First Time in FINLAND! 🇫🇮 (Exploring Helsinki)

[@MathewLauren]

We loved our time in Helsinki! The food is so good!

[@WyattandReyka]

Sooooo good!! Helsinki is definitely a fun place 🥰

[@Free_Tours_Helsinki]

Thank you for your representation of our city. We welcome you to come and visit again soon!

[@WyattandReyka]

Thanks so much!!! 🤗🥰 we can’t wait to visit again ❤️

[@FullFinnoy]

Helsinki’s charm and Finnish culture are sure to make for an unforgettable adventure. Can’t wait to see all the sights and experiences you uncover. Thanks for taking us along on this exciting journey! Subscribed!

[@WyattandReyka]

Thank you so much!! You are so kind!! We love Finland and cannot wait to explore more 🥰🤗

[@JuhaVnt]

Helsinki tram system was opened in 1891 and the oldest tram system in the world is the Swansea and Mumbles railway in Wales.

[@WyattandReyka]

Oops! Our bad. Thanks for the correction!!

[@kennethainetdin3401]

Yes and the trams was fueled with oats. They were horse-driven.

[@WyattandReyka]

Really?!

[@kennethainetdin3401]

@@WyattandReyka historia.hel.fi/sites/default/files/styles/23_10_m/public/hkm.HKMS000005_00000v6g_0_master.jpg?h=f8a46d8a The route from Töölö to Kaivopuisto.

[@Factosaurus24]

This is great!!!

[@WyattandReyka]

Thank you!!! :)

[@horizonexpansion6795]

Guys, love the video and you got a great sense of humour!! Keep it up and wish you all the very best! Greetings from Ireland 🍀

[@WyattandReyka]

Hello new friend!!! 🥰 thank you so much! We really want to go to Ireland! Haven’t made it there yet but my (Wyatt’s) uncle said it was his favorite place ever

[@GreySectoid]

Very comfy to see finland in summer, just a few months until it's here again.

[@WyattandReyka]

Soon! We escaped the northern hemisphere to South America to leave behind the cold, horrible winters haha

[@wanhapatu]

The tap water in Helsinki is just from the lake Päijänne. The Good stuff is the ground water. ;)

[@WyattandReyka]

Interesting!! So that makes us curious. Which ground water is the best in Finland 🤔🥰

[@meomarte]

@@WyattandReyka Anywhere near an edge formation, so Lahti-area would be my first suggestion. But there are smaller springs throughout the country.

[@bobalanadventures2024]

Enjoyed your video. We were in Helsinki yesterday and loved it.

[@WyattandReyka]

Hey amazing! Yup Helsinki is a blast. Wonderful, very interesting city. Did yall fly there or take a cruise?

[@bobalanadventures2024]

@@WyattandReyka cruise

[@WyattandReyka]

@@bobalanadventures2024 sounds like a blast. Hope you guys had/are having a great rest of your trip! 👍🤗

[@oh2mp]

It was nice to see that you had good time in our capital city. You mentioned that you didn't see the old town and yes, of course because it doesn't exist. Helsinki is relatively young city, founded in 1550 and the original old town was several kilometers northeast from the current downtown and there's nothing left of it because it has burned long time ago. The city was moved to its current location in 1640 and the oldest preserved buildings are from 1700s.

[@WyattandReyka]

Oh wow! Makes sense that we never found it then 😂. Where in finland are you from? And yeah, we really love helsinki it was such a cute city! 🤗

[@oh2mp]

@@WyattandReyka I live in Espoo, the neighboring municipality to Helsinki and my home is about 30 kilometers west from Helsinki center. This is the second by population (305k) after Helsinki proper and of course a part of Helsinki metropolitan area. I am originally from a little town from eastern Finland, but I've lived here in Helsinki area for a long time.

[@petehakkinen3020]

@@WyattandReyka Also a lot was destroyed in WW2, Soviet bombings were focused on Helsinki.

[@SamiNami]

The lutheran style is more modest. It's something you can see everywhere in Finland.

[@WyattandReyka]

Super cool! Gotta love Finland 🥰

[@blechtic]

That said, there is some varied architecture in those churches around Finland. If you were to do a tour of Lutheran churches and chapels in Helsinki (or Helsinki region) alone, you would see different architectural styles and details in them. I'm not saying they're all *that* different from each other but you'd see some variety. Alvar Aalto, if you know who he is, designed at least a couple of churches in Finland, too. One he actually designed for Riola in Bologna region in Italy and it's not your run-of-the-mill Catholic church. There's even a documentary film about it.

[@stefanvegsund9584]

You forgot to visit the library, probably one of the coolest libraries in the world. Im going to finland over the summer , in october actually, so thank you so much for showing me the capital at that time of year. Also , you guys make me smile alot with the goofy humour , thanks 😅

[@WyattandReyka]

We are so glad you enjoyed! 🤗 Next time we visit we will definitely try to visit that library 🥰

[@jyrkimyllykoski676]

Finland is much more than Helsinki. Lapland is worth visiting, and there are also beautiful places in Lake Finland and Western Finland and Ostrobothnia and Eastern Finland.

[@WyattandReyka]

We visited Lapland!! And it was beautiful!! Here is our whole Finland playlist 🤗 kzbin.info/aero/PL9DuSfL4DzWT9ecryeCfFU3U6x_cJ3nvi&si=e4gL3DN_VyYO12u4

[@Gittas-tube]

Hi there! It seems like you were in Helsinki during the yearly Baltic herring market week, when real fishermen and their families come by boat even from far away islands in the large archipelago to the market square to sell their Baltic herring catch and home-made special sweet and dark "archipelago loaves". The Baltic herring (strömming in Swedish and silakka in Finnish) has been cured and prepared in many different ways and sauces. They're sold in tins or glass jars. This is a very old traditional market dating back several centuries, which is why some of the vendors on the boats are dressed in old-fashioned clothes for the occasion. Welcome back to Finland and Helsinki in the summertime, when it will be warm and sunny! P.S. A tip regarding the pronunciation of Finnish words: Without exception, every single word, no matter how long, is stressed on the first syllable. Do this, and your Finnish pronunciation has already improved remarkably! 😊 So, it's NOT HelSINki but HELsinki.

[@WyattandReyka]

Well that makes a looooooot of sense hahaha. Thank you for clearing that up. We were like, “wow, Finns really love their markets.” lol And good to always be practicing that pronunciation! Thank you for that. Are you from Finland or have just spent a lot of time there? 🤔

[@Gittas-tube]

@@WyattandReyka Hi and Merry Christmas! Yes, I'm from Finland. More specifically, I happen to be one of those close to 300,000 Swedish-speaking Finlanders of Swedish descent. I live in Helsinki, which to me is called Helsingfors. Because of Finland's 600- to 700-hundred-year-long historical bond with Sweden, from around 1150 until 1809, we have a tighter relationship on many levels than most countries have. As a consequence, Finland has TWO official languages: Finnish and Swedish. Depending on its percentage of Swedish-speakers and Finnish speakers, each county, town or city is officially only Finnish-speaking, Swedish-speaking or bilingual. The autonomous Åland islands, for instance, are only Swedish-speaking. And the Swedish-speaking or bilingual counties lie along the coastlines, one grouping along the southern and southwestern coast and another along the western coast facing Sweden. The inland areas of Finland are almost completely populated by Finnish-speakers only. Both languages are taught at school, with English as the third language starting quite early. Unfortunately, aptitude in other languages has dropped a lot since I went to school. We were also taught German, French, Latin and Russian! Myself, I cover Swedish (mother tongue), Finnish, English, French and German..In addition, thanks to Swedish, I understand Norwegian pretty well (it's so close to Swedish) and written Danish. Thanks to French, I understand some Italian, as well. I've lived, studied and worked in Paris, Fort Wayne, Indiana and Chicago, spending altogether 4 years abroad. But that was a long time ago, in the sixties. It's still not unusual to find polyglots in Finland and other European countries. Especially in the smaller countries such as Denmark, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Belgium and so on. Belgium, of course, has three official languages: Dutch, French, and German. Luxemburg has German, French and their own Luxemburgian language. Switzerland tops it off with four official languages: German, French, Italian and Retho-romance. Oh my! Looks like I went off on my favorite subject once again...☺️ Anyway, if you view Europe as a whole, it certainly is a melting pot, where history and changing and arbitrary borders have created a true assorted candy bag!

[@WyattandReyka]

Interesting! We had no idea that Swedish was also an official language of Finland. Wow! YOu know so many languages that's amazing :) And we LOVE it when people share neat information with us. And yours is some of the most fun we've seen! We only speak Spanish and English but we'd love to learn more languages. It just takes so much time.....

[@Elmoliini1235]

Helsinki's tram system is not the oldest in the world.

[@WyattandReyka]

Which one is!? 🤔

[@XGD5layer]

I've been trying to find sources to agree on which is the oldest but they all use different criteria. Maybe it qualifies for the oldest continuously running electric tram system

[@elliamanda1179]

the first church you visited was orthodox thats why it was more decorated and the second one was lutheran which why it was more simple.

[@WyattandReyka]

So interesting! Thank you so much for sharing! We love Helsinki and exploring everything there, all the different tour sites. We cannot wait to come back thanks so much for watching and we appreciate your comment! 🥰

[@Sokar80]

nice to see yuo like Helsinki fall is not warm time Helsinki best t-shirt time is 1.7 -> 1.9

[@WyattandReyka]

Helsinki is awesome! Would love to visit in summer for sure 👍

[@hopoheikki00]

Oldest tram system? Any link?

[@WyattandReyka]

Maybe should have said “one of the oldest!” Here’s the link: www.myhelsinki.fi/en/see-and-do/activities/tram-tour-of-helsinki# 🤗

[@kennethainetdin3401]

The Senaatintori square is completely russian architecture. The german architect Carl Ludvig Engel had been in Sant Petersburg as an architect, and he planned the houses surrowning the square according to the buildings in the antik fashion in the middle on 1800:ties (1900 hundred century, american translation). Warren Betty filmed in this area and also in nearby Katajanokka the film Reds that supposed happened in Russia.

[@WyattandReyka]

Suuuper interesting! Thanks for sharing. A lot of Finland architecture seemed pretty Russian and it made us want to head over there!

[@Gittas-tube]

​@@WyattandReyka Hello, there! I'm glad that you liked my home town - the parts that you had time to see. About the architecture... Apart from the red-brick Uspenski Cathedral, which by the way is the largest Greek-Orthodox Cathedral in Western Europe, if I remember correctly, the buildings that looked Russian to you, are actually built in a neoclassical or empire style and yes, they were designed by Carl Ludwig Engel. The big, ornate buildings along the Northern Esplanade and in the vicinity represent the neo renaissance style (latter part of the 1800s). Saint Petersburg was built at more or less the same time, also partly designed by Engel, which is why the Senate Square, in particular, reminds one of that city. But the neoclassical or empire style is not Russian. If you want Russian styles, look at the onion-domed orthodox churches in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The palaces may also represent the rococo or late rococo styles, as many of them were built during that era, represented mainly by the reign of Catherine the Great. Welcome back to Finland in summertime!

[@MrShujinJonmichal]

1st and Enjoy your time in Finland

[@WyattandReyka]

Thanks so much!! Finland is a beautiful country!🥰 thanks for the watch!

[@ratyjoona]

4:25 Aren't Karelians also indigenous?

[@WyattandReyka]

Never heard of Karelians until now. It looks like it depends on what your definition of indigenous is, as it seems like the Sami were there earlier? But maybe I’m wrong there. Can you tell us more about the karelians?

[@ratyjoona]

@@WyattandReyka Karelians would be the people who could be considered by some to be indigenous to the area of Karelia which is nowadays splitted between Finland and Russia. We have our own language, food, and more. A lot of Finnish identity is vased on Karelian identity, due to era of Karelianism. During World War II, Karelians were evacuated twice from the parts we lost to USSR, and they were scattered around Finland and discriminated against, hurting their identity. According to one article, a million Finnish people have Karelian heritage today. Why some do not consider them indigenous might be due to the definition of indigenous considered by some. But let's say, Karelian pies are Karelian, Kalevala (National Epic of Finland) has been made gathering stories from Karelia, Karelian language is endangered and many people of the Karelian heritage are nowadays scattered outside the traditional borders of Karelia. It's a shame. The situation for us might be actually harder than for sami people.

[@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-]

Regarding the Finnish tap water... Coca-Cola is made around the world by different local manufacturers who have a license from the Coca-Cola Company to produce and sell it for them. When a company in a country wants to get in on the Coca-Cola bandwagon, among other steps they have to send samples of the local tap water to the Coca-Cola Company in the US so that they can analyze it and determine what kind of filtration and purifying steps have to be taken for the water to become "standard quality" to make Coca-Cola out of. The Coca-Cola Company always specifies that the samples are not to be purified or filtered in any way beforehand. When the Finns sent their tap water samples, they got an angry letter from the Coca-Cola Company telling them that they had wasted their time and resources since the Finns had purified their tap water samples beforehand, and asked them to send new samples. But then the Finns explained to them that "no, really, that's just our tap water" :D

[@WyattandReyka]

Super fascinating story! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@nicosiv]

You guys skipped the sauna.

[@WyattandReyka]

Check out our other videos we got our fill of sauna in Finland hahaha

[@sket179]

You missed the prettiest and most unique church of them all, the rock church. Of I were Christian, I would have been married there. I hope you get back and visit it. And a sauna with a cold dip, and cafe Regatta. :)

[@WyattandReyka]

That sounds so pretty! We will definitely have to check it out next time! We actually do the Finnish sauna experience in our next video that will be airing soon so stay tuned! Thank you so much for the support🥰🥰

[@onni-pekkahyvari7600]

You didn't really visit finland but rather Helsinki. It's so different from what most of finland is like

[@WyattandReyka]

We checked out the north in Rovaniemi also! Cool up there 🥰

[@mateuszo1238]

they are not the only native people but indegenious who still live like a tribe xD

[@WyattandReyka]

Oh so cool!! Can't wait to come back and explore more of Finland 🥰

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

Actually cinnamon rolls originated from Germany.

[@WyattandReyka]

Oops! lol we’ve heard a lot of conflicting stories hahaha

[@ShaunTheCoolGamer]

I’m From Helsinki

[@WyattandReyka]

That’s so awesome

[@joojoojeejee6058]

"The organ was really big..." That's what she said, literally! ;) ;)

[@WyattandReyka]

Excellent!! Hahaha perfect well done

[@disadadi8958]

I never noticed the illuminati logo on the cathedral before, and I live in Helsinki haha!

[@WyattandReyka]

Illuminati logo? Even we missed that and we filmed it lol

[@user-iq334]

In a few days I am leaving this country, if you want to show Helsinki and Finland in general, come here in December, or dark and cold months, of course, Finland would have the best weather in July ... and walking around 00100 in Helsinki is not real Helsinki where normal people actually could live.

[@WyattandReyka]

Safe travels! And yeah we’d love to come back in the summer for sure. Just curious, where are you headed off to? 🤔

[@birchleaf]

There is no old town, because Helsinki was just a village until the Russians conquered Finland in 1809 and decided to move the capital from Turku to Helsinki, which would be easier to defend, should Sweden try to take Finland back. Thus there’s really no part of the city that is older than the 19th century.

[@WyattandReyka]

Well that makes sense! Had no idea that Turku was the old capital. Does Turku have a nice old town then? Maybe we should go explore it 🤗

[@samil5601]

Not really. Most buildings before the 1800 in Finland generally would have been wood built, so very little has survived. Turku does have an old castle, though.

[@mtauren1]

​@@WyattandReykamuch of Turku burnt down in the fire in the 1820s

[@travling_IN_MOROCCO2640]

NICE VIDEO 👍👍 ABONNE

[@WyattandReyka]

Wow thanks so much that is so sweet! We appreciate the support❤️

[@ilet3049]

I make this gloomy perspective everywhere, and I probably shouldn't, but what does it amount to in general happiness in a small country where many of the unhappy people just decide to take their own lives instead of living here? Suicide rate here is among the worlds highest, so only happy people remain. But that's just my cynical nature speaking, glad to see you enjoyed your stay.

[@WyattandReyka]

We think that’s an important perspective. Honestly, we don’t have the answers, but we at least feel that it’s noteworthy how happy the majority of Finland seems to be. Thanks for watching and we really had a great time

[@evodemm]

Least visited country, in the video you can see why. 😂

[@WyattandReyka]

It’s beautiful though! 🤗

[@anssiaho9862]

Hot reyka

[@WyattandReyka]

Haha thank you

[@BD-gb6lm]

"only one native people in europe"... where did all of the Europeans come from? lol

[@WyattandReyka]

Lol fair yeah that one was wrong

[@Damthing]

There is nothing special

[@WyattandReyka]

We found a lot of special things 🤗

[@drr9143]

it don't look like a capital city. very much ordinary and fade.

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

Most of the ppl love it.

[@QAZIAMIN-d2o]

Show us the places rather your funny face....

[@WyattandReyka]

Haha but we like making funny face 🤪

[@QAZIAMIN-d2o]

Very poor video...just self projection

[@WyattandReyka]

Noted! We’re trying to create stories of our travels. Sorry you don’t like but have a great day 🤗

[@gireeshan-bd6hi]

Islam will conquer whole universe 💪💪💪

[@ratyjoona]

Hopefully not.

[@WyattandReyka]

Dawg. What’s the point of this? We love Muslim people but this is just gonna rile people up in the comments. Spread love. Don’t stoke the fire.

[@gireeshan-bd6hi]

@@WyattandReyka what is wrong in the comment

[@Gittas-tube]

I doubt it. If the biggest country in the world, the Soviet Union, couldn't conquer little Finland, I'm pretty sure that Islam couldn't do that either...

[@gireeshan-bd6hi]

@@Gittas-tube islam will takeover peacefully not by force

[@ristovirtanen6396]

You need to know the easiest part of Finnish language: Every letter is pronounced the same way independent of surrounding letters and the stress is always on the first syllable.🤔👌 Thus it’s HELsinki👍, not HelSINki😖

[@WyattandReyka]

Oh man sorry about that. Probably frustrating to hear it wrong haha. Thanks for the feedback! Next time we're in Finland we're going to know how to say stuff lol

[@crowdtales-io]

You guys are a cute couple ❤

[@WyattandReyka]

You are a sweet person! Do you like to travel?