Brit Reacts to Geography of Finland

[@MrMattikannisto]

Just so you get things right: there will be no "winter wonderland" in lapland during the summer. -It's going to be mostly just mosquitos.

[@santtumoilanen3065]

paarmas also and other insects that are worse than mosquitoes

[@MrMattikannisto]

@@santtumoilanen3065 paarma = gadfly/horsefly

[@timitri8]

its crazy in summer, ones went there and had to take a shit in bush, I have never been sucked so hard

[@Eskalaattori]

This is one of those things that's interesting to follow as a Finn. People think because Lapland (well, most of it) is above the arctic circle, nothing grows there so they must eat reindeer roight? While Lapland has the most sun you can get in summertime. (of course, the flipside is the goddamn forever darkness during certain parts of winter)

[@sundflux]

@@Eskalaattori I don't really understand that whining about winter. Spring always comes. Nothing better than hot sauna after cold winter day and watching aurora borealis. Winter is good time bang some serious work, and have lots of free time and money when the summer comes >:-)

[@Mojova1]

Finland: Approximately 338,440 square kilometers. (5.6 million people) United Kingdom: Approximately 243,610 square kilometers. (67 million people) Almost everyone in Åland speaks Swedish, but in my knowledge they are quite happy to be part of Finland. Someone from Åland can comment on this. 🙂 The Vaara thing is a bit stupid in this video. If it went over our head Vaara means hill in English but it also means danger so he was just making fun of that word play. Soo Vaara Suomi = Hill Finland or Danger Finland.

[@Cronin_]

Almost everyone in ÅLAND. You're writing in English, so it's called ÅLAND

[@Mojova1]

@@Cronin_ Sorry about that.

[@AHVENAN]

Native from Åland, I would NEVER want us to become a part of Sweden, in fact, if that were too happen, that is THE ONLY thing that would be almost guaranteed to make me move away from here almost instantly!

[@neymarjr3712]

@@AHVENANoh wow as a person from Helsinki i never expected that. Do you have the will to become independent or are you just happy being a part of a bigger country

[@Mojova1]

@@neymarjr3712 That is a weird question.

[@AHVENAN]

If you come in the summer, you should definately spend at least a day or two in Åland, it is a very unique part of the country and we even have some nature here that can literally not be found anywhere eles in the world (red granite)

[@NiiloB.]

Turku, it's my home city and it has some good architecture and history attractions.

[@KaptSuolisolmu]

02:45 Lahti also known as ”Suomen Chicago” (Finlands Chicago) is nowadays Finlands 9th largest city with 120k people. Lahti is also known as big sport city in Finland, we have annual cross-country ski/Ski jump competition called Salpausselän kisat (Lahti Ski Games). Lahti used to be Finlads Punk music capital, but nowadays it’s Finlands Rap/Hip Hop music capital….and i live there 😁 Drug capital thing comes that when stuff comes to 🇫🇮 it is usually brought to Lahti where are good transport connections to various locations on Finland

[@jannneer]

no one wants to go to lahti fo real

[@Pataassa]

Helsinki, Turku, Tampere. Turku has most history there, because it was our capital once for a long time.

[@neymarjr3712]

Oulu is underrated, and Rovaniemi is a must visit in winter

[@jauhoprinsessa]

@@neymarjr3712 Oulu has absolutely nothing but Rovaniemi is pretty good.

[@neymarjr3712]

@@jauhoprinsessa cmon, its a beautiful city to walk in. If you can avoid getting stabbed of course

[@psygamarerotu2408]

Turku🙂 former capital founded in 1200 century..I love living here.

[@anka-eb7dm]

Depends on wich time of the year you will come. Southern cities are terrible in the winter and northern one's filled with mosquitos at the summer.

[@lightningrider5849]

There some nice scenery also in some smaller towns like Hämeenlinna, Naantali, Hanko, Loviisa, Kotka, Kuopio etc.. Helsinki, Tampere, Turku is really good choices where you can't go really wrong. It is easy to travel between those in a train also. So take a train from Helsinki to Turku, Turku to Tampere and from Tampere to Helsinki.

[@Trehek]

If I had to recommend three cities to visit, despite living in and loving Tampere, I would recommend Helsinki, Turku and Rovaniemi. The capital will provide you with more modern Finnish culture, Turku, the old capital, will provide you with older Finnish culture showing the past as a vassal of Sweden. More castles and medieval themes to see. And Rovaniemi of course is a great introduction to Lapland. If you go in the winter, you can enjoy the snow, the auroras, the ski resorts and Santa Claus. If you go in the summer, you can enjoy hiking, the tundra terrain, fishing or even river gold panning. If you don't want to make the long trip to Lapland, Tampere can be a nice a nice place to visit, especially if you prepare to be a bit mobile and also visit nearby towns. There are cultural spots and museums to visit in Tampere itself as well as the theme park of Särkänniemi. Nearby, there's the spa in Nokia, the ridgelands formed by the ice age in the towns of Valkeakoski (the Rapola ridge) or Pälkäne (Vehoniemi). The latter also has a museum of old cars. The ridge of Pyynikki in Tampere itself is also a pretty place and there's an outdoor adventure park there.

[@marthaslunga]

🇦🇽 We speak swedish here in Ahvenanmaa (/Åland/Aland islands) and most of us want to continue belong to Finland 🇫🇮

[@Ex0rz]

Helsinki, Turku and Tampere for sure. But I'd also visit the northern Finland. Oulu and Rovaniemi for example. Well Oulu is in the middle actually, but for us living in the south its very far in the north. :D Honestly the best way to experience Finland is to rent a car and drive from Helsinki to the north. The way to do it is to drive east from Helsinki to the Finnish lakeside and go via Punkaharju and Savonlinna for example to Kuopio. Then from Kuopio you drive to Oulu and from Oulu you simply drive down following the coastline to Turku and then back to Helsinki. But one needs to reserve like 2 weeks for such trip.

[@aarorissanen930]

2:50 That's not at all what he is saying. It's just that the smaller Finnish cities are not some huge metropolitan areas full of things, they are more more like quiet little suburbs. In my opinion, the smaller cities have some of the greatest things Finland has to offer.

[@vekkerson]

So Dwayne, THIS IS HOW YOU EXPERIENSE FINLAND. YOU FIRST OF ALL YOU COME TO THE PEAK TIME OF SNOW IN FINLAND(end of decemper to start of march) You fly to Helsinki, experience helsinki city center, experience/shop at Finnish s-market or prisma(its bigger market), take a day train to Tampere with a seat on the upper floor of the restaurant car(cost more but 110% worth it), enjoy coffee or hot chocolate and a sugar coated doughnut at pyynikki observation tower, visit Moomin Museum, if you get lucky with timing get to see a hockey match at Nokia arena. And after all this you take the sleeping train to Rovaniemi The home of Santa Claus aka the winter wonderland, and stay there until santa lets you go.❤🎅

[@mikkorenvall428]

And there are direct flights to Stansted and Manchester from Rovaniemi... for the return. If you are visiting just us, not Sweden or Norway

[@saasta111]

5:33 dont let the appearens fool you, that pizza is delicious

[@90Pekkis]

Helsinki, Turku and Tampere. Those cities are great in summer time.

[@paularuotsalainen8954]

Helsinki because it is biggest city, Kuopio in Savolax in east (Savo in Finnish). Kuopio has sauna called Saana and in Kuopio are many traditional foods like kalakukko (from market hall, kauppahalli). You can also try some fish like muikku. People in Savo are different than in Helsinki. They talk much more. And one place from Lapland. Maybe not city but smaller place like Kilpisjärvi

[@K4RM4P0L1C3]

If I was a foreigner and went to Finland, I would definitely go to Lapland as one of the cities to visit. Rovaniemi probably.

[@annakivinen1637]

I'd suggest going to Helsinki for the innovative side of Finland, but do keep in mind that since being the capital it is very "touristy" and has a lot of influence from other countries (and it's very expensive). Turku for the historical side of Finland (it was the capital before Helsinki), and in Turku you should visit the Luostarinmäki Museum Quarter and Turku Castle. Tampere for the industrial evolution of Finland, and def check out The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas while you're there (it's free, and you get to see the old Finlayson Factory and get to know a lot about the social and working life history of Finland,) and The Amuri Museum Of Historic (Worker's) Housing (It's a quarter frozen in time, and it's said to be haunted too :D). If you would consider visiting maybe a fourth city, I'd suggest going to either Rovaniemi (for the Lapland experience either during mid summer or mid winter) or Oulu (The "armpit" of Finland + so many bicycles!), but they're both way more up north so travelling to either one would take time.

[@tonibufu6103]

0:40 Yes. UK total area: 244,376 km2 (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom ) Finland total area: 338,145 km2 (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland ) More info from here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Finland

[@SteamboatW]

Åland is a Swedish speaking area. It's the only part of Finland that is (by law) Swedish only.

[@saasta111]

is that why when kids speak Finnish in school there they get beaten by the teachers?

[@Logoht]

You should head to Vantaa, Tikkurila and see Heureka. It's right next to the station so if you have time before heading tampere for example, take any train to Tikkurila and head to Heureka. They have awesome science stuff there! And every once in a while they change it up but the actual science stuff is AMAZING. there's such cools films they show in their super fancy theater (not like a movie theater, it's more UP) and then there's alls orts of sciency stuff, you can do a LOT in there!

[@jvalfin3359]

Helsinki and Turku, and a third one depending on your preferences. Tampere, Oulu or somewhere else.

[@hannar5162]

Helsinki, Hanko, Tampere. Hanko is really beautiful small city

[@mikkorenvall428]

If I had a foreign visitor in Finland I'd show Tampere as an example for a modern finnish City with lots of history. Then I'd show Kuopio as an example of traditional commerce city of Finland with superior food culture and long history in the lake district. And for the northern I'd show Kuusamo in the Summer for an example of turism and nature wonders or Rovaniemi for the same in the Winter. But if time for more than three destinations, I'd definitely show Oulu, Vaasa and Turku, maybe even Rauma and Naantali. And there is a perfect translation for Vaara, it's a ridge when not meant for danger. Nad by the way, there is a very interesting boat on Show in Kokkola, if you have time to visit that old coastal city... ;)

[@mixlllllll]

People of Åland (at least most of them) are nowadays happy to be part of Finland. They don't wanna join Sweden anymore 😅

[@Gittas-tube]

👩🏼‍🌾🏞️🌅 Hello, Dwayne! The Åland Islands: Only official language: Swedish. You have to speak Swedish if you want to be a resident of Åland. Åland chose to belong to Finland instead of Sweden, because Finland offered them a better deal, that is, more autonomy. Åland has a flag of their own and its own government and local laws.

[@dukesii]

Helsinki, Tampere, Rovaniemi. These are the towns I would visit. Helsinki being the largest, Tampere being the nicest, Rovaniemi providing the experience.

[@Eskalaattori]

This has probably been commented to hell and back but from the "small towns" I'd suggest (if the visit is during late spring, summer or autumn) Rauma or something like Savonlinna. Rauma: One of the oldest cities and has a remarkably well preserved Old Rauma area of wooden housing and you get a very good picture on how we used to live. Our old capital Turku doesn't have much in the way of the "original housing" because it kept getting burned down. Savonlinna: Mostly modern but has one of the more impressive castles in Finland and is surrounded by beautiful lakes ( a word of warning though, "more impressive" castle in Finland mean "a small shitter" compared to the proper castles of the medieval europe. Saying "all smaller cities look the same", while true, is kinda leaving out a bit. We weren't really... City folk back in the day, why would we? There's TONS os space and mostly semi tribal / rural culture when we were a part of the early Swedish empire, once we were showed over to the... people from the east, the regime did do some build up, also moving our capital from Turku to Helsinki, forcing/coaxing many from Rauma and the other old cities to move there to build our new capital closer to the um... folks from the east. Then we gained our independence and the nice people who I will not name bombed the everliving shit out of our major cities. Meaning our proper city buildup (mostly) happened post WWII. Which means they all look the same because most of them were either solidified as cities after the war OR were bombed and rebuilt and expanded. Just my two cents in the form of a billion words

[@eva-lottakastilanezer7112]

i also recommend Åland (Ahvenanmaa) and than also Turku and Porvoo. I don't agree that all the towns are similar. But Åland is really special and unique as am autonomous and demilitarised region and beautiful archipelago.

[@mikawatilo8609]

You should come to Kuusamo. In a one day you will eat bear Pizza and reindeer Burger and also learn how to do Downhill biking in Ruka Bike Park

[@missunknown626]

I would go to Helsinki obviously because it's the capital. Turku because it used to be the capital and has lots of history. And the third one depends are you coming during winter or summer... If winter, Rovaniemi could be great especially if you like christmassy things or want to see reindeers & northern lights. If summer, I would go to Porvoo simply because it's really pretty and bit different with lots of old wooden buildings.

[@Gittas-tube]

👩🏼‍🌾🏞️🌅👋🏻😊 Hello, Dwayne! Where to go and what to see in Finland? If you have a limited amount of time to spend here, which I assume that would be the case, I would suggest the following: -- Helsinki (Helsingfors) Time to visit: Summer or Autumn. Helsinki is a human-size big little capital city. After midsummer until mid-August, though, a large portion of the inhabitants are on holiday and have gone to their summer cottages. The city is full of tourists instead. Despite that, summer is the best time to visit my home town. To avoid missing what makes Helsinki such a nice place to live in, you should find somebody local to show you around. I'm sure there would be no shortage of willing and enthusiastic 'Helsinkiates' to act as your guide. Being a seaside city, Helsinki's most attractive sites lie along the seashore, and are often missed by visitors erring around on their own in the downtown area. -- Turku (Åbo), the oldest town in Finland, our former capital and once the second biggest town in the Kingdom of Sweden, is a nice summer city, as well. Like Helsinki, it's a very walkable place, where you can visit the imposing cathedral, the castle and a charming apothecary, now a museum, all within walking distance one from the other. Also within walking distance is a unic outdoor museum area called Luostarinmäki (Klosterbacken in Swedish and Monastery Hill in English). It's the only surviving portion 11:34 of Åbo from the time before the big fire of 1827. It consists of wooden houses from about 1800. In the beginning of 1900, a part of the site was made into a handicraft museum which opened in 1940. Some of the houses are livened by workshops and stores tended by epoque-dressed personnel working or selling oldtime products like candy in the houses. All very authentic and fun. Sticking to the shoreline of Finland, the second-oldest town in Finland, Porvoo (Borgå) (founded in 1346 or in the 1380's) about an hour's drive east of Helsinki, has an idyllic oldtown worth a daytrip. A stone's throw east of Porvoo lies another old town called Loviisa (Lovisa), founded in 1745. It got its name from the Swedish Queen Lovisa Ulrika, wife of King Adolf Fredrik, who visited the area in 1752 and named the place Lovisa. The coastline to the West of Helsinki has a string of small charming old towns such as Ekenäs (Tammisaari), Hankoo (Hangö), Naantali (Nådendal), Kaskinen (Kaskö), Uusikaupunki (Nystad) Kristiinankaupunki (Kristinestad), Rauma (Raumo), Pori (Björneborg), a bigger city), Vaasa (Vasa) founded in 1606, another bigger one, Pietarsaari (Jakobstad), Raahe (Brahestad) Kokkola (Karleby) (not in the exact geographical order from south to north. Many of these towns are officially bilingual with a Swedish majority or a sizable Swedish-speaking population, because they're also among the oldest ones, founded when Finland was an integral part, the 'eastern half' of the Kingdom of Sweden. They were also old trading places and their Swedish names derive from the Swedish king Gustav Vasa, and two important Swedish nobelmen, Jakob De la Gardie and Per Brahe the younger, who founded Brahestad in 1649. Jakobstad was founded in 1652 by Ebba Brahe, the widow of Jakob De la Gardie. Helsinki was founded in 1550 by King Gustav Vasa. In case you wonder, Dwayne, why I'm listing all these coastal towns, it's just to give you an idea of how old the history of Finland is as far as 'civilisation' is concerned. All these towns were of course in existence well before being 'founded', that is, obtaining the privileges that towns had in those days. Oulu (Uleåborg) is the northernmost of these older coastal towns (founded in 1605 by the Swedish king Karl IX, third son of Gustav Vasa). It has grown quite a lot lately because it's a university town. (There are 13 universities in Finland and last year (2023) there were 168,000 students at these universities.In May of this year, their number had increased by 33,000.) Other than cities and towns, two very unic areas to visit are the huge archipelagos east and west of Helsinki, and the area of Punkaharju with the amazing ice-age eskers meandering through the lakes.

[@EerikkiKarhunenThrowGYRO]

Helsinki, Turku & Jyväskylä. Helsinki capital, Turku old capital and Jyväskylä one biggest study city on Finland, so lot events, party etc.

[@tainamakela]

Pori (Björneborg)

[@varajalka]

"5 cities with population over 200 000" Turku looking over with population of 197 900 😂

[@Xerdoz]

Turku has over 200000 now. Not that it's that much different compared to 197000 but the official population is just over 200k. (August 2024)

[@blossomowl]

I would visit Porvoo, Oulu and Tampere and DEFINITELY Åland.

[@TheTimppis]

Turku you must visit. Oldest city of Finland

[@KimForsberg]

The Aaland islands speak Swedish. I think it’s even a legal requirement for moving there. It’s weird. But it works. Sweden and Finland have been great friends since… well let’s forget how we met and became friends… we’re friends that’s all that matters! Speaking of Swedish in Finland, a lot of the coastal areas have a lot of Swedish speakers as mother tongue.

[@cynic7049]

Not for moving or living in Åland but to own real estate and some other things.

[@Koss83]

Just go and travel around. Every country is a beautiful country in the eyes of a traveller

[@nikoblomqvist3771]

I would suggest to Helsinki-Lappeenranta-Turku, but smoothest route is Helsinki-Tampere-Turku. Thats if you go with a train. I wish there will be a viewers who can be your personal guides in many cities and give you a ride to important places. Keep up your great work!

[@Apeski_RL]

Im from finland from the city named lohja but i think the best city to visit is Turku cause i think its the most beautiful one😊

[@ArchieArpeggio]

I live in Tampere and many foreibn people have said that Tampere is way nicer than Helsinki or Turku. I am not originaly from here, but i have to agree that i like more to live here than in Helsinki or Turku. Actually there is 175578 people in Lapland, but still that is lower amount then people here in Tampere 255673.

[@samil5601]

Helsinki, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Oulu.

[@papadocsamedi2544]

Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa actually make one big city area.

[@TOJAMUS]

Lahti is not bad.. i born this city and living 30 years😂 very beatiful city and 100km to Helsinki, easy train trip Helsinki-Lahti 1hour

[@septimor32]

Very very helpful tip. Go to the town called Lohja and there is a rock n roll bar where locals are.

[@petrivayrynen9702]

it depends lots of time of year. in wintertime i would visit rovaniemi too. but in summertime maybe that helsinki-turku-tampere is most wanted. i could suggest kuopio couse i live here xD fun summer town aswell.

[@TheRealBillix]

Remember, Helsinki isn't just the central area. There's so much more to Helsinki.

[@ellav5387]

Central Helsinki = museums, cathedrals, beautiful architecture, history Suburbs = concrete buildings and a Prisma

[@pentti3715]

Basically just soviet style buildings and drunk people doing stupid things.

[@butterflies655]

Finland was never a part of the Soviet union.​@@pentti3715

[@butterflies655]

​​​@@pentti3715 Not true. Finland was never a part of the Soviet union. Never under communism and never an eastern bloc country.

[@ellav5387]

@@butterflies655 You don't have to be a part of the Soviet Union to build Soviet style buildings. Go to any Finnish city/town and you will see these commie blocks.

[@lintu25]

Helsinki, Turku and Tampere, if you are quite sad you can go to Oulu.

[@SK-nw4ig]

Helsinki for the city buzz, Tampere for hockey and Kilpisjärvi for the scenery :)

[@neulasia]

If you're going to Turku you might as well visit Rauma, too. We have two Unesco World Heritage sites and speak our own language.

[@VanArn]

I recommend as highlights of Finland to be visited Sodankylä , Nilsiä and Närpiö (Närpes på svanska) .There you will find local ethnic foods ,typical functional architecture and exotic natives with their traditional habits and hobbies. Three biggest cities can offer you only a small mirror image of the things you can see all over the world anyway. At least a month in each.

[@sannita2007]

If you go to Sweden first, then you can take a cruise from Stockholm to Turku, take a train from there to Helsinki and travel to Rovaniemi to see Santa

[@saijajaaranen6946]

You should visit Tampere, since it's the most attractive city in Finland voted by Finns.

[@AHVENAN]

Back then most of us here in the Åland islands wanted to belong to Sweden, but today I can pretty much guarantee it's the exact opposite, I am born and raised here and I think it would be catastrophic if we were to become a part of Sweden all of a sudden! And we speak pretty much exclusively Swedish here, of course a lot of people know HOW to speak finnish, but everyones (something like 95%) native language is swedish

[@sariweckroth1759]

Visit Lappeenranta. And taste amazing Vety and Atomi. (Warm mince pie with fillings, egg and/or ham and stuff)

[@tainamakela]

Yyteri is greatest beach in the Finland.

[@newandoldtech5634]

One histrical site is Lemminkäinens tempel , from Ior Bocks oral tradition. The whole folklore thing is called Bocksaga

[@2wheelhopelessgarage258]

Doesn’t matter what you choose they are all great. Avoid the capitol helsinki, that is just for tourists. Talking about norway, bergen, absolutely a must.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Well, Finland isn't mountainous like Nepal, but if you decide to go on a bicycle trip in Finland, you probably will conclude that Finland isn't flat like Netherlands. During the summer maybe cruise Stockholm, Åland Islands, Helsinki and Tallinn and while staying in Helsinki, visit Turku and perhaps Tampere or Lappeenranta. You can get to those cities by train from Helsinki. During the winter fly straight to Rovaniemi and visit Oulu and Kemi for the whole Lapland experience.

[@pekkaniemi5596]

Helsinki, Tampere, Hämeenlinna, Savonlinna, Turku.....Pohjoinen , Oulu , Haaparanta, Jyväskylä , Vaasa,

[@tarmo4435]

Two fairly large cities in the scale of Finnish cities are actually attached to Helsinki (Vantaa, Espoo). I dont know how much there is to see tho.😅 Maybe Tampere, Turku or some city near lake Saimaa could be nice.🙂

[@Laemo-qi8wr]

Vantaa and Espoo aren't real cities though. They're more like extensios of Helsinki. Tampere is definitely the second city of this country.

[@Sirppis]

Helsinki, Turku, Tampere.

[@Sami-rh1ph]

And if you fly in, Vantaa as well.

[@Skege1000]

​@@Sami-rh1phVantaa has nothing to show. Helsinki airport is in Vantaa, Only thing to see in Vantaa

[@butterbean9011]

Unfair for Tsernobyl to compare.

[@konula6732]

Pls go to Martinlaakso Vantaa it is very good place. You can go eat in the Kivimäen Pizza & kebab.

[@MsElias64]

Kiitos kaikesta mitä teette. Suurin osa ❤.

[@sarisalmi7972]

You should sentään long time here, or many trips, and go from the top to the bottom of Finland. Also at summer and winter. Herecat south, you might like to voisit not just Helsinki, but also Porvoo old town, Turku, Naantali, Maarianhamina and of course to see and visit a lot of our beautiful archipelago. And hopefully you will get to see our summergottage culture with a couple different gottages, maybe go saisinko, etc.

[@Videottakaperin]

Helsinki, Tampere & Oulu or Turku is my suggestion.

[@cynic7049]

Swedes here: If you are going for cities I would say Helsinki/Helsingfors, the Capital and more of the history since Finland was conquered by Russia can be found there than any other place. Turku/Åbo the capital when Finland was part of Sweden and more of the history for those centuries can be found there than any other place. And Tampere/Tammerfors more purely Finnish than the other two, the core of the industrial revolution in Finland and the second biggest city, much more of an industrial city than the other two.

[@Aurinkohelmi]

Actually Tampere is 3rd largest. Second is Espoo/Esbo though we are right next door to Helsinki so many just takes the whole capital area as one city 😊😅

[@onerva0001]

Tampere is def worth a visit! Fun fact, it still has enough finlandsvensksr to have a swedish speaking school here. 😊

[@Zohnorg]

Those tunturis and vaaras are the remnants of Earths first mountain ranges. Once as high as the Alps or maby even Himalayas...

[@TheMorbid10]

Kuopio for food turku for history and well helsinki cause capital maybe tampere for wiews of näsinneula ❤

[@pinklion2237]

I kind of dislike the video you watched but yes Finland is pretty flat, the northern hills “vaarat” are rounded and gently sloped because they were under the ice cap for so long during the last ice age. From mid-Finland down to south mostly fields for agriculture and forests - and lakes. Which places you should visit depends on the season - and other preferences really. ❄️ Winter - Lapland, ☀️ Summer - somewhere south by the Gulf of Finland or lake region. (I showed my foreign friend around Helsinki and while it’s ok, I realized it’s nowhere near my favorite place.) 🌇Again, it depends on what you want to see and do. If you do go to Helsinki, be sure to take the small ferry to Suomenlinna. 🌊 Coastal area and the archipelago is the best part of Finland and what I missed when I lived in Central Europe for 7 years.

[@sundflux]

Yes, Finland is quite a bit bigger than UK.

[@-Leo07-]

1:29 they speak swedish but still learn a bit of finnish in school

[@bertil3887]

helsinki and tampere (or helsingfors and tammerfors as they are called in swedish) is for sure i dont know about the 3rd but those 2 are those i will visit next time i travel to finland there are so much to see there that u dont need to travel anywhere else but if you really feel like to visit one more city i would say Vaasa (or vasa) in the mid-northern part of finland

[@shadow_walker194]

I would say Helsinki for its food, the church in the rock, museum and fortress then next would be Lappeenranta as it is the best and most well-known tourist place you can rent a cabin or there is the Aurora Dome Hotels it is the best place for you to stand outside and look up at the sky at night and there is also Santa Claus Village and then Tampere would be good there is the Särkänniemi Aquarium and the most fun place Särkänniemi Theme park if open and there are several museums

[@wmbdshrmp]

Helsinki in southern Finland, Lappeenranta or Kuopio in eastern Finland (in the finnish lakelands). And then maybe Oulu or Turku on the coast or Jyväskylä in central Finland Sorry there's a few more than 3 😅😂

[@juhokaartoaho]

Oulu if he is going in winter other vice I wouldn't bother going that far north.

[@mmiukulaine]

You should definitely experience Lapland! Depends ofc on the time of the year when you are coming to Finland - fall and winter time are the most beautiful in Lapland. Northern lights and all. I would say that Finland is not flat at all. The further up north you go, the greater the differences in altitude. I guess the guy on the video was just saying that even if the ”mountains” here are technically mountains, we do not call them that. We call them ”tunturi” or ”vaara”, not ”vuori” (=mountain). 🤔 I would visit Helsinki, Tampere and some place in northern Finland, maybe Rovaniemi or Ivalo. 😊

[@WhadifuzAlottanois]

Kokkola, Vaasa ja Helsinki (Hm... Ehkä Turku?). I would go to those places and travel by car or bus and that way I would get to pass some bonusareas aswell.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

All the people in Åland I've met prefers Swedish, but knows Finish. They all watched Swedish TV and it was a bit hard to find Finish newspapers/magazines in shops. A bit anecdotal, I've only spoken to a dozen or two of them. In general, capitals should be avoided, unless you're into museums, live music, getting drunk late at night, and such (speaking as a true and tested Stockholmer who grew up and lived there for 40 years). Think of it like, would you recomend someone from abroad to visit London when in Britain, or would you suggest, say, Oxford, Cardiff, York, or Ely?

[@ellav5387]

Huh, what's wrong with visiting London? Helsinki has by far the most/best sights and architecture in Finland it's not even close. Turku demolished much of its beauty and Porvoo/Rauma are too small, you get bored there after 1 day. Tampere is nice if you like the old industrial style and it has many vista points overlooking the 2 lakes surrounding the city, but it still doesn't offer as much as Helsinki. And even then Helsinki is pretty boring compared to most of Europe. Most of the capital region is just suburbs with a small city center.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@ellav5387 I liked Helsinki when I were there (3-4 times), I'm just saying that capitals in general are less worth visiting than many other cities/towns

[@ellav5387]

​@@matshjalmarsson3008 In most cases across the world but especially in Europe, the capital is the largest city as well as the main hub for culture, commerce, politics etc. This doesn't mean it's always the best place to visit, but I don't understand why capitals specifically would be "generally" less worth to visit in your opinion.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@ellav5387 Well, it's just my experience. But as I wrote, it depends on what you're after. And there are exceptions, while I preferred other cities than Madrid, London, Paris, and Budapest, I quite liked Beijing and Dublin.

[@CccNord]

You have to see Saimaa, Turun Saaristo and Levi !!! Forget Helsinki and Tampere ‼️‼️‼️

[@lottie563]

Wishing you would react to raid tv-serie or movie (based on books by Harri Nykänen). It's iconic, at least for me.

[@ravenfin1916]

Here is the route for you: Helsinki, Hämeenlinna, (Lappeenranta/Joensuu), Tampere, Vaasa, Oulu, Kuusamo, Sodankylä, Rovaniemi, Tornio. From there to Sweden and down the coast to Stockholm. (Denmark? Mälmö Helsingör, Helsinborg) Göteborg, Norway and Oslo. Spend time in Norway and take a ferry to Scotland. You can also visit Norway from northern Finland, because it is a different Norway than in the south.

[@5anttu7]

Espoo, Lappeenranta and Oulu would be the cities best to visit if you’re not a fan of cold😮

[@Frank-wt6lg]

Lahti! Ski jumping towers. The're amazing! Otherwise Tampere, Turku. Most essential Finland as the name sais:"Varsinais-Suomi" (varsinai(s)nen means real, actual, like Finland.

[@newandoldtech5634]

Did you know that a man named Bo Jonsson Grip OWNED Finland (and parts of Sweden and Norway, and maybe more), around the last part of the 1300s. I wonder who he sold it to?

[@niuho2052]

Every pizza looks and tastes similar.

[@eh-modo]

I once saw a programme on Swedish television) that claimed there's is only one municpality/township in the whole world where 100% of the inhabitants have Swedish as a maternal language - and this municipality is located in Finland (eastern mainland) I don't remember the name of the city/town. Is this correct/still valid? Cheers from Sweden 💖

[@pascheblog]

I'm from the city of Lahti, and it's a nice city, but if you only choose 3 cities, TOP of the list should be Tampere don't skip Tampere for any reason. Second city maybe Helsinki only because it's the Capital. Skip Turku, trust me 😂 I don't have anything for the third, just wanted to say that don't skip Tampere😊

[@riqu-elmeri6473]

In Lapland has prox.180k people living in there

[@etiosooopse5618]

and 200k reindeers

[@santtumoilanen3065]

i live in lahti it is not as bad as people think it is..... or maybe im just badass and i dont get into trouble too often

[@Jone991]

I would say major cities are Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, but i would suggest to go Turku, Porvoo and maybe Tampere? Helsinki is so boring.. but that could be because i have lived there whole my life.

[@TheMorbid10]

And if you want to see best lake finlands wiew go to koli and get spa there and visit national wiew that all commercians shows you also for nature rautavaara and its metsäkartano for lake beaches anf nature around it but those you need car

[@K1r511]

I recommend Turku, Tampere and Oulu or Rovaniemi for northern cities. Yes Helsinki is the capital city but in my opinion skip Helsinki. Go other major cities and U will get the same experience that Helsinki can offer but less prize with unique arcitechture and excellent difference style of cusines. How ever you are choosing warm welcome to Finland 😊

[@tubrai6065]

if you come to finland come to seinäjoki

[@tubrai6065]

seinäjoki has beautiful tower lakeuden risti its made by alvar aalto

[@MrDefaultti]

When you are coming to Helsinki. I can offer you a place to sleep. At Suomenlinna. And only a sofa, so bring too much relatives 🤔

[@tuukkatuominen6715]

Go to Helsinki Tampere and kyröskoski

[@PsD14JR]

Tampere , Turku, Oulu.

[@-Agis-]

I'd visit Porvoo, Helsinki and Turku..