3rd WORLD PEOPLE REACT: HOW TO SURVIVE WINTER IN FINLAND

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@ricmatify687 3 ай бұрын

The snow can also cause "snow blindness" while driving a car during daylight, so sometimes it might be necessary to wear sunglasses, "move" your eyes around, and not stare in one spot. The snow amplifies the sunlight and blinds you if you are not careful.

@adpop750 3 ай бұрын

When he says -15°C or -30°C, people from tropical country really have no idea what that is like. I know this because when I was 20y old I had a part time job at a Hotel were many people from warm countries stayed (mostly African students). When it started to cool down after summer and it was 12 °C, often i had shivering people at the front-desk and conversations that went like "oh man, what is it cold, is this winter?" and I had to tell them winter hadn't even started 😀and it was not cold at all. And then the look on their faces, like "i wish i never came to this place". You can say -30°C, but there really is nothing that can prepare tropical people for that, they have to experience it.

@forgottenmusic1 3 ай бұрын

The number of degrees is just one of the components, wind and humidity can make it far worse. With -10C, dry air and no wind, you can go outside naked for some minutes with no issue, if your feet are isolated from the ground, while 0 can feel much colder, as the humidity stays in the air. I've experienced -36C, but my worst experience was with -15, when the sea was not frozen, steaming, and it felt like the fog coming from the sea is freezing right in your lungs.

@leopartanen8752 3 ай бұрын

@@forgottenmusic1Definitely, that 12°C can feel really cold when there is a strong wind bringing cooler air and you have dressed for 12°C weather with sunshine. 😅

@TallisKeeton 3 ай бұрын

I agree :) We can have realy cold winters in Poland too, though the last realy cold winter was about 2005 when it was like -25 C. I've experienced many cold winters in 80-90s even with -30 C, but now a days its mostly about -5 to -10 C. Rarely -15 C, mostly at night. So for me -4 C on sunny day is like a good time for some work outside - like stacking firewood. But I'd stay put in my room curled in my bed if I would not need to go outside at -20 C :D But I realy can understand that the Finnish people like to exercise at this cold, becouse you can not stay warm for more than an hour in that cold outside, and so you need either fast exercises - like cutting wood, or running, or a hot meal to warm up again. Below zero we loose energy fast, like realy fast. I was used to riding a bike at -8 C but it was only for 20 minutes at the most, I would not liked to ride for more than that. Energy is what we need the most at long, dark, cold winters - thats why all the territories with long snowy winters are also territories with so much fat in food. Polish traditional food is fat, full of meats and for good reason. My idea is that human needs fat only as much as warm is the clime such human lives in. So its natural that in tropical climes and in Mediterranean climes they need only olive oil to thrive, but around the Alpes begins the territory of butter, and around Baltic Sea (like in Poland) and North Seas we have the territory of lard. Thats why we could survive winters in old times :) Before recent 20 years we usualy got 3 - 4 months of snowy winters in Poland. Even in 2011 we got snow up till 12th of March.

@nurkkakala5665 2 ай бұрын

the amount of times that people have been SHOCKED when i tell them that my eyelashes freeze during winter 😅

@pekkakarppinen1608 3 ай бұрын

Haha, you are so nice people. Welcome to Finland at any time. 😅👍

@justagarlic 3 ай бұрын

its crazy here

@RustFox 2 ай бұрын

Vitamin D supplements are also a good idea for winters! The Sun isn't around that much so you may need some additional Vitamin D to keep healthy and happy.

@hazeman4755 3 ай бұрын

19:10 This is why I don't believe fully automatic driving will ever be a thing in the Nordic climate. It's basically impossible for any sensors and cameras to see any road markings and sometimes the traffic signs are also half covered in snow, so it's easy for the software to misinterpret them. One of the bigger problems in northern Finland in the winter is actually tourists with no driving experience in snowy and icy conditions causing accidents.

@jens1924 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. Also driving automatic car in bad winter conditions is pure misery. Sometimes you need to drive a bit differently but the automatic lane corrector tries to autocorrect you to the "right" spot on the road and now you're just fighting against the car and conditions. Where I live we have one really bad road that is very curvy, low and lots of field around. Heavy snow fall and wind means that snow will start to pack on the roadside so you actually have to drive on the wrong lane unless you want to get stuck. Also slippery road with automatic gear sucks too. It is much easier to drive normal stick car since you have more control.

@hazeman4755 3 ай бұрын

@@jens1924 Yes, good points. I always turn off my lane assist, because it can be dangerous on an icy road if the assist suddenly and strongly autocorrects towards what it thinks is the middle of the lane. Some cars have better working systems than others. My car also reads the traffic signs, but sometimes it has no clue what the real speed limit is. Usually having a manual gearbox is much better if you get stuck in snow, because you can try to "wiggle" the car back and forth by playing with the clutch, which you can't do with an automatic.

@olavinto 3 ай бұрын

I love driving (myself) and newer cars with lane assists and other "assists" drive me nuts. These days you have to deal woth so many flashing lights, notifications and random alarms that you don't have time to look at the road. And then your car's lane assist wants to force you into a pothole. It's infuriating and/or sooo booring. Also, it makes people even worse drivers than they are now.

@OldieBugger 3 ай бұрын

The ice thickness depends on how cold the winter is. I remember when I was a kid, there was a "racetrack" people used to have fun driving their cars around, on sea ice. My mother and father also drove there a few laps. It didn't cost anything because it was unofficial, just something the local people (like we were) did for fun.

@rosmu1130 3 ай бұрын

10:50 Heh! Well here when we had Sauli Niinistö as our President, he himself cleaned his own driveway, clearing the snow off. And he had his own habit of going to local cafes where people would see him, just living normal life too. That's why it feels so wild how presidents in some other countries work et. Here the President is one of the people and lives like it often too, when they can. 17:37 Yes, and sometimes it's daily too, some days might mot snow, some days do. And pretty often you need to scrape the windows of your car at least twice if you move on a car, like before going to work and then after too.

@OldieBugger 3 ай бұрын

Some people use their bicycles the year round. You just need winter tyres with spikes to do cycling safe and comfortable during the winter. Well, that's relatively comfortable, as you need to be more careful during the icy and snowy times. But it's a very effective excercise. And I've seen kids do downhill cycling through the forest, too. I guess cycling on the level on roads just isn't enough a challenge for some!

@samil5601 3 ай бұрын

As a regular visitor to Brazil, I find it very funny to hear you comment of the Finns being healthy and exercising a lot. I am always impressed by the Brazilians with the way they're always playing sports. Altinha, volleyball, footvolley, football or basketball is being played in every park and on every beach almost 24/7. Not to mention jogging, gyms and martial arts being extremely popular, too. Trust me, Finns are a healthy bunch, but not as healthy as the guy in the video seems to claim.

@Topsiekku Ай бұрын

Yes, the clothes are a completely different class than in warmer countries. It doesn't get cold here. But if you have asthma, you need to protect your breathing in colder weather because the cold constricts your bronchial tubes.The Jonas breath warmer is a really good solution.

@Skege1000 3 ай бұрын

Our former president used to play that Pipolätkä with the common folk while in office. He just went to one of those ice rinks and started to play with people. He really was down to earth kinda guy.

@yorkaturr 3 ай бұрын

Winter is really a dressing challenge more than anything else. When it goes into the minus temperatures, you just add more layers depending on the temperature. People in Lapland often use snowmobile overalls which pretty much solves all problems, but if you want to look stylish it gets more difficult.

@remcohoman1011 2 ай бұрын

5:44 He also mentions it, because 52 days without the sun, the body doesn't get vitamin D, and it also has an impact on you mentally, there is night all the time it can make people depressed. Making excesise and get energy lifts your spirit and makes one happy.

@iirokarimo4565 3 ай бұрын

10:08 Theres no trees. ;) and ice is pure ice(and usually pretty flat --> slippery) under snow. Nothing that signals ground like stones, roots 'n stuff

@faust82 2 күн бұрын

Yeah, basically the only things that are sort of flat in scandinavia would be: - lakes - football fields If there's no goals or bleachers around, it's likely a lake 😂

@Topsiekku Ай бұрын

There is a table for ice thickness, which shows how thick ice can withstand a certain load. For example, an ice track for cars is usually made when the ice is 30cm thick. Of course it has to be steel ice.

@Lassi-mur 2 ай бұрын

😃 It's not that bad. When it's very cold, the air is dry. It doesn' feel so bad as you can think. Tex a heavy wind from the sea around 0˚ can feel worse because of moist air. Of course if it's windy the -10 feels like minus 30 but usually when really cold the wind is still. And we have very well insulated and warm house here in Finland. In Southern parts of Finland the darkness and wet weather around 0˚C without snow is the worst. That is hard to take.

@catchbay 2 ай бұрын

The climate is warming. In almost two decades, I haven't been able to drive a car on the ice above the sea in southern Finland. It used to be common. Apparently, there are also problems with the ice roads further north.

@TallisKeeton 3 ай бұрын

In Poland we actualy change our car tires at October or November, even if its still not frozen and snowing but the conditions on roads have worsened becouse of cold rains and strong winds.

@CiCi_Artenjoy Ай бұрын

we do too here in Finland though there are tyres you are not allowed to drive with on if there isn't snow/ice because they have these "stubs" that just wear down the road..

@sarahspath_se Ай бұрын

5:49 The last thing you actually want to do, if you're outdoors, is to sweat. As soon as you stop moving it will cool you down dangerously fast. Dress smart! Less clothes for high intensity or bulk up with layers if you're stationery. I love merino wool as it can keep you warm even when it's wet

@SuviMatinaro 3 ай бұрын

You are such kind and positive people! Im enjoying your video a lot! Walking on shllow snow feels pretty much like walking on sand. Ste snow on wlkways get packet tight and then its like a dirt road. Biking is pleasant on dry anow. On icyer conditions its pretty tricky.

@germanyhamburger5552 3 ай бұрын

For winter tires, we have a saying in Germany to tell you when to put them on, the double O. Von Oktober bis Ostern. (From October to Easter) At this time it is good to install winter tires.

@yohanbeck8172 Ай бұрын

Commenting for Alexandres reaction on running everywhere. Keep in mind that most of the ground is frozen over, ice covered, which means if you hurry you might slip and injure yourself. Most common types of emergenices are from just that, tripping and falling on ice.

@DavidStuart-by5ur 3 ай бұрын

I think you would do fine in the temperatures. You already have beard and thick "hat", which helps a lot. Insulated trousers, jacket, shoes and gloves keeps you fairly warm. Key things are to stay dry and use multiple layers of clothing to regulate temperature. Many of the sports and excercise are indoors, - swimming being a good example - so a balanced mix of indoor and outdoor activities makes it simpler. As a sidenote - many people in the Nordic countries do a certain thing to make winters shorter - travel to a warm place like Canary Islands, Thailand or Bali...

@formatique_arschloch 3 ай бұрын

I ride my bike to work even at winter. 11km. My cold limit for that is -20C.

@GdzieJestNemo 3 ай бұрын

from winter related stuff you can look up bojery (iceboats/ice-sailing) - you essentially sail on a boat that is set up on blades. It's super fast

@Sad_Soul101 Ай бұрын

I'm from Finland Lapland😊 Those things are so normal for us😂 I see northern lights all the time, I just need to step outside and look up❤

@vissymies 2 ай бұрын

early 80`s my father teach me drive a car at road made at seaice, ice was 50cm thick and they used tractors to clear the road, is was 11 years old then and drive car since then and iv been professional driver for all kind of vehicles since iv got my driver licence at 18.

@Spugedelia77 3 ай бұрын

I live in Helsinki and every winter I go to Central Park of Helsinki at least two times a week to run in the snow at winter time. You just got to keep exercising or otherwise you will get depressed. If you guys will ever come to Helsinki area I will have a house for you to live in. We won't charge you much (like 10-15€+person per day for everything. Food included. 15€ if winter time because we have to heat up the house) and you'll meet my cousin's husband who is also from Brazil. I'm a Finn and when a Finn promises something to you, you know it will happen. Have a good one, you lovely people!

@jounikemppi 2 ай бұрын

Andar na neve é difícil, mas ainda mais cansativo é caminhar em uma estrada congelada sem sapatos com cravos. Esse tipo de condicão é chamado de "tempo de quebra de cabeça" (Pääkallokeli) porque é muito fácil cair. Na Finlândia, existem 187 000 lagos, e todos eles congelam durante o inverno. Adicionei seu canal a um dos que sigo para aprender português.

@rami1406 3 ай бұрын

Our cold is not really so cold. You get use to it few days. And coldiest weather is north of finland. So nothing to alfraid. So please, you're very welcome, in summer or winter!

@lainet 3 ай бұрын

If you don't clear the snow from the roof of the car, it can melt a bit and then freeze again. Then you might actually drop large pieces of ice and snow in front of the cars behind you.

@TallisKeeton 3 ай бұрын

We can have realy cold winters in Poland too, though the last realy cold winter was about 2005 when it was like -25 C. I've experienced many cold winters in 80-90s even with -30 C, but now a days its mostly about -5 to -10 C. Rarely -15 C, mostly at night. So for me -4 C on sunny day is like a good time for some work outside - like stacking firewood. But I'd stay put in my room curled in my bed if I would not need to go outside at -20 C :D But I realy can understand that the Finnish people like to exercise at this cold, becouse you can not stay warm for more than an hour in that cold outside, and so you need either fast exercises - like cutting wood, or running, or a hot meal to warm up again. Below zero we loose energy fast, like realy fast. I was used to riding a bike at -8 C but it was only for 20 minutes at the most, I would not liked to ride for more than that. Energy is what we need the most at long, dark, cold winters - thats why all the territories with long snowy winters are also territories with so much fat in food. Polish traditional food is fat, full of meats and for good reason. My idea is that human needs fat only as much as warm is the clime such human lives in. So its natural that in tropical climes and in Mediterranean climes they need only olive oil to thrive, but around the Alpes begins the territory of butter, and around Baltic Sea (like in Poland) and North Seas we have the territory of lard. Thats why we could survive winters in old times :) Before recent 20 years we usualy got 3 - 4 months of snowy winters in Poland. Even in 2011 we got snow up till 12th of March.

@rami1406 3 ай бұрын

Hey! The bike was "fatbike". It's normal bike for normal use, but fat tires works nice in winter too.

@wahaha6961 3 ай бұрын

In Sweden, not scraping off ice/frost from the windows of your car before setting off amounts to "reckless driving" and is grounds for having your driver's license ceased by the police. Not clearing the snow off of the bonnet and roof of your car - which can cause snow blindness (called "snow smoke" in Swedish) - amounts to "reckless driving" or "reckless endangerment" (depending on how the police/witnesses perceived the situation).

@Joni_Tarvainen Күн бұрын

This wasn't mentioned, but you actually have to complete a winter- and dark driving course as well before you even get the actual driver's license. Before that you'll have a permission to operate a vehicle if you complete driving school at summer for example. I don't know if a tourist must have anything like that though.

@niinakukkonen7728 Ай бұрын

This video is north of Finland, but most of Finlandes live In south of the land! In the south winters are warmer, shorter and its not all day dark. Temperatures are many times near 0 celcius and many times raining water not snow!

@Make573 3 ай бұрын

10:3 Well, about frozen waters. It's A OK to walk on steady ice. The problem are the running streams, such as near water power stations, rivers with high currency, or narrow sea shores. And yes, there is an ice poker, witch you can test the ice in front of you. And yes, when there is an water current, you can see the dark streamin on the ice surfaces. I have into ice once, not to mension it was a streaming creek. Thakfully i did manage to pull/roll myself up from there and not got grabbed by the under ice currency.

@SaPekkarinen 3 ай бұрын

during winters goverments weather people moniter ice thicnes and tell people when its safe to go to ice and most areas they open up ice roads so you can drive over the lakes instead of driving around them but that can take couple months. and at late winters ice is so thick that army drives tank colonies over them so couple people are safe :)

@Randomizer939 3 ай бұрын

10:05 That's Baltic Sea, but land of a thousand (188000) lakes. 15:09 Summer tires (typical tires for most of the planet) don't work at all in winter, you'll crash really fast.

@Tedger Ай бұрын

I am finn and never been to lappland and rarely done things he does. Well.. i know snow and done my share of driving in all weather.

@kaisahelve 2 ай бұрын

My sister's Brazilian husband's family PANICKED when it was -32c outside here, and they called from +32c weather😂. His mother thought he might die! In fact, he was sitting by the fireplace, eating chocolate and drinking wine.

@TallisKeeton 3 ай бұрын

10.22 - you could spot this lake becouse there are frozen, dried waterplants there over the surface behind the narrator :)

@DuBstep115 3 ай бұрын

19:30 driving in snow is no different than driving in rain storm, I actually think heavy rain is worse.

@vipe64 Күн бұрын

This is why we become good rally drivers 👌

@mikkohapponen5728 3 ай бұрын

When u live here winter is normal. Over minus 30 u feel it. Beard freeze,nose hairs feeze but u can live

@Slindi81 3 ай бұрын

Biking in the snow is not such a big deal. First of all, the snow is not as slippery as you might think, ice is the problem. If there is freshly snowed snow on the ground, you can get by without spiked tires on your bike. Usually the biggest problems come with spring, when it gets warm enough during the day for the snow to melt but during the nights it still freezing. Those mornings can be really dangerous for bikers if you are not careful. Temperature is not a problem if you know how to dress, but that can be a little bit tricky since if you bike for more than, let's say, 20 minutes, you start to sweat if you have too much clothes on, which you often do during the winter. Also the wind chill can freeze your fingers, toes and your face. Those bikes at skiing resorts are usually fat bikes with wider tires than normally, so it's much easier to bike in the snow. They might even be electric bikes, which makes everything even more comfortable. You should try that out yourself if you ever come to Finland

@jaria4745 3 ай бұрын

Winter in Finland is cold. It is possible to survive the green winter but the white winter finally kills you.

@markkunevala2961 Ай бұрын

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@timosaarnilehto1287 3 ай бұрын

"how is cykling posible in snow?" well snow has ben walken alot it will get hard and flat allmost like asfalt so cykling is easy.

@pasifinland 3 ай бұрын

Just keep your legs warm and you will survive

@Jarmo60 Ай бұрын

And if you have change, you can even go to orienteering in winter. Put icespike shoes on your feet, lamp on your head and go fast as you can. It is fun. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYacmoqXi8h3ipYsi=uaDaVYLbse_8wUkW

@TallisKeeton 3 ай бұрын

My guess is that nations from the snowy north are much calmer than us, southlanders :) becouse they could not survive as being much emotional in such conditions :) - one mistake and youre done :)

@susannebrunberg4174 3 ай бұрын

I can tell the winters in Finland are the most awful thing you could ever experience. I have been here some years now, and I will never ever get used to the snow, the ice, the extreme cold. It's terrible, much worst than you possible can imagine! Best place I have been to is Hawaii. Summer around the year.

@mikkohapponen5728 3 ай бұрын

I drive bike almost every day. Thru winter. Riding like 30 sentimeters of snow in minus 20. Just normal here. Kids do that every day to school

@OldieBugger 3 ай бұрын

This wiping and scraping your car from under the show and ice is a daily thing during the winter months, and doing it properly takes only about 10-15 minutes. So, not much. But still, there are always some idiots who don't do it properly! They can be a nuisance.

@miraojamo 3 ай бұрын

I feel like he forgot the most important thing: how to stay warm while outside. Don't wear clothes too tightly! Two or three layers are usually plenty even when it's -30C, especially if it isn't super windy. I'm native finn and even I do that mistake regularly. The point is that air is excellent insulator, and you want to keep your body heat in that insulating layer and if you are putting on too many layers, you are squishing the air out and letting your body heat to escape and feel cold. Fabric doesn't insulate, the air in it does. You could get by with just windbreaker and woolen garments under it, as long as the top layer is loose enough, and you can stand the feel of wool. I can't - fortunately there's plenty of alternatives.