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Finnish Cinnamon rolls are better then swedish!
What's the difference?
@@helwa.eafleawell theres many different type of cinnamon rolls In Finland and Sweden
But the most common version ive seen around In Finland is the top way rolled one with a small empty space In the middle and its pretty awesome Imo Sweden also has those but slightly less frequently since ive seen In Sweden that there are also a lot more those sideways rolled ones that do not have as big of as empty space In the middle making it slightly dryer but more cinnamony i must say both are awesome
Also both countries have the basic bread like bun that is not cinnamony but has gardemumma In the dough that i absolutely enjoy
Especially when theres the holiday where they cut it In half and fill it with raspberry and wipcream and sprinkle sugarpowder ontop of it instead of the sugar crystals
All sweets is better in Finland then Sweden...Cookies, buns, candy, desserts etc..
Even a Finnish Coca Cola taste better then Swedish and its the water,witch makes it..
@@nina-kitty6573 I think you like the ones that you are used to eat the most. Very much candy are very simular but I think you have to ask somone who's not from the nordic contries if it's good or not and wich country has the best candy or cookies 😊👍👌
@@nina-kitty6573 the difference In some of the sugar drinks and candy are due to different sugar regulations in the countries
Finland seems to be on the less sugary side and a bit more on the salty side imo
Finnish blueberry pie is intense. Mustikka is translated as 'blueberry', but the actual berries are bilberries which are smaller and with three times the taste.
I agree with this comment! Bilberries are great with vanilla ice cream too!
Hello, a finn here. Bilberry is called juolukka and blueberry mustikka. The traditional blueberry pie is actually made of blueberries, but you’ll find ones made put of bilberries. Both are good! 👍
@@dasbroisku Surely the bigger blueberries are pensamustikka... Juolukka are bog bilberries, which are slightly different from common bilberries (also called whortleberries). Bog bilberries have a pinkish flesh inside, whereas commons are dark.
Karjalan piirakka is salty, like rye bread. We don't use much sugar in breads.
There are 2 kinds, one with rice porridge and another with mashed potato. You eat it with
"munavoi" , Hard boiled eggs sliced into butter and spiced with salt. And it's fabolous!!!❤
Sounds delicious! Can't wait to try them both :)
porkkanapiirakka: 0_o
Karelian pies are at their best when fresh from the oven or heated. But they are also good cold. A very good snack. And you can put more than just egg butter on top. :)
He should have said rice porridge, not pudding. So unsweetened.
Exactly
If you're planning to come to Finland and planning on trying our seafood, don't settle just for salmon. The salmon you get here is mostly farm raised from Norway. I'm living in Helsinki and do casual fishing from the shore here and I'm catching lot of perch, zander and some white fish. Those are really delicious fish and very local. Perch is even our national fish.
So in restaurants you should look for dishes with these fish and also fried vendace.
If you wanna small snack DON`T go R-kioski,. Say you wanna sandwich just go S- market or K- market and pay between 1-3 euros, R- kioski that same sandwich costs 4-6 euros.
'Karjalanpiirakka' is a semi sweet pastry, and 'egg butter' is just finely chopped up boiled eggs mixed with butter. Get those pastries fresh from the oven. And egg butter.
...and most bought item in alepa.
Karelian pie can be made with other fillings than rice (that are in my opinion more authentic) like potato smash, really slowly cooked barley groat porridge -since rice doesn’t grow in Finland this is how I make my pies, also oat groat porridge, carrot smash etc can be used. The original pies are baked inside very thinly rolled rye dough base and is allowed to contain rye or these days wheat (most of us prefer rye), salt and water. Old Karelian people have sayings like, the base should be so thin that you can see towers of seven churches through it, or it is thin enough when a young bride can see her engagement ring trough it. Karelian pies has had Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) status in Europe since 2003, any other pie that doesn’t meet the manufacturing standards are called rice pie or with an other name depending on the main ingredient.
One thing I have to say about salmiakki, I honestly think it’s not a very good idea to people give others opinions like “yeah, its really bad” why not say something like “I didn’t like it, but you try it out, you make your own decision”. I do have foreign friends in US who like it as well as Salmiakkikossu=salmari, is salmiakki melted in vodka like alcohol and most of my foreign friends who doesn’t do salmiakki actually like it. So please, let people make their own decisions.
So true. With the Karelian Pie, it is all about the area/region your recipe comes from. Thickness of the dough/crust varies, filling and amount varies (I prefer the plentyful half-mixed porridge (no rice)/half-potato mix of my Great-Gran from Greater Savonia!). Size can vary somewhat, but I understand the general guideline is that the size/shape should be around that of your/womans' palm.
The rice one is by far the best in my opinion, though. I actually quite hate the potato one (perunapiirakka), it somehow has an off flavour for me. But each to their own 🙂
You need to try Licorice ice cream, its so gooood!
I’ll try it but I really dislike liquorice 😂
@@dwaynesview Do you hate both sweet and salty?
Turku, Helsinki and Tampere are all great. But Tampere is THE city that Finns tend to really love. It's like once u go to Tampere, u don't wanna leave 😅 I love Tampere and I'm finally moving there in october.
I also recommend Vanha Rauma (Old Rauma). Old Rauma is part of Unesco heritage and it's so underrated, since everyone is always going to Porvoo, which is similar to Old Rauma, but Old Ruama is bigger and it's less renovated than Porvoo. You can easily get there with a bus from Turku. And if u wanna go there, I recommend to go there around 11am, since the shops are open very limited time. Sunday is the worst day to go there because everything is closed.
yeah i agree with this
The best cinnemon roll is the ones your mother does
Or grandmother.
Amen 🙏🏽 😊
He kinda rushed by the seafood selections there, but my two personal favorite dishes are salmon soup (which is honestly world class) and "silakkapihvit", which I guess is more common for lunch but it's so freaking good. There's also the classic Savonian "kalakukko" but I don't like it as much.
I love Salmon so I think I would enjoy the Salmon soup.
@@dwaynesviewSourdough rye bread slice, real butter, and graved salmon. I wish I could eat bread, this is the only thing I miss. But I'm not going to start a fight here, salmon soup is good.
I was born in Tampere and then my family moved to Australia. The karjalanpiirakat (rice pies) are savoury, my favourite way to eat them is with egg butter.
There are so many delicious fish to eat in Finland along with all the fresh veggies. Do try the mushrooms as they are amazing.
I would higly recommed also going outside of Helsinki. There is definitely a lot to see and do there but it does sometimes feel a bit touristy and the prices can be higher than in other places
and if you do decide to go to Norway, Sweden and Finland I recommend taking a ferry/ship from Sweden to Finland ( or the other way around).
As a Finn, imo the best way to go between Stockholm and Helsinki is by the car ferry that goes overnight. It's basically a cruise ship with great restaurants, bars and comfy cabins and usually cheaper than flying. Don't go between Stockholm and Turku, the shcedule is brutally early and the cleaners will kick you out of cabin at 7 am.
But the archpealgo is much nicer in the Turku-Stockholm way.
Reindeer is so good, doesnt matter do you like tenderloin or sirloin, both tastes almost the same but sirloin have more texture. Both are really tender but i like sirloin because of that texture.
I agree, I love Reindeer meet, we have it Sweden to❤
The cut doesnt matter when you are eating poronkäristys (unquestionably the best way to eat reindeer)
I grow up in Sweden with Finish parents so i got the best food of both contries. And Karjalanpiirakka i only eat with butter and a little sparkle of salt cause my parents came from the north of Karjala (Uusi Värtsila and Nurmes) // Jerry, from Sweden
Same
We had them with egg butter, the tradition must vary from different parts of Finland and Karelen. They are good either way. 😊
Salmon soup is my favourite food! And Karelian rice pies! OMG! They taste so good! My mother makes the best Karelian pies with a recipe handed down from my grandmother who was from Karelia.
I grew up in Sweden but my parents are from Finland so I grew up with the best of both countries. I still visit relatives in Finland when I can and I speak both Finnish and Swedish fluently.
The salmon soup is very easy to make and even though I live in Sweden I make Finnish salmon soup once or twice a month at home for lunch or dinner.
Go to Helsinki and take a Ferry to Tallinn and back with a cabin. You see Tallinn too and it is usually way cheaper than any hotel room in Helsinki.
Estonia? Hmm that sounds like a good idea :) Thanks for that heads up.
Finland is not cold in the summer at all. It's cold from October to April at least but June, July and August are pretty warm. Basically that means the temperature can get to -20 to -35 in winter (or colder) but the summer is around 15 to 35... so it really depends on when you get here. Finland is at It's coldest at the beginning of the year so that would be Jan and Feb, I'd say Feb is the coldest month while July tends to be the hottest. May can be cold but it can be hot too. Also, it kinda depends where you visit. I live pretty much in the middle of Finland so.... that's my perspective. All I can say is make sure you take care of yourself and dress up really warm if visit during the winter season. -15 is quite cold and anything below -20 is no joke. It's literally colder than your freezer is set to.. so remember that. The summer is quite beautiful but the fall is quite nice too because of the colors in October. Definitely google "Lapin ruska" or "ruskamatkat" in case you wanna spend time in the nature. The Lapland tends to be colder so the colors are at their best in September I guess.
Also, I chuckled a bit at the part 14:24 where the guy says "if you don't want to spend a lot of money" and then the video shows R-Kioski logo. Friend, if you ever come to Finland, avoid R-Kioski if you're serious about saving money. R-Kioski's are more or less the last resorts for Finns whenever they're too busy to go to a proper grocery store or if all other stores are closed. R-Kioskis do sell some food that's indeed quick to grab and eat, but they're also known for being much more expensive. For example, a bag of candy can cost up to 1-2 euros more than in the regular store.
Karjalainenpiirakka or riisipirrakka is my favourite. Before I moved to Finland, when I was just dating my now husband, I fell in love with riisipirrakka. It's such a simple dish, but it's so good. I can't go an entire weekend without eating riisipirrakka. Salmon, mushrooms, and korvapuusti are just icing on the already awesome cake.
Thing about meat pies, you won't buy them as alone, they'd be filled spices and sauces of your preferences.
And a sausage. Those are good late night snacks when you walking home from the bar
If you like Architecture, then Helsinki is a must to visit.
When you do come to finland, the licorice i recommend is my hometowns licorice that has beed dubbed as worlds best licorice, "kouvolan lakritsi" kouvola's licorice, its dubbed as worlds best by brittish magazine
Agreed. I live nowhere near Kouvola and I've never been there but the one thing I know about the people in Kouvola is that they make the best licorice in the world. 💪
The minched meat pie you said looked dry can be eaten as it was offcourse but. The pie is pretty greasy so when warmed its not that dry. Also it is often filled with other things like sausages and maybe some veggies even. Also you often put ketchup and/or mustard or perhaps mayo in it. lots of different filling options you can make it even better. The image was just a basic version with nothing in it.
I would say that Turku is pretty much the same priced as Helsinki, but of course it depends where you are in Helsinki, but I wouldn't consider it as an over the top expensive.
Adding to this, you'll probably fly to Helsinki anyhoo. So you can stay a few nights there go to Turku then on a booze cruise to Stockholm then Norway. Or reverse.
Karjalanpirakka is so tasty. Eat them warm with some butter on top.
I love their breads. Specially the dark sorts. Eat them fresh!
Strange he show Läkerol, that is Swedish.
He could shown Terva Leijona that is Finnish and made in Oulu (Uleåborg), where my mother is from.
I love another type of blueberry "pie" and it was called mustikka pirakka. But that one was made more with "bun dough" in bottom and with a big layer of blueberries on top. And you ate them in square bits. Yummie!
Reindeer meat are very tasty. I don't think it's that easy to find it in Denmark.
The meat are often from the Samis Reindeers.
I should suggest Tampere in Finland.
There hasn't been candy factory at Oulu since 1996. I dont know where they make those Leijona candies nowadays.
@@TynaDii And I haven't been to Oulu since I was 18 years old, 1986.
But I saw it's Cloetta making them in Turku now.
If you want to try Reindeer - try it in the North. No matter which country, you want to get it in the Sami lands of "International Lapland". I guess that in a pinch, some fancy high-end restaurant in Helsinki 'can work' but it just isn't the same without that somewhat laid-back attitude of the North.
Difference in quality, feel and taste is huge! And depends on the age of animal too!
Don't waste your time with frozen reindeer(-mince) that the most restaurants use for their dishes. You could grab some "game meat" (central european deer) from the store and get the same experience much cheaper..
You can take cruise ship from Stockholm to Turku or Helsinki or other way, no need to fly Sweden to Finland or Finland to Sweden. Boats leave in the evening and arrive in the morning so you can have a rest while traveling country to country.
karjalanpiirakka is so good i highly recommend it
Take an overnight ferry from Stockholm to finland
This is at least the second video where Wolter explains about how Finnish people are able to peel a potato in a couple of seconds. But he doesn't give any context to it, so I sort of feel like explaining what this is about, because it may be done differently in other countries.
In Finland, at home, potatoes are almost always boiled with their skin on and they are also served that way. At the beginning of a meal, the potatoes are passed around first and then everyone peels their own potatoes. There are usually a couple of small plates at the table where people can put the potato peels. Only after everyone has peeled the potatoes, other dishes are passed around the table.
At least when I was a kid, we had potatoes at school at least once a week precisely so that we'd learn to peel them with the same knife and fork that are used for eating. That's part of normal table manners here. If you go to visit someone else's house and don't know how to peel potatoes without making a mess of it, that can be a bit embarrassing (at least for an adult).
What Wolter is referring to here is that since we all have plenty of experience about peeling potatoes at a meal, we can do it very fast. At least compared to an American who maybe has never done it before.
We had a Russian guest in Finland and when we served potatoes with the skins on and started to peel them, she just looked super uncomfortable and ended up eating them with the peels on. Afterwards she just commented: "I felt like a monkey not knowing how to peel them".
Rice pie sounds horribly mundane and honestly I wouldn't even consider it if I didn't know how good it actually tastes. Do not accept one without egg butter on top. Its like eating a burger with no patty otherwise. Cinnamon rolls with coffee are 10/10 in both countries.
If you try rye bread, please put some toppings on that bad boy, butter, some type of meat, cheese, salad and tomato, its amazing. Don't go with just butter and say meh, you wouldn't enjoy a piece of white toast with only that either.
Meatballs are much like the swedish ones but imo sweden does it better. Salmon is huge here and very expensive, but so fresh and nice. Mushrooms are also fresh, straight from the forest in many of these local markets.
Salmiakki can be brutal but it's an acquired taste. Like you said, maybe as an adult...
Reindeer meat -doesn't matter which of the three countries you try it in, the area in which they're grown is very similar regardless. Definitely try it in a stew though.
Being a fan of thick bases you'll probably like the blueberry/apple pies and even the pancakes. All are thick boys.
I agree with him on Hesburger, it's amazing. If you love mayo (not the US "mayo"), then Hesburger is for you. They usually LOAD those burgers with mayo.
I would recommend Turku or Tampere instead, but trains are easy to catch from Helsinki. The prices aren't too different but the whole atmosphere definitely is.
One thing I'd have to disagree with the video creator are the R-Kioskis shown at 14:23, those are ridiculously expensive and no locals really use them unless they absolutely need a quick snack. Like you said the meat pie looks dry because it probably is. Those kiosks are a scam, don't ever enter one for any reason other than absolute starvation.
Service is definitely slow like in many european countries as you're supposed to sit down and talk with people.
Sorry for this wall of text but I just had to 😅 Hope you have an amazing trip in the nordics. Welcome!
Also a good idea: Fly to Helsinki and stay for a few days, take a train to Turku and book a "booze cruise" to Stockholm, Sweden. The party ferry will take you to Sweden and you can continue your journey. Preferrably do this on a friday/saturday to maximise the amount of drunk people partying
Finland was Swedish for a very long time so our culture's is similar in many ways.
There still is a large population of Swedish people living in Finland.
I love the Finnish foods, they have saved more of the older style foods that we in Sweden have stopped doing.
Actually my mother had cookbook from Sweden, Sju sorters kakor from 1950s, and that was used to make many of the cookies and baking at my family..
There is swee licorice and salt licorice and salmiakki. They all taste different from each other. So try the sweet licorice for start, that is the mildest one.
Cognac salmon done on open fire '' loimulohi'' and smoked salmon. Try cheeses also, you' ll love them.
Salmiakki is not technically liquorice, but they can be complained nicely :)
That jam with meatballs is more Swedish thing. We don't usually have jam with them in Finland.
Denmark had a lot of sheeps but no raindeer (as Norway, Sweden and Finland) 😅
I promised you earlier, if you come to tampere, i will buy you a coffee and best of the world cinnamon roll for that... and finnish meatballs are the best, there is normal small ones and size of a baseball meatballs as well... lots of things are allmost the same in sweden but there is some differenses almost everything.
Try "Liqourice Allsorts" it is a mix without salt pieces. And quite eatable. 😀
I would recommend staying in Tampere or Turku, and visiting each of them (and Helsinki) during a trip to Finland.
It is awesome taste karjalanpiirakka .. . Cinnamon rolls are traditional in Sweden and Finland Fika and kahvi with cinnamon rolls, Finnish classic..
I would argue that at least Swedish and Finnish cinnamon rolls are essentially equivalent. Finnish bread is on another level though.
Helsinki is main capital, of course it cost.
Big tip.. If you wanna try black licorice..
Ask for sweet black licorice, its a nice and good for newbies.. Then you try Salmaikki..
Smaller tip, Take vanilla ice cream, alots of chocolate sauce and little licorice togever.. Who can say no to that..😂
So the corellian pie (Rice pie) it's wonderful, it's more salty with an porridge like rice middle - you usually have it with eggbutter :) - Cinnamon rolls are Super normal in here and definitely the better ones are in Finland :) - Rye Bread (ruisleipä) especially RUispalat which can be toasted as well, is wonderful especially if you put some cheese and meetwursti on top!
I dare you to try and make "munavoi" or egg butter. It's crazy good and after you know what's the basic one like, you can make it your own. You only need hard-boiled eggs (I'd say around 2), butter, and salt. There are two ways to do it, the traditional and then the "omg why didn't I think of making it like this" method. Let's start with the traditional one: Peel the eggs and mash them with a fork until coarse. Soften the butter a bit either in room temperature or carefully by microwaving it. You want it to be soft, not liquid. Mix the butter with eggs and season with salt. Boom, done. Enjoy on a bread. The second way of doing it is cracking a couple of eggs on a pan and make scrambled eggs. Take the pan off the heat and let it cool down a bit before adding cold butter. It should soften up so that you can mix it all together. Season it, put it in a bowl and enjoy. If it's too warm, pop it in the fridge for a moment.
Vasa/Vaasa in Ostrobothnia and can use Swedish, Finnish and English language. I can give you a total round tour if you want 😊
Go to Stockholm and after few days take over night ferry to Turku. If you stay there few days, you can go to Helsinki by train for day or two.
I would highly recommend visiting Rovaniemi (also just happens to be my home town, so somewhat biased😅), but since you wanna try reindeer this is the place to try it, I would also recommend trying to get a Finnish family/friend/random local to make you sauteed reindeer/reindeer stew. I can volunteer for it. Also theres plenty of local fish to try like perch, pike-perch, vendace, whitefish and so on and ofc flavoured herrings, like mustard, onion, blackcurrant and the list goes on and on. Getting hungry writing this 😅 if you need any help with hotel recommendations and so on feel free to ask me and/or others we're usually glad to help people who are interested in our weird little country 😂😂
Depending on available time and money, I recommend the following; Direct flight to Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. A day/week in Rovaniemi and Lapland (a week hiking??), then either by plane or train to Helsinki, where a day or two will be spent enjoying food and sightseeing. Then an overnight "the party ferry" to Stockholm/Sweden, where a day or two sightseeing, then a train to Copenhagen, where a couple of days will be nice sightseeing. If you have children with you, you should book a day in Sweden to Kolmården Zoo (train stop in Norrköping), and a day to Legoland in Denmark (Billund, about 2 hours from Copenhagen). An alternative to staying in Helsinki is to hop off the train to Tampere or Hämeenlinna for the night/evening and continue by local train to Helsinki for a day before the ferry trip. And from Copenhagen a flight back home. 6-10 days, depending how much you have to spend.
I'd take a flight to Lapland.Enjoy some nice northern delights and scenery.
Then head down in a train,visit the Lake region (Keski-Suomi).Rent a cabin or take a lake cruise.Maybe even go fishing if that's your thing.
Then finnish the holiday in Helsinki or Turku.
These though are summertime recommendations 😊
2:05 It's is not sweet its more like bread with creamy rice inside with the eggbutter on top.
6:00 Salmiakki is a little different from licorice. But because salmiakki is *almost* exclusive to Finland, there's no other word for it than salmiakki or salty licorice. And yes, licorice and salmiakki are both colored black but the difference between them is that salmiakki has ammonium chloride added to the licorice giving it the saltiness and in my opinion, better taste.
And here's a small fact/trick that i have found out about salmiakki (salty licorice):
Salmiakki helps a little with nausea and strangely gets rid of hiccups as well. Keep in mind that it doesn't cure nausea, but it does help calm the nausea down basically 'till you don't taste the flavor of it anymore. Don't ask me about the science of it, because i have no goddamn clue. And i don't know if licorice helps too but what i suspect is that the actual licorice root has some _"healing"_ properties (?.. i seriously don't know.)
I you visit Finland, you can combine it with Sweden easily. Take a ferry (quite nice ones here and good restaurants) from Helsinki to Stockholm or from Turku to Stockholm. You can stay several nights in Sveden, or just take "a day in Stockholm" cruise. Silja Line is a little more posh and pricy option, Viking Line is almost as good but little cheaper. Or make it 3 countries. A Ferry from Helsinki to Estonia takes no time at all.
One nice thing that you will find in finlad is muikku. It is small fish, that we have plenty here. It is healtier and more environment friendly than salmon
And in the Kuopio region there is a dish called Kalakukko😊
"Karjalanpiirakka" (= Karelian Pie) is a pie with a thin cover made of rye dough and inside of it can be rice or barley porrige or mix of those both (made with milk). My Finnish Karelian grandmother used to make them also with a smashed potato kind of filling. The once you buy ready baked in normal stores or supermarkets are actually not called "karjalanpiirakka" but just "riisipiirakka" (= a rice pie), because the name "karjalanpiirakka" is a protected name to be used only for the original stuff and those market pies have wheat on the dough and are far from the original hand made "karjalanpiirakka"s.
Might be easier for foreigners if you say 'mashed potato' instead of 'smashed', as that's the term they will recognize... 😂
Karelian pies are a very thin rye crust filled with thick rice porridge. The porridge solidifies pretty effectively in the oven, so after they're no longer boiling hot (they are kinda floppy hot), you can eat them like a slice of bread. On their own they're pretty neutral sweet/savory wise (there isn't any sugar in them, but the rice porridge is made with milk, which has a vaguely sweet hint to it especially after it's baked), but they are almost without exception eaten with savory toppings, like deli meats and cheese or smoked or cured salmon. And naturally the mandatory egg butter.
That meat pie looks nasty (super dry), don't get them at a convenience store or a grocery store if you want a good one. It's a seasoned mix of ground meat, onion and rice inside a brioche type dough that is deep fried. Get one at a cafe or a bakery, or if you are out late at night having a few drinks (or more), you should try one from a "grilli". As a late night snack you'll often get it stuffed (kind of like a meaty hot dog bun) with various things like steamed or grilled sausages, fried eggs and all the usual hot dog fillings and in my personal opinion, it's the second best thing right after "pyttipannu" to ward off an impending hangover.
The service isn't slow (unless you're using US standards), but it is going to feel very similar to the UK in the friendliness department. While the servers do not depend on tips to pay their bills, if you get great service a modest tip is always very, very much appreciated. You as a tourist will likely get a little extra effort to the service in hopes of a tip too.
Karelian pies sound so tasty, I love rice pudding which is basically rice porridge so having it with deli meats and cheese sounds delicious.
I thought that meat pie looked like it came from a convenience store. Very dry. I'll make sure I get a real one. The way you've described it is definitely not the same as in this video lol! Sounds a lot more tasty
@@dwaynesview Yeah. That for sure was your generic wholesale meat pie. Tho it 'should not' be actually that dry! Looks quite well-done, actually! These are often pretty greasy and retain moisture quite well. It is more common to encounter mushy/watery pie (not baked long enough!) rather than a dry one with these! So yes, try to get a handmade one if you have an opportunity!
I think that the similarities in some foods between Sweden and Finland are that we were basically the same country for 700 years.
The cinnamon rolls taste the same in Sweden and Finland. But the coffee taste different
Hesburger mayonnaise is insane. I do not like mayo that much EXCEPT Hesburger mayo.
A road trip through english-channel to Denmark-Sweden-Norway-Finland confirmed! Sorry Iceland. :D
If you take a trip between Sweden and Finland you have to stop for a day or two on the Åland Islands.
And the video omits certain local delicacies like the black sausage and kalakukko...
Finnish cinnamon rolls are better. You should do both, Turku and Helsinki. Tervetuloa Suomeen/welcome to Finland
Carelian pie
Finland and Sweden has a lot of the same traditional foods, since Finland was a part of Sweden for several hundred years. A lot of infuences mixed back and fort at that time, and even after Finland become a part of Russian empire, since most people lived near the cost closer to Sweden than Russia.
Yeah, quite a few people here like salmiak, but I'm not quite so fond of salmiak. Liquorice is good, but if you want to put me in a good mood, bring chocolate. :D Preferably Fazer Blue.
Hwell, here I am, in Helsinki, Finland, hwatching this and below the monitor is an opened sealable Lakupala -bag. Hwell, oh hwell. Not going to eat it anymore today though as it is getting late. Should seal it, but instead I am hwriting this.
First Helsinki, then train up to Lapland in Rovaniemi, there you go more up to Kilpisjärvi and there are place where you can be 3 country`s at sametime. Finland, Sweden and Norway😏there you can choose witch country you want to go next 😊
cinnamon rolls/2,38part (especs if they are SELFmade, not from shop) with ice-cold coca-cola, after saturday night sauna... :D used like eat those when i was kid/younger
ps: sometimes if u buy them on supermarket chains or stuff, they may be too sweet etc so thats way i woud recomend have them, like smaller cafe/bakery or smt who makes those themselfes and taste is better but just may own opinion/taste preference of course =:D
That shot of the Tupla candy bar hurt my soul
oh, there is WAY more cheaper towns than turku or helsinki in finland. also there is way more beautiful sceneries than in capital area... thought i like the old buildings but i love to live in "nowhere" i mean in small town and house is in middle of forest and nearest neighbors are about few kilometers away. at least.
in Lapland, we have more reideers than people. But dont neverever ask how many reindeers reindeershepher have, thats rude, its same thing that you are asking how much you have money in bankaccount. in Finland, we dont like to talk about money, political issues or religion
Welcome to Rovaniemi 🇫🇮✨👌
Our city is diverse and international.
I like this city center where there are several different restaurants and hotels.
A restaurant called Nili, you can get Lapland food.
In the summer, Rovaniemi is quieter, but in the winter many people come here to vacation and, for example, to ski.
Of course, many tourists wish to see the beautiful northern lights and go on a Husky safari, or some go for a ride with a reindeer.
I know that especially English children don't like reindeer meat, because they love reindeer as animals.
But we northern peoples have reindeer husbandry and we make a living from them.
Some have cows or sheep, but we have reindeer.
This was a short review from Rovaniemi 😊
Incidentally, Santa also lives in the Arctic Circle 😉🎅🏻🤶🏻.
*In addition, I would like to say that all our food is generally clean and good. You should try, for example, the Rice Pie, which has a mild taste. Try the heated and cold versions. Likewise, meat pie is a very good quick snack.
You can also eat good, hearty salad portions with meat and cheese.
If you come to Rovaniemi, Comico restaurant might be right for you 😉🤔
Rovaniemi would be an awesome city to visit in June because of the midnight sun ❤
You might also like the nice people and places in Tampere also... and the people are quite open in Tampere also as compared to Helsinki. I think there migh be a lot of nice people in Turku , too. Some of my cousins were from Turku originally. Of course there are always lots of exeptions on people but on the overall the people seem to be very open and helpfull in Tampere , the whole mind set is different and the pace of people walking on the streets.
I have to say that licorice and salmiakki are not the same thing. Even the texture is different. I don't like licorice (except for Panda's filled ones) but i love salmiakki. My favourite is Fazer's Super Salmiakki. 🖤 Give it a try, they sell it in tiny little boxes. 😊 I also recommend visiting Tampere, it's such a beautiful city. And while visiting, try our traditional black sausage with lingonberry jam. I don't like it, but I also don't eat meat. 🤷🏻♀️ There are some amazing museums in Tampere as well, like Vapriikki and the free entry Finnish Labor Museum Werstas. I hope you enjoy your stay, wherever you end up going! 😊
Our cinnamon rolls are best because they are named korvapuusti = "slap on the ear(a bit too loosely translated) or get slapped silly/bitch slapped"
If you come to Helsinki, I can be your guide ❤
i promise my grandmas smashed potatoes and reindeer is the best
Karelian pies are savory. You say that you wanted to visit Scandinavia, but Finland is not Scandivanian
North part of finland is In scadinavian peninsula, that why some ppl say is part of scandinavia. One can say we are half scandinavia half nordic😂😂
My ex and our son are fishing all the time and bringind me fresh fish. Salmon, trout etc.
People do tip in Finland too😊
Thought they shouldn't.
A living wage is a thing to uphold.
Finland does not belong to Scandinavia but to Fennoscandia
Finland ist The Best !!!!🇫🇮
Turkish peppers is owned by Frazer? How that's not a Finnish..
Black/salty liquorice is liquorice mixed with Salmiakki salt..
Genuine 100% Salmiakki salt is way better in my opinion
I hate salmiakki, but love liqorice - so not the same, at all.
I also would travel to Tampere, and take maybe train to Helsinki for day trip (or few days). Pretty cheap flighs from stanstedt to tampere..
If you have a chance I'll recommend trying 'paistetut muikut' (fried vendaces), they're the number one dish I go for in town square events. Those little fishes are delicious!
If you eat in finland, you will sooner or later end up in a Hesburger. The thing you do in Hesburger: order a pepper mayonnaise with your fries. Won't regret it.
Do you mean paprika though 😊
jepulis, its not rice pudding, its rice porridge, ricepudding is more sweeter
as a finn i have thought since i was small kid that the potatoes are best WITH the skin, when you peel them i find it very wrong, also if they are few hours without skin they become very "skinny?" idk how to explain it but people call them rubber potatoes... and i hate that. also the skin has the most vitamins and stuff so.... it is way more healthier to eat potatoes with the skin than peeled potatoes!
Tyrkisk peber is made by Finnish company
2:20 its sweet
Biggest culture shock will be "wrongside" driving cars :D
try PORO "reindeer" in norway first then sweden then finland u see the diffirences but i cannot say u what it is u fugured it out whe u taste it but i whait when Visit in Finland video coming
Funny... Dwayne mentioned wanting to visit Sweden, Finland and Norway. Great, you will certainly like, and be liked by, all.
But I, and I am swedish, have the notion that Dwayne would _vibe_ more with Denmark. Don't know why.
Actually that 8 € salmon soup is quite cheap. It goes usually 12-13 €. Even in Turku. I think Helsinki is 15% more expensive than other cities. I mean the actual center of the City
If you’re going to Scandinavia and the northern countries of Europe may I suggest that you start in Denmark, make a detour to Norway, then Stockholm, Sweden. Then take the cruise (TallinkSilja or Viking Line) from Stockholm to Turku and then a train to Helsinki and from Helsinki there are cruises to Estonia aswell.
You could go from Stockholm to Turku on a boat, which is an experience in itself. Or vice versa.
You should try pizza with reindeer meat.
no one should ever recommend r-kiosk because their prices are twice as expensive and the products look cheap, part of the reason is probably that they are a Norwegian chain or Finnish taxation, who knows the real reason