American Reacts Visit Finland - 10 Things That Will SHOCK You About Finland

[@janesully5971]

English: A dog Swedish: What English: The dog English: Two dogs Swedish: En hund, hunden Swedish: Två hundar, hundarna German: English: No, go away Swedish: No one invited you German: Der Hund English: I said go away German: Ein Hund, zwei Hunde Swedish: Stop it German: Den Hund, einen Hund, dem Hund, einem Hund, des Hundes, eines Hundes, den Hunden, der Hunden Finnish: Sup English: NO Swedish: NO German: NO Finnish: Koira, koiran, koiraa, koiran again, koirassa, koirasta, koiraan, koiralla, koiralta, koiralle, koirana, koiraksi, koiratta, koirineen, koirin German: Swedish: English: Finnish: Aaaand... koirasi, koirani, koiransa, koiramme, koiranne, koiraani, koiraasi, koiraansa, koiraamme, koiraanne, koirassani, koirassasi, koirassansa, koirassamme, koirassanne, koirastani, koirastasi, koirastansa, koirastamme, koirastanne, koirallani, koirallasi, koirallansa, koirallamme, koirallanne, koiranani, koiranasi, koiranansa, koiranamme, koirananne, koirakseni, koiraksesi, koiraksensa, koiraksemme, koiraksenne, koirattani, koirattasi, koirattansa, koirattamme, koirattanne, koirineni, koirinesi, koirinensa, koirinemme, koirinenne English: Swedish: German: Finnish: Wait! then theres koirakaan, koirankaan, koiraakaan, koirassakaan, koirastakaan, koiraankaan, koirallakaan, koiraltakaan, koirallekaan, koiranakaan, koiraksikaan, koirattakaan, koirineenkaan, koirinkaan, koirako, koiranko, koiraako, koirassako, koirastako, koiraanko, koirallako, koiraltako, koiralleko, koiranako, koiraksiko, koirattako, koirineenko, koirinko, koirasikaan, koiranikaan, koiransakaan, koirammekaan, koirannekaan, koiraanikaan, koiraasikaan, koiraansakaan, koiraammekaan, koiraannekaan, koirassanikaan, koirassasikaan, koirassansakaan, koirassammekaan, koirassannekaan, koirastanikaan, koirastasikaan, koirastansakaan, koirastammekaan, koirastannekaan, koirallanikaan, koirallasikaan, koirallansakaan, koirallammekaan, koirallannekaan, koirananikaan, koiranasikaan, koiranansakaan, koiranammekaan, koiranannekaan, koiraksenikaan, koiraksesikaan, koiraksensakaan, koiraksemmekaan, koiraksennekaan, koirattanikaan, koirattasikaan, koirattansakaan, koirattammekaan, koirattannekaan, koirinenikaan, koirinesikaan, koirinensakaan, koirinemmekaan, koirinennekaan, koirasiko, koiraniko, koiransako, koirammeko, koiranneko, koiraaniko, koiraasiko, koiraansako, koiraammeko, koiraanneko, koirassaniko, koirassasiko, koirassansako, koirassammeko, koirassanneko, koirastaniko, koirastasiko, koirastansako, koirastammeko, koirastanneko, koirallaniko, koirallasiko, koirallansako, koirallammeko, koirallanneko, koirananiko, koiranasiko, koiranansako, koiranammeko, koirananneko, koirakseniko, koiraksesiko, koiraksensako, koiraksemmeko, koiraksenneko, koirattaniko, koirattasiko, koirattansako, koirattammeko, koirattanneko, koirineniko, koirinesiko, koirinensako, koirinemmeko, koirinenneko, koirasikaanko, koiranikaanko, koiransakaanko, koirammekaanko, koirannekaanko, koiraanikaanko, koiraasikaanko, koiraansakaanko, koiraammekaanko, koiraannekaanko, koirassanikaanko, koirassasikaanko, koirassansakaanko, koirassammekaanko, koirassannekaanko, koirastanikaanko, koirastasikaanko, koirastansakaanko, koirastammekaanko, koirastannekaanko, koirallanikaanko, koirallasikaanko, koirallansakaanko, koirallammekaanko, koirallannekaanko, koirananikaanko, koiranasikaanko, koiranansakaanko, koiranammekaanko, koiranannekaanko, koiraksenikaanko, koiraksesikaanko, koiraksensakaanko, koiraksemmekaanko, koiraksennekaanko, koirattanikaanko, koirattasikaanko, koirattansakaanko, koirattammekaanko, koirattannekaanko, koirinenikaanko, koirinesikaanko, koirinensakaanko, koirinemmekaanko, koirinennekaanko, koirasikokaan, koiranikokaan, koiransakokaan, koirammekokaan, koirannekokaan, koiraanikokaan, koiraasikokaan, koiraansakokaan, koiraammekokaan, koiraannekokaan, koirassanikokaan, koirassasikokaan, koirassansakokaan, koirassammekokaan, koirassannekokaan, koirastanikokaan, koirastasikokaan, koirastansakokaan, koirastammekokaan, koirastannekokaan, koirallanikokaan, koirallasikokaan, koirallansakokaan, koirallammekokaan, koirallannekokaan, koirananikokaan, koiranasikokaan, koiranansakokaan, koiranammekokaan, koiranannekokaan, koiraksenikokaan, koiraksesikokaan, koiraksensakokaan, koiraksemmekokaan, koiraksennekokaan, koirattanikokaan, koirattasikokaan, koirattansakokaan, koirattammekokaan, koirattannekokaan, koirinenikokaan, koirinesikokaan, koirinensakokaan, koirinemmekokaan, koirinennekokaan English: Okay, now you're just making things up! Finnish: And now the plural forms... _ _ _

[@Mojova1]

I have never heard that people would shoot fireworks on independence day in Finland. It is a time to remember our veterans and and visit the "hero graves" to light up a candle or two. No damn fireworks.

[@lucone2937]

Fireworks are most common during the New Year's Eve. Many Finnish cities also have their own official fireworks then.

[@Zardagbum]

Thy were calling the northern lights "fireworks".

[@eikkajormanainen5355]

Finland celebrated it's100th anniversary with fireworks in kauppatori, maybe he was talking about those.

[@Finkele1]

every fucking new years

[@OGU44]

10:55 those are Karelian pies, rye crust and rice pudding inside

[@TeroKoskinen-xy2zz]

These is also can buy potato version, rice is potato.

[@OGU44]

@TeroKoskinen-xy2zz true, I prefer the rice tbh

[@hennakettunen8755]

Sooo nice with munavoi, boiled eggs mashed together with butter. 😛

[@Polydeukes68]

One major flaw when foreigners try Karelian pies is that nobody tells them to put some stuffings on them! They usually try them dry and say "Nah, tastes nothing". Here is a tip: you can try anything on top of them you would use on a sandwitch. The traditional topping is eggbutter (mixed butter and hard boiled eggs) but you can try virtually anything. Start by heating the pies on a frying pan (use butter) or put them into a toaster (no butter). Then start with eggbutter, butter or margarine and then add ham, salami, bacon, turkey or what ever meat you prefer and then put some nice gouda or other tasty cheese on top of it. Then its good!! 👍

[@owlietowlie4015]

Turku is an (really) old word/name for this very specific market place Åbo is the swedish name which means river settlement. Why we Finns are "not loud" our culture is quite laconistic and stoic we cherish the simple things in life (good food, clear waters, good company, hot sauna etc.). You get your voice heard if you have something to say. Yes nature is the thing that we appreciate and love.

[@andrewcoogans471]

I am not particularly surprised that Finns watch the news! That was a strange point to make!

[@joona2000]

Lingonberries are very ordinary companion for many traditional Finnish dishes, just like in Sweden (we do share many exact dishes with Sweden that are recalled Finnish in Finland but Swedish in Sweden). Germanic, Slavic, Greek and Romance languages are all Indo-European languages when Finnish is not in the same language group at all. It's Finno-Ugric with Estonian and Hungarian and they all are Uralic which forms the language family of many different languages spoken in Europe. Sámi languages spoken in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia, Kven spoken in Norway, Tornedalian in Sweden, Võro in Estonia, Karelian, Ingrian, Mari, Komi-Zyrian, Moksha, Udmurt, Erzya, Khanty and Tundra Nenets languages spoken in Russia. Little note: while Finnish may seem totally alien to other Nordic languages for example, it has at least 4000 loan words from Swedish. There are also other Germanic loan words and even words from old Proto-Germanic language that are not in use in Germanic languages anymore. State owned alcohol monopoly of Alko in Finland is not unique, as the same model can be found in other Nordic countries (not in Denmark): Systembolaget in Sweden, Vinmonopolet in Norway, ÁTVR in Iceland and Rúsdrekkasøla Landsins in Faroe Islands. If a person don't want to define their gender in English it is indeed common to use "them, they". Nice reaction video once again!

[@SavageIntent]

My granny's side of the family, from Northern Norway, also do the weird inhaling thing while saying 'ja, ja, ja'. My mum and her brothers always do it as a joke, taking the piss out of the Norwegians.

[@herrbonk3635]

It's not extremely northern though. We often do it in Stockholm too, and I've heard it in Göteborg as well.

[@herrbonk3635]

1:38 I belive it was a good description, and relevant question. This difference depends on the type of soil as well, but it's mostly thanks to the Golf stream that warms up scandinavia and the Baltic sea quite a lot. Making more southern type vegetation survive even the winters in southern Finland (just north of Stockholm).

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@herrbonk3635 *Gulf stream ( _not_ "Golf stream") it flows up from (I think?) the ' _Gulf_ of Mexico' (?)

[@herrbonk3635]

@@brigidsingleton1596 Sorry, it's golf-ström in Scandinavian.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@herrbonk3635 I don't doubt you, however, you wrote: "Golf _stream_ " !

[@herrbonk3635]

@@brigidsingleton1596 Nice guy...

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@herrbonk3635 Who is a "nice guy"?

[@marionhansen3627]

I guess you have to be Scandinavian or nordic to really appreciate black licorice, huh😂 We love it here in Denmark and I’m having so much fun watching my american friends eating it😅 We like the quiet too and we also say things as we inhale😂

[@Paltse]

Or netherlandish.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@Paltse Or Belgian, or German.

[@StewedFishProductions]

I'm in the UK and love black liquorice too... 👍😋

[@herrbonk3635]

@@StewedFishProductions Yeah, you have the "Allsorts", which is about 20-30% sweet licorice. But do you appreciate salmiak as well in the UK?

[@nedludd7622]

When I was a kid growing up in the Great Lakes region we had black licorice which we loved.

[@hennakettunen8755]

You seem like an educated and observative chap, interested in different languages and cultures. I'm sure you'd find it interesting here, hope you'll visit Finland one day. ❤

[@herrbonk3635]

10:30 Memma is delicious! With some cream, a little sugar and coffee on the side.

[@haneski8020]

I eat it with pure milk. My younger son adores it!

[@herrbonk3635]

@@haneski8020 Ok. I'm a Swede, so I regard it more like an "exotic" delicacy rather than as porridge :) I love it!

[@haneski8020]

@@herrbonk3635 How cool! I didn't know you can buy mämmi also in Sweden. And don't worry, there is only a one rule with mämmi: you can add what ever you like to and if it still tastes good and makes you happy, it was the right choice. We do actually have some special mämmi's here even at grocery stores. Last spring my son wanted to try them all: like vanilla-mämmi, mämmi with berries, tradionational-not-sweetened-mämmi etc. It was an interesting test, but five packets of mämmi in a one week was a little bit too much to me...... 😸

[@herrbonk3635]

@@haneski8020 Yes, we have a lot in common, and many Finns live here too. I would probably prefer the original delicious combination though, of råg (rye), malt, apelsin (orange) and piquant pomerans peel (seville orange). Loved it since the 1960s, when I tried it for the first time. (Yes, I'm that old :)

[@riittarankinen4749]

Name Turku originally means market place. Closest language is Estonian. Hungarian is also related, but relation goes really far back in time

[@MariaArt.]

10:54 they are pierogies with rice as filing, there is also mashed potatoes as filling in them, The dough (outside) is made with Rye flour and normal wheat flour, oil, salt, milk, and a little sugar, You put them in to oven and served with butter on top. Finnish licorice especially the sweet one is so good. salmakki is good to, but not all of them 😅😂

[@sarahfeather]

The he/she thing is taught to us when we are 10, I think now it’s even earlier. I’ve never heard anyone struggling with that. Most Finns speak several languages quite well at least. I only have trouble with she/he in Spanish because I’ve studied that only six months and the gender of words effects there to other words too. So I make mistakes there sometimes, but I’m confident I’ll learn that well because I had no trouble in English, Swedish or French either. The other thing is that all of us don’t want to use gender-related words and then we use the word ”they” as substitute to he or she.

[@rosmu1130]

8:05 I don't eat with fork and knife a hamburger when eating in a fast food place, like Hesburger or McDonald's. 🍔 If I eat in some place other, like... for example, Pancho Villa or some other restaurant, if they serve hamburgers and I eat one, then it's with cutlery.🍴 9:44 And it's totally fine not to like it too. I don't like it that much, but sometimes find myself craving some. I like SukuLaku = a soft and chewy licorice, it has a center that is coated in a layer of creamy milk chocolate. 😋 Sure, it's not salted licorice, but I'm not that much of a fan either.. If someone offers me some, maybe might take a bit, but not going to really buy for myself. 😂 11:00 That's a version of the famous Karelian pie/pasty, it's Finnish treat/snack that originates from the region of Karelia. The crust is very, very thin rye based crust, that's filled with either rice pudding or mashed potato filling. Personally I prefer the rice filling. It's best when you eat it with egg-butter (hardboiled egg mixed in some butter). 🤤

[@formatique_arschloch]

That was pretty accurate. Alko is a government liquor store yes. Originally (deceades ago) to prevent Finns to drink hard alcohol daily and also to collect taxes and revenue to cover some of the costs of people drinking alcohol...while selling alcohol 😅 It's not a big deal and personally I have nothing against that. I don't need to get hard booze 24/7 from the corner store. It would be nice to see you react to more videos about Finland. Wolter's, other travelling or what ever 👍

[@annekasX]

Hungary and Finland only Uralic languages? Estonian here, having identity crisis. I know we small and unnoticeable, but we matter too -.-

[@satu7499]

Ok. I have seen few videos this dude has made about Finland and us finns. Some of them are true, some just total bullshit. So, as a finn I can comment to his observations. 1. Yes, that is true. We are normally totally naked in sauna. It's not a thing for us. On The other hand, we think that sauna is kinda sacret place. It is meant to make you feel relaxed and good. So, you can come to sauna however you feel best. If you feel better covered up in towel, it's fine. And If you don't want to go to sauna at all, that is totally ok too. There is actually only couple of rules you must remember. Don't stare and sexualise and never go to sauna in your swimming suit If you've Been in pool because The chlorine in poolwater can Steam up poisonous in hot sauna. 2. Talking while breathing in...true. we do that. 3. True. Nature is sooooo important to us. You are welcome to enjoy it too. Just do not litter and in any case in summer do not make a fire in Woods. There is plenty of places to Make a fire and there are Even Woods ready. Don't burn our Woods...we get angry of that. 4. True. Well sort of. This is not a library. You can talk😅 5. Yeah, don't litter. We have trash cans in every corner. And what comes to potatos...ooh😋 they are absolutelly The best when boiled in Salt water with Skins. Then they taste really good. If I can choose i'll always take The ones with skin. You don't actually even need any sauce, they are just so tasty. About lingonberries... they grow here everywhere and we pick and eat them a lot. Burgers...sure, some can use fork and knife. Most of us don't. I don't Even think they have forks and knives in Hesburger. And big YES. Never go inside with your shoes on. 6. Aaaaand here we go again.....🙄 Salmiakki is NOT salty liquirice ❗ Liquirice is made of halva that grows in nature, salmiakki=ammonium chloride and made in lab. If you walk in nature and find a small spring with fresh water that comes from earth and you poor 10 kilos Salt in there, is it a sea?🙄🙈 We do love our salmiakki but don't confuse it with liquirice. Not a same thing. And mämmi...not an fan. Some like it a lot. It's not Bad but can live without. Oh, and those were carelian pies. It's actually filled with rice. We love to eat them with eggbutter...soooo good😋 7. Yes, we say "hän" no matter what what The person has between his/her legs. And true, it's sometimes confusing to speak other languages when you have to think all The Time is it he/she, his/hers... 8. Wrong!!! We actually have 3 languages. He forgot "saame" 9. Don't know what to say about that. To me everything IS totally logic. 10. True. We can buy mild alcohol (up to 8%) between 09:00-21:00 from grocery stores and strong stuff from Alko.

[@hardtailwarrior178]

Good reaction!! Source: I'm a Finn.

[@siimtulev1759]

11:45 Estonia and Finland use main language as high content of Uralic words. Hungarian has low content of Uralic words (10-20%), but grammar is still similar to Finnish and Estonian. Finnish and Estonian has about 50-60% Uralic words in use.

[@lucone2937]

As a native Finnish speaker I think Estonian is the only major language that sounds similar and have similar words than Finnish. But there are many confusing words that look similar but they have more or less different meanings. For instance an Estonian word "kalju" means rock but a Finnish word "kalju" means bald (hairless) and "kallio" means rock. Or an Estonian word "naine" means a wife, but a Finnish word "nainen" means a woman, and a Finnish word "vaimo" means a wife, but an Estonian word "vaim" means something like spirit, soul or ghost. Smaller Baltic Finnic languages in Russia are endangered to vanish because they are only few native speakers left especially after the Soviet Era. There were lots of political prisoners because Stalin was very suspicious about any national minorities, and many people who survived were forced to move to Siberia and other parts of the Soviet Union from their original homelands.

[@siimtulev1759]

@@lucone2937 Naine means same as nainen in Finnish btw. Wife and Spouse are both "abikaasa" abi+kaasa

[@Zardagbum]

What is often omitted regarding the pronouns in Finnish is that almost no one uses "hän" in colloquial conversation. Everyone just says "se". It. About everything that exists. "Mihin se meni" means "Where did it go" and the 'it' could mean a person, an animal, a tree, a car, a ball, time... "Hän" is basically reserved for formal speech and written Finnish, where that would be "Mihin hän meni". The only times one might hear "hän" used is in the news or in an audiobook, or perhaps in a high level business meeting. And also some people use it to refer to their pets, while still saying "se" when referring to people. Colloquial Finnish is a fascinating thing, although that sentence is a bad example of it since in my dialect it's almost the same as in written Finnish. Someone from somewhere else might say "mihkä se män". A better example would be How much would he/she want for that car? Paljonkohan hän haluaisi siitä autosta? - Formal or written. Paljon se haluis siit autost? - Colloquial.

[@kingofohio5689]

"Saunas are disturbing" most american thing i've ever heard 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Spugedelia77]

I have to really concentrate when I'm speaking English, because we have hän (he/she) to get it correctly. Foreigners often ask how do you know about if it's she or he, but it's quite easy to understand, if you speak Finnish and if you'll get it wrong nobody cares at all. Finland isn't the place for you if you need some Most Epic Stuff (except our four seasons, 188.00 lakes, the the polar sun and best air quality in the world + the silence you can only find in places like Alaska, Siberia & Finland). Connor, I have watched your videos for couple(?) of years now and I can tell you that you know more about the world than 99,5% of people of USA. Well done, bro

[@Spugedelia77]

Remember to vote, please? Your vote will have an affect to us Finns, too, you know?

[@D4rkstorn]

Some notes: Greek is actually Indo-European. It shares many roots with Latin, Sanskrit, Hindi and weirdly, modern Lithuanian. Finnish and Turkish have similarities, to the point where people used to think they're related languages. Instead it's more of a case of convergent evolution and cultural diffusion. Uralic languages are particularly notable for taking lots of influence from unrelated languages from people co-habiting the same areas. There's at least one documented instance of Uralic and Turkic peoples forming a confederacy and a shared culture, and Hungarian in particular has a lot of Turkic loanwords. Finnish in particular is heavily influenced by Germanic languages. To the point that you can study the early stages of Germanic languages by studying Finnish. A good example is the modern Finnish word for king, "kuningas." The earliest reconstructed proto-Germanic word for "king" is "kuningaz." It's estimated more than half of all Finnish words are of Germanic origin. TLDR: Greek is Indo-European, and Finnish and Turkish have similarities, both in orthography and grammar, but they aren't directly related. /E: The use of "they" in English to refer to a person in the singular is an old feature of English: Its use was semi-successfully discouraged in the 18th century by high society. Weirdly, the effect for a long time after was to refer to an indeterminate gender as "he." Which we now think is in poor taste.

[@aeschynanthus_sp]

Yes, Anchorage is about one degree more northern than Helsinki. Seward, Alaska, USA is closely on the "correct" latitude of 60°N. Turku is the oldest city in Finland, beginning in the 13th century. Its Finnish name, "Turku", means basically 'market place', thought to be a loan from an old Slavic language. The name would mean that merchants from Novgorod visited the place. The Swedish name "Åbo" refers to 'abode by the river' or 'people by the river'. The river is the Aurajoki (Swedish: Aura å), by which Wolter is standing in the video. Also the steeple in the background is the steeple of the Turku Cathedral, parts of which were built in the late 14th century.

[@Unik39]

There's over 3 million saunas in Finland. At least, That's quite old info so the number might be much more nowadays ✌️

[@herrbonk3635]

Almost one per person! So many families got two? One in their appartment and one on the country side?

[@finman123]

@@herrbonk3635 Yeah, 3,3 million saunas, and 5,6 million people, that's Finland for you! 😄

[@Parttous]

Alko is kind of relic from the Finnish prohibition era (1919-1932). Slowly but surely we have been able to erode its influence, just this year we got drinks of up to 8% in alcohol percentage to the supermarkets.

[@sunshinereggae417]

🇫🇮🤗

[@lenaaxelsson5103]

Finish-ugrian (finsk-ugriska )language group. Same group but very different languages finnish and hungarian

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Depending on definition, there are around 20-40 Uralic languages still spoken, though some are spoken by very few people. In spoken Finnish you can refer to a third person simply as 'it' and they/them as 'those'. Those inhale speakers I haven't encountered, but I guess you can suck in a word or two occasionally. And there are louder and quieter people in Finland. The Finnish Americans and Americana introduced the grandiose ways of Americans to Finns way before the "real Americans" found their way here. The 'rich American uncle' is an archetype in old Finnish movies. The difference might be that Finns can cope with silence and don't necessarily feel the need to talk for the sake of conversation. Silence isn't categorically awkward in Finland. Obviously the town centers, historical sights, tourist attractions etc. are kept clean, but you can find litter allover the place in Finland too. There just was a national 'Million Garbage Bags' campaign again to get people pick up litter from the nature etc. And there is of course air pollution in Finnish cities too like any cities of the same size more or less, even though air is clean in general. State has a monopoly on hard liquor sale also in Sweden and Norway as a legacy of the prohibition era. Video: "Who Drinks The Most In Scandinavia? Fins, Swedes, Danes Or Norwegians?" and "Estonia Special 30.9.2011". Also: "2021 The Long Drink Sizzle Video". Licorice is great too of course, but salty licorice is sal ammoniac, which is especially tasty. While the US cave the world Coca-Cola, Finnish candy company Fazer's contribution was salty licorice. The world just isn't particularly fond of it: "Why Finland fell in love with salty liquorice" and "André Wickström visits Kouvolan Lakritsi". About those other strange words used in the video: "Koskenkorva - Vodka from a Village", "Koskenkorva Salmiakki Liqueur | Salty Liquorice Vodka Review", "TRYING FINNISH EASTER SWEETS | (My first) MÄMMI", "Karelian Pies/Pastries | Karjalanpiirakka" and "Finnish Karelian Pies | Karjalanpiirakat".

[@SteamboatW]

11:05 Is a Karelian pierogi.

[@iirokarimo4565]

around 3:oo haha i like that, if i add some finn stereotypes like "we dont talk too much" i can now add "but when we do we do it 100%"

[@Tiax776]

Don't some states in the US have a State run alcohol monopoly as well?

[@sbjchef]

Hän is the best thing about Finland

[@finman123]

Nah, second best, just after salmiakkikossu!

[@sbjchef]

@finman123 😉

[@SteamboatW]

16:00 Alko. Well, it's the same in Norway and Sweden. Heavily regulated alcohol. Sweden, Finland and Norway are part of the so called "Vodka belt", where we a hundred years and more ago almost drank our countries into misery. One of the first steps of building our countries up was to try to make the population more sober. Im the US you tried abolition, in the nordics we used taxation, information and regulation instead.

[@MrAatami]

We use "it" se/sillä... hän/hänellä when speaking with a much older person, about at least a little older person. Plural form when being respectful and that's called "teitittely".... it's "te/teillä" -- teidän.

[@kerouac2]

There are some American states with a state liquor monopoly. You have to go to the "ABC" store -- Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

[@herrbonk3635]

Interesting! Didn't know that. Left wing states?

[@Herraivo]

@@herrbonk3635 State has the retail monopoly (proof limits and details vary) in Alabama, Idaho, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. State has the wholesale monopoly (similarily, details vary) in Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Missisipi, West Virginia and Wyoming. And then there's Ohio, where all private retailers of hard liquour are working for the state on consignment. Could fit into either. So a slight (9-7) lean to right, with 1 battleground state in the mix.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@Herraivo So it's rather some kind of bible based moralism there then? In Sweden, this system is more like remains of socialist totalitarism, although they sure inherited some protestant mentality as well, when they took over the country during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

[@nedludd7622]

@@herrbonk3635 No, it is a leftover from puritanism.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@nedludd7622 Yes, my more detailed question was removed (like about 50% of my comments).

[@Ayns.L14A]

The best way to check how north northern countries are is to put latitude and longitude grid lines on google earth.........(it's in tools)

[@mikkohapponen5728]

Mämmi is malt butter type kind. Really malty

[@paulharvey9149]

Connor, you're probably worrying about the same thing as evry other non-Finnish male in the sauna, but take it from me, its not an issue. Even if it happens, ignore it and it'll away - but, the chances are you'll be so worried that it might, that it probably won't! Nakedness is such a good leveller you see - and you quickly realise how much you subconsciously judge others according to what you think you see - and how much good quality life you miss out on! Yet another of life's learning curves!! Mind you, they don't half drink - even by Scottish standards and believe me, that really is saying something!! Lovely people though.

[@SlendisFi_Universe]

Okei. Finland is NORDIC. Not SCANDINAVIAN. And the baked potato thing. That is rice pie or Karelian pie. You can also use mashed potatoes instead of rice. The said pastry is made from rye.

[@jroutasula5250]

That beer "Lapin Kulta" is kind "Budweiser". Like water, no taste at all. Check out "Karjala", "Karhu", "Koff" or "Amiraali" if you want tasty beer.

[@Zardagbum]

Meh, Karjala and Koff have an off aftertaste, same as Aura and Olvi although in a different way, Karhu and Sandels are drinkable among bulk lagers. I'd rather have Lapin Kulta than Koff or Karjala. I'd rather have K-Menu, if I'm honest.

[@jroutasula5250]

@@Zardagbum Olvi is good if you have hard stomach ...

[@miimu2000]

10:54 that is karjalanpiirakka, not potatoes. It's like a rice porrage inside a rye shell. Nothing to do with potatoes there

[@TeroKoskinen-xy2zz]

No, potato version is real but that is not same food. Perunapiirakka is name.

[@miimu2000]

@TeroKoskinen-xy2zz Yea, but that one was a karjalanpiirakka

[@annalaehdesmaeki6533]

About hän = she/he. There´s a video ThisIsHÄN "Hän is the inclusive Finnish personal pronoun that stands for equal opportunity. Our she and he, all at once. It's a symbol for a better world where people are not defined by their background, gender or appearance. ”Hän” is a campaign by the Finland Promotion Board. The Finland Promotion Board raises the international profile of issues that are important to Finnish people, and brings Finland’s story to the world.

[@gyderian9435]

Mandatory Finland comment 🇫🇮

[@Superbiist]

Alko was set up after prohibition at 1932. So natural monopoly and it is making profit, so goverment is not letting it go free. EU laws are not so tight, so there is and has been lawsuits against alcohol monopoly in finland. We just got 8% beers and ciders etc to groceries, so little by little it is crumbling. State paid studies say that consumption will increase, but long term graphs tell that it is just opposite. Sure some overuse, but people are wise and know what is good and what is too much. Happy to see Alko go in the future, for sure

[@maestrobash7822]

16:00 Thats the official excuse. The real reason is that it just makes too much fucking money for the state to give up the monopoly.

[@maestrobash7822]

They have limited open hours also, which they claim is to lessen to consumption of alcohol, which is bullshit, according to all the studies, limiting the availability just increases the consumption. Since you can't buy it any time you want, you are likely to buy it in the storage just in case, and since you already have it in the house, you are more likely to consume it.

[@hennakettunen8755]

I eat my boiled potatoes whole, with skin and all - yum, and much healthier. 😋

[@markmuller7962]

I think you mean these cities being IN LITERAL SOUTHERN ALASKA lol (in terms of latitude)

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Connor, if you watch _Alanna_ the Canadian lady of 'Adventures and Naps' she has a video which tells of the Ontario government-run alcohol stores, where you also need to buy your alcohol, (say if youre preparing for parties or bbq's etc.) you just can't buy alcohol along _with_ your groceries, like you can here in the UK. You might be able to buy beers or wines but not spirits - which Americans seem to refer to as "hard liquors"! We can buy our soft drinks, fruit juices and alcohols in (for example) 'The Co-op' or 'Tesco', plus other foods, drinks clothes* (in some* supermarkets), and a range of other non-food items. Convenience stores here are aptly named, _no faffing around_ as it is in Canada, and, apparently, Finland too!

[@riittarankinen4749]

I never talk and breath in at the same time. Nor anyone I know.

[@haneski8020]

I do. And my dad can whistle without any breaks just using outhale-inhale continuously.

[@riittarankinen4749]

​@@haneski8020 Which part of country you come from?

[@haneski8020]

@@riittarankinen4749 Häme.

[@haneski8020]

@@riittarankinen4749 Häme.

[@hennakettunen8755]

That's interesting.

[@tommyb7127]

Always funny seeing these travelers, seeing something random, and thinking that's the way it is here. I have no interest in explaining every error he made there, just wanted to point out, that despite of his need to show how "exotic" place he is in, most of what he said was just bs, or a very subjective experience he had with like one random person here. I don't mean to be rude, he seems like a nice guy, he simply don't know enough about finns, despite of making it seem like he does.

[@paulakuljunlahti]

11:41 i = minä, you = sinä, She or He = hän, we/us = me, they/ them = he, and go on.

[@M4kkaraperunat]

selvä

[@Finkele1]

here we go.... ok. ok. He has been here multiple times and it's not really interesting to know how my own country works

[@moonliteX]

the original reactor has 70k subs?

[@torpmorp1324]

Estonian is closest to Finnish. Hungarian has only about 200 words related to Finnish and practically no one understands it here. The Estonians understand Finnish really well often.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Mark is _again_ _mispronouncing_ stuff. _Cleanliness_ is _not_ pronounced as its spelling. It's _actually pronounced_ ' _Clenliness_ ' (And we say, ' _knife and fork_ ' 👍 _not_ "fork and knife" - which sounds like f🦆rcking knife!!😟)

[@herrbonk3635]

Doesn't that depend on you accent? Few people speak RP or transatlantic nowadays.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@herrbonk3635 I don't think "transatlantic" is quite my style but my accent is more RP than *MLE or *Estuary English!! (*Heaven forbid!!) 🤔🥺

[@georgerobartes2008]

The knife was used as the eating instrument long before the fork was added , hence knife and fork .

[@finman123]

I found that weird too, and I am Finnish. Can't he speak his own mother tongue?

[@Tunturisorsa]

as you kind of figured out, hän is pretty much like using they as a general pronoun with no gender. a plural does exist though so you dont have to use context to figure out if one is speaking about multiple people or not. gendered pronouns and gendered words in general do not exist in Finnish

[@unojayc]

Finnish people like not to talk to strangers.

[@Pataassa]

Many of us do like. But only if strangers start that talking, we never do.

[@hennakettunen8755]

Um, my experience is we don't easily _start_ conversation with strangers, but if asked for help or advice, we're most happy to help. (Yes I'm a Finn. 🇫🇮)

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

Part of reason why you guys are loud is most likely because of much larger personal bubbles. You guys stay far away even from friends.

[@nedludd7622]

Wolter's world is basically unwatchable. He is imbued with himself and talks like he knows everything, prescriptive rather than descriptive.

[@VesaSeppälä-f7x]

Salmiakki is an acquired taste. No one actually likes it but you'll get used to is as a kid, when the big boys tell you that fruit flavored candy is for girls.

[@hennakettunen8755]

Hahaha, oh yeah? Well salmiakki has been my favourite kind of sweets since I was a little girl. I guess big boys didn't mess my head with that sort of weird propaganda? 😅

[@cranberrybe]

but all finnish girls like salted liquorice? by the way the scandinavians and dutch also eat it.