How to Spend NYE in Helsinki: Finnish Sauna, City Vlog, and Chasing Fireworks

[@laurencefidhburn1845]

Will be there for New Years 2025.

[@sean.jablon]

@@laurencefidhburn1845 hope you enjoy your trip!

[@walking-talking]

I'll be doing this a year from now for NYE 2024!

[@sean.jablon]

Glad you enjoyed the video, and thank you for watching! Happy new year!

[@blechtic]

You may have picked the worst time to search for fireworks, since there's usually a pause before midnight. People are setting up, etc., so you can't just listen for them. Then again, that's when most people are going out to see them, so you can just ask them for usual haunts and possibly follow them there. Any other time, except for NYE, I think you need a permit for fireworks and I'm not sure they are allowed to sell fireworks to public except for between Christmas and NYE. (Of course, you can always hire professionals for your display.)

[@sean.jablon]

Very interesting, thanks for the info and watching!

[@katejablon1616]

[@foxnation1327]

Great editing in this video. It takes a lot of effort to make a video timeline look effortless like this

[@sean.jablon]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Jackson_Travels]

You're a brave man

[@sean.jablon]

Haha thank you Jackson! I’m assuming you’re referring to the freezing Baltic and yes it was quite cold and took some courage.

[@erichani1]

Finnish people are used to the cold

[@sean.jablon]

That certainly makes sense! Thank you for watching

[@hauskalainen]

You went all that way and didn't even dip your wick into the Baltic sea.

[@sean.jablon]

Hey thanks for watching! Definitely should’ve went in a bit more haha, I’ll be back though

[@hauskalainen]

There is no z sound in Finnish. Z it pronounces as ts. The a is closer to the u in English cut. So Fazer is said more or less like Futser.

[@sean.jablon]

Thanks for the pronunciation tip there! I appreciate it, I had no idea beforehand

[@blechtic]

Also, it's a German name, so those pronunciation rules apply..

[@janariviik2634]

Sounds like you were approached by a member of Hare Krishna. Super annoying, but harmless.

[@sean.jablon]

Thanks for watching Janari! I appreciate the context there as well, wasn’t aware of this group.