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@@becca2010 Welcome! What is your plan here?

@@helifromfinland just visiting for a couple of days! Going to try and see the cathedrals, Temppeliakko church, the food market and Suomenlinna . Let me know if there are any other sights I should see :) thank you!

@@daffyduk77 You are right, language is tough here. Coldnes you can cope with, but darkness is the real struggle.

@@helifromfinland I don't know, there are different degrees of coldness, it depends what you're used to & whether it prevents you doing things you've come to see as normal. But those long summer evenings would be a bonus !

@@daffyduk77 I totally understand what you mean. I don’t like any of the winter sports and hate it when weather conditions are not suitable for comfortable biking or outdoor swimming 😃

@@BobSmith-s7j You are right, I should do it. Although our current washroom is a bit chaotic since in the middle of the shower room there is a bath place for a poodle 🫣

@@helifromfinland Even better if the poodle appears in the video! 😍🐾

Kyllä, ajatonta hetkessä elämistä.

@@145Nudel Thanks! Have to start counting days. First time in Portugal for me.

Thanks! We have moved to another house since making this video. Now I can easily lay down on the sauna bench since the new sauna is maybe three times bigger than this old one. I love using it especially on cold rainy days.

Yes, it is fun, free and you don't even have to register to play the game. Today I realised that maybe it is possible to challenge friends to play the same photos you played by sharing the link that is available after you finish your rounds and get the points. Haven't tried that yet, but if that works, that would make sense to challenge each other!

Thanks, it is nice to see a friendly comment 🙂

Yes, it is a classic!

Oh, I am happy to hear about your experiences! I live in Espoo, 15 minutes train trip from Helsinki, so will visit our capital often.

The dressing room attached to sauna also included a fridge full of cool drinks to be found 😁 Finnish food is really plain, we use hardly any spices. You will be disappointed. But I love the fact that I am able to taste the natural ingredients and not just some spicy sauce added.

Oh, thank you for your kind comment! Denmark I’ve visited at least three times and I enjoy the relaxed atmosphere there. First visit was to Kopenhagen as a kid, remember visiting that old tivoli. Second visit was a work trip and third time when we took our family to a drive around Baltic Sea. Visited Legoland of course! So Denmark makes me smile 🙂

Oh, I’ve heard that Scotland has the most beautiful golf courses of the world! But unfortunatelly I am not playing golf so haven’t visited there yet. What is the best time of the year to visit Scotland? June?

June is good but I am biased and would say anytime as long as you don’t mind the rain 😂x@@helifromfinland

@@KathleenSomerville-o7x That puts me in a hard situation. I am quite sure I’ve had my share of grayness here in Finland 😂

This is the first time I hear about FlyLady. Had to google it. Found a website so full of content that couldn’t easily understand what is going on. Daily organizing tips? Group challenges?

Yes, it is a lovely place. Could imagine myself spending more time there.

Thanks for the comment! Finally someone is from a country I have visited! I’ve been in Norway three times. As a kid my parents took our family to Trondheim and then we drove several days heading up to north. That was amazing route, so unique beuty of nature there. Then I’ve once made a work trip to Oslo and once visited a music event organized in Bergen. Good memories 💜

@@helifromfinland Thanks, yes Norways nature is beautiful but so much Rain her in South, but actually I' am a German from Berlin.

@@manuella6297 Wow, multicultural people here! I’ve been to Berlin once and visited many times Germany. Even worked one summer in Northern Germany. I love many things there and could imagine myself living in Southern Germany 💜

Hello Anna! Thanks for leaving a comment. It is lovely to hear from people all around the world. I’ve never been to Wales, so maybe you cold teach me the basics of your local culture by spotting any differences to my way of living and thinking. 😀

I’d love to hear more about your experiences of living in Turku. It is a city I visit often, but have not lived there.

Hi there! Never been to Northern California. So nice to meet you here!

Thanks for correcting! 😄

Thank you! I am celebrating through the year 😀 I’ve never visited Turkey, so nice to meet you here!

Thanks for this nice story of you meeting Heli in the US. Heli was quite common name given to babys born in 70’s in Finland. And don’t worry, I am also sometimes confuced with my job 😃 I’ve never visited Maine unfortunatelly. What is the climate like there?

Thanks for leaving this lovely comment! This encourages me to publish more videos. I have visited Poland twice but only on summer time. I really enjoyed both of the visit. First time our family drove by car around Baltic Sea and we camped by seaside in North Poland coastline. Second time I visited Krakow with my daughter. City center there is really beautiful!

Oh, lucky you! Maybe we have to house swap next winter 😁 My plan is to test at least 3 locations before making any bigger moves. But planning even a few weeks stay in another country when one has a family, house and job here, takes an effort. Gotta save some money and plan the steps to make this possible.

@@helifromfinland Well, I live in part of the world where grey skies are the norm for winter, autumn, spring and about 60% of the summer as well. If you are craving sunlight and warmth there is little value in house swapping with me! LOL Having dreams & plans get us through the rough days 💙

Oh, that sounds grey! Maybe we'll meet at the new destination. Time to make some moves 😀

Yes, it feels like living in a story book.

Thanks for this comment! Unfortunately we have moved to another house already, but maybe I can show the sauna room we have now! So looks like I have to make another video of saunas. Sauna is always placed next to shower room and floor is a tile floor with a sewer. So one sewer near the showers, another one inside the sauna.

@@helifromfinland Nice, thank you! Yes indeed a calm floor plan video with these things would be great!

Thanks for leaving a note. Hope you enjoyed your stay in Helsinki.

Hello! Thanks for leaving a friendly comment. I happy to hear that you have a change to come to Helsinki in August. What I would advice to do if you are wishing to find a job from Finland or other Nordic countries is start posting about your travelling plans in LinkedIn and connecting there with the people from your study program. There are still lot of local companies that require Finnish language skills from people they hire but many technology and startup companies operate in English.

@@helifromfinland It means a lot. I really appreciate your support and consideration.#Fantastic 🥰

Thanks for encouraging feedback!

That is funny and true 😁

Sounds like a good life!

I think it is obligatory here 😀

We have moved since and our current sauna is 3x this tiny sauna. I love to lay down and stretch my legs after spending time outdoors.

Oh, welcome! Tell if you need any tips.

@@helifromfinland Hei mitä kuuluu I was in Helsinki and now im in lähti can I have your email ?

@@aminenaceri3258 You can contact me via Instagram @helijarvenpaa

I am actually going to travel to a small city called Porvoo in June. I’ll make a video from there for you to see 🙂

I have been away from this channel and was suprised to find this kind of nice comments from here. Maybe I’ll make some new videos since somebody is interested in life in Finland.

Welcome to Finland to test some saunas so you know which one you’ll choose.

Sauna is included in flat prices (almost all houses in Finland have saunas), so I don’t know how much it costs. Awerage sauna stove is a 6 kW and uses about 4,4 kwh during first hour when sauna is heated and less after that.

@@helifromfinland Thanks. Anyway since then I built my own sauna, an infrared sauna (1140 Watts an hour). It does the job quite well, too, I sweat a lot in it.

@@helifromfinland Finland is very clever to have a sauna in every home.

@@MaximC It sure feels odd times when I've lived abroad without sauna. One feels so much more clean after sweating and then taking a cool shower!

@@helifromfinland But then again, the electricity for a traditional sauna, if it's done regularly - would be quite high... I went with an infrared sauna because it consumes way less energy, it seems, than the traditional wet room sauna. How regularly and for how much time you guys use your home saunas in Finland? Like everyday, half an hour a day, or less, or more?