At least in the third point, it was apparently quite an old picture, however, Anttila went bankrupt in 2016 and the last Anttila department store closed its operations in December 2016
@@alloverthemap23 They were just a generic supermarket, you could get pretty much anything from them iirc, later when Kesko bought them they stopped selling food. I still have a bunch of PS2 games with a faded Anttila price tags.
The instant I saw the buildings on the first location I sais "Töölö" out loud. Mind you, I've never been on that road but there is somethingvery distinguishable about the architecture. I was proved right when you got into that weird intersection that I personally hope I never have to drive through. Probably my fist and last time of getting the location so right :DD Anyway, love tuning into to your videos every once in a while. The calm vibe is always really nice.
Maybe it's more of a cultural thing what Finns vs Americans consider a city centre. I'd still consider Töölö part of the Helsinki city centre. @7:05 That green "orb" on the ground is a reflection from the traffic light. There's a small puddle there. :D @8:20 Not school, the overalls are for tertiary education students. Not actually sure where the tradition started. The overalls are used in student events and some student focused holidays (like May Day, or Vappu in Finnish), not actual classes. I guess it's part of increasing the sense of community among the students. The overalls are nowadays usually sponsored by some company to lower the costs (in turn they print their logo on them), and they also usually have the logo of your faculty you're studying at. The cloth patches are sewn on to make your overall unique. Some of the patches can be from different student events, some companies make patches with their own logos, but a lot of them are aftermarket items with jokes, memes, and other things related to student life and/or your interests and it's completely up to you what kind of patches you want to show on them. That Kajaani round had some old footage, Anttila department store filed bankruptcy in 2016. @18:26 Tunnels are not that common in Finland, for the reasons you mentioned.
Finnish student overalls have independent history going back to 1940s for very specific group events but their history intersects with the history of student overalls in Sweden around 1970s, at which point apparently they started becoming increasingly common among university students, especially students of technical universities and faculties of natural sciences. The tradition spread to other universities and eventually to universities of applied sciences in Finland...
I just played the same game earlier today!! I also think it's a nice one. I got 24953 points in 20 minutes (I'm not as fast as you are!) It says in the description that the locations are in the centres or close by. That's why you had that Töölö which is about 3km away from Helsinki city centre.
You did it well. I was a little slow today and spent over 10 min. The first round was very easy, because I have driven over that location countless times. Quite old footage on round 3. There was a big Anttila store and the company went bankcrupt in 2016.
8:40 Overalls are not used for school but student activities. Same color and design for a group. There are some ads to help with the cost and the rest is individualization and different traditions. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_boilersuit )
RIP Anttila, bankrupt but not forgotten. Classic department store (no food, but clothes / electronics / decor / homewares / some smaller furniture etc). TopTen which they are advertising was their music, movies and games section. When I was a kid TopTen where like 90% of my money went. Even when we didn't have any money, it would be fun to go there and play the display consoles. Sometimes they would have weird stuff like a huge transport cage filled up with CD singles, which were 10 pieces for 1 Finnish mark (iirc). Like absolute bottom of the barrel rejects, not that CD singles ever were as popular as vinyl singles. It was difficult finding 10 different ones you'd even theoretically want to listen to.
The map is made with GeoGuessrs "Polygonal regions" so not handpicked and thats why it has over 1000 locations and most of them are probably not even in the downtown. But the biggest downside of not handpicked maps is the bug of GeoGuessr with Finland that we saw on rounds 3 & 5. For example the Pori round it shows only year 2009 street view even though every street there has 2023 coverage. That's why you should play only handpicked maps of Finland. Other bug with Finland Geoguessr is that it picks unofficial coverage over newer official coverage.
First round: first time in these videos that I could have gone directly to the map. Töölö is often understood as part of the Helsinki centre. At a walking distance of the actual centre at least.
Interesting. When Americans think of the city center - it means the central part with tall buildings and the intersection of main streets centrally... well at least me. ha
Yle I guess is the only one that is not geoblocked, or you should find Muumin or some other kid show . For an American pick any kid show you know and find it Finnish.
I have a tip for you when pronouncing the letter ö, you should try to pronounce in the same way as you pronounce ”earth” and ”dirt” in english, some finns have a strong accent and they say those words like ”öörth” and ”döört”
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12:30 Anttila's last department store, in Helsinki, was closed on December 14, 2016
Going back in time...
At least in the third point, it was apparently quite an old picture, however, Anttila went bankrupt in 2016 and the last Anttila department store closed its operations in December 2016
What would one get at Anttila?
Sampo pankki too, didn't go bankrupt but changed their name.
@@alloverthemap23 They were just a generic supermarket, you could get pretty much anything from them iirc, later when Kesko bought them they stopped selling food.
I still have a bunch of PS2 games with a faded Anttila price tags.
The instant I saw the buildings on the first location I sais "Töölö" out loud. Mind you, I've never been on that road but there is somethingvery distinguishable about the architecture. I was proved right when you got into that weird intersection that I personally hope I never have to drive through. Probably my fist and last time of getting the location so right :DD
Anyway, love tuning into to your videos every once in a while. The calm vibe is always really nice.
Green orb on the ground? Reflection of the green light in a puddle of the traffic light above.
Yes - I like to stir the pot a bit
Maybe it's more of a cultural thing what Finns vs Americans consider a city centre. I'd still consider Töölö part of the Helsinki city centre.
@7:05 That green "orb" on the ground is a reflection from the traffic light. There's a small puddle there. :D
@8:20 Not school, the overalls are for tertiary education students. Not actually sure where the tradition started. The overalls are used in student events and some student focused holidays (like May Day, or Vappu in Finnish), not actual classes. I guess it's part of increasing the sense of community among the students. The overalls are nowadays usually sponsored by some company to lower the costs (in turn they print their logo on them), and they also usually have the logo of your faculty you're studying at. The cloth patches are sewn on to make your overall unique. Some of the patches can be from different student events, some companies make patches with their own logos, but a lot of them are aftermarket items with jokes, memes, and other things related to student life and/or your interests and it's completely up to you what kind of patches you want to show on them.
That Kajaani round had some old footage, Anttila department store filed bankruptcy in 2016.
@18:26 Tunnels are not that common in Finland, for the reasons you mentioned.
Finnish student overalls have independent history going back to 1940s for very specific group events but their history intersects with the history of student overalls in Sweden around 1970s, at which point apparently they started becoming increasingly common among university students, especially students of technical universities and faculties of natural sciences. The tradition spread to other universities and eventually to universities of applied sciences in Finland...
I would consider Töölö part of "Kantakaupunki" which means "Inner city or downtown area" but not as city center.
I just played the same game earlier today!! I also think it's a nice one. I got 24953 points in 20 minutes (I'm not as fast as you are!)
It says in the description that the locations are in the centres or close by. That's why you had that Töölö which is about 3km away from Helsinki city centre.
You did it well. I was a little slow today and spent over 10 min. The first round was very easy, because I have driven over that location countless times. Quite old footage on round 3. There was a big Anttila store and the company went bankcrupt in 2016.
2:29 that tree way too close to the road, i hated driving past that with a truck and that's the only reason why i recognized the spot lmao
12:39 Kajaani City
I usually don't watch these videos, but i had to because my home home town and closest church was on thumbnail.
Thanks for watching today!
8:40 Overalls are not used for school but student activities. Same color and design for a group. There are some ads to help with the cost and the rest is individualization and different traditions. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_boilersuit )
And also students get patches from different events they participate in, I have a ton of those patches but I never bought the overalls 😁
RIP Anttila, bankrupt but not forgotten. Classic department store (no food, but clothes / electronics / decor / homewares / some smaller furniture etc). TopTen which they are advertising was their music, movies and games section. When I was a kid TopTen where like 90% of my money went. Even when we didn't have any money, it would be fun to go there and play the display consoles. Sometimes they would have weird stuff like a huge transport cage filled up with CD singles, which were 10 pieces for 1 Finnish mark (iirc). Like absolute bottom of the barrel rejects, not that CD singles ever were as popular as vinyl singles. It was difficult finding 10 different ones you'd even theoretically want to listen to.
Someone can correct me if im wrong but i believe keski-porin kirkko is the only church in finland with a cast iron tower
Lappeenranta is my hometown!🤩
Once again you need to zoom notably closer to see the street names Google embarrasingly leave hidden.
Medieval chruches would be interesting
Coming soon
The map is made with GeoGuessrs "Polygonal regions" so not handpicked and thats why it has over 1000 locations and most of them are probably not even in the downtown. But the biggest downside of not handpicked maps is the bug of GeoGuessr with Finland that we saw on rounds 3 & 5. For example the Pori round it shows only year 2009 street view even though every street there has 2023 coverage. That's why you should play only handpicked maps of Finland. Other bug with Finland Geoguessr is that it picks unofficial coverage over newer official coverage.
I wish the GeoGuessr search function was better - if you have any handpicked maps, please share as these are my favorite!
First round: first time in these videos that I could have gone directly to the map. Töölö is often understood as part of the Helsinki centre. At a walking distance of the actual centre at least.
Interesting. When Americans think of the city center - it means the central part with tall buildings and the intersection of main streets centrally... well at least me. ha
I knew the first location looked too familiar. I lived about 200m from the start location.
you know Finnish cities better then native finns!
Job interview tomorrow , unsure if I want the job, but way better then what I am doing now 😅
Yle I guess is the only one that is not geoblocked, or you should find Muumin or some other kid show . For an American pick any kid show you know and find it Finnish.
I have a tip for you when pronouncing the letter ö, you should try to pronounce in the same way as you pronounce ”earth” and ”dirt” in english, some finns have a strong accent and they say those words like ”öörth” and ”döört”
Finland doesn't really have any cities. Just collections of buildings sparsely strewn about here and there separated by barren wilderness.
Not quite true.