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The thing that he is cooking is called "tippaleipÃĪ". They are usually made for 1st of May or "Vappu" (in finnish) celebration, They are made of loose wheat doe dropped into hot oil and sprinkled with powder sugar on them.
Funnel cake is the English name for it.
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Just asking why in Finnland
BTW, Donald Duck in the Nordic is bigger than Mickey Mouse, and the comics are produced in Europe. The language they use is amazing, it is not dumbed down to kids but it really challenges you when you are learning to read. They have received multiple awards for just that and a big portion of kids have learned to read from Donald Duck. It is full of "what does this mean, dad?" moments and you learn at home, very efficiently. So, that is why he is reading Scrooge McDuck, it is really good material for learning the language. Them being comics also helps since you have a story and pictures, with limited amount of text: the entertainment value is high and the learning part is not too overwhelming.
That is how i learned to read too, we had a huge crate full of Donald Ducks, so i sat on top of the pile and read them all.
Ive heard from several expats how they feel like home here; mostly its about the non-competitive culture, wealthy people dont flaunt it and we see others as equals, no matter what your balance currently is. We work to live, not the other way around. We dont use titles, first name is good enough. No one-upping the Johnsons, thats tacky. Close second is the safety, nature (access and appreciation) and people respecting your person. No need to small talk, if you dont feel like it, silence is perfectly fine. This is often seen as shyness or coldness, but its neither, you have the right to be left unbothered. Unspoken rule that only drunkards break :)
Snuggling indoors during the winter is definitely a thing, but he might not have discovered the winter activities possible. Here's some less, more or fairly popular ones: "Winter Biking in Helsinki - FINLAND", "AVANTO HOLE IN THE ICE", "Funny things in Finland: Walking, skating and skiing on ice", "Nordic skating on lake NÃĪsijÃĪrvi | Tampere, South Finland (Shrove Sunday 2019)", "Skating 100+ km Distance on LohjanjaĖrvi", "Windsurf on ice at downtown Helsinki", "Enduro On The Ice", "PILKKIKAUSI 2023 ALKAKOON | ICE FISHING IN FINLAND", "Fishing under ice (ORIGINAL)", "Hockey Heaven. Some of the BEST outdoor rinks in Europe are in Finland", "Kempan lumisota", "Potkukelkkailun MM-kisat 2018 - Multia", "Snowmobile ride in Lapland - FINLAND", "Cross-country skiing paradise Pello in Lapland Finland", "Winter wonderland of Ruka Ski Resort, Kuusamo, Finland", "Skiing at Levi, Finland", "SaariselkÃĪ - Suomen pisin pulkkamÃĪki", "Valtavaara Winter Hiking trail Finland" and "Experience winter in Finland". And probably the most popular winter activity of them all: "LumityÃķt Kasaria kuunnellen".
He's making "TippaleipÃĪ" (=funnel cake) it's a kind of krispy doughnut. Specially made for Vappu (1 of May). And about Donald Duck comics in Finland, they do have an excellently good language on purpose, an easier way to learn Finnish.
Tyler is a nice guy. He has a live session weekly in TH-cam.
in america there is no option to walk to a grocery store. you have to get into your pick-up -truck, go on the interstate or turnpike for 15 minutes to get to a wallmart and buy your stuff for the week
It is snowing here in Helsinki and will snow for another 3 days. It is beautiful. I hope we have a snowy Christmas! I disagree about the English thing, yes you can get by with services, but not with jobs. You need to know Finnish for working life.
I prefer lakeland area in Finland more than sea shore area. Cleaner water, much more nature, less people etc
When i was in elementary school, we had snow up to our knees . I hope thatâll happen again soon !!!!
Jup "rÃĪntÃĪÃĪ" is the word in Finnish for snow/slush/water combination. We do get it.
rÃĪntÃĪ is sleet, loska is more commonly used for slush.
I am a bus driver and I drive children who travel alone every day. Nothing strange about that!
Yeah the thing is, in America you're not going to see kids get on a public bus alone. Ever. School buses are different, but in the US, if parents let a kid go by themselves anywhere, so much as leave them alone and unattended even inside their parked car and walk 10m to the ATM, the parent(s) can get arrested for that.
@@Nabekukka Yes, it's crazy! And you call your country free?
@@bengtolsson5436 Not my country, I'm not an American nor do I live there, I'm Finnish.
america has school busses that stop like almost outside every home with a kid and only picks up the kids and goes straight to the school... so i guess kids going in public transportation by themselves where they have to get on to the right numbered bus and get off on the right stop and start walking to the right direction to get to school and there are also lots of adult riding the same bus might look abnormal to an american...
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In Finland, many employers are interested in an employee's previous experience, especially if it is in a different field. Maybe it makes him feel important and more confident here. ðĪ·ââïļ
He was making TippaleipÃĪ / Funnel cake
Please come to Finland. You will have no probs. Everyone here can speak english and it is safe here. But don't come to Helsinki at the wintertime. July might be the best time. :)
in a way, helsinki is new york but everything is walking distance and EVERYTHING is 100% safe. everything is friendly, everything is nice and quiet and content. nobody wants anything more than you have.
big-brand skateboard videos and snowboard videos have been shot here and the actual real-life forest (not a park) is walking-distance and everything is by the sea or at least lakes or rivers.
i'm REALLY into culture and especially sub-cultures are just big enough to be "world-class" and the rest IS VERY MUCH big enough for anyone.
oh if you didnt know it is ILLEGAL in the usa to leave someone who is under 16 even alone in the house.
and children NEVERR EVER EVER EVER take public transport. the SPECIAL school-bus driver can and will not let the kid out of the bus until a specifically identified parent walks into the school-bus to take them home. yes. they have to walk into the bus and pick the kid up from the seat.
i mean .... america is CRAAAZYYYYYYYY
I used to be a school bus driver in Helsinki. It was usual that kids (age 8-14) came alone and got off alone. No problem.
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The 'pastry' he's deep-frying is a special type only consumed during the 1st of May celebration together with the traditional meed, home-made or store-bought. In Swedish it's called 'struva (en struva, many struvor. And the meed, harking back to the Viking era, os called mjÃķd (same word as in English) in Swedish and sima in Finnish.
As you've notice by now, Dwayne, the BIG cultural divide lies between Europe and the U.S. and less between the various states within Europe, though there are, of course, some big differences here, too, for instance between North and South and West and East, but villages and towns were built hundreds of years before cars even existed.
In the U.S., you're forced to have one or more cars, because the whole society is built for and around the car. Americans do everything by car, short or long jaunts to their closest shopping center and to every other activity as, for example, driving the children to all of their hobbies and activities.
i would very much argue that finland and sweden are the most american/english adopters of europe. quite near to EVERYTHING we watch and listen to is from usa/canada/uk. we kinda adopt your culture and language quite a bit.
what iÂīve heard, most european cultures try to forcefully or mindfully "conserve" their own culture and deliberately rejecting english-speaking culture but in finland we have never done that.
so most people are actually excited about talking with americans and people from the uk. because itÂīs like the television comes alive XD XD XD XD XD XD
I've heard that it's very tough for foreigners and immigrants to learn finnish and thus integrate to finnish society because everyone starts to speak english when they notice someone is not speaking finnish as their native language. And btw finnish language is mainly learned through speaking, not reading and studying on your own.
He was making âtippaleipÃĪâ what we eat 1.5. then we have Vappu. This is big party in here.
Haha, here in north we have much more clearer seasons. and much much more tranquil life than in Helsinki. ðĪðĪðĪ
Well that is maybe the most linguistically difficult main stream graphic novel one could try.
I also live in Helsinki. I also have lived in Spain, but this is my home.
Sadly we get snow! It's freaking november and we already have snow and it was -20C in southern Finland! ððððððð
Better to have snow than rain and darkness ððž
I both hate and love snow. It is pretty and it's whiteness helps with darkness. But I go everywhere with bike and it's so much more difficult on snow.
I hate snow. People are always complaining about the darkness, but I feel it comforting. It really gives you a permission to just lay down and be still (with book and warming fire).
When it is snowing you have to get rid of it before driving or walking - plenty of useless work every time. And when it's melting it turns to slippery ice. So depressing!
Don't mind if there is no snow ever again. (One can dream.)
@@haneski8020 I don't need the darkness as a permission to just lay down etc. I can just put on the curtains and have darkness any time of the year I want.
@@Jantzku Of course you can do so. But I do have two kids and two jobs and it's just wonderful feeling when everything is dark and silent. I really enjoy winter time without snow.
Yes the grocery storse are so far apart, and often in places you can't acess whit out a car, that one can live in a suburb and not have waling distance to a grocerey stor in USA. There are a lot of housing areas that are called "food deserts" where the only places to get food from are the lokal fast food resturants, unless you got a car to go shopping with. Not only are the grosery stores far apart, but even the roadnetworks makes it difficult and often dangersous to get to the lokal grocery stores. We got our streats and roads here in Europe, but in US you got something called stroads, that is i mixture of smaller streets and bigger roads. This paired with the bonkers laws of how much parking the stores in USA need to provide makes most suburbs theese food deserts. You should watch some videos of USA just to see how difrent USA is from Europe. When learning more aboute the states, Europeans often gets to think of "The land of The Free" as "Russia lite".
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Tyler ððused to be my teacher great guy !
Today where I live was -32 electricy bill is 300 euros and + woods to burn 165 euros... I don't like. Here we need own car because nearest shop is 7 km and no busses and lot of more I can't tell in english... Helsinki is good place, but Finland has many other places live in
For me as finn, Helsinki is too big city so I live in small village middle of nowhereð
If you decide to enter Finland, let me know. I can arrange you're travel needs
Are you going to Vaasa too?
Everyone has a car in the US so if someone is using the bus then something is not right, so you will probably just get shot in the bus. ð Also surprisingly healthy looking vegan. ð
WTF = Welcome to Finland!
that whas he made call "tippaleipÃĪ"
Life is so much better like 100km north from Helsinki
Tampere best Sity on finland ;)
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ItÂīs called tippaleipÃĪ..basicly itÂīs a donut,made and doughstring and fry it.
I'm in Helsinki now. Boring ,expensive, to much light or to much night . To cold . Bad food many better countries to vist
English migrants are privileged since English is a high status language, and native Englsh speakers are treated very well througout the Nordic countries. I have had migrant acquaintances who are not native English speakers pretend they are Americans to increase their chances on the dating scene . I don't think that he would be so positive if he was, for instance, a Swede living in Helsinki. Americans are highly regarded campared to other migrants in the Nordic countries.
This guy lives right down town very expensively and declares fashionably "there's no need for a car".. Probably works from home most days too.. Admires cleanliness, old renovated buildings and does not give a shit how or who restored everything or how they got there or where from.. :D
I would never live in helsinki