@oneviwatara yea you weren't talking about drugs but also have you actually checked the rates at which both countries perform on these statistics becauce if we are talking about just amounts of people then yes, obviously the US is going to have more people to die from any cause what so ever since there are dozens of times more people living in the US than in Finland.
As an American who moved to Finland, I can say without a doubt that Finn's live better than Americans. In America, everything is designed to put you in debt. Getting higher education puts you in an insane amount of debt, hospital bills from having a child will put you in debt. In Finland, higher education is free, in fact the government pays students a stipend for studying. Having a baby they get the baby box as shown in this video and the hospital bill is almost non existent thanks to their universal healthcare system and parents are given as she said 9 months of maternity leave. The living standard here is great and the companies provide great benefits for their workers. As long as Americans keep electing people like Trump that will further keep people in debt, the people in the US will never get to live so nicely.
There are 3 things that foreigner would say that can annoy Finn: 1. Finland is socialist 2. Finland is in Scandinavia 3. Sauna wasn't originally from Finland
Only the 3rd one triggered me. Not because I think Finnish are the only people to have a culture of bathing and/or spiritualism in some kind of heated rooms or tents, but because the word "sauna" itself is the most Finnish thing in the world. It's an original Finnish word, that only has some relatives in languages that are closely related to and/or derived from Finnish, and it's really old. So, sauna is from Finland - end of. A place to heat rocks in a pit closed with a tent or a room, might not be - although the tradition of Sauna in Finland goes at least as far as ~1000 BC.
Sauna has remained an important part of the culture in the Baltic-Finnic (Baltic as the Baltic Sea) cultures. Yet peoples all over the arctic and subarctic have steam houses of some sort. North-Western Russia belonged to same cultural zone with Finland from Stone Age to Iron Age, rise of Novgorod finally cutting off that culture connection. So North-West Russian sauna or Baltic-Finnic sauna, same origin.
Spent a summer in Trondheim, Norway. I come to the realization Scandinavian citizens come together and demand to be treated with respect and dignity. Healthcare, education, housing, safe public transit, walkable cities, etc. In the US we get cheap gas and the worlds largest military trifold.
It's hard to do those things with an open borders immigration policy. Finns pay nearly 50% of there income in taxes, whereas the majority of Americans pay ZERO dollars in tax. Scandinavians (and I am one), have a deep sense of social responsibility, whereas Americans demand more and more yet are not willing to be responsible to their fellow citizens.
Kurtis Smith You also have higher interest rates, higher pay with less taxes for a lot of jobs, cheaper cars, food and housing. Norway has it a lot better than us finns because they have oil money that we don’t. If you are succesfull you are much better off in the US. If you’re a normal citizen you are better off in the nordics.
Eric Juul You tax statement is totally delusional. We all pay gas tax, sales tax, utility tax. If you don't pay income taxes, your either poor or are rich and use an accountant to hide all your wealth. If you're not paying social security and Medicare taxes, you'll never collect Social Security in your old age and won't have Medicare to help pay for your healthcare. We also have the most expensive healthcare system in the world.
@SakoFin Daz on average in european standards it is very poor. The peak of finnish food is very high but the average restaurant food if you count the whole country (which you shouldn't) is very bad.
@@Mrbfgray You misunderstood. No one pays anything for the baby box. It's just that if the parents for some reason don't want it, they GET 170 euros instead.
when i was in finland i didnt get a plastic straw anywhere, they always had one made of some other material which isnt harmful to the environment. its funny how conserned finland is with these kinds of things even tho they are such a small nation, most of the environmental problems are because of big nations.
@@An7ero of course, theres not really another big reason as to why theyshould do it. but still i think its funny that a country who doesnt affect the environment in the bigger picture (physically) actually cares about it.
@@Alexandros.Mograine It's made a bigger deal than it is true. But in this scale, it's easy to test everything nation wide with not too much investing compared to like france or even the US. :D
Well we in Finland still overuse our resources in a massive way and if everyone on the planet lived like us we would need at least 3 more. It is true that the big polluters are the bigger nations like USA and China and what not, but we still have to take part. And with innovations like the pulled oats and other things you saw in the video, we can also be much bigger than what our nation is.
But someone needs to show the example and make new innovations to make change look easier. I think all the nordics have taken this role and just hoping the bigger countries would follow us.
there is an interview where the interviewer asks a young finnish guy "what do young people do in Helsinki?" the guy answers: "umm i think, take drugs, drink alcohol, suicide"
@@leevihannula1345 bro i'm finnish and someone brought a gun to our school last week but his backpack was taken from him before he shot anyone💀 there as also been multiple school shootings in finland, most known ones are kauhajoki and jokela. and last year someone took a fucking katana with him to school and started a bloodbath in Finland. this isn't just an american thing.
@@jakemaailma3416 Eli sulla ei ole mitään konkreettisiä faktoja vaan ainoastaan joidenkin sun skitsofreenikko salaliittoteorioitsija kavereiden höpinöitä? Pidetään nää mielenvikaset salaliittoteoriat vaan siellä artolaurin kommenteissa kiitos.
@@paxwallacejazz Yeah, the average income out here is like 3500$ per year and is decreasing by day so not really. Edit: it's like 2800$ now Another edit (aug 2020): it's around 2000$ now
@@TheNismo777 Well, I've hiked in the Kruger National Park (Big 5), seen rhino and Cape buffalo on foot and white-water rafted down the Zambezi which has crocs as well as grade 5 rapids so I think I'll be ok. ; ) I'll do my research first like always.
One of the most amazingly informative videos I've ever seen made of Finland. As a finn myself I did not even know some of the economic companies we have and what they do. This really did show the better side of Finland that I am proud of my country for.
A lot of the products in this video are aimed at the middle class yuppie/hipster demographic. The average working man, who seems to be completely absent in this series, still eats sausages and frozen pizzas.
@@ReasonAboveEverything compared to the immigrants, how much do you contribute exactly? Im fairly certain that quite a lot of immigrants are contributing more than you ever will
Wuuff Enough to pull my weight and hopefully soon enough to leave in wealth. But what does my contribution has to do with the fact that immigrants from middle-east and Africa have very much lower employment rate than finns? Jobs where government is paying part of the salary are not included. Why would you even be offended? Its a fact we can't deny and which will cause problems. I can not imagine a situation where an African country or wealthy arabic gulf state would take in people in a scale that would drive down living quality of its own people. We are like a man who gave loans to people he didn't know because he wanted to help them. He used the money that was reserved for his children as inheritance. "They will pay back" said he. He even used money his children had put for safe keeping. Years passed and his treasury was almost empty. Only few people had returned the exact sum he had loaned. The man died of old age and his children inherited only a small sum of money. Their savings were likewise gone. They were forced to leave their father's house and comfortable life they had saved their moneys for. If you want to help poor people become a godfather of some child in Africa and fund his living and education.
Dropped Croissant Is few lines too much for your concentration?I used word immigrant instead of umbrella term migrant. In my native language there is no distinction. My bad. Chill. However being immigrant most certainly does not imply contributing to society.
@@Declan_Moriarty its actually very true, having lived in both countries i can say in Finland you just dont feel so conserned overall, its so safe there and the government has your back. that is why all the homeless people in finland are only alcoholics (not that there are many of them).
Welcome to Foodtopia - our exploration of Finland's inventive food scene along with many ways the Finns are just better than the rest of us. Hope you enjoy and be sure to check out part one if you missed it.
Amazing Ashlee, I'm going to Helsinki each year for the Startup Conference Slush, and I've been 9 years in a row, Allas, Sulapac, Gold & Green, Solar Foods are all amazing companies. So happy you finally did a piece on our nordic neighbours the so are worth. Will be cool to see Zen Robotics in the next one.
Hey Ashlee, I really enjoy your videos. You are so laid back yet creative, funny, and your language usage is in an artistic level. Thanks that I can travel with you to these cool places :)
Great series with amazing topics being covered! Proud of living in Finland, though not being Finn by myself. Truly this country is the most humble, secure, and has a rich nature, in my opinion
"Run of the mill fast casual joint" = Waiter pops a + 300€ bottle of Dom Perignon. It sure as hell's not for your average Matti Meikäläinen :P. I mean come on, I cou
I am kinda assuming it just means place you can walk in without reserving a table in advance, which is like... normal here. Even in the expensive places.
Finish people dont like talking to people they don't know. Nor do they like discussing anything that is opinionated like politics, etc. They're not out going as it may appear in this video. However, these things aren't that major. Affordable healthcare, education, and amazing metal bands across all subcategories, its fantastic.
@@Theoneandonly88able Now now, don't be putting us all in one box. Some of us do like to talk to strangers and about politics, religions etc. And not all of us like metal as much as you do.
"Finns also eat really well" *very confused Finnish person here watching the video eating bread and drinking milk after drinking half a beer* (but honestly: we eat pretty healthily on average - not necessarily very "tastily" on average)
Here really isnt ''rich'' people, heres the regulars (medium income = 25 000 - 30 000k/year) and then theres upper mid. Of course we have a few people but the 3rd richest man in Finland is 1600th worldwide. Richest guy in Finland has 3.5b which is lot but doesnt compare to other countries
0:08 "Its the annual eating of the herring in finland". The fried fish shown in the video at that moment, was not herring. Its actually called "muikku" which is not even part of the herring family. Just pointing that out
@Stan CLC that's horrifying but that can happen here also. Add that to cops, losing half our earnings to government and insurance companies that do not pay when they are needed and working 7 days a week and you have an idea of what I'm referring to.
@Mercury Okej dude, chill. I'm Finnish and I can confirm that what you are saying is NOT true. Social workers usually only take away children from parents in cases of abuse or if the parents are drug addicts. So please stop passing along conspiracy theories, thank you.
I would be fearful of getting sick at Finland because it can take months or years to get appointment to the doctor and even then the socialist government can deny your care. Bernie Sanders would be dead if he had his heart attack in Finland because getting help for it take on average 22 days.
@Stan CLC You must not hit kids in Finland, it's against the law. Children are very well protected in Finland and can safely go around alone without their parents or guardians. If you hurt them as a parent you certainly will meet the social workers.
Hello America: Australia 🇦🇺 New Zealand 🇳🇿 are living better than you. Last year I went to California for the first time in a decade, I was shocked at how third world it’s become. What was more eye opening was that US citizens seem oblivious as to the extent of the stagnation. New Zealand runs a surplus ( not a deficit) and still has free healthcare, education including university liveable wage on top of minimum wage, a strong economy and near the top of the happiness index. Electric generation is 90% renewable and we are on track to be carbon neutral by 2050. It’s not all fabulous- we have our dark spots but ... Just saying, “ look outside your paradigm US people, think of your children’s children.
Estonian and Finnish people are quite close to each other and as an estonian i can say that finnish are the nicest and friendliest people to ever exist ❤️
As a Finn: that's not really a typical place/joint. Neither is the one with the shots served on a skii. A bit of overexaggeration for the video's purposes tbh
@intempify This video itself is a problem. When it's legal to lie to your face as long as they add fine print. Of course the society rots from the inside.
I visit a church in kontula called "metrokappeli" near kontulan metro station and there are plenty of people who lives in kontula and they are joyful and content with their lives.
Really? Nice to hear, i'm finn and i love this country, there's no better place for me. 😂 Ofc there are some not so cool and nice stuff too, but every country has their own minor flaws.
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw i think that's not hard, fun thing... Birthrates are really, and i mean really low here right now, so low that media and other guys like doctors, nurses etc are telling that "hellooooo, peoples, u have make more babies, hurry up now"😂😂😂
Surprising how much you were able to tell different things in such informative fashion. Thought Finland's catch points were already all over the TH-cam. Great job on this video, also, Suomi perrrekele
It's even better than 9 months maternity leave. Parents of a new baby are entitled to the following paid leave: * Around 4.5 months of maternity leave, starting from 5 weeks before the baby is due (or earlier if necessary), which can only be taken by the mother except in special circumstances. * Around 6 months of parental leave which can be taken by either parent or split between the parents (starting after the maternity leave ends). * 9 weeks of paternity leave (taken by the father), of which 3 weeks can be taken at the same time the mother is on maternity/parental leave and the remainder must be taken at a different time.
The difference is that in America, everyone does not look the same. It is easier for homogenous countries to want the best for people that look like them.
turquoiseshopaholic That is a sad statement to make. That we would be so un-evolved that we would only care about those that look like us. Tragic really.
When you compare the US to any other country just in terms of days off you’ll see. Its suprising how low it is. I mean, when you argue that china doesnt support human rights, they got more days off then the US and they got vpns so they can easily get around not seeing youtube. that alone already says it... how can you be happy when your in the office all year and your company is giving ONE DAY off for christmas in the MIDDLE OF THE WEEK!? Forget the eggnog cause i gotta go to work the next day after christmas! Fuck thattt
I went to Finland for the first time in 2018 and went to a public sauna. I thought it was too hot and opened the door slightly. Another guy in the room scolded me in Finnish (which I couldn't understand) like he was about to murder me, and started to put WAY too much water on the hot stones and making the room WAY too hot, like he was protesting to me.
Ah, Finland. You should always practice before going into a public one with private ones. Even kids can deal with the high heat usually that foreigners can't because they're used to it so Finns do get angry if you make them 'freeze' in the Sauna.
The difference between an American and a Finnish person is when they walk by a homeless person is that an American thinks that you deserve to be homeless and a Finnish person thinks how can i help you..
Sounds like he's trying to mimic Anthony Bourdain. Same delivery. Nothing wrong with that. He's copying a pretty amazing storyteller. I loved Bourdain and his writing, delivery & humour. RIP
It's soylent brown, and it can't get to all of us fast enough. I'd love to have tasty curries, burgers, omlettes, and bacon made out of that stuff! My proteins come in a lot of shapes and sizes-beef, chicken, pork, tofu, salmon, tuna, whey powder, eggs, edamame, lentils-great to have more options with potential health benefits.
He does seem to adopt a lot of Anthony Bourdain's style, but I can't hold it against him. While he probably doesn't inted it, he's just trying to plug a hole left in everyone's hearts.
Raigou they might all be white but they definitely don’t all hold the same opinions. You guys forget that africa is full of Africans and if you use that logic why is there so Much wars in Africa if they’re all black??? Color is just something we sadly value but we forget that people are very different.
Most Finns love meat, sometimes even eat reindeer. Quite a few people have an alcohol problem and don't even get me started with the amount of smoking. There is a high suicide rate and most of us can't go and escape reality in that crazy expensive restaurant.
plot twist:
the rumour that Finland doesnt exist was made by finns because we are so introverted and shy that we dont want anyone here
Rääh jep😂
Castyell_ f u
@@goodguydis3404 what lol
Hui hui et sä voi tollai paljastaa mitää meiän salaisuuksia :0
More like "mee ny vittuu"
I dont think we are better than anyone else, we just live the way we think is the most benefical for our well being.
wish the whole world were like that
And, this is why I adore the Nordic-Scandanavian Culture❤
Well “the way we think is most beneficial for our well being.” Is better than everyone else lol
...which is much better than everyone else. youre saying nonsense while trying to sound deep lol it looks dumb....
j j bruh I said lol at the end of my sentence how the fuck could someone perceive that as trying to be deep
American dream = to be rich and famous
Nordic dream= have a normal, steady and safe basic life
Actually no😂😂
@@renedy3103 actually yes
Yes
Actually yes
Yes
**Reads video title**
Laughs in Finnish
Hahahah suomi perkele
Millä torilla
Tuon saunan btw
muura the fanboygirl Turku
hehheh
Well of course. We have a thing called Elisa Saunalahti Prices.
oho twitter mutual saatana
Praissiis
Tiätty
Ja hyvin halvalla kaiken lisäks
Mistä näitä SENTTEJÄ OIKEEN TULEE?!
Everyone asks why is Finland but nobody asks how is Finland
pate bomboclaat
Middle class white American lives this way in America too
@@myaccount6187 not as high as in the US
Yeah,
Why? Lithosphere.
How? Nowadays mostly cold and dark due to its current position relative to the sun.
@oneviwatara yea you weren't talking about drugs but also have you actually checked the rates at which both countries perform on these statistics becauce if we are talking about just amounts of people then yes, obviously the US is going to have more people to die from any cause what so ever since there are dozens of times more people living in the US than in Finland.
Tolkien inspired folk? C'mon, Tolkien was inspired by our folk and national epic etc.
Yeah, just visit Yli-Tornio and you can see how Tolkien was inspired by our scenery.
@@MagicRex1 Tolkien was inspired by Kalevala not some swedish crap
@@MagicRex1 Bruh you're so wrong
0:33 Tolkien was inspired by Kalevala, not the other way around.
triggered perkele noise
Ei vittu
Saatana tälläsii virheitä sais tulla
ittekki mietin että mitähän vittua se taas sano
Tolkienin innoittamaa folk musiikkia
As an American who moved to Finland, I can say without a doubt that Finn's live better than Americans. In America, everything is designed to put you in debt. Getting higher education puts you in an insane amount of debt, hospital bills from having a child will put you in debt. In Finland, higher education is free, in fact the government pays students a stipend for studying. Having a baby they get the baby box as shown in this video and the hospital bill is almost non existent thanks to their universal healthcare system and parents are given as she said 9 months of maternity leave. The living standard here is great and the companies provide great benefits for their workers. As long as Americans keep electing people like Trump that will further keep people in debt, the people in the US will never get to live so nicely.
Also proportional representation/a real democracy would help you guys out with not electing people like Trump
Those kinds of social programs are better done at the state level in the US. It's not a fair comparison.
JustQinn We love Trump!! 🇺🇸 ❤️ What cod herring are you smoking 🐟
Lol. The comment started as an interesting comparison and then ended on a moronic note by the end.
elokubano bye bye trump supporter. We finns hate you guys
The amount of alcohol I drank in a week with my Finnish friends was close to what I drink in 3 months.
Kippis
@@XIIIphobos ja kulaus
Sounds like you guys didn't have that much fun? Maybe some more alcohol I think. Kyllä se siitä.
Thats why finns are so happy
Well im finnish-russian so my alcohol using is next level but i never have hangover..best genes ever🥂😂
There are 3 things that foreigner would say that can annoy Finn:
1. Finland is socialist
2. Finland is in Scandinavia
3. Sauna wasn't originally from Finland
Only the 3rd one triggered me. Not because I think Finnish are the only people to have a culture of bathing and/or spiritualism in some kind of heated rooms or tents, but because the word "sauna" itself is the most Finnish thing in the world. It's an original Finnish word, that only has some relatives in languages that are closely related to and/or derived from Finnish, and it's really old. So, sauna is from Finland - end of. A place to heat rocks in a pit closed with a tent or a room, might not be - although the tradition of Sauna in Finland goes at least as far as ~1000 BC.
@@janikarkkainen3904 I agree with you but I think that sauna came from the Uralmountains where for example our lanhuahe is mostly based on
@@janikarkkainen3904 Otherwise correct but the earliest finnish saunas were from 7000 bc, just after the iceage
Sauna has remained an important part of the culture in the Baltic-Finnic (Baltic as the Baltic Sea) cultures. Yet peoples all over the arctic and subarctic have steam houses of some sort. North-Western Russia belonged to same cultural zone with Finland from Stone Age to Iron Age, rise of Novgorod finally cutting off that culture connection. So North-West Russian sauna or Baltic-Finnic sauna, same origin.
3rd one is the only one that triggers. Best way to trigger a finn is to say that Sweden is better.
Spent a summer in Trondheim, Norway. I come to the realization Scandinavian citizens come together and demand to be treated with respect and dignity. Healthcare, education, housing, safe public transit, walkable cities, etc. In the US we get cheap gas and the worlds largest military trifold.
It's hard to do those things with an open borders immigration policy. Finns pay nearly 50% of there income in taxes, whereas the majority of Americans pay ZERO dollars in tax. Scandinavians (and I am one), have a deep sense of social responsibility, whereas Americans demand more and more yet are not willing to be responsible to their fellow citizens.
Kurtis Smith You also have higher interest rates, higher pay with less taxes for a lot of jobs, cheaper cars, food and housing. Norway has it a lot better than us finns because they have oil money that we don’t. If you are succesfull you are much better off in the US. If you’re a normal citizen you are better off in the nordics.
Kurtis Smith dame as in New Zealand 🇳🇿 our countries are very very similar
Eric Juul similar to New Zealand 🇳🇿 high taxes but a high sense of social responsibility
Eric Juul You tax statement is totally delusional. We all pay gas tax, sales tax, utility tax. If you don't pay income taxes, your either poor or are rich and use an accountant to hide all your wealth. If you're not paying social security and Medicare taxes, you'll never collect Social Security in your old age and won't have Medicare to help pay for your healthcare. We also have the most expensive healthcare system in the world.
Seriously, you're in one of the most expensive restaurants in Finland drinking Dom Perignon, this *not* usual.
Right 😂
Finnish food on average is garbage.
@SakoFin Daz on se ku vertaa muihi maihin
@SakoFin Daz on average in european standards it is very poor. The peak of finnish food is very high but the average restaurant food if you count the whole country (which you shouldn't) is very bad.
@@specialperson335 not really
“Their kids are smarter than your”
Jonnes: **ES drinking stops**
Siis minä 🤣🤣🤣
Rip Es jonne
I live in Finland and this is the most Finnish, Finnish accent i've ever heard 2:20
Jesse Puljujärvellä vielä suomalaisempi
Rallikuskeilla on suomalaisempi aksentti
@@aaebsssb9914 totta 😂
Mites hydraulic press channelin se mies
@@aaebsssb9914 Rallienglantia vaan :D
Even bacteria is living better than us in Finland
So the food is better and they get a baby box they paid for in advance whether they want it or not? I wouldn't trade them lifestyles.
@@Mrbfgray Well then just go bankrupt from breaking a leg, I guess 🤷🏼♂️
@@maximusasauluk7359 I didn't say we don't have major room for improvement, I wouldn't trade them that's all.
@@Mrbfgray You misunderstood. No one pays anything for the baby box. It's just that if the parents for some reason don't want it, they GET 170 euros instead.
@@Mrbfgray you get the box or money...
when i was in finland i didnt get a plastic straw anywhere, they always had one made of some other material which isnt harmful to the environment. its funny how conserned finland is with these kinds of things even tho they are such a small nation, most of the environmental problems are because of big nations.
But it's the example and making an option for the whole world for the future, right?
@@An7ero of course, theres not really another big reason as to why theyshould do it. but still i think its funny that a country who doesnt affect the environment in the bigger picture (physically) actually cares about it.
@@Alexandros.Mograine It's made a bigger deal than it is true. But in this scale, it's easy to test everything nation wide with not too much investing compared to like france or even the US. :D
Well we in Finland still overuse our resources in a massive way and if everyone on the planet lived like us we would need at least 3 more. It is true that the big polluters are the bigger nations like USA and China and what not, but we still have to take part. And with innovations like the pulled oats and other things you saw in the video, we can also be much bigger than what our nation is.
But someone needs to show the example and make new innovations to make change look easier. I think all the nordics have taken this role and just hoping the bigger countries would follow us.
there is an interview where the interviewer asks a young finnish guy
"what do young people do in Helsinki?"
the guy answers:
"umm i think, take drugs, drink alcohol, suicide"
Yeah, of course there are all sorts of people in Finland. People party, but also exercise and hang around with friends a lot
@@peteplayss6309 same
but we dont shoot kids in shcool in finland like in america
@@leevihannula1345 bro i'm finnish and someone brought a gun to our school last week but his backpack was taken from him before he shot anyone💀 there as also been multiple school shootings in finland, most known ones are kauhajoki and jokela. and last year someone took a fucking katana with him to school and started a bloodbath in Finland. this isn't just an american thing.
F T P but behavior around guns are way different.. in ninth grade at my school we were allowed to bring shotguns to hunting/fishing class
meanwhile americans still think climate change/acceleration is a hoax
We are well aware that it is a hoax here, in Finland as well.
@@jakemaailma3416 Could you give me some hard facts and data that proves your view?
yeah, we have alt-right nutcases here also
@@MegaMantero yeah
@@jakemaailma3416 Eli sulla ei ole mitään konkreettisiä faktoja vaan ainoastaan joidenkin sun skitsofreenikko salaliittoteorioitsija kavereiden höpinöitä? Pidetään nää mielenvikaset salaliittoteoriat vaan siellä artolaurin kommenteissa kiitos.
Title: "The Finns are probably living better than you"
Me, a third worlder: *surprised Pikachu face*
Me, a fourth worlder, woooooooooooooot 🙀
You mean modern American. The New Dickensian poverty is in the USA
@@paxwallacejazz Yeah, the average income out here is like 3500$ per year and is decreasing by day so not really.
Edit: it's like 2800$ now
Another edit (aug 2020): it's around 2000$ now
@@arman4440 where's that?
Indian?
Joke's on you I'm living in Finland.
Perkeleee
I was gonna comment that xd
Sama täällä
jokes on you I have permanent amounts of sun 2000km southern ^_^
Jokes on you i'm living in village named Kokkola in Finland.
Everyone outside of Finland: Finland is amazing and it’s the happiest country in the world!
Finland: B E T
In november we had 17.5 hours of sunlight.. yes.. in a month! Thats Finland for u!
No country is perfect. You also have how many lakes and beautiful forests? That is definitely on my wish list for hiking in the future.
@@blackwater4707 If u hike here, u prolly gonna end facing moose, deers, foxes & a brown bears.. Gotta know how to deal with those. 😁
@@TheNismo777 Well, I've hiked in the Kruger National Park (Big 5), seen rhino and Cape buffalo on foot and white-water rafted down the Zambezi which has crocs as well as grade 5 rapids so I think I'll be ok.
; ) I'll do my research first like always.
It is a matter of time. There must be some Finns working on some artificial sunlight project.
@@JuanIgnacioAzpiazu We don't need sunlight, all we need is nature & campfire :D
There IS life outside of Helsinki too
No way, that's the wilderness. Do not venture into the wilderness!
Yes if you count pine trees and goblins as life
@@aurin_komak yeah, stay away from wilderness. we goblins will eat you.
@@meowro1854 I am one of you, I live in the gnome village of Jyväskylä
@@aurin_komak Pello here. we're the drug goblins living next to the border
Their kids are smarter than yours
Me: Ootko nyt kuule ihan varma
Ei täällä kyllä viisauden kukka kuki, se on varmaa.
jupi moi minä se autistinen: mietippä nyt kahesti
Jos joku näkee jotain älykkyyden tuntomerkkejä S-marketilla pyörivistä jonneista, nii kannattaa käydä specsaversilla
Puhu ihan omasta puolestas
No olet sinäki jupi 50x viisaampi ku joku intialainen mukula
One of the most amazingly informative videos I've ever seen made of Finland. As a finn myself I did not even know some of the economic companies we have and what they do. This really did show the better side of Finland that I am proud of my country for.
Thanks!
@@AshleeVanceHelloWorld Finland is a tiny country. We can crush you like a bug.
@@aperture0
The Russians tried it 80 years ago (the Winter War) but did not succed.
A lot of the products in this video are aimed at the middle class yuppie/hipster demographic. The average working man, who seems to be completely absent in this series, still eats sausages and frozen pizzas.
This Bloomberg series is amazing! Interesting themes, excellent reporter and good video footage!
Tolkein's Elvish was inspired and based on the Finnish language, so I think you may have it backwards in the intro. ;)
This is mostly about how a person got his job to pay for his vacation to Finland, LOL
Shhhh. Don't tell
Why not.
Nice gig out you can get it
The most American flex ever 😂
You know too much, shame.
Not probably, they are living better than me.
@Phil King it's a CuLtUrAl MaRxIsT hElLhOlE. Just accept that it work and move on statueman
@Phil King Don't worry we will kick the marxists ass like we used to before
Forgot to mention heir national debt is bigger than yours
woo get dumped on
"What did you eat for dinner?"
"Bacteria and potatoes"
"Finns are better than you"
My self confidence: "Aight, I'm bouta head out."
Brent Madison Well, as long as we take in immigrants who don't contribute we can be sure this won't last.
@@ReasonAboveEverything compared to the immigrants, how much do you contribute exactly? Im fairly certain that quite a lot of immigrants are contributing more than you ever will
Wuuff Enough to pull my weight and hopefully soon enough to leave in wealth. But what does my contribution has to do with the fact that immigrants from middle-east and Africa have very much lower employment rate than finns? Jobs where government is paying part of the salary are not included. Why would you even be offended? Its a fact we can't deny and which will cause problems. I can not imagine a situation where an African country or wealthy arabic gulf state would take in people in a scale that would drive down living quality of its own people.
We are like a man who gave loans to people he didn't know because he wanted to help them. He used the money that was reserved for his children as inheritance. "They will pay back" said he. He even used money his children had put for safe keeping. Years passed and his treasury was almost empty. Only few people had returned the exact sum he had loaned. The man died of old age and his children inherited only a small sum of money. Their savings were likewise gone. They were forced to leave their father's house and comfortable life they had saved their moneys for.
If you want to help poor people become a godfather of some child in Africa and fund his living and education.
Dropped Croissant Is few lines too much for your concentration?I used word immigrant instead of umbrella term migrant. In my native language there is no distinction. My bad. Chill. However being immigrant most certainly does not imply contributing to society.
me a finn at 1am eating fish sticks:
interesting
lmao
Weeboo
AzulXX normie
Viviene Älä ny oon itekki weeb :D
whats with Scandinavians and their precious fish sticks
Finns are truly living whereas most in america are just getting by, content with their processed low quality huge portions
Thats just not true.
Lmao “processed low quality huge portions” of chemicals
@@Declan_Moriarty nah that's true.
Exactly
@@Declan_Moriarty its actually very true, having lived in both countries i can say in Finland you just dont feel so conserned overall, its so safe there and the government has your back. that is why all the homeless people in finland are only alcoholics (not that there are many of them).
Probably because they don't hold their citizens captive and allow them to get used up by the upper class
@Stan CLC Not you or me. Or statistically speaking, nobody you know.
@Stan CLC yeah yeah
true, that’s what their immigrant population is for
Welcome to Foodtopia - our exploration of Finland's inventive food scene along with many ways the Finns are just better than the rest of us. Hope you enjoy and be sure to check out part one if you missed it.
Amazing Ashlee, I'm going to Helsinki each year for the Startup Conference Slush, and I've been 9 years in a row, Allas, Sulapac, Gold & Green, Solar Foods are all amazing companies. So happy you finally did a piece on our nordic neighbours the so are worth. Will be cool to see Zen Robotics in the next one.
Thank you! I definitely will!
We already have cancers, thank you.
Hey Ashlee, I really enjoy your videos. You are so laid back yet creative, funny, and your language usage is in an artistic level. Thanks that I can travel with you to these cool places :)
@@kashmirha Thanks so much for traveling along with us and for the kind words!
Great series with amazing topics being covered! Proud of living in Finland, though not being Finn by myself. Truly this country is the most humble, secure, and has a rich nature, in my opinion
"Run of the mill fast casual joint" = Waiter pops a + 300€ bottle of Dom Perignon. It sure as hell's not for your average Matti Meikäläinen :P. I mean come on, I cou
I am kinda assuming it just means place you can walk in without reserving a table in advance, which is like... normal here. Even in the expensive places.
It’s sarcasm haha. But yeah, you can eat out well in Finland but it’s going to cost you.
It looks like Restaurant Ultima
I´m proud to be Finnish in today´s world.
Im proud to be earthian
Minä myös.
I LOVE how Finland lives!
I love how they think waaaay outside the box.
I want to live there!
My praises to you Finland!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
The biking is fantastic! Bike lanes everywhere
We're full, go away.
Finish people dont like talking to people they don't know. Nor do they like discussing anything that is opinionated like politics, etc. They're not out going as it may appear in this video. However, these things aren't that major. Affordable healthcare, education, and amazing metal bands across all subcategories, its fantastic.
@@Theoneandonly88able amazing metal bands? I thought that was Sweden!
@@Theoneandonly88able Now now, don't be putting us all in one box. Some of us do like to talk to strangers and about politics, religions etc. And not all of us like metal as much as you do.
"Finns also eat really well"
*very confused Finnish person here watching the video eating bread and drinking milk after drinking half a beer*
(but honestly: we eat pretty healthily on average - not necessarily very "tastily" on average)
Even the rich finns live like normal finns.
Here really isnt ''rich'' people, heres the regulars (medium income = 25 000 - 30 000k/year) and then theres upper mid. Of course we have a few people but the 3rd richest man in Finland is 1600th worldwide. Richest guy in Finland has 3.5b which is lot but doesnt compare to other countries
0:08 "Its the annual eating of the herring in finland".
The fried fish shown in the video at that moment, was not herring. Its actually called "muikku" which is not even part of the herring family. Just pointing that out
vendace
There's always one in the crowd.
I actually watched that twice trying to see where the herring was,) Thanks for clarifying that
I’m a finn and i’ve never heard about this solar foods thing, i’m mindblown
Henna Elina sama, en tienny mite nyhtökauraa kasvatetaa tai muit tämmösii mut oon kyl syöny
The way he narrates reminds me of Anthony Bourdain with a higher pitched voice.
I mean, it's not that high is it? Need to hit the cigs harder
copy cat of anthony bourdain.
@@davidl2662 pretty much that the new thing now
I was thinking the same thing! Similar cadence and sense of humor.
@@jeremysnowden2836 more like he stole his whole shtick! no one wants to be the poor man's bourdain. but anyways think what u want..
Yet in the country that likes to boast about being the richest most powerful ever people live in continuous paranoia , fear, and desperation
@Stan CLC what do social workers do?
@Stan CLC that's horrifying but that can happen here also. Add that to cops, losing half our earnings to government and insurance companies that do not pay when they are needed and working 7 days a week and you have an idea of what I'm referring to.
@Mercury Okej dude, chill. I'm Finnish and I can confirm that what you are saying is NOT true. Social workers usually only take away children from parents in cases of abuse or if the parents are drug addicts. So please stop passing along conspiracy theories, thank you.
I would be fearful of getting sick at Finland because it can take months or years to get appointment to the doctor and even then the socialist government can deny your care. Bernie Sanders would be dead if he had his heart attack in Finland because getting help for it take on average 22 days.
@Stan CLC
You must not hit kids in Finland, it's against the law. Children are very well protected in Finland and can safely go around alone without their parents or guardians. If you hurt them as a parent you certainly will meet the social workers.
Hello America: Australia 🇦🇺 New Zealand 🇳🇿 are living better than you. Last year I went to California for the first time in a decade, I was shocked at how third world it’s become. What was more eye opening was that US citizens seem oblivious as to the extent of the stagnation. New Zealand runs a surplus ( not a deficit) and still has free healthcare, education including university liveable wage on top of minimum wage, a strong economy and near the top of the happiness index. Electric generation is 90% renewable and we are on track to be carbon neutral by 2050. It’s not all fabulous- we have our dark spots but ... Just saying, “ look outside your paradigm US people, think of your children’s children.
Nobody cares
@@bakugokatsuki908 well many americans obviously dont
Usa - worlds richest third world country 😂
US:"....? These comment is marked and reported as evil socialist propaganda! "
Pish Posh I left the states 12 years ago and moved home- best thing I ever did.
Estonian and Finnish people are quite close to each other and as an estonian i can say that finnish are the nicest and friendliest people to ever exist ❤️
Romiina Swan The real Estonians are too
Törp Mörp aaaawww kiitos🥰
Here I am at a fast casual joint: Waiter opens a $400 Dom Perignon Bottle...
As a Finn: that's not really a typical place/joint. Neither is the one with the shots served on a skii. A bit of overexaggeration for the video's purposes tbh
@@TheRrandomm Very exaggerated lol. We do have junk food here too. Just maybe not as junky as in some other places.
@intempify This video itself is a problem. When it's legal to lie to your face as long as they add fine print. Of course the society rots from the inside.
”Is there anything else we should know that happens in here?”
...
- ”Noo this is.. pretty legal” LMAO
being in a sauna with jasper paakkonen is like the life's goal.
Title: "The finns are probably living better than you"
Me, a Finn: *confused screaming*
Go to kontula and then tell me how happy everyone is
I visit a church in kontula called "metrokappeli" near kontulan metro station and there are plenty of people who lives in kontula and they are joyful and content with their lives.
i know couple of finns and i've been there, and gotta say they really are living better than any of us non nordics.
Really? Nice to hear, i'm finn and i love this country, there's no better place for me. 😂 Ofc there are some not so cool and nice stuff too, but every country has their own minor flaws.
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw i think that's not hard, fun thing... Birthrates are really, and i mean really low here right now, so low that media and other guys like doctors, nurses etc are telling that "hellooooo, peoples, u have make more babies, hurry up now"😂😂😂
@@xayahk2313 muslims Will take finland over...
And by God, their parks are parkier than yours?!
Are you *finish* yet? 😄🤣
Well played
Lets not be a Hater❤
We have decided that anyone that uses the "finish" joke when it comes to Finns, shall be hunted down and forced to eat mämmi without cream.
@@squidcaps4308 That's somefinn cruel alright.
except everyone is depressed
Actually no
@@MairusPleilinen Do you even live in finland?
@@themondayguy yes?
@@MairusPleilinen then you're an ignorant
@@cr3atur321 Do you live in Finland
The narrator and host looks exceptionally Finnish, especially with that hairstyle
Reminds me of Harri Moisio, a radio host :D
Asked my stylist for The Pääkkönen before heading over
Ashlee Vance hey! It’s the guy! 😃
infiltration
There are different hairstyles in Finland.
Surprising how much you were able to tell different things in such informative fashion. Thought Finland's catch points were already all over the TH-cam. Great job on this video, also, Suomi perrrekele
Gold & Green pulled oats? Everyone eats it? Nope... I don't eat it, none of my friends eat it... And yes, I am from Finland......
"Everyone in Finland I met eats it."
NOPE
Great job as always, Ashlee and the team!
5:15 Trust me, only very small part of population eats those pulled oats. Not everyone. No way Jose. Only few percent.
"Their kids are smarter than yours"
Me: Press x to doubt
Siis mun aivosolun puolikas huutaa hallelujah aina ku mä yritän kuulostaa fiksulta
... I have kids?
It Wasn't Me vITTU MOOD-
On toi kyllä vitun totta
It Wasn't Me hei sama
Joo tuo on aika kova mutta minullapa on kasvihuone tomaatin IQ
im finnish and didnt know about most of these things even existing
Spent a summer in Finland/Norway they definitely live better than we do in the USA.
Summertime does wonders to Nordics, they wanna get as much out of warm weather as possible. It only lasts three months, give or take.
Did you spent a winter there as well?
Finland is eagleton and the rest of the world is pawnee
Hopefully they don’t go into debt too
But there is no leslie :/
Trump is Ron
9 months maternity leave in Finland? Wow that's pretty good than I expected
Finland is the best place to be a mother and have a baby in. the laws are very strict, to bring security for any1 who is expecting a child.
Fathers get 9 weeks of which 3 weeks can be shared with a mother.
It's even better than 9 months maternity leave. Parents of a new baby are entitled to the following paid leave:
* Around 4.5 months of maternity leave, starting from 5 weeks before the baby is due (or earlier if necessary), which can only be taken by the mother except in special circumstances.
* Around 6 months of parental leave which can be taken by either parent or split between the parents (starting after the maternity leave ends).
* 9 weeks of paternity leave (taken by the father), of which 3 weeks can be taken at the same time the mother is on maternity/parental leave and the remainder must be taken at a different time.
@@Alexandros.Mograine perhaps economically but not culturally
Please come here and have a baby. Our birth rates are dropping
The difference is that in America, everyone does not look the same. It is easier for homogenous countries to want the best for people that look like them.
turquoiseshopaholic That is a sad statement to make. That we would be so un-evolved that we would only care about those that look like us. Tragic really.
I’m Finnish and have never eaten something called golden green
Ever heard of nyhtökaura? :)
@@katariina3319 so pulled pork
@@aracistpriest6121 pulled oat.
"state provided lube"
wow
More better to screw you with my dear😂
I'm a Finn and actually until now I had no clue that such things as condoms and lube are included in the baby box. I feel a bit disgusted...
@@Nothingbutdust_ discusted for what exactly?
@@MRRandom975 I probably shouldn't have laughed but
MRRandom975 LMAO
Omg, those animations used in this video are so beautiful! I love them.
When you compare the US to any other country just in terms of days off you’ll see. Its suprising how low it is. I mean, when you argue that china doesnt support human rights, they got more days off then the US and they got vpns so they can easily get around not seeing youtube. that alone already says it... how can you be happy when your in the office all year and your company is giving ONE DAY off for christmas in the MIDDLE OF THE WEEK!? Forget the eggnog cause i gotta go to work the next day after christmas! Fuck thattt
Finland is not a socialist paradise. Finland is what capitalism should be.
Title: The finns are probably livingg better than you
Me: Well i mean i live in finland so you are kind of wrong
ok
Sama
Yes Finnish live better than north Americans and also well educated people .
10:46 stuff like that don't happen in America.
All that stuff is crap anyway, just use coconut oil it actually works.
@@Mrbfgray Someone is salty
Does in Canada... oh. Sorry
@@Mrbfgray i dont think that works with latex products
@@sacrilegioussasquatch I wouldn't know. :D
The host also looks more Finn over these episodes.
That place really got to me
I went to Finland for the first time in 2018 and went to a public sauna. I thought it was too hot and opened the door slightly. Another guy in the room scolded me in Finnish (which I couldn't understand) like he was about to murder me, and started to put WAY too much water on the hot stones and making the room WAY too hot, like he was protesting to me.
Ah, Finland. You should always practice before going into a public one with private ones. Even kids can deal with the high heat usually that foreigners can't because they're used to it so Finns do get angry if you make them 'freeze' in the Sauna.
The difference between an American and a Finnish person is when they walk
by a homeless person is that an American thinks that you deserve to be homeless and a Finnish person thinks how can i help you..
Why does his voice sound like he's playing a character?? It is so exaggerated I can't really take him seriously
Sounds like he's trying to mimic Anthony Bourdain. Same delivery. Nothing wrong with that. He's copying a pretty amazing storyteller. I loved Bourdain and his writing, delivery & humour. RIP
Exactly! Get your own style!
That protein is probably the future in space food.
It's soylent brown, and it can't get to all of us fast enough. I'd love to have tasty curries, burgers, omlettes, and bacon made out of that stuff! My proteins come in a lot of shapes and sizes-beef, chicken, pork, tofu, salmon, tuna, whey powder, eggs, edamame, lentils-great to have more options with potential health benefits.
The Finns really are the best.
He has never looked American.
@@ttbalog
What does that mean? Try rephrasing.
Yes maybe if every country had less then 6 million people and were not diverse at all.
@@pseudonymousbeing987 He does not look like a typical American.
@@mikemike6808 Don't sound like or be a Hater❤
He does seem to adopt a lot of Anthony Bourdain's style, but I can't hold it against him. While he probably doesn't inted it, he's just trying to plug a hole left in everyone's hearts.
We need more journalists like Ashley
Ashlee
I almost expected you to introduce the baby as lab, bacterial grown vegan protein baby
An interesting watch. Lessons many governments can take away
It seems like heaven!!!! I love how everyone seems to care so much about each other!!!!
Amazing!!
Everyone trusts each other, for some reason.
A tiny homogeneous country
@Raigou Clearly you haven't been to the east side of Helsinki.
Raigou they might all be white but they definitely don’t all hold the same opinions. You guys forget that africa is full of Africans and if you use that logic why is there so Much wars in Africa if they’re all black??? Color is just something we sadly value but we forget that people are very different.
Also we have this thing called terpi senda
Wait i’m finnish but i stg i’ve NEVER heard anyone say they put their babies outside to take a nap
parvekkeille
Finns sometimes fall into depression,
Because the sunlight they can receive is limited during winter.
I don't get the love for straws. Like use your damn hands and mouth directly.
they have vegan food at TACO BELL. I've never wanted to move somewhere so much in my life
I live in Finland and ngl i haven’t seen a taco bell here ever lol
@@thetrashtrain3774 I know three of them. I'm also from Finland. :P
@@thetrashtrain3774 the only ones are in the downtown Helsinki. Oh and there might be one in Itäkeskus too... but it's still in Helsinki...
Nice video. It’s always nice to hear which things are better than others.
I’m a Finn. My biggest concern atm is advanced maths. That should tell something about the safety in Finland.
We all should invest on this companies - and then the whole world gets to live well like them!
Im sure nestle or tyson etc..will buy golden greens soon enough.
*Hears gow badly he pronounces people's names*
Laughs in finnish.
That looked like a fun but interesting trip! Thanks, Ashlee and team.
Was good one. Thx! Have you seen the Chile episode? A proper adventure
You're making me feel proud 🇫🇮
Most Finns love meat, sometimes even eat reindeer. Quite a few people have an alcohol problem and don't even get me started with the amount of smoking. There is a high suicide rate and most of us can't go and escape reality in that crazy expensive restaurant.