Goodman in Hämeenlinna is named after the singer Irwin Goodman (real name Antti Hammarberg) who was born in Hämeenlinna. He was very popular among the people but not very much among critics; he was originally a protest singer. - I remember you once, in a Hesburger game, were near Goodman as well.
First four rounds were pretty easy, but I had real trouble pinpointing the last round too, even tho I instantly knew where Vuosaari is. Did eventually manage the perfect game tho. @6:35 Yes that is an ambulance.
OY means LLC in English. It's not like oy, but O Y, Osakeyhtiö. Also Malmi has few stores that sells Asian and African produce and one that sells Estonian stuff. That Goodman mall is named after Irwin Goodman, a Finnish folk-rock singer
Iso Omena literally means Big Apple, so it is a reference to New York City. New York, or Manhattan more specifically, is known as a really good place for shopping, so that's the mental connection they are trying to create there. Even if people aren't aware of that connection, "Iso Omena" is a rather fun and positive name. This video reminded me of something that I've watched other videos about: shopping malls are dying out in America but they are doing well in Europe. There's a number of reasons for that, but one reason is that in America, shopping malls tend to be in the middle of nowhere. People need to specifically go there and nowadays many just don't bother because buying stuff online is easier. In Europe, like you can see in this video, shopping centers very often are in the center of the city or in other places where people move anyways. Iso Omena seems to have a metro station in it, so it would be a place where people who use public transportation change from one vehicle to another. Many of these places also have restaurants in them, so that people who work nearby go to have lunch there. This is apparently the case pretty much everywhere in Europe: shopping malls are in places where people go anyways, and that's why they still get customers, even though people also shop online. Another important difference is that here shopping centers almost always include stores that sell stuff that people buy in any case, like grocery stores, pharmacies and Alko. When people go to do their normal grocery shopping, they might end up visiting the other stores too, since they are there already. American shopping malls don't usually sell anything that people need on a daily basis, so people don't go there that easily.
Goodman is not the only shopping center in Finland that has a road under it. The shopping center Revontuli in Rovaniemi is also built half on top of the road. highway 4 runs straight under the shopping center Revontuli, while the rinteekulma shopping center is right there on the road and also next to Revontuli. Strictly speaking, these two are actually one large building complex, Revontuli was built right next to Rinteenkulma and today there are two gateways between the two shopping centers, originally there was only one gateway between the two at the north end of the building complex, but today there is also a gateway between the two shopping centers at the south end.
Hämeenlinna's Goodman was built due to Hämeenlinna's need for a proper shopping center, and since there was no place to place it, it was built on the highway. Hämeenlinna is actually the oldest non-coastal city in Finland, fun fact. The center has historical value so it's good that it was built on the highway instead of some old buildings. :D
@@alloverthemap23 I guess it doesn't take too much imagination to come up with game like this if Ice hockey is already known. But in Sweden they developed this into a serious sport in 70's and 80's. I think International Floorball federation is even trying to get the sport into the Olympics in the future.
It's frustrating when I see the right place on the map you're looking at, but you move the map so fast that you don't have time to see the place names. I live in Espoo, but I visited Hämeenlinna about a week ago. A really beautiful city, nothing special but in the middle of nature, hard to understand that it is really a city. The last month has been really beautiful and warm in Finland. It is always a mystery when spring will come and what it will be like. Spring has been beautiful this year. If you come to Finland, I hope the season and weather is right and your channel's Followers can prepare a real-world GeoGuesser tasks for you. A few pictures as a hint and a traditional city map to help. In Helsinki, you would receive 5 envelopes each containing a few photos, a map of the city and a one-day ticket for public transport (bus, tram, metro, commuter train and ferries). I already know what the finish would be, like the Amazing Race :-) The intermediate stages would be one of the city's attractions. I said it before, but I'll say it again: Metro runs from Espoo to Helsinki, practically only one line. There are trams only in Helsinki and Tampere. The names of the roads are either in one or two different languages. In Finnish, Swedish or Sami. The combinations of these or the lack of them will quickly tell you where in Finland you are. Oy (OsakeYhtiö) = LTD. Not LLC.
Once again I'm writing a loooong comment while watching your play. You spotted the beer pub "Bierhaus Köln". There are three pubs of that company around Helsinki and they are named after German cities. The other two are München and Berlin :) Musti and Mirri is a pet stuff shop and they exist around the country. Musti is a stereotypical dog's name and Mirri is similarly cat's name. On the 3rd round you were next to Iso Omena (lit. Big Apple). You have been almost at the same location in some of your previous games maybe a year ago. Shopping center Goodman is named after a famous singer Antti Hammarberg whose artist name was Irwin Goodman. He was originally from Hämeenlinna. "Uutuus" means a novelty or newness. Quite common word in ads.
Your original pronounciaton of Hartwall as Heart-wall was fine for a non native, later said "I guess "Heart-well" but "Heart-wall" was actually closer Edit: as an Espoo native no it is not an area in Helsinki, it is just the nearest city :D And pronounced like Po from Kung fu panda, not as Poo
Whenever you see the metro, your options are narrowed down quite a bit due to the tiny size of the network, which is just one line that branches off to another in the east, at Itäkeskus (or Itis, as it's called locally). I saw a few of your videos when you did Finland for the first time, and I clicked again out of curiosity to see if you've picked up some pronunciation. I was really surprised by how much you've done so; you dodged Seinäjoki, Jaffa, and other common "traps" for native English speakers (J and Y, cadence, intonation, A and Ä, O and Ö). You might as well learn Finnish at this rate, my man.
I made a new map called "Water features in Nordic towns/cities (handpicked)", and sent you an e-mail about it, if you're interested in trying that one.
5th round. Metro tracks. They are not shown on Google maps very reliably, since they are not part of the "proper" railway network. In this case the whole Vuosaari branch is still missing from the map in spite of the branch opening already in 1998. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuosaari_metro_station
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Goodman in Hämeenlinna is named after the singer Irwin Goodman (real name Antti Hammarberg) who was born in Hämeenlinna. He was very popular among the people but not very much among critics; he was originally a protest singer. - I remember you once, in a Hesburger game, were near Goodman as well.
First four rounds were pretty easy, but I had real trouble pinpointing the last round too, even tho I instantly knew where Vuosaari is. Did eventually manage the perfect game tho.
@6:35 Yes that is an ambulance.
OY means LLC in English. It's not like oy, but O Y, Osakeyhtiö. Also Malmi has few stores that sells Asian and African produce and one that sells Estonian stuff. That Goodman mall is named after Irwin Goodman, a Finnish folk-rock singer
Iso Omena literally means Big Apple, so it is a reference to New York City. New York, or Manhattan more specifically, is known as a really good place for shopping, so that's the mental connection they are trying to create there. Even if people aren't aware of that connection, "Iso Omena" is a rather fun and positive name.
This video reminded me of something that I've watched other videos about: shopping malls are dying out in America but they are doing well in Europe. There's a number of reasons for that, but one reason is that in America, shopping malls tend to be in the middle of nowhere. People need to specifically go there and nowadays many just don't bother because buying stuff online is easier. In Europe, like you can see in this video, shopping centers very often are in the center of the city or in other places where people move anyways. Iso Omena seems to have a metro station in it, so it would be a place where people who use public transportation change from one vehicle to another. Many of these places also have restaurants in them, so that people who work nearby go to have lunch there. This is apparently the case pretty much everywhere in Europe: shopping malls are in places where people go anyways, and that's why they still get customers, even though people also shop online.
Another important difference is that here shopping centers almost always include stores that sell stuff that people buy in any case, like grocery stores, pharmacies and Alko. When people go to do their normal grocery shopping, they might end up visiting the other stores too, since they are there already. American shopping malls don't usually sell anything that people need on a daily basis, so people don't go there that easily.
Great analysis and agree - the malls in the US are basically dead with a few exceptions.
Goodman is not the only shopping center in Finland that has a road under it. The shopping center Revontuli in Rovaniemi is also built half on top of the road.
highway 4 runs straight under the shopping center Revontuli, while the rinteekulma shopping center is right there on the road and also next to Revontuli. Strictly speaking, these two are actually one large building complex, Revontuli was built right next to Rinteenkulma and today there are two gateways between the two shopping centers, originally there was only one gateway between the two at the north end of the building complex, but today there is also a gateway between the two shopping centers at the south end.
I lived across from Iso Omena and watched them build the extension.
Nice one. You've gotten much better at looking at city boroughs, at least in Helsinki. 😀
Thanks!
Hämeenlinna's Goodman was built due to Hämeenlinna's need for a proper shopping center, and since there was no place to place it, it was built on the highway.
Hämeenlinna is actually the oldest non-coastal city in Finland, fun fact. The center has historical value so it's good that it was built on the highway instead of some old buildings. :D
P.S Lived near Hämeenlinna for 22 years.
could you do a "finlands hospitals or sanatoriums"
Yes, I will play soon
Salibandy aka floorball is a hockey type of sport that is played indoors. It's popular in Sweden and in Finland.
What's weird about this - is that we played this a long time ago when I was in elementary school in the US!
@@alloverthemap23 I guess it doesn't take too much imagination to come up with game like this if Ice hockey is already known. But in Sweden they developed this into a serious sport in 70's and 80's.
I think International Floorball federation is even trying to get the sport into the Olympics in the future.
Seeing you drive by my house in this episode was quite fun
It's frustrating when I see the right place on the map you're looking at, but you move the map so fast that you don't have time to see the place names.
I live in Espoo, but I visited Hämeenlinna about a week ago. A really beautiful city, nothing special but in the middle of nature, hard to understand that it is really a city.
The last month has been really beautiful and warm in Finland. It is always a mystery when spring will come and what it will be like. Spring has been beautiful this year.
If you come to Finland, I hope the season and weather is right and your channel's Followers can prepare a real-world GeoGuesser tasks for you. A few pictures as a hint and a traditional city map to help.
In Helsinki, you would receive 5 envelopes each containing a few photos, a map of the city and a one-day ticket for public transport (bus, tram, metro, commuter train and ferries). I already know what the finish would be, like the Amazing Race :-) The intermediate stages would be one of the city's attractions.
I said it before, but I'll say it again: Metro runs from Espoo to Helsinki, practically only one line. There are trams only in Helsinki and Tampere. The names of the roads are either in one or two different languages. In Finnish, Swedish or Sami. The combinations of these or the lack of them will quickly tell you where in Finland you are.
Oy (OsakeYhtiö) = LTD. Not LLC.
Trams in Espoo also :)
This is great - I love this idea.
Once again I'm writing a loooong comment while watching your play.
You spotted the beer pub "Bierhaus Köln". There are three pubs of that company around Helsinki and they are named after German cities. The other two are München and Berlin :)
Musti and Mirri is a pet stuff shop and they exist around the country. Musti is a stereotypical dog's name and Mirri is similarly cat's name.
On the 3rd round you were next to Iso Omena (lit. Big Apple). You have been almost at the same location in some of your previous games maybe a year ago.
Shopping center Goodman is named after a famous singer Antti Hammarberg whose artist name was Irwin Goodman. He was originally from Hämeenlinna.
"Uutuus" means a novelty or newness. Quite common word in ads.
Your original pronounciaton of Hartwall as Heart-wall was fine for a non native, later said "I guess "Heart-well" but "Heart-wall" was actually closer
Edit: as an Espoo native no it is not an area in Helsinki, it is just the nearest city :D And pronounced like Po from Kung fu panda, not as Poo
Whenever you see the metro, your options are narrowed down quite a bit due to the tiny size of the network, which is just one line that branches off to another in the east, at Itäkeskus (or Itis, as it's called locally).
I saw a few of your videos when you did Finland for the first time, and I clicked again out of curiosity to see if you've picked up some pronunciation. I was really surprised by how much you've done so; you dodged Seinäjoki, Jaffa, and other common "traps" for native English speakers (J and Y, cadence, intonation, A and Ä, O and Ö). You might as well learn Finnish at this rate, my man.
I made a new map called "Water features in Nordic towns/cities (handpicked)", and sent you an e-mail about it, if you're interested in trying that one.
Thanks - will check it out
5th round. Metro tracks. They are not shown on Google maps very reliably, since they are not part of the "proper" railway network. In this case the whole Vuosaari branch is still missing from the map in spite of the branch opening already in 1998. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuosaari_metro_station
Aisou Oumiina in Espuu
The Mcgary's is fucking hilarious btw, the name is roughly how you pronounce McDonalds in Finnish -> "Mäkdonalds" -> "Mäkkäri" -> "Mc Gary"
Finnish shopping centers, so you mean industrial warehouses surrounded by trees and fields.
what?