Brit Reacts to 10 WEIRD Things Finnish People Do (that you should do too)

[@tiinaikonen7754]

Just to clarify, the babies take a nap outside, never night time.

[@getlost1631]

This is an important detail to add 😅. Babies sleep outside, when adults are awake.

[@AitoHemmo]

I let my kid sleep out ewen like -20

[@MKitchen75]

this is where the SISU come

[@K.Sorsat2025]

My mom be like (-30)

[@PC_Simo]

@@MKitchen75 Exactly 🎯💯👍🏻!

[@evawettergren7492]

Letting babies sleep outside during winter is fairly common all across Scandinavia, though I would not be surprised if it was the Finns that first came up with it.

[@onerva0001]

Arvo Ylppö started to recommend babies sleeping outside about 100 years ago. He was a Finnish childrens doctor.

[@Aquelll]

@@onerva0001 Not just a childrens doctor, THE childrens doctor. The father of the Finnish maternal clinic (neuvola) system, an internationally renowned specialist of his field and first chairman of The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare for 40 years. The greatest Finnish medical doctor of all time and arguably one of the greatest pediatricians in the world.

[@BlaecHrim]

*Fennoscandia ;D

[@VisualPixelsCG]

I have memories from kindergarden that there was these stollers outside the outdoor where all the babies sleept. Im swedish and it feels natural

[@maghambor]

Yea, our kindergarten had all the kids sleeping outside in Sweden. Worked fine!

[@hextatik_sound]

Babies sleep better in freezing environment. Everyone here puts their babies out to sleep. We do it up to -20 degrees. I've slept outside, all my siblings did, my daughter did and so on.

[@Mojova1]

Why would someone steal a baby? That is not a thing anyone does in Finland. Also the babies are not sleeping in the cold, they are quite warm in the trolly. No one is naked in the pools just in the saunas. :D

[@robertfast2713]

Babies sleep out doors thats the way i used to sleep my dad took Me out on a night walk and i slept

[@robertfast2713]

I was in the trolly as a baby when he was doing so btw

[@cynic7049]

It happend once in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was all over national media and half the city was trying to find the kid and did so within hours. A deranged women had taken the stroller from where it stood among the othrrs at Kindergarten.

[@samil5601]

Apparently I was once left sleeping in my pram in the courtyard if our block in central Helsinki when my mom popped indoors to pick up her cigarettes. I must have started crying at some point as when she returned, she found a wino comforting me. Mum proceeded to kick the wino out, but said she felt a bit guilty afterwards. Still not sure if that was about leaving me or kicking that guy.

[@MrBern91]

The babies are fully clothed and the strollers are also equipped with blankets, some people even have extra blankets with them. The fresh, cold air is VERY beneficial for a child's health and it doesn't happen that some random person comes to steal your baby. Besides, you're always keeping an eye out while your baby is resting. It's not weird... all of the nordic countries does this. xD We have name days in Sweden too, and I've got a first name and a middle name, and both of these names are within a month of eachother. :P But tbh... I've never really understood the reason to why this exist. I've never given it a 2nd thought other than having people call me to say "Congratulations on you name day". Everytime I'm all "Oh, that's today? Thanks, I guess." xD

[@frozendude707]

A few hundred years ago we did not track birthdays that commonly, so if you were to have a personal celebration it would be on a name day. But birthdays got more popular instead, so now they are vestigial.

[@EEmB]

All Nordic countries does this; Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark. It's not like the kids sleep outside for the full night, while we go inside to sleep, it's while us adults who mind the children are awake. This is for naps and such. The kids are dressed appropriate with enough bedding. Here in Sweden we use the inhale sound for the word 'yes' too, I am in the middle part of Sweden and it's used here. We don't even say "ja" sometimes when inhaling, we just do like a "whistle inhale", or like the sound when you drink soup of a spoon. We also have name-days in Sweden. Growing up it was a bigger thing, in my family we got presents on our name day. It's still special when people remember to say congratulations on your name day, or write you, send you a card or give you a call.

[@gj9996]

Yes baby’s sleeps outside it’s not just in Finland it’s in Norway,Sweden and danmark too

[@tatjanameyer4022]

I am 73 years of age. I slept outside and so did my daughters😂 He forgot to tell that mothers also leave their babies in the pram, sleeping, while they go inside the coffee shop to have a nice time with other mothers. The babies are not cold in the pram,they are dressed properly and the wind does not reach them. They sleep well and their lungs are getting fresh air. Our

[@annaroing9828]

It also boots the imune system...

[@toniheikkila5607]

I get the silence. I remember when I was young, me and my friends used to drive around and sit in park in a 80s VW Polo, talking, listening to music, smoking (dont worry, Ive quitted since). And it was normal to just sit quiet, if there was nothing to say. Thinking about what was said earlier, thinking about own thoughts, maybe someone reading a magazine or a book (didnt have smart phones back then). And when someone came up with something to say, the conversation started again. And another Finnish thing, we always had a 12-cup pump thermos that someone had swiped from somewhere in the back seat, everyone bringing their own coffee cups. Could spend all night like that, going home in the morning. So you can imagine seeing a banged up Polo in a librarys parking area 4 in the morning, with four dudes sitting in silence, drinking coffee. Ah, those were the days.

[@-Agis-]

Babies sleeping outside in the winter is absolutely true. Did it 40 years ago, my son a few years ago. Nothing to it really, just mind the clothing 😅

[@dirreeN]

I'm from Sweden and this is how i slept as a kid, but you're kept warm with a good sleepingbag and warm cloth.. It was common to have a sleepingbag made out of sheep wool and even sheep skin, it's great for the babt.

[@sundflux]

Sauna, being naked naturally etc is the best part of the Finnish culture I think. It removes your suits, it removes your status, there's just you as a human being sitting in löyly. Even our presidents used to take Soviet leaders to sauna + have some vodka so everyone would feel to be on the same level and better decisions were made that kept the peace.

[@heidir6788]

I think it's also deeply important to us as it kind of represents the cycle of life. Back in the day it wasn't uncommon to give birth in a sauna, the sick were often taken care of in a sauna and the deceased were washed in a cold sauna!

[@nina-kitty6573]

Sleeping outside at winter, takeing day nap for babies and kids is common in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. Healthy and for immune, less cold/ influensa.. 😊

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

(Sweden) Of course we leave the babies to sleep outside, I thought it was common knowlege that low temperature in the bedroom makes for a better sleep, quite some have their windows open and heat turned off in their bedrooms. An inhaling Yes is very common in Sweden, especially in the north, but we say "ffp". Everything else is also the same in Sweden

[@pucktholinder3692]

I think the Swedish inhaling yes is more like "sjo".

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@pucktholinder3692 There are probably many variations depending on where, I can only speak for myself, my relatives in Jämtland, and the people from Norrbotten thst I know

[@pamelakilponen3682]

Fresh air. I sleep with the window open in winter here in southern Finland. Also, each one has their own blanket/duvet if one person wants a heavier blanket then it is fine and the other can have a light one.

[@daw7563]

Kids sleeping outside in the cold happens in Sweden too. I did and my son too. Not all the time, and of course they are kept varm. 🙂Awkard silence not being a thing and sauna culture is the same in northern Sweden.

[@BosisofSweden]

All babies sleep better outside and longer. The rest is important and improve memory and language learning, gives the child a chance to process and rest.

[@Alexathon]

An affirmative yes by inhaling is common in Sweden as well, especially up north. If I'm not mistaken, Scandinavia and Finland are some of the least corrupted countries in the world, so maybe transparent earnings and taxations do the trick. 😊

[@TheNutzak]

It is true. I slept outside too as a kid. It never struck me as weird, but I guess it is somewhat odd from the outside looking in.

[@4486igi]

Pub in Helsinki 1985, saturday evening. Two young men took all their cloth off, went to desk, female waitres gave them beers and ask if there is that warm. Nobody even blink an eye. No big deal.

[@viiru870]

Sure, my kids slept outside all around the year! And all my friend's babies too. Just parked the pram so I can see in it from the window (or on the balcony). Babies sleep soooo much better outside, especially if it's a little chilly. Of course you have to take care clothes and blankets are warm enough. I still dream about being able to take a nap in a warm baby-burrito 😅

[@PC_Simo]

13:36 Back in my childhood, dubs also seemed much better and more natural (for example, for movies, like ”Flubber”, which you can also enjoy, when you’re a bit older). Nowadays, they just feel cringy and forced. It’s not *_JUST_* me getting older and more perceptive of the cringe-factor, either. Like I (kind of) hinted, I’ve double-checked that, in my grown-up -years, with movies, like ”Flubber”, and it still holds true. 😅

[@psygamarerotu2408]

by sleep he ment naps..not night

[@PC_Simo]

8:10 I think it’s, because, when you have no clothes on, you have nowhere to hide any weaponry; so, less reason for caution 🤔💡.

[@miikkaorte1577]

-10C... our kids have been sleeping up to, or maybe more correct down to -20C

[@mpark6142]

Babies don´t sleep outside at night, only daytime naps for couple of hours at the most. You dress the baby up properly and in a warm sleeping bag and have enough blankets under and over. Stealing babies is not common at all in Nordic countries and you´d have your baby sleeping on your balcony, porch or when you are walking your baby in a stroller.

[@dariauniverse9166]

I have never asked anyones income and i have feeling that its not something many do

[@magicofshootingstar]

Two comments: Firstly about babies. That video made it sound like the babies only sleep outside in the winter. That's not true, they sleep outside around the year. In the winter they just need clothes and in the summer shadow. You asked about being afraid of people stealing the baby. Well since most of the babies are sleeping outside if possible, that's not a thing. Even if there would be some kind of whacky person (which is extremely rare), chance of them picking your baby is slim to none. Also some people walk with the baby in a stroller until baby falls asleep and then transfers the strollers into the balcony. That's still part of your apartment but outside. Usually people also have babymonitors (is that what it's called? Like oneway baby walkie-talkie) in the stroller so they hear when there is noises at the stroller. Usually it means baby is waking up but also you can hear if something weird happens and react to that. Secondly about the transparent tax thing: I think it's quite rare for someone to call and ask the wages of others but there is "tax day" when they publish all the taxes from the last year. Then they print top earners from country, your county (not sure if that's right word, but close enough) and/or your city/town to magazines. Smaller the magazine, more info you get eg. one-town-only magazine will print info of that towns people while magazine that's advertised for half of the country only probably has countrys top earners. I think many look those listings with some kind of curiosity. Main thing though why those listings are important, I think, is so the bosses can't favor anyone. If you suspect someone in your workplace gets more money by doing the same work, you can always check if it's true and ask your boss why that is and maybe get raise. Also you can check people in other companies doing the same job to see if your companys wages are fair.

[@amanhasnoname3462]

I slept my daytime naps outside in in a toboggan no matter how cold it was. Temperatures were in some occasions lowr than -30 degrees Celsius but most often around -10 - -15. My ”record” is somewhere around -39/-40 ˚C. And I slept quite well according to my parents. They just added more insulation when it was extremely cold and curled a kind of tube from the blankets to keep my face from getting cold. Our hunting dog was always outside in a leash acting as a baby alarm. When I woke up and started to cry or mumble, it started to bark briskly and alerted my parents. This was over 55 years ago. Decades later me and my wife did the same with our kids, only that we had baby walkie talkie instead of a watchdog. In addition to infant winter clothes we put a soft and warm sheephide and layers of blankets for the baby if needed. No problemo.

[@ruuruu4303]

In finland the charity market equivalents are the red cross trift shops

[@jonna325]

I live in Sweden (but I have a lot of Finnish roots and both my parents and grandparents speaks Finnish) and I slept a lot outside in my stroller as a baby/child. Both me and my sister did, and I have memories from kindergarden when a lot of the kids slept outside in our strollers. Ofc we had supervision but I remember it pretty well! I have no idea if they still commonly do that at kindergardens though, I was in kindergarden in the early 2000's. I have no memory of feeling cold, I just have good memories related to sleeping outside. But I get it that it sounds a bit weird lmao. Love your videos!

[@mariamiettinen6347]

My grandparents from my fathers side were/are Karelian, in Karelian culture name day was even more important than birthday. Now days people don’t specially celebrate the name day, but they may have quick “kakkukahvit” (cake and coffee) with closest coworkers or relatives.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Babies need sleep. Swaddling makes babies sleep (nap) better. In reasonable cold temperatures thick clothing on babies functions as a swaddle. Also, people sleep better in reasonably cool temperatures (lower metabolism). Hyperthermia possibility is taken in account, and babies are monitored. It's weird, if people think silence means there's something wrong between people. Same thing with need to smile constantly to prove friendliness. Probably some basic trust issue in society. Those shower compartments exist in Finland also. and more commonly so. There used to commonly be outhouses, which had one continuous bench with E.g. six holes on it do the business. Compared to those, those open showers are a picnic. Foreigners living in Finland usually get a Finnish nickname. They too get to celebrate a (nick)name day. How would Taneli sound to you? Tane for short. Taneli's name day is 11th December, so just a few days away. Finland was ranked as 2nd least corrupted country in 2022 by Transparency. About that talking while inhaling. Here's the thing: Finns are so talkative, they speak both when exhaling and inhaling. They are accordions when it comes to talking.

[@joukokorhonen7920]

Warm sleeping bag - fresh air! 1-2 huors.

[@iirokarimo4565]

haha, exactly "wait a while BEFORE thinking" :D about 6:00

[@susijosyntyessaan]

Having second hand days in the market or park area is only at summers. We do have a lot of second hand stores where we rent a table to sell our stuff, Finns also have several online second hand stores where people sell their stuff, plus facebook groups. I have bought almost all my furniture as second hand and a lot of my clothes. There is proper videos about thrift shop culture in Finland that show it better. If you visit Finland, I highly suggest to visit a thrifts shop too.

[@pyrylehtonen-caponigro3198]

Well I'd say that it would be good to have a culture of discussing salaries with colleagues, because then you can catch employers who don't treat employees fairly. But in Finland you can do this indirectly

[@ulvtharm]

The same in Sweden with sleeping outside. If you go by a kindergarten here you will se prams lined up with kids sleeping. I have a lot of kids. Every one of them have slept or are sleeping outside. Same with two seperate blankets. I have a Brittish friend who married a swede and thought she wanted a divorce when she brought up two separate blankets in bed.

[@pucktholinder3692]

In Sweden it's also common to go out for a walk with the baby sleeping. The baby gets to sleep outside and the parent gets exercise.

[@gunlindblad6816]

They sleep outside during the day not at night And yes it is normal to take a brake in a convetsation

[@jennifer1329]

I so agree with you about subtitles vs. dubbing!

[@jennifer1329]

One thing I just thought of that's different in Finland: when its your birthday or name day or cat christening (kissanristiaiset, used to mean any excuse for a party) YOU are supposed to invite people and get ready with coffee, pulla, cake, cookies or snacks and drinks. That is a sophisticated way of telling people you want to celebrate. In the States (where I've lived for decades) parties tend to be surprises. I've even read about a workplace where this guy did not want anybody to even know about his birthday and told so to his boss but the boss arranged a party anyway. Guy sued his employer and won. There would've been no need for a lawsuit in Finland... How is it in your country?

[@Yavanna79]

Pulla on englanniksi bun.

[@jennifer1329]

@@Yavanna79 Dwayne knew this 10 months ago...

[@annina134]

Yes, I have also slept outside when I was a baby. And every other one have done it too. You have a better sleep in the cold. It's true.

[@Make573]

1:23 Well, its fairly common to let baby sleep outdoors, but not without supervision of course. And yes, the strollers do come with winter insulation and heavy duty blanket + the baby is dressed up for the ocasion, so there is no problemo with hypotermia if done with supervision.

[@sundflux]

This all gets down to the recent youtuber-videos why in work culture, you don't have mrs or mr's or titles thrown around, not verbally, formally or with clothes (apart form usual stuff like police officers etc). Everyone is a human, in the end, it makes really deep conversations that matter, matter even more. Finnish way. Finnish honesty is truly not just a rumor.

[@janihaavisto79]

You need to try go camping in winter and bring a warm sleep bag, and hat, gloves and such. When you sleep in -10°C but you are warm in that sleeping bag inhaling the cold air you feel relaxed after. It's almost same kinda "high/buzz" you get from sauna, but instead of getting sleepy after sauna you feel like you've had a good rest and you are immediately alert and ready to go. In army I found that outdoor sleeping whenever we were marching many days ,sleeping outside in tent

[@annaniskanen2557]

We have several types of second hand options: 1. Online market places. Some are like ebay; some are run by individuals who buy stuff and resell it. 2. Second hand stores where you can rent a table for a fixed period of time and bring your stuff to be sold. 3. Second hand stores run by individuals; these are usually more specialised, like vintage store or sports gear store etc. Not very common, probably only in Helsinki. 4. Second hand stops run by charities though in the case of Finland they are almost all somehow religious such as Fida (Church mission), Pelastusarmeija (Salvation army) etc. I mean, shops are not religious in any way, just the organisation behind the shop. UFF is a notable exception for this as it isn't religious foundation. 5. Second hand shops run by Kierrätyskeskus, the Finnish recycling center 6. Flea markets. These are the ones shown in video and yeah, this is a summer thing.

[@JollyCandyGrace]

In my family we always say happy name day and as kids you'd get breakfast in bed and candy as a gift, so some of us still do it old styles✌

[@SlendisFi_Universe]

Baby tucked in snuggly while getting fresh crispy winter air really makes the sleep better in quality. Even doctors all around world tell you to have the room temps lower than usual when sleeping. Because cooler air makes the quality of sleep better whicha lso affects the developement of the brain in positive way. Cold air is dencer so your body gets it easier and faster in bigger ammounts.

[@fridamarias]

I know my Swedish friends do that while they're riding their horses and work around the stable etc =P I'm not sure they would put them outside and go inside though. It's just a way to keep the baby around when they're super young in my experience at least Also I love the idea of the Finnish silence while you stare into eachothers eyes lmfao xD

[@sundflux]

My first childhood memory is from winter, sleeping outside in a stroller, probably due some hypotermia or sense of freezing 😁

[@toinenosoite3173]

In my opinon as a Finn, there is a difference between friends and acquaintances. To me, most American 'friends' sound like the latter, and a Finnish friend is more like a BFF.

[@-Suie-]

its nordic thing to leave kids outside, 2 duvets are normal in many europe countries, all nordic countries have nameday, (in sweden you pay to get credit information)

[@jukkap.5722]

well babies do take naps outside...not like staying the night outside

[@AHVENAN]

Sweden also has name days, and, at least in my experience, they make it a much bigger deal than we tend to do here in Finland

[@jenniheinanen8434]

The babies are swaddled well before placing them in their stollers, so they are quite warm (plus thermometers are also used to monitor them). My mom told me that one time in winter my older sisters had such a deep sleep that they didn't wake up even when some water began dripping from the gutter after sun began to shine. Also, dubbed films are horrible since many things don't translate smoothly. I rarely even use subtitles since it's distracting, I can understand english just fine. If it's any other language, then subtitled are on.

[@Jantzku]

I "remember" sleeping on a balcony lots of times when it was cold outside.

[@MeMe-ph1wd]

When baby sleep outside to -10 C, parents keep baby on balcony or where can see he/she from window. It is also important to check skin temperature many times when baby sleep. Using very warm clothes is very important, but not too much to avoid sweat. Wind cover is also important, if too much wind then keep baby inside, because -5 C and 6 m/s wind feel like -11 C. I have 0 children, but i know basics.

[@petra9923]

Only during the day though 😅😂. Neither of my daughters could sleep during the day inside (if they were sick or it was like -30 or something) because they were so used to sleeping outside in the fresh air. 1) My children are both born in summer, so they were already >5 months when it started to get cold 2) With right equipment they were NEVER cold (sheep skin with fur on it) on the bottom and like a sleeping bag (made for strollers) and they can almost have inside clothes and still not get cold. A good, warm hat is a must and mittens, besause sometimes their hands end up outside the sleeping bag. 3) My children has been outside in -20C sleeping for 2 hours and they were warm when they came inside 4) We live in a very small town in southern Finland. In a calm and cosy neighborhood. The odds of someone coming to OUR house to take my child is astronomical. I could always see them from a window and they stood sheltered under a roof (made for a car with 3 walls). I also had a electronic baby watcher (one part out with the stroller and one part inside with me) so I could hear if they woke up. It was very sensitive, so I could hear if they even moved. I would DEFINITELY hear if someone would come a kidnap them. Why? Here it is just how you do it. Maybe not as much in bigger cities where it is alot harder to leave your child outdoors. More noice, and in that environment I wouldn’t be as confident to people leaving my child be. People usually do though. Sometimes you see babies sleeping outside a cafè when you pass by. Here outdoor air is so clean that it is seen as a beneficial thing for all humans. They do sleep better outside.

[@lillanlofgren7424]

We do it in Sweden to ...my grandchild could not sleep daytime if we don`t had him outside. They do it when they are in day care to

[@DevilinDGuitarCovers]

You were spot on with the smile! 😁

[@divina2240]

I am Finnish and I never took my child outside to sleep, neither in summer nor in winter. But many here do. I put my child to sleep in his bed but I opened the window so he can get fresh air. People sleep better when it's cool, and I myself sometimes sleep with the window a little open, even though it's winter

[@juukelispuukelis2640]

its better to be silent than loud

[@idamakinen4521]

My family lived in a flat when I was a child and they would carry my stroller into the balcony and let me nap there. We bundle up our children so they absolutely do not freeze outside but the fresh cold air gives you such an amazing enviroment to nap. My understanding is that this is a thing in all the other Nordic countries as well.

[@Rendoize]

Finn here. Yes babys sleep very often outside in the cold because they sleep better and the cold is actually good for your bloodflow and that is true that when you wake up you are much more refreshed and there are no "wake up groginess" and there is a saying here that "speaking is silver, silence is gold" and it is by no means meant as offensive but we Finns just respect others space and we really love our silence. Sauna is a place where there are no hostilities it is a place of relax and meditation and where everyone is equal and a friend. No one cares how you look and no one judges

[@Nevolet]

It's common for babies to fall asleep while you are taking a walk in their strollers /prams. Then after your walk, when you arrive at your destination..you don't want to wake them up, just let them sleep for as long as they can. So you regularily check on them so they don't wake up and you didn't hear them. the other reason is that lower temperatures helps you sleep better, so you wake up more fully rested and happier, less fussy as a baby. Fresh air is also great to get as much of as possible, and for babies that doesn't exactly play outdoors in the winter a good way for them to get nice clean air is to have them sleep outside. it's healthier. We do it in Sweden as well. they aren't cold obviously, the are dressed well and packed in warm snuggly blankets etc, we also have very winter friendly prams / strollers here in the north.

[@akiitkonen]

I was in publiikki sauna in Sweden...over the door it say's..don't drow water in kiuas...that's the point!! I did it..Nobody died...😅

[@birgittae9046]

Yes, my son has his daysleep outside all time of the year. Me and my siblings did the same when we were little. I am swedish. It was warm and cozy of course.

[@rekkaus]

Sleeping outside had be done for me also. It do not mean that baby is thrown at snow and left for all night there. It is good for your blood circulation, you sleep better, you get more healthy and so on. And no, there are no wierd people who would kidnap kids or so.

[@aripitkanen5866]

My son was sleeping all night in out and temperature was about -20° C. No problems if everything is OK like the babys clothing. When You starting to do that nap or longer sleeping. You have to test babys nose and neck temperature very often with your finger, but if its OK go on. That what my mother said and I sleeped outside when I was baby even the temperaure -30

[@Murvelhund]

Sweden also have name day in our calenders. So we swedes sometimes go camping in the winter, cool tempatures are really good for sleeping as long as you have right attirement.

[@laskiaispulla3272]

I did take my kids outside for a nap twice a day even in the winter when they were babies (except when it was under -10 degrees) Personally I didn't feel comfortable leaving the baby "by themself". Instead me or my partner would go for a walk with the baby.

[@laskiaispulla3272]

Also I have never called or visited the tax office to find out how much money somebody has made. As far as I know it's not a very common thing to do.

[@rantalantaija]

Baby sleeps his naps so much better outside, it is true.

[@harri6810]

napping is quite normal to put the children to sleep outside

[@seppoanterostenroos794]

Hi Dwayne. I really like you ReProsts, but: what's our own props and cons from Filnland?

[@MrBanaanipommi]

yeah, when i was baby i was sleeping outdoors even it was -15 celsius, also my mother left me outside coffee shop or something.

[@JollyCandyGrace]

We use bed covers during the day that cover the entire bed and you take it off when you go to sleep with your separate blankets. Of course some people don't care about how it looks so they don't😅

[@Nevolet]

We can look up earnings in sweden as well.. However i don't think people normally do that, unless you are some company that the person are asking for a product with a monthly pay or something.

[@merilahna]

i think one of the reasons, beyond health reasons, why kids often nap outside, is that then you can do "loud" things inside while the kid is asleep, such as vacuum or do other sorts of cleaning, and the kid will still sleep fine. i at least know my relatives did this

[@m.cfender4183]

Small children (babies in strollers) who sleep outside in the cold are of off course very well dressed in warm clothes. And there is some fabric on top of the hood that keeps a little heat in the face area. Babies sleep very well outside. According to research, babies sleep very deep in the open air.. just like everyone else. In Finland, it is very common to leave, for example, a sleeping child in a cart when you go to the store. Kidnapping of children is very rare.. I remember maybe 2 cases and one of them was a foreign parent taking own child. It is true that a Finn´s opens up in a sauna. Even our group of friends may only send short messages on the phone to ask what's up, but when it's sauna night, we go over the current life with devotion. It's good that films and series are not dubbed into Finnish.. They would completely lose their national characteristic. It would have been terrible if, say, Arnold Schwarzenegger's speaking style had been dubbed into Finnish and someone from Savo had twisted the dialect. ;) If I have received correct information in Germany and France, many foreign films and programs are duped. In Finland, we don't really care about income differences. One big reason for this is elementary education. The fact that everyone, whether you're from a rich or poor family, goes to the same schools, and thus you learn to know people from other social classes right from childhood. Later, when you start your chosen career, you already make a choice about your wealth at that stage. Personally, I have never looked up other people's information about their wealth or taxes.

[@hennahallikainen711]

It was the only place where I use to take my daydreams As a baby. My mom told me that even -30c I only could sleep was in our balcony. She was Kinderkarden techer. Offcouce you put much clothes and warm plankets too. Not over night, only few hour nap in daytime.

[@MeMe-ph1wd]

some flea markets sell donated goods, some people sell their own goods, some also have a bit of company goods

[@ChristianJull]

It cannot be praised enough how beneficial the crisp cold outside air is. Babies benefit from it sleeping in prams (when parents are out and about, not overnight 😉). But adults benefit too, which is why winter activities are so popular in the Nordics. I had the fun of getting that well known recent virus again last week and was pretty crap for a couple of days. However, the time my head was the most clear and I felt best was when I took the dogs out to walk in -10°C. I felt worst in +22°C inside the apartment. Probably best to do the silence in conversation WITHOUT staring directly at the other person as you did. That's just psycho, man... 😂 It concerns me more why anyone would be remotely interested in how much I earn rather than that anyone could check. The only reason I can think of why anyone would do that (besides credit checks) is if I'd been stopped for speeding and the police needed to calculate the day fine.

[@sarascorner5369]

A lot of this applies to Sweden and I guess Norway as well. :) like not dubbing the movies, kids napping outside despite the cold, loppis and second hand, name days etc... :) and the inhaling while saying yes is very common in the north of Sweden.. :D

[@JollyCandyGrace]

Yeah me and my siblings all slept outside and not just as babies. I mean we all still do it but also I remember whenever my little brothers would be put outside to sleep in their strollers me and my older bros would laydown around them in the snow and nap with them. Sometimes my parents would even join us😁 It feels amazing and you're so refreshed afterwards!🤗 Also for some reason it's easier to fall asleep outside in general but especially in the little nippy weather.😊 Rain is also good weather so long as your under some kind of cover so as to not get wet.👍

[@Sortovaltias]

Yup my mother kept me sleeping outside in -20c and i think that is why i love cold and winter so much

[@annaroing9828]

In Sweden we also inhale saying no, but exhale saying yes...

[@KatjaVirtanen]

Babies sleep in the cold, it's so safe in Finland that you don't have to worry about it.

[@cynthiamoed-ring9265]

Can confirm. We even had an extra pram (is that the right word for babyvagon?😅) on the balcony of our appartment for our babies to nap there outside. They sleep so much better there than inside. Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

[@tarjakajaste5257]

Dwayne, I realy like your videos. 😊😍

[@johannaoksanen2260]

I don't have children by my own. But my mum put me and my siblings, at the winter to take the nap outside, in our own backyard. She said that we sleept much better on nights because of that. The babies are very "pack" with warm clothes and cover in the baby carriage, so they will not freeze, actually the temperature can be much colder then what the guy told on the video.

[@lindavelasco1952]

I have never checked anyones earnings. Don't care at all :'D

[@markosipila9904]

In sauna: It is the same skin as a top of your nose, like my grand ma used to say.

[@stiglarsson8405]

All that he was telling is the same in Sweden.. I recon its a Nordic thing/behavior/mindset? The separate duvets and mattreses.. its a way to make ones marrige to last longer, becuse we are different, som need a soft mattress others a harder one, its the same with duvets, som freezes and like a thicker quilt inside there bedcover! And everyone need to have a good sleep!

[@spafieman-wq3bh]

Well usually they are in the official child support box given as a gift to every single finnish born child, its a box with a few diapers, baby food and after opening the box you can even put the baby inside it and then outside

[@Yavanna79]

Properly dressed and wrapped in a blanket, of course. Not naked. :D

[@tiuhtiviuhti7998]

I have looked up how much people earn when applying a job. You can usually check the name of your potential future coworkers and then find out their salary. It makes it easier to negotiate your own. You don’t sabotage yourself by giving too high salary requirements or be okay with too low offer.

[@920215Gurra]

sleeping outside is really nice I really liked it when I was a kid

[@Yavanna79]

Something like that. Just a small correction. Not everyone takes breaks in conversation here in Finland. It depends a lot on the person and whether he is drunk or not. Forgive me for emphasizing this and often, but I feel that alcohol is needed here to get the conversation going. Even though I do not like it and I do not drink alcohol, for many reasons. Or if you get lost in Kainuu or Savo, you will never get a chance to speak, because they speak a lot and fast and just love to be with other people and are loud. :D

[@FissumTravel-fq6pn]

Saying yes in a conversation, as an affirmative, while breathing in, is normal in parts of Norway, as well.

[@TheMuckful]

Sweden has name days as well. Long time ago Swedes didn't celebrate birthdays but instead name days. And I think that transparency thing might be a nordic thing. Because salaries and a lot more can be gathered by anyone by contacting the Swedish tax agency as well.