10 Things in My Finnish Home That Just Make Sense

🏠 Finnish homes are popularly known for their sleek & simple nordic design. But, I think what's even more impressive is the amount of things you can find in a Finnish home that just make sense! 💡
🇫🇮 In this video, you'll take a mini-tour in a Finnish home and learn the 10 things in a Finnish home that just make sense to me.
Here's the list:
Bidet (käsisuihku) - 00:47
Heated floors (lattialämmitys) - 01:11
Cheese slicer (juustohöylä) - 01:32
Dish drying cabinet (astiankuivauskaappi) - 01:59
Dish brush (tiskiharja) - 02:20
Water switch for dishwasher (pesukoneventtiili) - 02:57
Recycling bins (kierrätysastiat) - 03:25
Sauna - 03:44
Clothes drying rack (pyykinkuivausteline) - 04:14
Towels and bedsheets (liinavaatteet) - 04:35
*Bonus window blinds (sälekaihtimet) 😱 - 05:32
Drop a comment below to let me know which item on the list is the most interesting ⬇️
Pssst. Check out my blog post on "The Modern Nordic Look," for more Finnish home inspiration herfinland.com/finnish-home-d... 🤩

[@smogthagget]

The cupboard for drying dishes was a revelation to me when I first visited Finland. Such a good idea!

[@HerFinland]

It really is!

[@PrzemkoUrban]

@@HerFinland that is nothing new in my country, but I was really surprised living abroad that dryer stands on the kitchen board and using its room.

[@karenwillough180]

Many countries in Europe have this.

[@jhweisen]

The dishdryingcuboard is the most useful idea that is rarely seen elsewhere. There are two things I don't like in Finnish homes: - Bathrooms with a shower without a cubicle, because the whole floor gets wet. - The miniature side windows with mosquito nets. They do not provide enough fresh air in the summer, as the main windows cannot be opened. As a result, in the summer Finnish homes get hotter than Italian ones. I have experiences 29C day and night! It should be possible to open the entire window and of course the whole area should be equipped with mosquitoe net. I have seen such windows from German manufacturers. Finally about the proper blinds. They make perfect sense in warm sunny countries, as blocking out the sun helps keeping the house cool. In Finland, which is warming up fast, the summer sun can start roasting you at 4am or earlier if you have a north east facing bedroom window and proper blinds would be just right to allow a good night's sleep.

[@debbylou5729]

I don’t get it. It’s just a place for dishes. I know I try and finish everything. I don’t get the fascination with Scandinavia. Nothing they do is ground breaking. Of course the floors are heated. The environment is harsh and horrible for the majority of the year

[@everythingisnand]

Swede here! I use both brush and sponge, depending on what I am cleaning. pots and pans and rougher stains require a brush but sponges are better at getting grease off of things, and are softer on the glass item so you don't scratch them.

[@jansundvall2082]

You forgot one of the few Norwegian inventions the cheese slicer, which is common also in Swedish kitchens

[@BE-bs8oe]

@@jansundvall2082 haha, we call it a dutch national tool;)))

[@everythingisnand]

@@jansundvall2082 i didn't forget it, but I don't use it when doing the dishes.

[@megand175]

Same here in Australia

[@freeshrugs63]

Same here in U.S. Depends on what I'm cleaning. Utensils usually get a brush because it goes between the tines of a fork. Also, other than the brush I mostly use a cloth with a mesh side for scratching. Dries quickly, lasts forever!

[@treeoflife91]

A thing I realised I didn't appreciate enough before: completely tiled and well waterproofed bathrooms you could just hose down to clean. A carpeted bathroom with a tiny closed shower stall I saw still gives me the willies. And bathrooms with no tilted floors so the water would just go up to the goddamn door. Everything in Finland is so thoughtfully built and efficient, I love it.

[@marinae4672]

Carpet in the bathroom? You must be British! :D

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@cruzinbosco]

The dish drying in the cabinet idea just blew my mind. I never have anywhere to properly dry my dishes without dust and germs everywhere... this is something I can make happen. So glad you included this!

[@natalia18233]

It’s very common in Israel

[@krewetkaaaa]

In Poland it's standard. Especially if you don't have dishwasher. In italy also common

[@joannesmith2484]

@@krewetkaaaa I'm in the US and have never seen one. I love it!

[@randigerber1926]

If wet or damp things dry in the dark, doesn't mold grow on them? I thought that daylight/sunlight was safer to prevent germ and mold growth.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@candytoo3729]

I am married to a Finn and lived in Finland for years. We are now in Newfoundland where I am from and I still miss the dish drying cupboard. Best invention ever! Love Finland. Beautiful, wonderful country and people.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@bambit08]

I want a Finnish home - so wonderfully practical. I love the 'astiankuivauskaappi' and brought one back to England after living in Finland. 💙🇫🇮💙

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@thisisnara92]

Portuguese here and my grandma also used to do that with old sheets and pillow covers, got a lot of them that I use for cleaning purposes too at my house :) I think the sponge/brush is a personal preference here, but usually we use the sponge more. Maybe brush if we need to do some deeper cleaning on pots, woks, etc.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting Ru! 🧡

[@laurencejohnson4106]

In my opinion, your bonny smile is the best part of this video!👍👍

[@HerFinland]

Awww Thanks!

[@KaizerBillimoria]

Dish sponge. When a Finn takes a deep breath to say a Finnish word, That is the best part of the video!

[@period.channel]

That slicer design just opened my eyes

[@MBA-pz6tu]

The drying dishes cabinet is brilliant! So no need to put them away after washing as they are stored away!

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

I love the little sprayer in the bathroom! That would have been so handy when my kids were little.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@uthinkaboutthat]

I’m from North Carolina, Southeastern US, and grew up with a lot of “creature comforts,” one being a cheese slicer. I didn’t realize it was a particularly Scandinavian concept. I enjoyed slicing blocks of cheddar. But ours I think had a more rounded edge.

[@annwilliams2075]

I am in the UK and use both a brush and a sponge to wash dishes. Also have the cheese slicer - it is a great to use when making sandwiches and when I need thin slices of cheese in cooking. I always put matching folded sheets, extra pillow cases and duvet cover in one of the pillow cases. So when changing the bed can take out a whole set at once.

[@joanne4850]

Love the bedding in the pillow case idea! Why didn't I think of that? Makes such sense.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@lucianomoraes8234]

your joy is contagious on any bad day. I love watching your videos. a big kiss and hug from Rio de Janeiro Brazil 😘🌹🇧🇷

[@broomrider4699]

I live in Perth, Western Australia. I’ve had a cheese slicer for years & I love it! I use my dish brush when I really need to scrub off baked on food, but sponges are a perfect home for germs 🦠 so I prefer microfibre cloths & I wash them regularly. We also have recycling bins in Aus. They are pretty much standard in most homes now as are clothes drying racks, but I would give my left arm for a sauna! Many Aussie homes have swimming pools or spas instead. I think all my old towels and sheets have become cleaning rags over the years, but I cherish the handmade quilts my Grandmother made for me and my daughter. I really enjoyed watching your video 😁 Thank you for sharing. P.s When it comes to blinds, the only good ones are called “Holland” blinds or as we uncouth Aussies call them, “pull down blinds”. 😅

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@scar3xcr0]

My 5th grade teacher was from Perth, good man. You should look at videos of how to build a sauna on KZbin they aren't to hard to make. I have built surfer saunas on remote stretches of beach near the California/Oregon border out of recycled metal, driftwood, cardboard, and old advertising banners. Makes boogie boarding way more fun in the winter.

[@Moonwizard420]

I also live in Perth. I want to visit Finland so bad.

[@louvaniste]

Aah, the drying cupboard above the kitchen sink is a brilliant idea. I will copy that in my own kitchen. For dishwashing, I use a brush (that I see you can suspend above the kitchen sink, hanging from the drying cupboard). Leaves a neat and empty kitchen counter. And also I use a sponge with a scrubbing side (Scotch Brite) when you need the scrubbing function (stains, limestone traces on cooking pots). You could film certain details just a bit longer, for better viewing and comprehension. Thanks. From Belgium.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@olenkaradeglia4257]

Stayed in Helsinki a couple of years ago. I loved the drying rack cabinet a lot. The kitchen in my host Anuska's apartment was compact, but very convenient. The inbuilt closets in bedrooms with sliding doors had a huge amount of space even if those apartment buildings were built in the early 80s. I had to use a key to enter the apartment building too. Each front door had the last name of the apartment owner. Loved to clothes lines outside to dry bed sheets. Here where I live (my house is a part of a subdivision), I can only dry my clothing in the backporch, not outside of my house, even if the land is my own property. Love Finland so much! God bless this beautiful country and its amazing people. I will be back soon.

[@pezsworld2909]

Hi from Minnesota, USA. My roommate in college was from Finland and you remind me of her! My favorite is the cheese slicer. I never thought to use it to slice cucumbers. The ease in which you sliced made me think I should be buying cheese in bulk instead of sliced already. And as far as washing dishes, I always use a dish brush because I think it’s more sanitary. It can be easily washed in the dishwasher. Thank you for your fun, KZbins!

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@mauri.m]

Dish brush is a relict from the time before dishwashers. People washed table-ware by hands and brushes.

[@user-tf5qr7fy2i]

Terve! You make such sweet videos. It's exciting to learn more about people from our neighbouring countries. The cheese slicer (ostehøvel) is a Norwegian invention 😉 and it's cool to see that you love using one. I wouldn't be able to survive without a cheese slicer. We Norwegians are also using a brush for washing the dishes, but I have been laughed upon by people from other parts of Europe that think I wash up with a toilet brush...😁

[@annemarie3636]

Every Dutch home has a cheese slicer (kaasschaaf). And most of us use a brush to clean dishes. I always think they are more hygienic than sponges!

[@user-tf5qr7fy2i]

@@annemarie3636 I trust the customs in the Netherlands to be similar to those of the Nordic countries. You live in a wonderful country. I did visit Amsterdam before, but as I stayed in a hotel, I didn't get to check out how a Dutch kitchen is equipped 😊. I totally agree that a brush is good to use and hygienic and the sponge needs beeing frequently replaced. But I must admit that I do sometimes use a scrub sponge if the casserole is extra hard to clean. The cheese slicer was invented and patented by carpenter Thor Bjørklund in 1925, as it annoyed him that he couldn't easily cut the cheese into thin enough slices, and the first cheese slicers were put into production two years later 😁

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@Not_Sophie]

Finland is my favorite country!!

[@kjoy519]

All those things make sense to me. No wonder Finns are so happy! I love all your videos but this one is one of my favorites. Thank you, Varpu 🤍

[@HerFinland]

Wow thanks so much Karen! 🙏

[@KR-ki9hw]

She is adorable!

[@tommimakitalo3675]

I have frequently wondered, why many people including my wife here in Germany use sponges instead of dish brushes. Now I know. It is because I come from Finland 🇫🇮 ☺️.

[@HerFinland]

Hei Tommi! It is truly a cultural thing! 🤩🇫🇮

[@catjack90]

Id' never thought about using a cheese slicer for a cucumber, that's a great idea! I love your videos! A few days ago I had absolutely no idea about Finland's culture or language and your channel is so good!, thank you for sharing!

[@martinagajdosova5847]

Astiankuivauskaappi and munakuppi are two words I tought my boyfriend how to say in Finnish. Interestingly- he remembers them and uses them when we talk together in Slovak :D When we were designing our kitchen two years ago I told the carpenter I want the dish drying rack, showed him even the picture and he was looking at me like I came from a different planet. But one day I will fullfil this dream in my future house using this Finnish gadget! Nice video Varpu, I wrote the vocabulary down ;)

[@HerFinland]

Kiitos Martina! This means so much to me! Thank you so much for sharing that memory, I bet that was a priceless moment between you and the carpenter, heheh 🤣

[@farouq7107]

I have to be honest the “astiankuivauskaappi” is where my love and fascination started with Finland. They are the perfection of household items. And almost everyone is an immigrant in Canada, so there is no specific system to what to use. Every family follows their own rules. I come from an Arabian background and we use sponges 🧽

[@HerFinland]

Thank you soooo much for sharing! I know right?! Astiankuivauskaappi is the best! Loved learning about the sponge, this is such a funny topic! 🤩

[@polishtheday]

I also live in Canada and use a dish cloth. These are usually squares made of cotton but I knit mine from cotton yarn because I’m a knitting addict.

[@kimc555]

In general Canada follows American culture for housing, but with plenty of variation.

[@joannesmith2484]

I'm in the US and I use either a dish brush or dish cloth, depending on what I'm washing. I think most people use sponges, but I like the cloth because I just throw it into the washer when I wash towels.

[@donnakennedy430]

Brush, sponge, scrubby, chain mail, copper scrub, steel scrub, scraper, and cloth. It really depends on the item that needs cleaning what you should use.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@tisadouglas666]

I love the dish drying cabinet! I think I will convert one of mine into this. Kiitos!

[@lauralbriar]

most of these things are used in our home - including the dishbrush :D My favourite is the one we don't have and that is number 1, the bidet shower head - wonderful idea! I think I should have this installed. I live on the Atlantic coast of Canada Thank you for your videos - very interesting!

[@HerFinland]

Hei Laura! Great to meet you here! Super glad you liked my content!!! Hope you stick around for more 😍

[@lauralbriar]

@@HerFinland I have subscribed and also sent the link to my friend who also lives here in Canada - but she and her husband are from Finland. They have taught me a lot about your country! My husband and I were thinking of someday being able to visit there. Have a wonderful day - looking forward to more of your videos

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Just buy a toilet seat with bidet functions and put it in the place of regular one.

[@lauralbriar]

@@dmitripogosian5084 A rare thing in Canada - although I did find one at only $700! Think it would be cheaper to install a bidet -

[@dmitripogosian5084]

@@lauralbriar I am in Canada, and I have one that I bought years ago online for something like $200 or even less. I remember seeing ads online not that long ago.

[@vstpierre7]

I was surprised living in south Texas (Mexican culture) how we use very similar things in our homes. Drying cabinets aren't the norm but they are a great idea! We have dish racks that sit across one of side of the basin that do not take up counter space. They are easily removed and stored if need be. We use both dish brushes and sponges. I use both based on what I'm washing. Dishwasher switches are not common, that I know of. There are homes here with saunas but not many. We do have gyms equipped with public saunas. We have both storm shutters which block out all light and wooden plantation indoor shutters that filter out most or as little of the light as you like and we hang our clothes outdoors on clotheslines during most of the year even though we do have dryers. The rest, we use often! Even in warm weather like ours, many opt for heated floors in the bath areas. It's so interesting to see the similarities. 🙂

[@HerFinland]

Thank you so much for sharing this! 🧡

[@Pellefication]

The dish-drying cabinet is genious! I wanna have one!

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting!

[@hidemat5141]

Love the sauna drying rack

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting!

[@debbiehalverson22]

I am of Scandinavian descent, born and raised in Minnesota, USA. I fell in love the first time I tried a dish brush many, many years ago! Most of my family use a "dish rag" or cloth. A few use a sponge (which I really dislike).

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@louiselloyd1523]

I use a dish sponge, or cloth, and sometimes a brush. As for recycling, we do all that but we don't have special bins. We collect all kitchen scraps (vegetable & fruit parings, used tea & coffee grounds, and other food scraps) and, because we live on a half-acre of land, when we have a tub of the scraps we dig a hole in the garden and bury the scraps. I think this is the same as composting without having the trouble of using compost bins. We collect all paper, plastic, glass, and metal containers and these are collected once every two weeks. We also use worn-out towels, bed sheets, tablecloths, etc. In fact, I recently went through a box of linens that were stored away and discovered that the linen napkins could be used as dish towels - they were big enough and absorb water quickly because they are linen. With bath and hand towels, they start as bathroom towels and then when they get too worn they become the towels that my husband uses when he washes his hands in our laundry room. Once they become too worn out for even that, they become rags for cleaning. I think we live in Canada very much as you do in Finland.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@BE-bs8oe]

Makes perfectly sense to me not to block out the light in a country where it is dark a lot of the time, in order not to increase depression. You are such a smiling vibrant person, tx :)

[@readyplayer2]

Very true in winter but don’t underestimate how much light northern Scandinavia gets in the summer. That region isn’t known as the land of the midnight sun for nothing. ☀️

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@kathilisi3019]

The dish drying cabinet is such a good idea! If I ever remodel my kitchen, I'll try to remember that. I'm familiar with most of the other items, although the bidet with shower head is not at all common in Austria where I live. The blinds are a funny thing, in my great-grandparents' time people used to have wooden shutters for privacy and to block out light, but they were a bit inconvenient to use. People started having those lighter blinds between the layers of glass or on the inside, mostly for privacy, and had curtains to block the light, like you said is common in Finland. Nowadays, most modern homes have outside blinds that block light and also keep the sun from heating up the window, and use transparent curtains for privacy.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@Skatejock21]

I have a good friend from finland but shes been in canada for over 30 years now. I certainly saw her bring some of these things to her canadian home. The cheese slicer, the sink brush and recycling bins. She had to do small renovations in her kitchen for the recycling bins but she is very finnish and I love her. The cupboard for towels and bed sheets is one thing my grandmother did and my mom does. My mom uses old towels too for cleaning.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

[@dieZera]

Germany floor heating is pretty common aswell we use brushes and sponges, depends on the purpose we can use the dishwasher and sink at the same time we do have recycling bins as well many people dry their clothes without a dryer my personal home got a cheese slicer, sauna and dish drying cabinet aswell my mum also reuses stuff to clean for example for shoes the finnish blinds make me crazy when I'm in Finland in the summer

[@annemariepedersen5616]

Yes to the dish brush! Must have.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@tquirkyt7118]

Hi there from USA, Virginia ❤ I’m so glad I’ve found your channel! You are delightful ❣️I’ve been a swimmer all of my life and love a sauna after a swim…always wanted one of my own. I love that you also dry your clothes in them…genius‼️❤️

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@coolcat8b]

Hello Varpu - I have to thank you for this video. Because of it, I discovered that nice cheese cutter and it's so awesome. Now I can have real thin slices of any kind of cheese easily. And you're right, it does make for a great grilled cheese sandwich. So thank you! To answer your question: I use a dish brush. Sponges get gross.

[@HerFinland]

Hei!💁🏼‍♀️ So great to meet you here! Thank you so much!🧡🙏

[@DianeML419]

I like everything you introduced us to, but I think the hand held bidet is what I would love to have. I have never heard of the drying cabinet, such a great idea. I will be buying a cheese slicer! In regards to the brush vs sponge, I use hand knitted dish cloths that I wash and when they are old, I throw them in my compost pile. The heated floors are something I dream of. Happy your video popped up for me. It gave me some great ideas. 😊

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@GoingGreenMom]

Love the dish drying cabinet!

[@HerFinland]

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[@WardDorrity]

There is so much about Finnish culture and the Finnish way of doing things that agrees with me. I'm half Irish and half Cajun (Acadian), but there must be some Finnish in my background. This may account for my affinity for the big, silent spaces of the inland Pacific Northwest. Speaking about using brushes to clean dishes - I can't remember using anything else. Sponges become very dirty and harbor bacteria.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting!

[@jerryhorn4697]

Hello, Varpu! You wanted to know if we use a dish brush or a dish sponge. I, personally, use both. There is no dishwasher inside my apartment, so I wash dishes by hand. However, I use a dish sponge for washing dishes, bowls, and cups; and a dish brush for washing drinking glasses. Some glasses are too tall to clean the bottoms with a sponge. But a dish brush fits inside and reaches down to the bottoms of the glasses. I love your videos about everything Finland! ❤❤❤ Your beautiful country is on my travel wish list!

[@federicorizzi4189]

Absolutely loved this video, now I can flip my flat up and turn it into a finnish one!

[@HerFinland]

Awww thank you so much, it means so much to me!

[@danih5631]

I love the drying cupboard. So much tidier. I am in Australia and I love my dish stick!

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@nylanelson8660]

Thank you for sharing items in a Finnish home. My husbands grandma was Finnish - Swede. We live in the U.S. & we personally Don’t use a sponge to clean our dishes as they are Notoriously know for holding onto bacteria that just gets rubbed back onto dishes. We use a brush & a Clean wash rag that we wash right afterwards using on the dishes

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@Mauricio0911]

Beutiful HOME. Have a blessed day. Saludos desde Mexico

[@AreHan1991]

Actually the cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention, found in all homes. And yes, so practical for a lot of non-cheese uses too😊

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@repairtech9320]

The floor drain in the bathroom is my favorite and should be adopted worldwide.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for your comment! 🧡🇫🇮

[@vitay.3803]

I love the cupboard too! I grew up in Ukraine and we had the same thing in my parents house!

[@HerFinland]

Oh wonderful! I love learning about cupboards of the world, so awesome that they are in use in Ukraine too.

[@ivorhannema2891]

Cheese slicers and dish brushes are very common in the Netherlands also the air drying rack is something that we use. The other things we dont have so much. but we have more in common than i would have thought.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🤩🧡🇫🇮

[@RT-mn2pb]

Hi Varpu. I love heated bathroom floors too. I live in the middle of the US east coast, in the state of Virginian. Our winters are much milder than yours. But I had heated bath floors in my last house and loved it. In the kitchen, I use sponge and brush. I don't see how you can clean a colander, sieve or grill without it. Towels - wow, I had never seen rolling up the towels. That is a wonderful idea, the best, much easier to get them our when they are stacked up

[@HerFinland]

🤩 Happy you enjoyed the video! Thank you!

[@Marta-kj5fh]

Amazing! Thanks for the tip with the brush instead of the sponge and now I understand the meaning of this small switcher on the tap 😁

[@HerFinland]

Glad it was helpful! Kiitos Marta!

[@happycook6737]

I use a dish cloth. One side is microfiber and the other side is a plastic net scrubber fabric. I can machine wash it so everyday I use a clean one. Much cheaper than buying sponges. I used a brush when I lived in the tropics because brushes don't mildew easily.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for sharing!

[@karhukivi]

In France bidets are fairly standard items. The external shutters on windows (in France, but also some other countries) block out the light completely and are also for security on ground floor windows. One feature on Finnish windows I really liked was the small side window with a mesh screen so that you could have fresh air without letting insects in, but I don't know if these are common?

[@HerFinland]

Yes, these small windows are still common!

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Always had trouble sleeping with shutters shut in France - I need a ray of light :)

[@Amy0Ame1]

I discovered the dish brush in Sweden and I don't understand how I lived so long without it.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@KatrinaMayer]

I live in the US and prefer to hang my clothes to dry. I have a pyykinkuivausteline just like the one of pictured. On sunny days I place it outside. Thanks for your wonderful videos!

[@HerFinland]

That's awesome you have one too! Thanks for watching and for your comment 😊

[@Valou_56]

In France some houses still has the " bidet " but only ancient ones, but when it comes to the other things you've talked about, it's pretty much the same ( saunas are popular in big houses )

[@joanmelville8310]

You are so cheery!!!Interesting and beautifully presented

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@trixiepickle8779]

Thanks for sharing, yes I have a cheese slicer and never thought of using it for cucumber. I also use a dish brush - Brit living in SW France.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting! 🧡🇫🇮

[@victoriaburkhardt9974]

I use a dish cloth to wash dishes. Sauna is a wonderful thing in cold climates.

[@HerFinland]

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[@leonalynazucena3311]

The Finnish ways mostly remind me of the Japanese ways. Very practical. I think I will start to use the brush in washing the dishes now.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for commenting!

[@tardigradesystem]

The pattern I'm seeing here is, some things in America are considered absolute luxury but in Finland they're normal. if you have heated floors, let alone a sauna, in your home in America, it's cause you're filthy rich! I totally understand the blinds+curtains. Sometimes you want privacy but also natural light.

[@esmilodonte1]

I just love this video. Kiitos!!!!

[@HerFinland]

So great to hear! Thanks for watching 😊

[@solifugus]

The dish dryer cabinet is a cool idea. We have a sauna in our house in the U.S. but they are not common here and the one we have is not as nice looking as yours. Honestly, we use it mostly in the fall when the pool water gets cold and we come in after swimming. We have a pool heater but my wife gets angry if she catches me using it because it's expensive to use. Sometimes, the water is so cold that my daughter and I are shivering all over. It takes a while in the sauna to start feeling ok again. Also, sometimes after a long walk in the snow, it's good. As for the flexible bidet faucet, I can see the practical aspects but it would make me feel pretty weird to use it for all those other things knowing its main intended purpose.

[@HerFinland]

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[@calbackk]

When I first moved from Finland to Sweden I converted a kitchen cabinets to the Finnish dryer type in several apartments of mine. Nowadays I suppose I have been "integrated", since I dont have one anymore. Regarding cheese slicer. It is actually the pointed ends that are the Finnish invention, you dont find these anywhere else. Btw, one thing I always miss in the Finnish kitchen though is the "Swedish" type of potato pealer. There are many types in Finland, but often this classic, which works better than none of the others is missing. Actually when we go Island hopping in Greece and live and cook for ourselves in so called "studios", we always pack our own kitchen utensils. First among them are off course the potato pealer and the cheese slicer.

[@jss4082]

I really enjoy people who emanate positive energy! Thank Varpu! God bless you and your family

[@HerFinland]

Thank you so much 🙌

[@ferdiesevilleja4097]

The sauna is the best part of a finnish home. Staying in sauna makes your muscles recover and removes the stress.

[@HerFinland]

I agree!

[@DavidPhilipNorris]

Olen käyttänyt tiskiharjaa monta vuotta ja se on suosikkini! ♥️

[@HerFinland]

Se on kyllä mahtava!

[@mammanya4660]

Varpu, paljon kiitoksia for this video! That was incredibly interesting to drop into the finnish culture from the inside) you can understand culture and traditions closer by seeing homes and how it all works in it. This is curiously enough, also )) Thank you 😊

[@HerFinland]

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[@nicolemarks3065]

Oltermanni is my favorite cheese and can’t wait to have some more against. My entire family is obsessed with the cheese slicer and I have one really old one from my grandma. We also just bought an iitala one that is amazing. I love everything in a Finnish home and would love to have a Finnish apartment here in America. I use both a dish sponge and brush. Thank you for sharing this. It was great to see the wheel of cheese, the nostalgia. Haven’t had any since before COVID. I brought 24 wheels back with me my last trip the cheese just melts in your mouth. Kiitos!

[@HerFinland]

Haha so nice that you all love the cheese slicer too 🤩 Wow, sounds like you need to stock up on Oltermanni again 😜

[@traceymccullough7585]

I use a brush! I love a Finnish home! Maybe one day I will have one! I love the astiankuivauskappi! 😍

[@HerFinland]

That's awesome! & isn't it the best?! 😊

[@sandya6740]

It’s so cool discovering your channel! My father’s family is from Finland. Unfortunately, I know nothing about that side of my family. What a fantastic way to learn something about Finnish culture. Thank you. 😊

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[@CherokeeTwilight]

My favorite item was the towels, memories are the best thing we have.

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[@SJRJAN2024]

Love learning about your culture. Would love to visit Finland someday

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[@elisabethkonopacki1575]

I am German living in the US and I use a sponge, dish brush and scrubby, depending on what I clean. I also have a dishcloth. lol

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[@explore39]

The little jet spray is such a relief!, I always felt tissue papers to be unhygienic and not appropriate for such a major task.

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[@dalyafadili928]

the small bidet is very practical

[@HerFinland]

I think so too 🤩

[@sinanadnan9360]

The sauna is my favorite 😍

[@HerFinland]

Woohoo! 🤩

[@danielmcquaig7668]

I like the brush over the sponge, I'm changing! Thanks

[@HerFinland]

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[@jolemire2546]

From Canada ... I use a brush for my dishes...best item ...the cupboard for drying the dishes... I want one of those!!!!

[@HerFinland]

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[@christianlibertarian5488]

In the US, for dishes, we use the brush, and the sponge, but usually just the dishwasher.

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[@lesliestrout5121]

I love that there is a way to turn the water on and off to the dishwasher-sounds like a good way to prevent leaks. Oh, and I, like many people in the US use a dish cloth for washing dishes, not a sponge.

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[@dominiquethomas1087]

Two things I want to say! First, I wish I knew about the water off/on switch for the dishwasher sooner 🥲I accidently flipped it at the back of the tap when cleaning and for days my Finnish boyfriend tried to figure out why the dishwasher wasn't working... Tbh, he never found the switch until now so I guess I helped him 😅 Second, I think the blinds are so useful! Not so much for blocking out light but for letting light in! I have the blinds positioned in a way that allows light into the room but doesn't allow people to see through as well. That way the house plants gets their daily light and I still have my privacy 😁(will say, my bf taught me this but I want to share)

[@HerFinland]

Thank you for sharing and commenting Dominique! 🙏🏼❣️

[@yohkurdtaias7129]

I love the brush, because I also use this and it's again one thing finnish people and me are similar with 🥰😍

[@HerFinland]

Awww, that's so wonderful. Thank you for sharing!

[@janndolk9321]

All is great to me! Especially the sauna!

[@HerFinland]

Woohoo, nice to hear :)

[@LenaMellow]

I’m redoing my kitchen this year and I’m putting in a drying cabinet!

[@celiumeyama2280]

Dish sponge in Japan 😊 The heated floor!!! Sauna!!! Wow Finland!!! We want that 😃

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[@AMatroskin]

I like the colour of your flat, how i can see, it is more often white in Finland, i find this approach is very simple and useful.

[@HerFinland]

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[@nettagordon8091]

Terve :) Years ago when I lived in my first apartment Tel Avivissa the kitchen was surprisingly equipped with the dish rack over the sink. It was incredibly convenient and I was super happy to find out it's a suomalainen thing! The sauna is, hands down, my favorite home staple in Finland. And about the towels - I have a specific way of folding them, too! Maximum space justification. Awesome and fun video to watch, you are relatable and warm and witty as always ♡.

[@HerFinland]

That's awesome you also had the dish rack in Tel Aviv. Thanks for watching and sharing Netta 😊

[@liisaking1247]

So interesting that you had the dish rack in TA. I wouldn't want one because a) I'd need 2, b) I prefer to have a window in front of the sink so I can look out, and c) it just seems like it would encourage mold/mildew. Love saunas though, and they're uncommon here in BC (Canada) unless you're Finnish, lol. I still remember being a very little girl and going with my grandmother to her friend's house where they had one. (This was in a particular small community with a high number of Finnish immigrants from the early 1900s.)

[@finolacat8355]

Perhaps Finland home tradition prefers blackout curtains to keep the heat in during the night. Mediterranean blinds are to keep the heat out. In Italy I use sun curtain outside the glass panes in the summer, because modern blind are too near the glass and heat it up. We have bidets in Italy, and over the sink draining cupboard, too. Unfortunately, this means we almost never have sinks looking out because placed under a window (which would be awkward, because our windows always open toward the interior - because of our blinds... It's all connected! 😄Well not the bidet stuff, that's because of persona hygiene. The advantage of a bidet like we have vs a shower head is that you can also wash your feet in them, especially in the summer when sandals let dust/dirt get on them.

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[@Deepestofoceanicblue]

Having your own sauna seems so personal and practical, especially on days where you want the heat but not having to share with others.

[@HerFinland]

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[@Hareball17]

I use sponges and a brush. In my next house I want a hose and drain in my bathroom. It makes things so much easier. Genius :)

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[@grettastephens1583]

I’m Australian, we use a dish brush but I think people here use either. We also have recycling bins but not so many categories. Also we rarely use a drier and air dry our clothes on the same type of rack, even in a small apartment.

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[@adriiteach]

I use a dish brush from Lola! My mother brought them home from the Netherlands when I was in high school (I'm 73) and I've had one ever since!

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[@ninecatsmagee8384]

Sounds delightful. We need all of this in the UK.

[@HerFinland]

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