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Dang, Paul, I've been subscribed to LangFocus for a long time and I just discovered this channel toaday. Good stuff, but I don't recall you ever promoting this on your other channel.
@@reynard2ki Hi, Reynard. Yeah, I didn't make any videos on this channel for 5 years and just recently rebooted it. How did you find this channel? Was it recommended on your homescreen?
@@GEOfocusChannel yes, Paul, it was recommended by YT. As an American who has French and Québécois heritage, I loved your video on the difference between French in France and Québec! Love your content! It’s funny, I saw your face on the preview and thought it was another language video and was taken aback, pleasantly, that it was a geography video.
Nice timing for me to learn something about the place i'm going to visit in 2 weeks to see my favourite band which you can see at 11:09 in the video by the way. Good taste Paul.
Hey I found this channel today from TH-cam recommendations and I have been subscriber to LangFocus at least 7 years. Because I live in Finland and have watched many videos about geography lately, I guess that's the reason why TH-cam recommended this to me. Nice channel, I subscribed this too.
The No. 1 missconception seems to be that as we live in the cold, we can handle it. Not true. We just make sure to dress appropriately and build houses that are always warm. (I’ve never been more cold than when I lived in Ireland.) We even have a saying along the lines ”There’s no bad weather; it’s just a question of dressing accordingly.”
we are for sure adapted to deal with the cold slightly better though. it's not a massive difference but it's definitely there. our facial structure and slightly larger bodies are a testimony of that
@@leosalonen1564 a larger body does mean a higher surface area, but your body's volume grows proportionately even more, allowing you to maintain your body temperature more easily, that's why animals in the arctic tend to be bigger than at the equator
Hehe, polar opposite. One minor correction: Santa does not live in Rovaniemi, he lives on Korvatunturi, which is a small and secluded fjell near the eastern border, so Santa has a "side office" in Rovaniemi where it's much more convenient to meet those who come to see him. This is best for everyone, including the delicate nature of tiny Korvatunturi, and Santa gets to keep the privacy of his domicile and operational base. Which is ideal, really, because no one wants to worry whether they're gonna flash six busloads of Germans the next time they spring out of their sauna to take a roll in the snow. And I'm certain the tourists appreciate things being this way, too.
One could also say that the real Joulupukki or even more original Pukki has side franchise in Rovaniemi which is using the cover act Santa Claus, which is easier for foreigners. The Finnish original Joulu/Jul and Joulupukki are tainted by the invasion of Christianity and foreign stories, but it still has some of it's more original different cultural roots.
I visited Finland and it was amazing! As someone who lives near the equator, seeing the midnight sun was fascinating and weird at the same time. We were just strolling on the streets when we noticed that they were completely empty, so I checked the time and it was 11 PM! It felt like 4 PM. I also met Santa Claus and he was a great person. I would love to visit again but in winter this time for I want to see the Aurora lights and everything covered in snow. It was also the first European country I visited. Btw great video as always Paul.
Finland is renowned for its education system and the high regards with which it holds the teaching profession. It is one of very few countries in the world where teaching is considered a a very prestigious profession.
That and they were actively recruited by forestry companies through social networks. Earlier immigrants sent lots of letters back home with information on good employment opportunities.
Funnily enough, when I decided which team I'd start to root for in the NHL I picked the Wild because it's so similar to Finland in it's nature. Also, having Koivu as the captain didn't hurt.
@@voinyhelvetti almost the same here. I started with looking at a cool logo in the NHL game, then Koivu as captain, Bäckström in goal and when Granlund went I was set for life
If I went to Finland, I would like to watch a game of Pesäpallo, a Finnish offshoot of baseball. In Pesäpallo, the pitcher stands next to the batter, and pitches the ball upwards over the plate before the batter takes a few steps forward to hit the ball on its way down. The bases are arranged in a diagonal zig zag path inside a play area that is long and narrow. There is also a difference between being caught, and being out as a baserunner. If you hit a pop fly, and it is caught before it hits the ground, you have to reach the next base before the person on base there gets the ball. If you succeed, you are only “caught”, and can leave the field without further penalty. If you fail, that is an out.
@@moai4110 Finland is basically the only country to play this variant. The creator saw baseball in USA in the early 20th century and brought it to Finland with adjusted rules
@@ojl5055 Well thats not true anymore. There is a world cup organized every three years last one was 2019 in India and there has been teams from 10 different countries taking part. Australia and India has their own leagues that are gaining momentum. Still so far no other country has not won the gold in any of the cups than Finland.
Thanks for the video. As a Finnish person who travels a lot, the one thing that I feel we Finns lack is the family relations. This may just be personal for me, but I feel that where ever I go, I see the family having much larger authority over people than in Finland. And second point, we Finns never understand how we could be the happiest nation in the World, as we are quite melancholic people. I'm sure the system we have built around us is very functional and humane, though.
"I see the family having much larger authority over people than in Finland." Well, that's the thing. Why should someone (or in this case something) have authoruty over the people. Is it making these people happier? It offers some good experiences but it can also be pressuring other people to conform, which doesn't always result in greater happines. One thing I hear about Nordic nations is that there is not somuch pressure on the individual level to conform (and in practise religion isn't as strong) and that's what makes these nations so interesting to learn about for me.
As finnish professional in forestry (Who really likes you're content, good idea for new channel!), I have to point out that swamps haven't "disappeared" anywhere from Finland, many types of swamps naturally are forested; around 1/3 of all forests in Finland are also swamp. There is a lot of swampland forested by lowering the water level with ditches, but 12,6 % of all that forest area ("forest area" in Finnish accounts also includes lot of swamps naturally not forested) is protected from forestry altogether. So it's pretty well balanced here.
And another notice about the etymology of the name Suomi ("Finland" in Finnish): the explanation "suo maa" ("mire land") was presented sometimes in nineteenth century or even earlier, but it is no longer considered valid but only an historical curiosity. The current conseption is the other explanation mentioned in the video that the words Suomi and Saami are originally the same word (as well as the name of the province Häme in the southwestern inland of Finland).
Thanks! I'm glad to hear it. There will be more videos on Langfocus, but I'll never be able to release them as often as I release GEOfocus videos (unless I make them much simpler).
@@GEOfocusChannel it’s clear the amount of research and care you put into each video, I imagine they must take a lot of time and work! I appreciate your dedication to accuracy.
I spent some time in Mikkeli, which is in the lakeland area. It was a wonderful experience and I visited several other places. The best bit was spending time in a mökki (summer house) by a lake, having saunas and swimming in the lakes. It was tranquil and relaxing.
lower your expectations these are just few popular places shown in the pics :D if you want more realistic experience check out video about the geography of Finland from channel Mandelin :D
Yeah its kind of paradise... if you like cold and darkness :D summer is like 3 months. think about that. 7-8 months of darkness and snow. reality. In the winter its normal to have -36 celsius.. sorry in the north parts of Finland at worst it gets like -43 celsius every winter =)
@@maukkatulinen461 That's bull. Add +10'C to those numbers and you're closer. The lowest temp for the winter 2021-2022 was -35,7'C in Enontekiö, Lapland. So your "normal" is more like the single coldest day in a winter.
One huge and damaging misconception about Finland is that our suicide rate is absurdly high and it gets brought up every time we rank first in the happiness report. Nowadays we are pretty much average in Europe with the rate going down all the time as opposed to many countries in Europe where it is on the rise
@@sheilafallas6161 The weather is the same in all the Nordic countries and Iceland 's and Denmark 's suicide rates are higher than Finland's. "Watch the statistics in the video" Suicide rates by countries/Country suicide rate comparison".
First time I visited my finnish friends (of course I first met them on a Metalfestival) I was overwhelmed by how quiet it is. We were in Oulu on our way to a supermarket at ~ 7 p. m. close to the university. There wasn't a single sound, no car, no humans, not even birds, nothing that made any sound but our feet on the ground. (Rhyme not intended) I really enjoyed it. And so do the Finns. If you want peace and quiet for your holidays, Finland is the place to go.
That’s weird, when this did happen? I live like half an hour’s drive from oulu and even here isn’t that many quiet days at most popular (convenience stores?) So I was just wondering was it because of covid or were you just at not so populated area of Oulu
@@namaenomore7831 It's been in late August 2014. Kaitoväylä was the street, if I'm right. My frieds lived closed by and we were walking along that road on our way to the K-Market.
Helsinki is a stunning city with some unique architecture, the world famous Temppeliaukio/rock church, the Uspenski Cathedral (orthodox cathedral), the massive Soumenlinna fortress. There’s a reason they recommend a full day there for visitors wanting to explore the whole island and fortress. The Temppeliaukio church is the most spectacular church I’ve ever been to. It’s a life altering experience the way the church is built. Åland is large geographically speaking but tiny. Mariehamn the main town takes 20 minutes to cross by foot. Åland people have their own identity and they do prefer their autonomy. Finns are very friendly but it’s a running joke in Sweden and amongst themselves that a conversation equals a nod and Finns think Swedes talk to much lol ❤️😂 Only negative, the prices. Crazy expensive.
Helsinki is my least favourite part of Finland (Yes I live near Helsinki and work there). The nature here is incredible but the cities are 'meh' at best.
@@xezzee actually we have practically two saunas, one in our home, and other at our summer gottage. Also we used to have an outdoor sauna, but it burned down😂 so we hade 3 saunas at some point, but only 1 car
A minor mistake in the history at 4:00. Civil war started in January 1918 not 1917, and although the reds supported socialism I would not describe them as pro Soviet. All political parties were in favor of independence, the war was primarily about what direction that independent country should take. The issue is quite complicated as there were Russian soldiers fighting on the red side and it is possible that had the reds won the independence might have been lost when the USSR was created in 1922.
Number one misconception? People seem to think to be that Finns are built for cold. Not true. The secret lies in proper(ly chosen) clothes and well built houses which are always warm. The second one would have to be the weather. The weather is certainly better than in most of the Europe during winter time and summer is also quite nice. People who complain or have preconceptions about cold don't know what is it to live in a place which doesn't have a winter at all. 6 months of close to zero degrees accompanied with overwhelming grayness cannot compete with snow and proper winter.
Finland is a great country, I'd love to visit more of it, outside of Helsinki, which I already like a lot. The food is delicious, and the people are lovely, too.
Visit actually representative Finnish cities like Vantaa or Mikkeli or Lahti, then you will finally see that this place is not so big of a paradise after all
Fun fact: before Sweden joined the European Union in 1995, it had very restrictive alcohol laws and very high alcohol tax (it still does, but much less so). So prior to its EU membership, especially during the 70s and 80s, cruises to Åland from Stockholm (which conveniently takes just over 24 hours) was Sweden's most popular booze cruises. If you were out of the country more than 24 hours you could bring in tax free liquor and since the ticket price for the ferry was less than the money "saved" on the tax-free booze, the trip was essentially free. In addition to this, clever Swedes figured out that alcohol which was actually in one's blood stream, rather than in one's bag, did not count as imported. Thanks to this it was rumored that no one in Åland had seen a sober Swede since the 19th century. Anyway, the EU put a stop to all this by forcing Sweden to lower its alcohol tax and allow much larger amounts to be imported.
Great video, thank you! I've been learning Finnish since 2017, it's easy for me i don't have any problem to learn it. Only grammar can be kind of hard and difficult, but with patience, i'll master it one day. I don't force myself to learn it like a maniac lol, i take my time :). It's a well documented video, i also read the Kalevala in French, next step? In Finnish!
I wouldn't consider Hämeenlinna to be a part of greater Helsinki as it's like 150km away and rather as its own city/town. Also a common misconception is that it would be muich colder than it actually is EVEN on the summer. The climate of Finland's southern parts is close to the one of New York, USA in my opinion. Anyways a great video! :)
In current days there may be weeks or even months with +30 degrees centigrade all the time in summer in southern Finland. But temperatures of +10- +15 degrees centigrade may also last for weeks in summer as well (but not so often).
I can think of one misconception that is often heard and that is that in Finland it's always super cold but during the summers it could be 30C° or in some cases over 35C° which I think is about enough
@@pentti3715 The highest temperature ever recorded is 37.2 °C (99.0 °F) (Liperi, July 29, 2010).[6] The lowest, −51.5 °C (−60.7 °F) (Kittilä, January 28, 1999). According to wikipedia
Finland is actually quite mild for a country of that high latitude. also the winters are actually really mild for being that far north. thank the Gulf stream for that!
I don't know what I should say about Finland first! I lost a golden chance to visit Helsinki in 2008 while I was living in St. Petersburg, just a couple hours by car. Maybe next year I'll make my dream come true, after 15 years. Who knows? Fun fact: Linus Torvalds (Linux OS creator) is a Finnish-born citizen from that community where people speak Swedish. Thanks for sharing, Paul!
Wow I didn't realise this channel was back! Glad to see it return! Never been to Finland but it seems awesome. And I'm a big fan of many Finnish metal bands: Insomnium, Mors Principium Est, Kalmah, Norther, Diablo, Synestesia to name a few...
A misconception is that people think that Finnish summer doesn't exist, although it's not anything crazy I live in Rovaniemi and it can get up to 30 degrees Celsius some days, and that is just the north.
Hello, olen Suomesta, from Finland and this was actually first quite good and accurate videoclip from Finland, thank you! Did not mention anything about Sauna, which is permanently inseparable ritual of peoples life here. And also everyone is not a drunk only those who are... really are. :D
Great video! One small thing: the image at 10:47 is actually the old town of Tallinn, Estonia, just across the gulf of Finland from Helsinki! (You can tell because there are ü and õ on a sign, letters which aren't used in Finnish 🙂)
We Finns may seem reserved and silent but just wait when some success is achieved by Finns or especially by our national team of Icehockey, we go nuts, though it's not only sports; when Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2006, tens of thousands of people gathered to the Market Square of Helsinki to celebrate with the band.
I've been to Helsinki once for less than a day and I did like the atmosphere. Returning to Finland to visit is definitely on my bucket list. Finnish is also on my bucket list of languages I want to study, although that could prove a little more difficult to achieve. From what I've heard, the key to living happily in Finnland is managing to get a number of close friends. Most Finns are somewhat reserved people and it is apparently difficult to get close. A bit like in Japan, now that I think about it.
It's interesting that Finnish people are reserved and difficult to get close to but at the same time they are supposed to be the happiest country. I never understood how they measure the happiness in those rankings. If they are difficult to get close to that would supposedly mean that a lot of them would be lonely. Adding to that harsh winters where it's hard to go outside and there's no sun is even more confusing.
@@Macieks300 There’s been opinions on this from Finns. Both journalists and regular folks. They say that it’s part of the Finnish culture not to complain openly. That’s the short version and I do believe there is some truth to it. Take some of these polls/rankings with a grain of salt.
@@Macieks300 Here are the key factors of The World Happiness Report: “income, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on in times of trouble, generosity, freedom and trust, with the latter measured by the absence of corruption in business and government.”
It's the middle of spring, and we over here in Southern Finland (does Tampere even qualify as a part of Southern Finland?) have to deal with almost half a meter of snow... And it's only going to get worse
I almost cried when I watched outside today 😭 I live in Tampere too. I really thought the winter was over and weather would become warmer since we already had days with +8 celsius weeks ago. The snow melted already once, now we have to wait it to happen again. Finnish weather is truly an experience.
A 12-minute video on Finland and no mention of the sauna? I do want to visit Helsinki. Of course I would sauna when I was there. Going to Finland and not getting into a hot sauna would be like traveling to France and abstaining from pastries. Or going to the Vatican and skipping St. Peter's and the Sistine Chapel.
11:35 I often hear phrases like "Finland is so cold." or "It's summer here so surely it must be snowing in Finland right now." which as you explained in the video is just not true: While there are cold regions like Lappi, the Uusimaa region for instance isn't that different compared to other regions around the Baltic Sea. Yes, on average it is colder but unless we are talking about Lappi, it's not that big of a difference and Helsinkians for instance can be seen without jackets outside in certain seasons. It's not constantly snowing and freezing as some people might believe.
Thank you so much for the wonderful projects. I am fan both of your channels. Not only am I gaining new knowledge, but I am also correcting my pronunciation by repeating it among you. If possible, please create content about Uzbekistan and the Uzbek language on your channels
I didn't know that the Sámi people originally inhabited all of Finland and spoke a non-Finno-Ugric language! I assumed it was more like Sweden where traditionally Sámi lands, while substantially larger than the current official borders of Sápmi and makes up a slim majority of Sweden's land area, never extended into the south of the country. As a Swede, I believe it's important for me to learn about the indigenous people of my part of the world, especially since I often hear Sámi people say that the average Swede knows more about the indigenous peoples of North America than the indigenous people right at their own doorstep, and since there are a lot of misconceptions floating around about whether indigenous people exist outside of America. So I'm very grateful for this new info, Paul, as am I for the video as a whole! Keep up the good work!
@@oh2mp Because of the steel factory. Outokumpu is one of Finlands most industrial cities, and I would like to see how the Finnish people cope with that ...
I'm only sorry I only got to spend one day there (Helsinki). That happens when you're cruising, but it gives you a taste of a place in case you want to go back to explore in depth. Two places I found fascinating in the city are the Rock Church and the Sibelius Park with the amazing sculpture that reminds one of a huge church organ.
Some interesting facts/analogies about Finland: 1) It's as much in Scandinavia as Bermuda is in the West Indies/Caribbean - lumped together mistakenly. 2) It's linguistically as distinct from its neighbours as my own Quebec is from its neighbours - though just like Quebec has an English minority, so Finland has a Swedish minority. 3) The Sami/Lapps were pushed north by the Finns, Swedes, etc. just like the Ainu were pushed north by the Japanese. I'd love to go to Finland one day, and all in all sounds like a fantastic country to live in!
Finland might look beautiful and majestic in some cities and Lapland, but most of them just look like the remnants of Soviet designed cities with high rise buildings towering on top of everything else. If you want the closest image of what it was to live in Prypjat before Chernobyl, go to Kouvola, you will get depressed in 50 different ways. If you want to get to the drug capital of Finland and always grey weather, Lahti is the way to go.
I'm from New Zealand, and I'd love to visit Finland even though it's about as far to travel as it can get from here. My first choice of destination would be Tampere, to of course attend a Nightwish concert. One day.
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Finnish people are concidered grumpy and closed, introverted. But when I speak as a fin, When one gets to know the person, they get to be friends for life. And fun fact also, when people ask how're you doing, we answer most of the time quite honestly.
I've undertaken a round trip through Finland in 2019, also venturing into Lapland (indeed -32°C at some point). The cities were your "typical" European-style ones, clean and with good public transport, with a historical inner city as their core. Turku made an even better impression than Helsinki on me, as a tip for those who're planning their trips. The nature is the main selling point to me, though - stunning!. Can't say I would want to live there for longer than a year, though. Daylight hours and temperatures are just too low, not even having a real summer to look forward to is huge (like even worse than here in Germany, where we at least have like an inconsistent month of around 30°C)
We compensate the winters (atleast I, and people I know) by travelling a lot in winter to warm places and many finnish people have apartments bought from Spain etc. where to spend winter!
@@Teddy_Tek Yeah that's what people I have couchsurfed at also told me. Spain, Italy, Greece, the same favourites across Europe to flee the cold, I guess :)
We know for sure that Suomi doesn't have anything to do with suomaa 'swamp land', even though that's a popular folk etymology. It has been reconstructed to older šämä which would have come from a Baltic word meaning 'land' , and is possibly connected to sámi and häme (a name of a Finnish tribe). In any case it's a very old tribe name in the area. Also a minor point, the people living in Finland before the Uralic speakers came did not adopt 'Proto-Finno-Ugric' but a western branch of the language family, or you could already call that proto-Sámi already. But I apperciate that you mentioned that the Sámi lived in the whole of Finland before the Finns. That's an important fact that even most Finns don't know!
I'm so glad you have this channel, I used to watch Geography Now but got annoyed by the host. I've been subscribed to Langfocus for many years now and didn't even know this channel existed.
Yeah, that’s because I let it lie dormant for 5 years. In hindsight I wish I had made just one channel called GEOfocus and uploaded both videos like this and language videos. But it’s too late for that now, so I’m just rebooting this channel and developing it separately. I’ve heard of Geography Now, but I’ve never seen one of his videos. From what I understand, he’s more of animated extrovert, while I’m a complete introvert (and possibly autistic). So, I imagine we resonate with different people.
One misconseption I have seen is that people think it's always cold. Summers are warm here, last summer I believe it go to +30 celsius. And the summers are farely long too.
The misconception is that Finland is socialist. They as the rest of the Nordics, do invest in the human capital in forms of education, health care and child care. This makes them a good place to do business and thus gives a good ROI in a capitalist sense.
I think you should focus on Venezuela next as it is a country that not many people know much about.Thank you for your great content on both of your channels.
You're welcome! It can't be next because we have a production schedule and months of videos are already finished and waiting to be released. But we'll do it someday (as long as this channel keeps going).
@ივანე თანაშვილი Yes , I am learning Finish language because of Him only. He explained about that beautiful uralic language in his video about "how Estonian and Finish are similar" . He is like a language Guru for me .
For me the No. 1 misconception is the idea that Finnish is related to, our sounds similar to, Swedish or Russian. A lot of times, when someone does a "Finnish accent", they actually do a Swedish or a Russian accent. The Finnish accent is its own unique thing.
About the Finnish King: It was originally Germany's idea during WW1 to make Finland it's own puppet state under a German King, because Germany wanted to cut down Finnish trees, and Finland was alright with the idea, until the armistice was signed in France, then the Finns changed their minds to not do it afterall.
Most common misconceptions I have heard: - That the Moomin Characters are Japanese or Korean even though they are Finnish - That Finnish people were vikings - That all Finnish people are fluent in English and use it all the time (not all Finns can speak English and many that can don't enjoy using it)
@@sofiaamanda1551 some of the Finnish people were Vikings , the culture was heavily influenced by the Vikings back in the days . there has been found Viking items all over the Finland also A LOT .
@@Gentlemanclub5 no...non of the Finn's were Vikings. There has never been Viking settlements in Finland. There are some Viking burial sites on coast of Finland but there is far more in Russia. And you could say that Russia was more influenced culturally by Vikings than Finns
@@karisaarinen2746 who told you that ? that there was no vikings in the finland ? school ? the culture was influenced by the vikings , and there was also finn vikings , finns also traded and celebrated with the vikings , not all , but some of the finns .
People think the Winter War is more important and "known" than the Continuation War (during Operation Barbarossa) in Finland, even though the most famous novel in Finland tells about a story of soldiers during the Continuation War, and it's movie is shown every year on the Independenceday... The reason why I'm saying this, is cause I see tons of foreign youtubers only know about the Winter War, instead of the more important Jatkosota...
The Winter War is more popular because it is seen as a noble heroic story, while the Continuation War was an alliance with the vicious Nazis, one thinks. (Although it was also a perfectly legitimate attempt to obtain redress for the injustice suffered.)
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Dang, Paul, I've been subscribed to LangFocus for a long time and I just discovered this channel toaday. Good stuff, but I don't recall you ever promoting this on your other channel.
@@reynard2ki Hi, Reynard. Yeah, I didn't make any videos on this channel for 5 years and just recently rebooted it.
How did you find this channel? Was it recommended on your homescreen?
@@GEOfocusChannel yes, Paul, it was recommended by YT. As an American who has French and Québécois heritage, I loved your video on the difference between French in France and Québec! Love your content! It’s funny, I saw your face on the preview and thought it was another language video and was taken aback, pleasantly, that it was a geography video.
Nice timing for me to learn something about the place i'm going to visit in 2 weeks to see my favourite band which you can see at 11:09 in the video by the way.
Good taste Paul.
Hey I found this channel today from TH-cam recommendations and I have been subscriber to LangFocus at least 7 years. Because I live in Finland and have watched many videos about geography lately, I guess that's the reason why TH-cam recommended this to me. Nice channel, I subscribed this too.
The No. 1 missconception seems to be that as we live in the cold, we can handle it. Not true. We just make sure to dress appropriately and build houses that are always warm. (I’ve never been more cold than when I lived in Ireland.) We even have a saying along the lines ”There’s no bad weather; it’s just a question of dressing accordingly.”
Very interesting that we have the same saying in Swedish! But its more like "Theres no bad weather, just bad clothes"
Very very true!!!
we are for sure adapted to deal with the cold slightly better though. it's not a massive difference but it's definitely there. our facial structure and slightly larger bodies are a testimony of that
@@eVill420 wouldn’t a larger body increase surface area though? I think it’s just a matter of perspective
@@leosalonen1564 a larger body does mean a higher surface area, but your body's volume grows proportionately even more, allowing you to maintain your body temperature more easily, that's why animals in the arctic tend to be bigger than at the equator
Hehe, polar opposite.
One minor correction: Santa does not live in Rovaniemi, he lives on Korvatunturi, which is a small and secluded fjell near the eastern border, so Santa has a "side office" in Rovaniemi where it's much more convenient to meet those who come to see him. This is best for everyone, including the delicate nature of tiny Korvatunturi, and Santa gets to keep the privacy of his domicile and operational base. Which is ideal, really, because no one wants to worry whether they're gonna flash six busloads of Germans the next time they spring out of their sauna to take a roll in the snow. And I'm certain the tourists appreciate things being this way, too.
One could also say that the real Joulupukki or even more original Pukki has side franchise in Rovaniemi which is using the cover act Santa Claus, which is easier for foreigners.
The Finnish original Joulu/Jul and Joulupukki are tainted by the invasion of Christianity and foreign stories, but it still has some of it's more original different cultural roots.
I visited Finland and it was amazing! As someone who lives near the equator, seeing the midnight sun was fascinating and weird at the same time. We were just strolling on the streets when we noticed that they were completely empty, so I checked the time and it was 11 PM! It felt like 4 PM. I also met Santa Claus and he was a great person. I would love to visit again but in winter this time for I want to see the Aurora lights and everything covered in snow. It was also the first European country I visited. Btw great video as always Paul.
Im from finland💪🇫🇮👍
@@attekalkaja I wish I was born in Finland. It's heaven on Earth.
@@tanishavnishsingh5198 until you are born in a poor family in a moldy 60’s apartment
Heh... Good to hear people like this country... Where I live in...
@@keravavantaa2886 less poor ppl in Finland than in many other countries.
Finland is renowned for its education system and the high regards with which it holds the teaching profession. It is one of very few countries in the world where teaching is considered a a very prestigious profession.
Yes, teachers are very respected. Surveys show that Finns tend to respect and trust the police, teachers, nurses, doctors the most.
Well the tenetin yläkoulu in Sotkamo is shit, so the finnish education isnt that good
Which is the state of woke agenda there now? Might consider moving there if its not compulsory indoctrination
I can see why so many Finns settled in northern Minnesota - the Finnish Lakeland looks just like northern Minnesota!
That and they were actively recruited by forestry companies through social networks. Earlier immigrants sent lots of letters back home with information on good employment opportunities.
Funnily enough, when I decided which team I'd start to root for in the NHL I picked the Wild because it's so similar to Finland in it's nature. Also, having Koivu as the captain didn't hurt.
Just like my relatives. The settled in the iron range (Nashwauk). Nowadays most of them live in the Twin Cities. BTW I live in Finland....
@@voinyhelvetti almost the same here. I started with looking at a cool logo in the NHL game, then Koivu as captain, Bäckström in goal and when Granlund went I was set for life
That was probably part of it. It's also one of the few US states whose name they could pronounce. Minne is Finnish for "where" and sota is "war".
A native Finn here. Just a disclaimer: we do not have polar bears as pets.
yes we do
@@Aratimb That's top secret information!
Yeah, we paint our bears white to fool people.
Well my bear is pink
Is it normal or should I call the vet?
@@tosijjaan Have you tried washing it?
Love Finland from Sweden ❤ Yeah I know we give eachother shit but it's only siblinglove ❤
Love form Finland to Sweden
jävla :D I love sweden also, but when it gets to icehockey, its sibling WAR :D cheers!
Sweden makes good cars
Jep Finland and Sweden are Brothers ❤️👍😎 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇸🇪🇫🇮🇸🇪🇫🇮🇸🇪
Much love to our neighboring Swedish sisters and brothers ♥
If I went to Finland, I would like to watch a game of Pesäpallo, a Finnish offshoot of baseball. In Pesäpallo, the pitcher stands next to the batter, and pitches the ball upwards over the plate before the batter takes a few steps forward to hit the ball on its way down. The bases are arranged in a diagonal zig zag path inside a play area that is long and narrow. There is also a difference between being caught, and being out as a baserunner. If you hit a pop fly, and it is caught before it hits the ground, you have to reach the next base before the person on base there gets the ball. If you succeed, you are only “caught”, and can leave the field without further penalty. If you fail, that is an out.
oh shit i never realized it was different elsewhere
@@moai4110 Finland is basically the only country to play this variant. The creator saw baseball in USA in the early 20th century and brought it to Finland with adjusted rules
@@ojl5055 Well thats not true anymore. There is a world cup organized every three years last one was 2019 in India and there has been teams from 10 different countries taking part. Australia and India has their own leagues that are gaining momentum. Still so far no other country has not won the gold in any of the cups than Finland.
:O YOU MENTIONED THE Ä
They forced us to play it in school and nobody liked it and anyone who liked pesäpallo was automatically gay
As a metal fan it was nice to hear a positive spin on my favourite type of music! Thanks for not being prejudiced Paul!
Thanks for the video. As a Finnish person who travels a lot, the one thing that I feel we Finns lack is the family relations. This may just be personal for me, but I feel that where ever I go, I see the family having much larger authority over people than in Finland. And second point, we Finns never understand how we could be the happiest nation in the World, as we are quite melancholic people. I'm sure the system we have built around us is very functional and humane, though.
"I see the family having much larger authority over people than in Finland." Well, that's the thing. Why should someone (or in this case something) have authoruty over the people. Is it making these people happier? It offers some good experiences but it can also be pressuring other people to conform, which doesn't always result in greater happines. One thing I hear about Nordic nations is that there is not somuch pressure on the individual level to conform (and in practise religion isn't as strong) and that's what makes these nations so interesting to learn about for me.
As finnish professional in forestry (Who really likes you're content, good idea for new channel!), I have to point out that swamps haven't "disappeared" anywhere from Finland, many types of swamps naturally are forested; around 1/3 of all forests in Finland are also swamp.
There is a lot of swampland forested by lowering the water level with ditches, but 12,6 % of all that forest area ("forest area" in Finnish accounts also includes lot of swamps naturally not forested) is protected from forestry altogether. So it's pretty well balanced here.
Komatsu vai ponsse ???????????
@@tosijjaan Ponsse!
@@tosijjaan Ponsse. mut ajelee tuolla jotkut John Deerelläki.
And another notice about the etymology of the name Suomi ("Finland" in Finnish): the explanation "suo maa" ("mire land") was presented sometimes in nineteenth century or even earlier, but it is no longer considered valid but only an historical curiosity. The current conseption is the other explanation mentioned in the video that the words Suomi and Saami are originally the same word (as well as the name of the province Häme in the southwestern inland of Finland).
you're a really good presenter. I missed Langfocus and I'm enjoying this now. I wish you all the best with all your channels.
Thanks! I'm glad to hear it. There will be more videos on Langfocus, but I'll never be able to release them as often as I release GEOfocus videos (unless I make them much simpler).
@@GEOfocusChannel it’s clear the amount of research and care you put into each video, I imagine they must take a lot of time and work! I appreciate your dedication to accuracy.
@@dannnyc93 the Langfocus videos are worth the wait
Sammmme I love langfocus and geofocus just as good
I spent some time in Mikkeli, which is in the lakeland area. It was a wonderful experience and I visited several other places. The best bit was spending time in a mökki (summer house) by a lake, having saunas and swimming in the lakes. It was tranquil and relaxing.
Did you see the alcoholic Finnish people also?
@@Fl4ngerr are you idiot?
Finland looks like paradise. And the language is interesting too.
lower your expectations these are just few popular places shown in the pics :D if you want more realistic experience check out video about the geography of Finland from channel Mandelin :D
@@ristusnotta1653 we are also very good at dissing ourselves :)
Yeah its kind of paradise... if you like cold and darkness :D summer is like 3 months. think about that. 7-8 months of darkness and snow. reality. In the winter its normal to have -36 celsius.. sorry in the north parts of Finland at worst it gets like -43 celsius every winter =)
it looks amazing, doesn't feel so amazing when you need to live in the cold for 6 months tho
@@maukkatulinen461 That's bull. Add +10'C to those numbers and you're closer.
The lowest temp for the winter 2021-2022 was -35,7'C in Enontekiö, Lapland. So your "normal" is more like the single coldest day in a winter.
One huge and damaging misconception about Finland is that our suicide rate is absurdly high and it gets brought up every time we rank first in the happiness report. Nowadays we are pretty much average in Europe with the rate going down all the time as opposed to many countries in Europe where it is on the rise
@@sheilafallas6161 The weather is the same in all the Nordic countries and Iceland 's and Denmark 's suicide rates are higher than Finland's. "Watch the statistics in the video" Suicide rates by countries/Country suicide rate comparison".
First time I visited my finnish friends (of course I first met them on a Metalfestival) I was overwhelmed by how quiet it is. We were in Oulu on our way to a supermarket at ~ 7 p. m. close to the university. There wasn't a single sound, no car, no humans, not even birds, nothing that made any sound but our feet on the ground. (Rhyme not intended) I really enjoyed it. And so do the Finns. If you want peace and quiet for your holidays, Finland is the place to go.
That’s weird, when this did happen? I live like half an hour’s drive from oulu and even here isn’t that many quiet days at most popular (convenience stores?)
So I was just wondering was it because of covid or were you just at not so populated area of Oulu
@@namaenomore7831 It's been in late August 2014. Kaitoväylä was the street, if I'm right. My frieds lived closed by and we were walking along that road on our way to the K-Market.
There are even maps available about the most quiet areas at least from some parts of the country, made by the regional councils.
I’m finnish and the way you pronounced the words were actually great!
No they weren’t
His attempt of Rovaniemi annoyed me so much
But the most were correct. Clearly a research done. Contrary to the often heard pronounciations like "dzaivaskaila".
Helsinki is a stunning city with some unique architecture, the world famous Temppeliaukio/rock church, the Uspenski Cathedral (orthodox cathedral), the massive Soumenlinna fortress. There’s a reason they recommend a full day there for visitors wanting to explore the whole island and fortress. The Temppeliaukio church is the most spectacular church I’ve ever been to. It’s a life altering experience the way the church is built.
Åland is large geographically speaking but tiny. Mariehamn the main town takes 20 minutes to cross by foot. Åland people have their own identity and they do prefer their autonomy.
Finns are very friendly but it’s a running joke in Sweden and amongst themselves that a conversation equals a nod and Finns think Swedes talk to much lol ❤️😂
Only negative, the prices. Crazy expensive.
Helsinki is my least favourite part of Finland (Yes I live near Helsinki and work there). The nature here is incredible but the cities are 'meh' at best.
Visited Finland 4 months ago. Love it so much! Definitely want to try cross-country skiing next time!!!
its miserable if you didnt learn as a kid
Don't
@@loshotsos8767 oh so now it’s too late to learn?
@@tosijjaan why not!?
@@jessiechenJC its not too late to learn but its difficult and requires alot of tenacity :)
You forgot the most important thing: We have more saunas than cars 😄
When you have One Car but also Two Saunas :D
@@xezzee actually we have practically two saunas, one in our home, and other at our summer gottage. Also we used to have an outdoor sauna, but it burned down😂 so we hade 3 saunas at some point, but only 1 car
I have 4 saunas
We have one sauna and zero cars. 😂
A minor mistake in the history at 4:00. Civil war started in January 1918 not 1917, and although the reds supported socialism I would not describe them as pro Soviet. All political parties were in favor of independence, the war was primarily about what direction that independent country should take. The issue is quite complicated as there were Russian soldiers fighting on the red side and it is possible that had the reds won the independence might have been lost when the USSR was created in 1922.
Yeah saying pro Soviet and pro German is just wrong
Yup, after the civil war russia was ready to actually take over once again, but they didn't have the resources and no one here liked them lol
I lived in Finland and I loved the country, and their language is definitely one of the hardest I've ever heard of! 😁
Btw, it'd be cool if you made a video comparing Standard Swedish and Finland Swedish imo
Even harder than Mandarin and Arabic?!
Nonsense.. Finnish isn't hard at all. Even the small children here speak it :D
@@MPee76 yo wtf are u talking about
oh where did you live
Finland is so beautiful during summer!
ft. 20 mosquitos
@@Fl4ngerr pitiki mennä muistuttaan
Number one misconception? People seem to think to be that Finns are built for cold. Not true. The secret lies in proper(ly chosen) clothes and well built houses which are always warm. The second one would have to be the weather. The weather is certainly better than in most of the Europe during winter time and summer is also quite nice. People who complain or have preconceptions about cold don't know what is it to live in a place which doesn't have a winter at all. 6 months of close to zero degrees accompanied with overwhelming grayness cannot compete with snow and proper winter.
Enjoy the snow & the countless roads it messes up
Finland is a great country, I'd love to visit more of it, outside of Helsinki, which I already like a lot. The food is delicious, and the people are lovely, too.
Visit actually representative Finnish cities like Vantaa or Mikkeli or Lahti, then you will finally see that this place is not so big of a paradise after all
Fun fact: before Sweden joined the European Union in 1995, it had very restrictive alcohol laws and very high alcohol tax (it still does, but much less so). So prior to its EU membership, especially during the 70s and 80s, cruises to Åland from Stockholm (which conveniently takes just over 24 hours) was Sweden's most popular booze cruises. If you were out of the country more than 24 hours you could bring in tax free liquor and since the ticket price for the ferry was less than the money "saved" on the tax-free booze, the trip was essentially free. In addition to this, clever Swedes figured out that alcohol which was actually in one's blood stream, rather than in one's bag, did not count as imported. Thanks to this it was rumored that no one in Åland had seen a sober Swede since the 19th century. Anyway, the EU put a stop to all this by forcing Sweden to lower its alcohol tax and allow much larger amounts to be imported.
That’s amazing 😄
on the other hand, Finns go to Estonia for some cheap booze
@@kirby1225 and they go to Latvia and they go to Lithuania and they used to go to Russia and they used to go to Belarus and Ukraine
Great video, thank you! I've been learning Finnish since 2017, it's easy for me i don't have any problem to learn it. Only grammar can be kind of hard and difficult, but with patience, i'll master it one day. I don't force myself to learn it like a maniac lol, i take my time :). It's a well documented video, i also read the Kalevala in French, next step? In Finnish!
i’m a finn and you *cannot* learn the grammar or spell correctly :DD
Why would you do such things to yourself :(
After you are finished with standard finnish you can then start learning all the finnish dialects
I wouldn't consider Hämeenlinna to be a part of greater Helsinki as it's like 150km away and rather as its own city/town.
Also a common misconception is that it would be muich colder than it actually is EVEN on the summer. The climate of Finland's southern parts is close to the one of New York, USA in my opinion.
Anyways a great video! :)
More like Maine
In current days there may be weeks or even months with +30 degrees centigrade all the time in summer in southern Finland. But temperatures of +10- +15 degrees centigrade may also last for weeks in summer as well (but not so often).
I can think of one misconception that is often heard and that is that in Finland it's always super cold but during the summers it could be 30C° or in some cases over 35C° which I think is about enough
Its almost never over 35 in Finland
@@pentti3715 The highest temperature ever recorded is 37.2 °C (99.0 °F) (Liperi, July 29, 2010).[6] The lowest, −51.5 °C (−60.7 °F) (Kittilä, January 28, 1999).
According to wikipedia
@@2scrimble9 Over 35 is very rare in Finland. Lowest temperature is actually -54,3°C (Naruska, Salla 28 Jan 1999)
It is very rare to hit 30 but for example now is 20 and sun and i feel like burning
Finland is actually quite mild for a country of that high latitude. also the winters are actually really mild for being that far north. thank the Gulf stream for that!
I don't know what I should say about Finland first! I lost a golden chance to visit Helsinki in 2008 while I was living in St. Petersburg, just a couple hours by car. Maybe next year I'll make my dream come true, after 15 years. Who knows?
Fun fact: Linus Torvalds (Linux OS creator) is a Finnish-born citizen from that community where people speak Swedish.
Thanks for sharing, Paul!
My all time favourite country from Lebanon 🇱🇧 😁
🇱🇧 💖 🇫🇮
Love Lebanon, Our thoughts and prayers with Lebanese people, hopefully things will pick up there soon
ابقوا أقوياء وأحبوا بعضكم البعض
@@sandracassandra9020 Thank you ☺️ for your support!
Wow I didn't realise this channel was back! Glad to see it return!
Never been to Finland but it seems awesome. And I'm a big fan of many Finnish metal bands: Insomnium, Mors Principium Est, Kalmah, Norther, Diablo, Synestesia to name a few...
Great video!
I visited Lapland two years ago and it was amazing!
A misconception is that people think that Finnish summer doesn't exist, although it's not anything crazy I live in Rovaniemi and it can get up to 30 degrees Celsius some days, and that is just the north.
There is a summer as in anywhere else. It only does not last so long.
Hello, olen Suomesta, from Finland and this was actually first quite good and accurate videoclip from Finland, thank you! Did not mention anything about Sauna, which is permanently inseparable ritual of peoples life here. And also everyone is not a drunk only those who are... really are. :D
Great video!
One small thing: the image at 10:47 is actually the old town of Tallinn, Estonia, just across the gulf of Finland from Helsinki!
(You can tell because there are ü and õ on a sign, letters which aren't used in Finnish 🙂)
Well, that, and it is, in fact, Ükskõik - a coffee shop/bar in Tallinn.
Really. I thought it was a particularly nice looking old street. I would have figured it out if I had looked more closely.
@@dvv18 ykskaikki
Finland is such an awesome country. Even Kiwis look up to them!
We Finns may seem reserved and silent but just wait when some success is achieved by Finns or especially by our national team of Icehockey, we go nuts, though it's not only sports; when Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2006, tens of thousands of people gathered to the Market Square of Helsinki to celebrate with the band.
haha I am from finland and i hate ice hockey :D aaand the finnish language :P
Finnish guy + kossupullo + ice hockey victory = torilla tavataan.
@@nicklaslindgard Get out
I've been to Helsinki once for less than a day and I did like the atmosphere. Returning to Finland to visit is definitely on my bucket list.
Finnish is also on my bucket list of languages I want to study, although that could prove a little more difficult to achieve.
From what I've heard, the key to living happily in Finnland is managing to get a number of close friends. Most Finns are somewhat reserved people and it is apparently difficult to get close. A bit like in Japan, now that I think about it.
Yeah, there are a number of things that make Japan and Finland similar. That could be a good video topic. :)
@@GEOfocusChannel yes, please!
It's interesting that Finnish people are reserved and difficult to get close to but at the same time they are supposed to be the happiest country. I never understood how they measure the happiness in those rankings. If they are difficult to get close to that would supposedly mean that a lot of them would be lonely. Adding to that harsh winters where it's hard to go outside and there's no sun is even more confusing.
@@Macieks300 There’s been opinions on this from Finns. Both journalists and regular folks. They say that it’s part of the Finnish culture not to complain openly.
That’s the short version and I do believe there is some truth to it.
Take some of these polls/rankings with a grain of salt.
@@Macieks300 Here are the key factors of The World Happiness Report: “income, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on in times of trouble, generosity, freedom and trust, with the latter measured by the absence of corruption in business and government.”
It's the middle of spring, and we over here in Southern Finland (does Tampere even qualify as a part of Southern Finland?) have to deal with almost half a meter of snow... And it's only going to get worse
I almost cried when I watched outside today 😭 I live in Tampere too. I really thought the winter was over and weather would become warmer since we already had days with +8 celsius weeks ago.
The snow melted already once, now we have to wait it to happen again. Finnish weather is truly an experience.
A proper winter after few years, i enjoy it!
The climate quite changed. In the southern Part temperatures can reach 30+ nowadays. Quite good video 👍
Lots of love from Norway
Excellent Pronunciation!
A 12-minute video on Finland and no mention of the sauna? I do want to visit Helsinki. Of course I would sauna when I was there. Going to Finland and not getting into a hot sauna would be like traveling to France and abstaining from pastries. Or going to the Vatican and skipping St. Peter's and the Sistine Chapel.
I might talk about the saunas in a separate video sometime.
helsinki is hell don’t go there it’s overrated
@@keravavantaa2886 yeah the whole of the helsinki, vantaa, espoo area is just absolutely shit theres just too many people in that area
@@0wly espoo and helsinki feels like huge shit because metro and stuff and it’s crowded
vantaa isn’t that bad in most of areas
@@keravavantaa2886 helsinki is the best, böndes are just jealous :D
11:35 I often hear phrases like "Finland is so cold." or "It's summer here so surely it must be snowing in Finland right now." which as you explained in the video is just not true: While there are cold regions like Lappi, the Uusimaa region for instance isn't that different compared to other regions around the Baltic Sea. Yes, on average it is colder but unless we are talking about Lappi, it's not that big of a difference and Helsinkians for instance can be seen without jackets outside in certain seasons. It's not constantly snowing and freezing as some people might believe.
I live in east Finland and would like to move to northern Lapland to have longer winters... Like they used to be in east when i was a kid...
I live in the capital of Finland, and it has been snowing all day here. It’s April and there’s still a lot of snow on the ground
@@Alexandra-qo4xn: "Huhtikuu tekee mitä haluu."
@@Alexandra-qo4xn missä päin helsinkiä
Thank you so much for the wonderful projects. I am fan both of your channels. Not only am I gaining new knowledge, but I am also correcting my pronunciation by repeating it among you. If possible, please create content about Uzbekistan and the Uzbek language on your channels
A very well written video. The geographical research very well done.
As a finn i thought this video was awesome. Greetings from Finland🇫🇮✨
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. :)
I didn't know that the Sámi people originally inhabited all of Finland and spoke a non-Finno-Ugric language! I assumed it was more like Sweden where traditionally Sámi lands, while substantially larger than the current official borders of Sápmi and makes up a slim majority of Sweden's land area, never extended into the south of the country. As a Swede, I believe it's important for me to learn about the indigenous people of my part of the world, especially since I often hear Sámi people say that the average Swede knows more about the indigenous peoples of North America than the indigenous people right at their own doorstep, and since there are a lot of misconceptions floating around about whether indigenous people exist outside of America.
So I'm very grateful for this new info, Paul, as am I for the video as a whole! Keep up the good work!
There is a lot of names of places everywhere in Finland that originate from Sámi people.
Yes, for example Nuuksio, a national park near Helsinki has name originating in Sámi language. Many Finns don't know that either.
As a Swede I found this really interesting. You should do a video on Sami language and culture.
Right. Their culture is compeletly different.
Great video! Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮
Nicely informative video, with pretty much correct information.
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux Kernel and Git, is from the Swedish-Finnish minority!
Now I have to visit Finland 🇫🇮
You are welcome! :)
Thanks again for another great video Paul. I spent this morning working on a really boring essay and you just made my Saturday less stressful. 🙂🌻
That’s great to hear!
What an awesome country !!!
I visited Finland three times. Marvellous! I'd like to visit Outokumpu my next time, though ...
I'm curious. Why just Outokumpu? Do you have heritage there or are you just interested in mining history?
@@oh2mp Because of the steel factory. Outokumpu is one of Finlands most industrial cities, and I would like to see how the Finnish people cope with that ...
I'm only sorry I only got to spend one day there (Helsinki). That happens when you're cruising, but it gives you a taste of a place in case you want to go back to explore in depth. Two places I found fascinating in the city are the Rock Church and the Sibelius Park with the amazing sculpture that reminds one of a huge church organ.
Yeah, I'm not sure I'd handle a cruise very well. I'd probably go AWOL and not get back on the ship. lol
Yeah the sibelius parks sculpture is exactly ment to be like the tube things in a church organ
At 5:50 I would've used pictures from the summer, Sápmi/Lapland isn't covered in snow during polar day.
Please make more videos on Nordic countries including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. Thank you!
Yay my home country!
I am glad for the new channel and I subscribed. Thanks.
Thanks! I’m glad you’re here. 👍🏼
I guess I’d like to hike around some of the lakes of Finland, and visit Turku as well !
Some interesting facts/analogies about Finland:
1) It's as much in Scandinavia as Bermuda is in the West Indies/Caribbean - lumped together mistakenly.
2) It's linguistically as distinct from its neighbours as my own Quebec is from its neighbours - though just like Quebec has an English minority, so Finland has a Swedish minority.
3) The Sami/Lapps were pushed north by the Finns, Swedes, etc. just like the Ainu were pushed north by the Japanese.
I'd love to go to Finland one day, and all in all sounds like a fantastic country to live in!
Finland might look beautiful and majestic in some cities and Lapland, but most of them just look like the remnants of Soviet designed cities with high rise buildings towering on top of everything else. If you want the closest image of what it was to live in Prypjat before Chernobyl, go to Kouvola, you will get depressed in 50 different ways. If you want to get to the drug capital of Finland and always grey weather, Lahti is the way to go.
I'm from New Zealand, and I'd love to visit Finland even though it's about as far to travel as it can get from here. My first choice of destination would be Tampere, to of course attend a Nightwish concert. One day.
Finnish people are concidered grumpy and closed, introverted. But when I speak as a fin, When one gets to know the person, they get to be friends for life. And fun fact also, when people ask how're you doing, we answer most of the time quite honestly.
I've undertaken a round trip through Finland in 2019, also venturing into Lapland (indeed -32°C at some point). The cities were your "typical" European-style ones, clean and with good public transport, with a historical inner city as their core. Turku made an even better impression than Helsinki on me, as a tip for those who're planning their trips. The nature is the main selling point to me, though - stunning!. Can't say I would want to live there for longer than a year, though. Daylight hours and temperatures are just too low, not even having a real summer to look forward to is huge (like even worse than here in Germany, where we at least have like an inconsistent month of around 30°C)
real finnish nature: snowy field with poop
We compensate the winters (atleast I, and people I know) by travelling a lot in winter to warm places and many finnish people have apartments bought from Spain etc. where to spend winter!
@@Teddy_Tek Yeah that's what people I have couchsurfed at also told me. Spain, Italy, Greece, the same favourites across Europe to flee the cold, I guess :)
Last year the temperatures was almost every day between 27- 32 degrees.
"clean and good public transport" Wtf????????
Greetings from Finland great video. i learned more things about Finland
gasp! no mention of Salmiakki? Not just a Finnish snack, but a way of life! ;P
Air quality really depends on the area even in Finland. The town that I live in is quite bad with so many cars and factories.
mikä kaupunki??
My beautiful country!
Fascinating and always well researched! 👍👍
We know for sure that Suomi doesn't have anything to do with suomaa 'swamp land', even though that's a popular folk etymology. It has been reconstructed to older šämä which would have come from a Baltic word meaning 'land' , and is possibly connected to sámi and häme (a name of a Finnish tribe). In any case it's a very old tribe name in the area.
Also a minor point, the people living in Finland before the Uralic speakers came did not adopt 'Proto-Finno-Ugric' but a western branch of the language family, or you could already call that proto-Sámi already. But I apperciate that you mentioned that the Sámi lived in the whole of Finland before the Finns. That's an important fact that even most Finns don't know!
Fun fact: the teachers' union is set to go on strikes due to increased workload and low pay compared to other high education requiring fields.
Such a beautiful country. 🇫🇮
Great work with the video. I am a Finn and i also learned some new things.
Thanks! That's great to hear.
Learned a lot from this video... Thanx!
I'm so glad you have this channel, I used to watch Geography Now but got annoyed by the host. I've been subscribed to Langfocus for many years now and didn't even know this channel existed.
Yeah, that’s because I let it lie dormant for 5 years. In hindsight I wish I had made just one channel called GEOfocus and uploaded both videos like this and language videos. But it’s too late for that now, so I’m just rebooting this channel and developing it separately.
I’ve heard of Geography Now, but I’ve never seen one of his videos. From what I understand, he’s more of animated extrovert, while I’m a complete introvert (and possibly autistic). So, I imagine we resonate with different people.
What's wrong with Barby? :(
@@mixlllllll Probably nothing. Different people just connect with different types of personalities.
@@GEOfocusChannel Well yeah, that's true.
spectacular
Nice so many teachings thanks ✌🏿🇪🇷
Ive seen nightless night and northern lights. Its amazing
One misconseption I have seen is that people think it's always cold. Summers are warm here, last summer I believe it go to +30 celsius. And the summers are farely long too.
No they are relatively short
@@chrisroberts1036 well longer that the 2 weeks everyone is spreading
Oh yeah 😆 that I can confirm
The misconception is that Finland is socialist. They as the rest of the Nordics, do invest in the human capital in forms of education, health care and child care. This makes them a good place to do business and thus gives a good ROI in a capitalist sense.
Paul on kyllä ihan päällikkö. Hyvä video 👌🏻🙏👍🏻
Thank you for this! :) (im finnish🇫🇮) and misconception would be that people think that we are so quiet lol😅
I think you should focus on Venezuela next as it is a country that not many people know much about.Thank you for your great content on both of your channels.
You're welcome!
It can't be next because we have a production schedule and months of videos are already finished and waiting to be released. But we'll do it someday (as long as this channel keeps going).
Fun fact: Simon Bolivar had a Finnish brother in arms and a friend named Fredrik Adlercreutz
You have good presentation skills . I like all your videos ..
Thanks!
@ივანე თანაშვილი Yes , I am learning Finish language because of Him only. He explained about that beautiful uralic language in his video about "how Estonian and Finish are similar" .
He is like a language Guru for me .
For me the No. 1 misconception is the idea that Finnish is related to, our sounds similar to, Swedish or Russian. A lot of times, when someone does a "Finnish accent", they actually do a Swedish or a Russian accent. The Finnish accent is its own unique thing.
FINLAND 🇫🇮 🙏
There's no snow in Lapland in summer...
About the Finnish King:
It was originally Germany's idea during WW1 to make Finland it's own puppet state under a German King, because Germany wanted to cut down Finnish trees, and Finland was alright with the idea, until the armistice was signed in France, then the Finns changed their minds to not do it afterall.
Gran vídeo. Interesante como siempre. 👍
I love the Finnish Heavy Metal Bands.
This is awesome!
Thanks! I'm glad you like it.
Heh, TH-cam suggested this to me even i'm from Finland. Well, it's nice to see vids like this. :) Greetings from Finland. :D
I really like your videos 😍
Most common misconceptions I have heard:
- That the Moomin Characters are Japanese or Korean even though they are Finnish
- That Finnish people were vikings
- That all Finnish people are fluent in English and use it all the time (not all Finns can speak English and many that can don't enjoy using it)
Everyone in Japan knows that Moomin is Finnish. :)
@@GEOfocusChannel Yeah that's true! :D
@@sofiaamanda1551 some of the Finnish people were Vikings , the culture was heavily influenced by the Vikings back in the days . there has been found Viking items all over the Finland also A LOT .
@@Gentlemanclub5 no...non of the Finn's were Vikings. There has never been Viking settlements in Finland. There are some Viking burial sites on coast of Finland but there is far more in Russia. And you could say that Russia was more influenced culturally by Vikings than Finns
@@karisaarinen2746 who told you that ? that there was no vikings in the finland ? school ? the culture was influenced by the vikings , and there was also finn vikings , finns also traded and celebrated with the vikings , not all , but some of the finns .
I’m happy to see u start upload more video on this channel. I thought no longer exist😄
It’s back. And better than before. 👍🏻🙂
People think the Winter War is more important and "known" than the Continuation War (during Operation Barbarossa) in Finland, even though the most famous novel in Finland tells about a story of soldiers during the Continuation War, and it's movie is shown every year on the Independenceday...
The reason why I'm saying this, is cause I see tons of foreign youtubers only know about the Winter War, instead of the more important Jatkosota...
The Winter War is more popular because it is seen as a noble heroic story, while the Continuation War was an alliance with the vicious Nazis, one thinks. (Although it was also a perfectly legitimate attempt to obtain redress for the injustice suffered.)