opening the door'. No such thing as 'I'll just quickly go back for something' with ILOQ 'please reach the pure zen state to open doors' keys. XD I had an ILOQ-key for four years and I cheered out loud and jumped up and down with joy when I found out my new place had the trusty 'stuff the key into the lock in a rush, any way around you please, and the door opens' ABLOY's back. XD Also, at least in several rental places in Tampere, a 100mb internet is fully included in rent.

@@YuliaLeafhill I couldn't agree more. They (ILOQs) probably use some sort of weird black magic force which just isn't always strong enough.

Mind blown - but works flawlessly!

Yes! Two flames though should probably be three here in Canada.

@@sasu8411 yeah and depending on your profession..we use "work shoes" so have to change them at the locker room

@@sasu8411 there are differences between (junior high) schools. Some schools requires taking shoes off, others doesn't.

in our school, we have a carpet on most of the class rooms, so no shoes allowed inside them. (7-9 grade, finland)

Yeah it depends on the school. I know some high schools where people take off their shoes but I also know some school(grade 7-9) where they don't take shoes off

yeah, no shoes untill high school

This is true. I saved the last two pair that my grandmothers gave to me so I can give them to my grandkids.

True! I even attended a wedding wearing party clothes and villasukat!

@@laaniska9957 haha.. my cousin had a pair made in black to wear with his tuxedo at his wedding.

Villasukat + crocsit

I think Americans vacuum their floors every day.

@@raapyna8544 Still, it's crazy. Why vacuum and clean dirt every day, if you can just leave the shoes in the hallway. :D

Rääpynä unfortunately they don’t vacuum everyday.. and the carpet flooring is so nasty. Full of stains!

MsAim0 joooo! Villasukat on parhait

@Stimpy&Ren ME EI TOMMOSII YLELLILYYKSII TARVITA, KUNNON SUOMALAISET!😑😆

Mulla on villasukat just nyt jalassa :D

Joo

Ihanat mummon tekemät villasukat jotka haisee kahvilta ja pullalta (-ω-)

Sarrikka Victorian, still.

Sarrikka The arrogance is strong here

I went to england first time in Summer and I think a good way to explain how it went is that someone smeared shit on the bathroom wall in mcdonalds

@@sirikorkiakoski6162 Boo hoo hoo

Also what is great in triple glassed windows is sound insulation. Sound waves have harder time to go through 3 panels that are in different lengths from one another. That's why 1 panels is farther away from the other 2

The current building regulations for apartment buildings are such that now buildings would need five panes of glass in a regular window, so most manufacturers have switched to argon filled panes. Those can reach the same insulation with just the single double pane unit. Many have three though, the inner two being gas filled and the outermost a regular pane. This helps with heat recovery if the windows have built in air vents (Incoming air is passed between the outer and inner panes in order to recover any heat loss through the window.) and helps reduce ice buildup in the winter and fogging in summer time.

Many urban buildings have quad glass windows. And some have even thicker outer glass. And all because of sound silencing.

I'm fairly sure our building (built in the early 2010s) has sealed double glazing on both the inner and outer window frames = quadruple glazing. The balcony doors are either just one frame with double glazing, or what I actually think is more likely, triple glazing with sealed spaces in between.

Hehe, this is so true though

But we have most of this, maybe it’s just London that doesn’t, I’m so confused by this video. Although we don’t have the cool keys, that’s a good idea.

@@leea8706 what really?? :o interesting..

Yep and in Finland we have thing called "eteinen" which serves similar purpose

@NoNoNoNii Some do. Or you come in, take your shoes off and put on your villasukat :D

It's common in all nordoc countries

Its common also in Poland :)

Catherine York In the Czech Republic you also have to take your shoes off indoors, and in Germany, and Slovakia, and Estonia ...

All the "wasted storagespace" should be used for something better. If you need to store some crap for years, means you don't really need it.

@@OjStudios You probably dont undestand how much people in Finland have stuff that can be only used in right season. In summer i store my cars winter tires, skis, snowboard, childrens winter toys and most of our winter clothes in the storage area or "häkkivarasto" and during winter there is my summer tires and my yard furnitures.

@@MrNiskala I do and at the same time I don't. Living here and watching people store all kinds of unnecessary crap just makes my skin crawl.

@@OjStudios What about seasonal stuff you don't need the whole year? Or stuff that you actually need once or twice per year and would take up lots of space in the apartment?

@@MollyMalone1983 I know, I know.

My family's house was built in the 60s and has double glazed Windows so it's definitely older than just 40 years.

and moldy

Well, actually in the late 70's, early 80's there was a series of killings dubbed as "Helsingin kellarisurmat" or the Basement Murders of Helsinki. The killer/s never got caught :/

"divisible by the length of the"... I love typing on phone screens.

Many countries tell everybody how advanced they are but in reality they're not. Ame...hhhkrrhhh..ica. Nuthin said.

OniJon All of us do that? You spoke to all of us?!

@@codename495 He liked heckling several chains with his victim complex.

henrifin 😅

Too many take it for granted. I know many young Finnish people and they say it's a worst country to live in, yes seriously

You never see garbage bags on the street in Finland, Much cleaner here overall.

Jin- Ingratitude, try living in Africa.

NoNoNoNii That’s total bs.

Jospa vaan muutat suoraan ameriikkoihin niin ollaan kaikki tyytyväisiä.

Slangi on ihan helvetin ruman kuulosta, parempi vaan ku puhut kuin vanha mummo.

@@eelisparkkinen joo sori , en puhu niin hyvin Suomea ku en oo koskaan asunut siel. en tiiä oikeeta sanaa to describe it better. en puhu nuorten ihmisten kieltä . better?sounding even more like a grandma?

Sohvi Missä maassa on se sinun toinen puoli?

Aw thanks :))

I can appreciate that and I hope things work out for you, but probably not the best idea to size your relationship up agast another's social media highlights. ;)

@@RoyRissanen Sizing up? 🤔 You mean as in youtuber's only showing the good side of their life? Not to worry, I know that 😊 Everyone has their ups and downs.

@@johanna_na Don't' get me wrong; you're right, they do "seem so lovable" (don't hate me Dave and Cat). But yes, we tend to only show the highlights online. ;)

Actually, single glazing was used in summertime. The single window was a window you could open. For winter another window was put in the window frame. That was a normal procedure in the fall when the weather got cold. You couldn't usually open the extra, winter window. And again, when spring came you took the extra window off again. My grandmother lived in a house built in the 19th century, a cottage actually. I remember my granny doing this every year. And the window frames were built that way, for two windows. So yes, double glazing at least since 19th century!

Tommi Westén Supermarkets & shopping.

If you have proper fireplace that is not just a beautiful ornament, you can save quite a bit in heating bill. So yeah, people do actually use them, especially if they have their own batch of forest nearby they can heat their house for virtually free. Though I remember reading something about taxing and/or monitoring the emissions from your chimney being planned, so not sure how viable option for heating that will be in future.

Yeah we have a wood stove in our kitchen and we use it for heating if it gets really cold outside.

Just turn the heat down if you want

I think it's more of a regressing country

​@@are3287 you need to be something before you can regress.

No, actually it's the 2 separate faucets for hot and cold water, that some houses actually still have there

@@redX111t yeah that one too!

Haha maybe! There are definitely some amazing Finnish innovations in the baby world!

So clever, I live in a moderate climate but we end up covering our windows with curtains in the winter because the heat loss is insane.

My house has only double glass, but they are still original from 1970..

I think i have new (2018) double glass windows on my living room... but its one of thous closed type windows that you don't need to wash from inside... and you can't wash them from the inside because you can't open up the window, since there is some gas between the panels