Astiankuivauskaappi life is good

[@Sofo274]

Coffee, sauna and astiankuivauskaappi. The holy trinity.

[@sadbeans3911]

I'm dating a finnish guy and he was roasting me for not having an astiankuivauskaappi when he visited me overseas. 😭😂

[@Byibe_]

I see i would too

[@pandaa677]

Hahaha you dont really have astiankuivauskaappia?

[@sadbeans3911]

@@pandaa677 he is laughing at me because I'm putting wet washed plates in a basin. 🥲

[@LoveFORwonskzyoung]

BAHAHAHA You dont have one everyone has one oh yeah everyone except you😂 Not trying to be mean

[@patrickblu150]

We have one and in the 15 years i have lived in our home we have not used it ones

[@voidheartt]

Imagine a Finland without Astiankuivauskaappi. 🤣

[@rempsa]

i cant

[@jimdeli2799]

Literrally if that thing didn't exist my dishes would never ever in history of human kind be dry.

[@ThomasMershevski]

I fell of the chair laughing when he said it 🤣

[@EBM_11]

​@@rempsamee vittuu

[@cristianseres1353]

Unfortunutely there are more and more modern business and private kitchens in Finland with a 'kitchen island' without astiankuivauskaappi.

[@Naomi_best_]

I also didn't know this existed, but i can confirm that i will now proceed to tell everyone about it who will listen.

[@gurnug]

I know that thing like since forever, because it was quite common thing in Poland in PRL era and some people used to it enough to keep it "alive" to this day.

[@Anggea]

Canadian here…. I HAVE SAVED THIS INSPO ON MY KITCHEN RENO PINTEREST BOARD SOOOO MANY TIMES!!!! It’s bloody fricking brilliant!!!

[@drradska8107]

Gosh, the man is a talent. The facial expressions are priceless. Now I need an astiankuivauskaapi.

[@FailedAragorn]

This unlocked a memory of me being in a house in Latvia and they had the same thing. Astounding!

[@robertasartor138]

In Italy it is a normal part of the kitchen. It is called scolapiatti!

[@aapeli_]

Ohh. Even in Sweden isnt that normal

[@kaisla_onerva]

Yea! It's propably in every finnish home too!

[@Micucalced99]

@@kaisla_onerva yes its in every Finnish home becoase its Finnish invention

[@Tapio86]

​@@Micucalced99 valitettavasti ei ole suomalainen keksintö...mutta erittäin tavallinen Suomessa :)

[@TheAzynder]

@@Tapio86 Well it is and it isn't. It was invented by a finnish person, just that the inventor was not the first person to invent it. This was made possible by the lack of internet 100 years ago. It was apparently first patented about 15 years prior though. Funnily enough, seems that both patents are from the states where basically no one has heard of the damn thing.

[@AinoHiat]

Yeah... introduced astiankuivauskaappi to an American friend and this was the result. After they took ~20 minutes to figure out what it is based on a photo (the kaappi was empty in it).

[@holoholopainen1627]

In American They have machines - that wash the plates & cups & silverwear ! Those are Boxes with water !

[@LUNUSt]

​@@holoholopainen1627they dry them too

[@OldForestWitch]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_drying_cabinet#:~:text=While%20recorded%20history%20of%20the,the%20Finnish%20Work%20Efficiency%20Institute.

[@nottherealbaphomet]

​@@holoholopainen1627a dishwasher?

[@nottherealbaphomet]

​@@LUNUSta dishwasher.

[@cma365]

I did my ERAMUS in Finland a million years ago. Still miss my cupboard over the sink!

[@holoholopainen1627]

Almost every ERAMUS - has bought those home - that I know of ! You May cut IT - or shorten IT !

[@ZurLuften]

I renovated my home in Finland a year back. The kitcher came from Germany. And it did not have an astiankuivauskaappi!. Like an idiot I just assumed it would have one. Well, it has one now. Took about an hour to dismantle the lovest shelf and add the rack

[@holoholopainen1627]

One hour !

[@Reisavering]

We live in Norway. Just renovated our kitchen and got one of those. Love it!

[@stonearucard]

Can't live without one

[@taijak6822]

I can't even live without that anymore!! 😅

[@wsqaa910]

Astiankuivauskaappi ❤️

[@luka_tandi]

These are also very common In Georgian households, but some have a metal tray under it.

[@mikaelkaihlakari870]

Totally underrated guy. His videos are gold

[@fcole90]

Coming from Italy it was so surprising to find people so amazed of something we consider so common 😅

[@LaSorciereFeuillue]

It's truly brilliant.

[@tipotto896]

This is what my grandma used to have in croatia ❤

[@Lillith.]

I've never seen a multiple story one, but the shelf above the sink being a drying rack is not weird at all. Wish my current home had one.

[@mb6019]

We have those in most apartments in spain as well! They are amazing!

[@stellajacobson231]

Since I hate having my drying dishes on the side of the kitchen bench I'd love to have one of b these cabinets 😍 it's genius!

[@SuperDolly64]

thank you!!!-i've seen drying racks over the sink but not inside a cupboard!!

[@marittamustonen-smith7333]

Why is this amazing invention not marketed to the world so everyone knows how brilliant piece of equipment it actually is

[@emilkabujak728]

Its pretty popular in Poland too😄

[@Juhani96]

Noice

[@F1nnish_girl135]

Wdym

[@jagmak13]

True but I cannot understand why young Poles don’t want to put them in their new houses and flats

[@jus4795]

You don’t need it as much if you have a dish washer as the dishes get dry inside it.

[@MinisculeNeeds]

I never knew about this... wow... I'll have to get one when I'm in my own flat instead of a dishwasher, it seems like a nice space saver.

[@ironwolf9876]

Maybe it's just me, but don't most American kitchens place their sink right under the window? I know my house does. I hand wash my dishes all the time and would love to have an astiankuivauskaappi. My grandparents cabin in Michigans upper penninsula had one but they purposefully didn't put their sink under a window for that reason.

[@Svartr.HrafnSvartr]

My mother's family immigrated to Canada. I kind of wish they had stayed in Finland - everything just seems to make much more sense.

[@holoholopainen1627]

You dont have astiankuivauskaappi ?

[@heddja]

i love the reactions to these, feels so weird when people don't know what it is :D

[@ThomasMershevski]

Or the reaction to the top drawer that is usually a cutting board 😂

[@heddja]

@@ThomasMershevski yes :D

[@durabelle]

@@ThomasMershevski Often even two cutting boards behind the same panel, the one that comes out by pulling the handle, and other one hidden right at the top. I've met surprisingly many Finns who never even noticed the other one before specifically looking for it!

[@ThomasMershevski]

@@durabelle Yea I forgot about that one just as you said 😂

[@holoholopainen1627]

Many People Dont know what - tuulikaappi - IS - and that worries me !

[@PeterPetermann]

one of the things i miss ever since i left finland

[@bob2shred894]

Here in Australia I had a client that had one made and got me to install it. Only to remove it 1 month later saying it got moldy and they kept hitting their head on it while trying to do the dishes.

[@alanlight7740]

Living in the southeastern US, this makes sense. Some things that work in cool, dry places don't work so well in warm and humid places. Mold is just part of life where I live - it's difficult to avoid.

[@YodasMessenger]

ok but for real, WHY THE FUCK DO I NOT HAVE THIS I NEED THIS THATS AMAZING.

[@bioblazepayne]

God damn BRILLIANT... I must... Create it at home...

[@DCdabest]

Finland hits different

[@veera3664]

I cant live without my astiankuivauskaappi

[@eero.asikainen]

Että mikä?

[@JiihaaS]

@@eero.asikainen wc:n käsisuihku

[@eero.asikainen]

@@JiihaaS aivan XD

[@Byibe_]

Mikä puhelin

[@Yavanna79]

Astiankuivauskaappi is must joka kodissa. Ja käsisuihku myös vaikka sillä onkin noin räävitön lempinimi. Jolle muuten repeilin ihan huolella. XD

[@_I9L3_]

We use it in Belarus pretty much everywhere

[@formatique_arschloch]

Good for you! Finnish invention. Hang on and stay free (from putin).

[@OldForestWitch]

@@formatique_arschloch en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_drying_cabinet#:~:text=While%20recorded%20history%20of%20the,the%20Finnish%20Work%20Efficiency%20Institute.

[@れいい-q2m]

I had a Finnish friend tell me about this and had the exact same reaction

[@ramygirgis3893]

I have this cupboard at home in Egypt as well.

[@samikontio4190]

One reason to why it is not so popular everywhere is that if your tapwater is hard, it will leave calcium stains on your dishes. Finland has VERY soft tapwater.

[@candychocolates]

And that's why we drink the water STRAIGHT outta the tap.

[@ekaterinalokshina2043]

@samikontio4190 That's why they also can have a removable tray under the dishes. The water drops on the tray, and then you just take it out and rinse it.

[@master_ogi]

We have in Poland same hard water as in UK and we have it in every kitchen from ages.

[@etiennevandijk1141]

I'm gonna go on a limb and say it is because space as well as dishwashers. That cabinet looks like wasted space to me. With an additional 5 minutes to go over the dishes with a towel you miss an entire cabinet that could be used to store the dishes or ingredients.

[@samikontio4190]

@@etiennevandijk1141 I disagree. I myself use the drying cabinet to store dishes, I don't take them out after they have dried. Not all of them anyway. I just take them out as I need them.

[@whatonearthamito]

And now you've accomplished it

[@InDaWilderness]

We have these in my country and I absolutely hate them! They are never as effective as you think as the humidity inside your cabinet builds up and attracts mold and mildew while being much harder to clean than a normal drying rack. Plus, they aren't built in a way to be a good storage space so you practically waste an entire cabinet that could have been used for so many other things.

[@jasonmcintosh5150]

I moved into a house with one of those here in south africa, thought who would plan on putting Wet dishes in a closed wooden space and never used it

[@johannalehto9154]

This is the one thing I really miss from Finland 😤 I would do anything to have this brilliant invention back in my kitchen. I honestly though my whole life this was in every house all over the globe. Until I moved to Japan for a year and now to Sweden 🤣 Things u take for granted 🙈

[@Volundur9567]

I love how Finnish has nice long words like German and Icelandic. I do like the concept, as it's eco-friendly.

[@Teknokraatti]

The long words are usually just a couple of words slapped together so you know they mean a specific thing. Case in point 'Astian-(Dish)-kuivaus-(drying)-kaappi(cabinet)'. The same but not using compound words would be "kaappi astioiden kuivaamista varten", or 'cabinet for drying dishes'. 'Astiankuivauskaappi is SO much shorter and less unwieldy to say. Same principle appears in English compound words, it's way easier to say 'bedroom' than 'a room with a bed in it'.

[@candychocolates]

Epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkään.

[@LaRaeKuivinen]

Until you try to learn it lol

[@holoholopainen1627]

Running water - keeps running !

[@AnAverageItalian]

Agglutinative languages are cool indeed

[@LivingTreeCarpentry]

As a carpenter I regularly refuse to build this into client prijects. It starts out as a great space saver and ultimately ends up with rusty hinges and damaged cabinets.

[@roykale9141]

The things I take for granted

[@ekaterinalokshina2043]

how is it possible that the world doesn't know about that? Ikea kitchens have them.

[@briarmacpherson448]

I had the same reaction as the British person when I went to visit Estonian boyfriends family for the first time.

[@tarrahcotter6938]

This is the best idea.

[@leko8398]

Never heard of it but will probably get one one day now.

[@johnathankrausrig9237]

Oh shit boy. Thats what I always needed! Time to go shopping!

[@joshkund]

We need this in the usa!

[@aatospaananen]

I'm from Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@dperreno]

In most American houses, there is a window above the sink, so no place for a cabinet. Most apartments, though, could benefit from this!

[@FergusNelson]

I would find having a cupboard above the sink, where I'm trying to wash dishes really annoying.

[@amouramarie]

It's these super simple things that make you go WTF. WHY do we not have this?!

[@chiarabaldisseri4976]

We have them in Italy too !

[@timsonins]

I'm pretty sure everyone in Latvia has one. Or a dishwasher if they're rich

[@miikahamalainen5343]

In Finland we either have only dish drying cabinet or a dish drying cabinet and a dishwasher. I haven't yet seen anybody having only a dishwasher

[@rmtab6511]

They're pretty common throughout South East Asia. And in virtually every modern tower apartment kitchen.

[@ourhome505]

I really want one!

[@reachammad]

We have these in Spain too, but it’s not a standard sadly .

[@rainbowsnbubbles]

I've thought a few times I'd like to replace some of my cabinets with dishwashers and just not worry about emptying them

[@aleksijaakkonen8004]

I can relate as a Finnish person

[@kaisla_onerva]

In Finland everyone propably has astiankuivauskaappi!😂

[@KeskivertoPelle]

There's no house in Finland without an astiankuivauskaappi🇫🇮

[@Martian74]

Someone should tell them about dishwashers that clean and dry all your cups, dishes and cutlery. Why are they bothering to do it by hand? My shelves are perfect the way they are thanks.

[@LucaFenu]

Had that growing up in my mum's house when growing up in the seventies, in Sardinia... Definitely not a Finnish branded kitchen though...

[@holoholopainen1627]

Just like TOTO Song - IL Solo Italiano !

[@GamingDad]

They're popular in Spain as well.

[@Alicjawkrainieczarow0]

It's also normal in Poland, but we have a tray for water that slided in and out so you can empty it

[@NicWormwood]

I love it and want one, but everywhere I've lived has had a window at the kitchen sink. I'm tall enough to use a high one, but no one else i live with is.

[@amayacomino8308]

We have it also in every Spanish kitchen. It’s called escurridor…

[@przemysawbogdan7699]

very popular in Poland too ;)

[@d4gg3rm0th]

Why did he check his pants when he asked "What's that?" 💀

[@sarahbailey6723]

For a stain or wet patch?

[@Volundur9567]

kusta?

[@sarahbailey6723]

@@Volundur9567 se on inhottavaa.

[@Volundur9567]

@@sarahbailey6723 💁

[@Naegimaggu]

To see if he accidentally left his big fat dingie dongie out in the open. Don't act so surprised.

[@cathys949]

They had this in the house we stayed at in Italy.

[@sirpanda33]

And my family got a good use for the top shelf as Well Put the glasses and plates that u dont use often on there so they have a good place that dont waste space

[@arjenlaan4103]

First time I see it. Would never have thought of this, but it really should be in every kitchen, or at the very least all kitchens without a dish washer. Nice :-)

[@grandmasmagic3858]

I know here in Australia most kitchens are set with an exterior wall with a window looking over the garden so you could watch the kids playing in the backyard whilst you were working over the sink...can't tell you how many times mum rapped on the kitchen window to get us to stop doing what we shouldn't have been doing..I have seen pic's of open version of these that you can set up over the sink and still see outside/light come in..

[@jannetteberends8730]

I saw this also in an apartment on the Canary Islands. And I think they are also in Greece

[@S.B._Chalphy]

Only other place I've seen one in was a small town in Italy

[@holoholopainen1627]

Which small one ? Could You tell the name ? Please

[@S.B._Chalphy]

@@holoholopainen1627 In Pomarance, Toscana.

[@holoholopainen1627]

@@S.B._Chalphy Merci - Thank You

[@durabelle]

Who wants astiankuivauskaappi! Instead of that I've got a window with a lovely view to our garden fence about two metres away. Sometimes it's nice and sunny and I can see every detail on that beautiful wooden surface, but on rainy days there's just greyness in sight. Very inspiring. Yay.

[@sarahbailey6723]

I love that I cannot tell if you are being sincere or sarcastic but that it works either way.

[@durabelle]

@@sarahbailey6723 To be honest my opinion kind of depends, so who knows 😁 I can see some positives with both options. In houses where the kitchen window looks out to a proper garden I'd choose that any day, as long as there's enough counter space for dishes too. In our house the cabinet would be more useful though.

[@sarahbailey6723]

@@durabelle Definitely nothing beautiful about my view. Flat-topped American holly extends about two meters from the windowsill. I can see my neighbor’s house. Cream-colored wooden siding. Strip of bricks. Tan and black shingles. Chimney in need of care. Exposed cables. Worn fence. In the morning, though, the Sun’s angle is such that it illuminates my kitchen pretty well and that’s much better than my fluorescent light that flickers a lot right after it’s turned on. 🤷‍♀️ I can see the shelf being very useful, but far more useful if it were in a space where the dishwasher were a title rather than an appliance.

[@durabelle]

@@sarahbailey6723 Yeah, the natural light is nice. Except at a certain time of early evenings when the sun totally blinds me and I have to cover the window to even see the dishes 😄 I grew up in Finland though, and the dish drying cabinets are quite brilliant. So much space in them that all the cups, plates, bowls etc. fit easily, and the location above the sink means that water just naturally drains without any extra effort, so everything dries fast. Then again having a dishwasher would be even better 😝 My current system is two of those plastic dish drying racks, one on either side of the sink. One of them is on the metal part and because it's badly designed water collects under it, so needs daily wiping. Other one is on top of the covered hob on a towel when there's a full load of dishes. Works, but lots of extra faff compared to the cabinet system.

[@sarahbailey6723]

@@durabelle I see. I’m guess that by your use of “quite brilliant” and “extra faff” you are in the UK now? I just keep a tea towel (called dish towels in the US) over my dishwasher and that’s my “rack”. 😂

[@NickSquids]

I thought he was referring to a suspiciously empty cupboard... Welp, now I know what my contribution is going to be when we do a kitchen reno.

[@rensofie9321]

😂😂😂😂 you're wonderful

[@cheeze222]

I'm finnish and I have a astiankuivauskaapi

[@null7879]

This is pretty common throughout Europe and other parts of the world as well. I had one in Brazil

[@PaiviProject]

Hah haa, I do miss the astiankuivauskaappia.

[@mrsnatinatnat]

😂 Brilliant! But why has it not come to Sweden yet!

[@alaric_]

Because Finland is just that advanced! :D Give them a couple of decades and even they might catch up :D

[@IceAokiji303]

Oh it hasn't? Interesting. If asked "where in the world are dish drying cabinets widely used besides Finland?", Sweden would have been one of my first guesses.

[@mantailuaa]

@@IceAokiji303 They are pretty well known in Italy too.

[@mantailuaa]

Sure they have, even IKEA sells them.

[@runenorderhaug7646]

I have seen them in norway at least even as a half norwegian.

[@_riippuu]

I visited my inlaws in Korea recently, and I found it surprising that their apartment had an astiankuivauskaappi. But what perplexed me even more was that they still had a drying rack on the table and just had some cups and plates stored in the cupboard above the sink 😂

[@YouCanNeverEscapeMe]

Im a Finn, I knew that existed but we don't have that and neither do many other people I know.

[@tecongaming]

no wonder finland is the happiest contry in the world.

[@Hellsong89]

Its not but that is convenient to have

[@scavenderbird]

​​@@Hellsong89t is according to the studies but I believe it says that either because all the sad people k!ll themselves or people don't want to admit their sadness because you always say: "I'm okay" even when you are not. So if it was like people got actually asked they probably lied and said that they were fine because finnish people don't like to get any attention and complain. Also complaining is considered rude so

[@aurin_komak]

@@scavenderbird Happiness is measured by GDP, welfare and social safety nets, not by asking people. If it was a questionnaire, indigenous peoples from Africa would top the charts.

[@scavenderbird]

@@aurin_komak well in that case it shouldn't be on the top. We spend around 11 billion dollars a year on just mental health care not to mention all the other stuff

[@holoholopainen1627]

This IS IT ? I thought IS was naked sauna !

[@AammaK]

My blessed amazing land lords decided to make my apartment without one but I’m not pissed or anything, it’s not like my studio apartment’s 1m x 2m kitchen corner needs any extra space. It’s fine, I can go without cooking the rest of the day while the dishes dry on the only available counter. It’s fine!

[@lenasolarova]

Italy has this too, I found it weird tho but it's very effective

[@laraking804]

It’s what I miss the most about Finland how this is not universal is beyond me…

[@gb4547]

In every home I’ve lived in the sink is always in front of a window

[@SinNickxD]

Totally normal in Spain but I didnt know it was a finnish invent. My finn friend told me other day xD sooo curious.

[@blauemadeleine]

I've seen this in lots of places. Pretty common in Italy e. g.

[@FridaFlory23]

The same in Italy! 😉

[@CripticX]

been in finland seen that I now have it in my home in romania and will have one until I die

[@MiotaLee]

I both love it and hate it

[@attinsneakers]

I am shocked it's not a default in some countries. Like when do you even keep your dishes while they are still wet