Reaction To Finland 10 Things That Freaked Me Out

[@sarimikkila4574]

Coffeetime= relaxing and refreshing break. Coffee on the go only in a hurry, when you absolutely must and there are no other options.

[@PC_Simo]

Exactly 🎯.

[@Rasmanni]

in hurry you take redbull :D every bisnes man has at least 3 redbulls on theyr cars center-console.

[@Vahlsten]

"Hosumalla ei tule kuin kusipäisiä lapsia" as my dad used to say I relate that saying to any break on any task. It's wild but my mind just figured out another related quote, not a translation of the previous but a one from legendary game serie Diablo, town of Tristram and a person called Deckard Cain who as I recall every time you teleport in says: "Stay a while and listen" and that listening can mean to your thoughts also, we Fins for the most part are contemplative sort and know how to take a breather to think. So those 2 quotes somehow tie together nicely. I saved the translation for the first one to bit later so the younger audience wouldn't possibly see it instantly, here it is: "Rushing only makes piss headed children"

[@MrBanaanipommi]

when i was 6 years old i walked to school every day even in -20 celsius or colder.

[@penaarja]

No broblem. My kids of course went to school by themselves from 7yo when school starts here in Finland. Preschool they had taxi transportation from our own door and back

[@anneliseppanen9105]

Me too.

[@malagargamer5598]

This is normal. Idk why other countries dont do the same

[@Tuomas_Oskari]

Especially in elementary school, the journey to school was so long that luckily you never had to walk, except maybe at most if you were riding a bike to school and the bike had a flat tire during the school day. And on the other hand, not necessarily, at least not always, if you have the patience to wait an hour for the next school bus that stops in front of the school. But what seems to be more surprising here is that the children make the trip to school without adults. It is not possible everywhere in the world, in fact in very few countries. If nothing else, at least some concerned adult will now at least file a criminal complaint if you let your youngest children alone or even with a group of friends on a school trip without a supervising adult Oh yeah, that potential school bus driver does NOT count as a supervising adult.

[@herrahyde86]

snow up to your chest and it was uphill both ways, and you had to fend off wolves and bears with a stick

[@kobbetop]

These are things I never thought of until I watch a video like this. I’m glad that even today, kids still can walk or ride a bike to school and it’s perfectly normal.

[@PeteHuu548]

Aamukahvi = morning coffee Jälkiruokakahvi = coffee for dessert Päiväkahvi = afternoon coffee Iltakahvi = Evening coffee Kahvitauko = coffee break at work or other activity Välikahvit = Extra coffee between regular coffee breaks Kirkkokahvit = Coffee served at church after the mass Kahvitarjoilu = coffee served (usually free of charge), for example at the opening of some new store Kakkukahvit = Coffee served with cake, this is also typical when a store has a celebration Pullakahvit = Coffee with pulla (a sweet bun or basically any sugary baked product), this is typical with a friend, sitting in the coffee shop or at home and talking without a hurry

[@jaquescartier5759]

Lähtisitkö Kahville = Would you go for coffee / THE main way to ask for a date

[@lightningrider5849]

Don't forget "iltapäiväkahvi" 😆

[@wb6012]

Kiinnostaakohan ulkomaalaisia oikeasti lista vieraan kielen sanoista?

[@horror_man915]

Ehkä​@@wb6012

[@PeteHuu548]

@@jaquescartier5759 Yeah, this is important!

[@leopartanen8752]

One of the reasons homelessness numbers of the United States isn't that high, because they don't classify all homeless people as homeless, for example, 85-90% of the homeless in Finland would not be classified as homeless in the US, because they have a place to stay, so they aren't living literally in the streets.

[@katNoddpottir]

Yeah, Finnish homeless might have a selfmade hut in the forest, they are classified as homeless as they have no formal address.

[@Searover749]

US are unbeatable concerning the rate of homeless people (due to their unhumane system, and their lack of respect for any form of life).

[@joik2ww269]

@@katNoddpottir yeh I was "homeless" for while. Lived with my now wife but had address in postal office.

[@MrBanaanipommi]

what tells the most of safety in finland is that random kids and even president can play outside together like ice hockey or something just like anyone else. i remember our president Sauli niinistö ("ex" president) few winters ago was playing ice hockey with some random kid, and no it was not meant to be anything like "look at me how good man i am" like you would expect in USA.. he was just having his daily exercise by deciding to go do some hockey at local ice

[@samhartford8677]

Yeah, I know, Niinistö's kid used to go to the same kindergarten than my cousin's child, they were in the same group, and when the parents tried to call him Mr President, he was just 'call me Sauli' when he went to pick his kid up from kindergarten like any other working parent.

[@saprumk4]

We watched a documentary about american schools in english class and I was really shocked to see armed guards and metal detectors in the school. Glad to live in a country where I don´t have to worry about being shot while in school.

[@samhartford8677]

@@saprumk4 Yeps. I was an exchange student in the US in the early 1990s, and my 2000-pupil school had 'no guns' and 'no excuses' placards all over the school with hall security, passes needed to go to the bathroom during class etc. And obviously the metal detectors. Apparently there had been a shooting incident in the school the year before I was there. ... Imagine going from 1990s Finland to there...Needless to say I never went back to that country of hypocrits.

[@TheSMasa]

I think the funniest thing was 2018 when Trump and Putin met in Helsinki. They had these massive safety precautions and cavalcades of vehicles and personnel around them all the time. After they left, Niinistö was seen on a public terrace having some after work fun just openly with no guards or anything like that in sight...

[@samhartford8677]

@@TheSMasa True, but that was mostly likely to be for the Iranians or anti Putin forces not killing the two psychopaths. Nobody was interested in killing Niinistö, because he was not in charge of anything single-handedly in Finland. True democracy creates security.

[@BackFlipzz1]

There are no takeaway coffee cups, because finns drink a full pan before they leave for work and there are coffee machines in every workplace.

[@PeteHuu548]

Yes, take away cups are for emergency when you don't have any coffee left at home, or you slept too long and don't have time for the usual morning routine. I usually drink 2-3 cups (big mugs) every morning (and then more at work or elsewhere).

[@hauskalainen]

Those huge "rabbits" are actually brown hare or "rusakko".

[@JoonaWolf]

Pupu

[@Ghostly_One1]

@@JoonaWolf jotkut käyttää molemmista, mut rusakot ja kanit on aivan eri laji. Eivät voi vissiin edes risteytyä keskenään

[@turbaanimato]

​@@Ghostly_One1 Eivät voi juu risteytyä. Kuuluvat molemmat Leporidae ryhmään, mutta eivät ole geneettisesti sopivia risteytykseen.

[@Tanja-cz5nm]

terve! i am from Finland and just wanted to say that video were a lot of fun, guite normal things to all of us tho but it was nice to see that our common life is odd/wierd/surprising to other people tho, for example that kids walking thing, when i were in elementary school still so classes between 1-6 my distance from home to school were lil under 5 km and winter temperature sometimes were -20 below or even more, i still had to walk that distance no matter what, both ways. If it got up to -25 then u were allowed to stay home that day if didnt get any ride. Almost only way that there were goverment order to taxis to pick us kids up were that if there were wolfs seen close by our home or the road that we had to walk. so, theres something extra about our beautiful homecountry =)

[@samhartford8677]

The first thing Finns do when waking up is putting the coffee on. Then they get to work and the first thing they do is to put the coffee on and get another cup. Finnish bread and baked goods are really excellent. Hot food is quite typical of Scandinavia and Slavic countries, the quality is good but that's the case all over Europe.

[@PexiTheBuilder]

Nope, second thing to do is to put second cup into coffee machine. Takes too long to wait to make 2 at once, make 1 cup, then another when already waited first to drip.

[@jaanaaalto3237]

@@PexiTheBuilder Nope, we make a pot of coffee, not a cup of coffee. Saves time. The coffee machines are a bit different in Finland.

[@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke]

Well yeah, I make four cups (or two big mugs) for myself in the morning. If I want the first cup right away, you can snatch it from the pot while the rest is still in the making 😁 No need to go through the hassle of making one cup at a time.

[@samhartford8677]

@@PexiTheBuilder I have a 10 cup espresso pot. Saves time.

[@johnsmith_1942]

8 year old kids walk to school in most Nordic countries

[@Kod1ton]

Got that youtube blue comment

[@searchitgood]

And Baltics👍

[@johnsmith_1942]

@ Love the Baltics. I find it scary now (as a parent of an 10 year old), but it wasn't scary when I was a kid :)

[@synti737]

@@johnsmith_1942 Yeah I wonder why, what has changed. 🤔

[@johnsmith_1942]

@@synti737 Probably nothing has changed.. I'm just looking this first time from parent perspetive :) It's probably safer now than before :)

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

In addition to coffee, Finns are the world's greatest consumers of ice cream.

[@hazeman4755]

The reindeer are semi-domesticated and are all owned by someone. As Rissanen said, they wander around freely most of the year and at certain times of the year they are gathered together by their owners.

[@childrenofmoon]

There is also lot of non-sámi people owning the reindeers. It's not just for sámi people in north.

[@hellmalm]

As a Swede with finish family through my Uncles wife (my cousins are half Finns) I have been to Finland many times the food culture is very similar to Sweden but with add specialties (like pirog like things in the beginning of the video.) to make it interesting. Bread and pastries are mostly the same and definitely the same high quality (often to a better price). Finland is just an awesome place and it always feels like coming home, with the warm and slightly silent people. There's always a sauna in Finland! My father loved this so much that he built him self one, in every house he's owned since the 90's 🇸🇪❤🇫🇮

[@FromG2eminor]

In El Paso desert heat 8 years old, my brother 5 years old walked a mile to school everday. Early 80's was different.

[@ChristianJull]

There are definitely beggars (panhandlers as he called them) in Helsinki, but literally 99% are not Finnish. In 15 years, I have been asked for change on the street by just two Finns.

[@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke]

Many people in Finland do not buy coffee on the go on a daily basis. I mean, no takeaway, but not really sitting in the cafes either. I drink coffee in the morning with my breakfast at home, and then at my workplace on the coffee break during the day. And usually the employer even offers the coffee for free for the workers. On a free day I would drink the "mid-day coffee" at home with my family, or maybe at friends or relatives house if I go visiting. I would only order takeaway while travelling (which I don't do that often), or maybe go to a cafe like once a year or so.

[@m1k1a1]

It's that unwritten rule in Finland. Every workplace shall have a coffee maker and coffee, paid by the company and free to the employees. And it's not a taxable benefit either :)

[@Multidimensionaldreamer]

​@@m1k1a1 sadly it isn't like that everywhere. I mean the employer paid coffee part. Many places workers buy the coffee/bring coffee themselves. At least in schools, hospitals etc. 💔 I find it a luxury that I have free coffee in my current work place.

[@m1k1a1]

@@Multidimensionaldreamer Oh, ok. I really should have guessed in public sector even coffee is not free. Shows how privileged I am to work in tech. We typically have instant coffee, classic moccamaster coffee, and those fancy machines that make all kind brews younger people like. Free fresh fruits, snacks, etc. are very common too.

[@Yavanna79]

And don't forget that in some places it's customary for everyone to take turns bringing a coffee packet to work, unless otherwise agreed. And sometimes some people bring buns, biscuits or other small snacks to share between everyone. In many places, they also take into account that not everyone wants to drink coffee, so they serve something else, except alcohol, because you don't drink during working hours.

[@Multidimensionaldreamer]

@m1k1a1 damn that sounds awesome. I gladly work rn in private sector foster home and we have free coffee and also we also eat food we make there that kids eat. For the food it shows as 5,1€ benefit per day in my paycheck so in my income tax calculations it is counted as income. So I pay very little tax for it.

[@Redfizh]

Helsinki rabbits are called City-Kani. Because cities are free of predators, bunnies populate fast. If you are familiar with kids show GiggleBug, rabbit in it is citykani in finnish translation. They feed those to the lions of Korkeasaari-Zoo. Freerangekids. There is a law that every child in your proximity is also your responsibility. You are not allowed to walk away if child (or anyone else) is in danger. I've never seen homeless in my whole life. Social support is around 500-700€ and lowest rent in my town is 180€. Helsinki is expensive but has the most of the few homeless we have. There has to be a really good reason to live at streets. So HousingFirst is just cherry on top.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

Kids walk or cycle to school and to their friends here in Australia, but maybe it’s in country towns more and not very common. Now my daughter in her 20s regularly hikes around in the mountains and in the dark. We keep eggs on shelves too but some supermarkets don’t! We have very large hares too. Our reindeers are kangaroos. We’re also obsessed with hi vis clothing for everyone at work. It seems like a lovely place to grow up.

[@izzardclips9350]

Open-face sandwiches with only one slice of bread are not specifically Finnish. They're common in other parts of the Northern Europe and elsewhere, too.

[@TeHniZ77]

Yes they do. My now 13 yo son have been going to school by himself since the first grade. And now that he is older, he can take his fishing gear and go fishing with his friends for the day and almost half the night. He comes back at 10PM and prepares the fish he has caught. Sometimes he wakes up at 3 AM to go to a lake with a boat with his friend to fish while the sun gets up. He gets home somewhere around noon. Don't be shocked. There is a good, clear reason why our surroundings are safe. But if we talk about THAT, we get namecalled instantly.

[@malagargamer5598]

I agree. Finland is safe for a reason

[@De_Lirium]

​@@malagargamer5598Finland most definitely ain't safe. As a man at least it is not.

[@FriendlyBanditZ]

when i get coffee to go, i am most likely already late from wherever i'm supposed to go. rarely i see anybody get coffee to go unless it's a trucker or something like that. it's nice to sit down and enjoy the coffee without any rush.

[@ville-pekkaihamaki1166]

Kids start to go to school on their own from the first grade 7 years old... Here it is still safe.

[@saturahman7510]

Yes, and it is just fine. Nowadays drivers are informed, when the school starts in the autumn. People have to drive carefully and follow speed-limits .

'Housing First' initiative was adopted from a US housing project. Number of homeless going down, in Tampere, 2nd city, more or less the issue solved. The US should adopt it at the Federal level.

[@Northman-from-the-North]

Back in the 70s here in Sweden I had to cross a lake or go round it in order to get to school. During winter I walked on the ice, in summer I row my tiny boat. It was 3 km to school.

[@herpderpina7599]

The "rabbits" are actually a huge problem in some areas as far as I'm aware of. There is so many of them.

[@jaanaaalto3237]

Rabbits are not a problem. There are foxes too in city areas, so problem solved.

[@onkopakko]

I skied to school once :D. Really something only in Finland.

[@phm19880]

I was just hitting subscribe, only because one of the thickest Scottish accent I heard youtube (I hope and assume that it Scottish😅), but heck, ofc I was subscriber already. Thanks to your interest to my country. Keep it coming up. All the best: Happy Finn

[@Vihtori_Lettunen]

Another thing about eggs is that the expiration date is never correct. I have used eggs over 2 months beyond the expiration date and they are still good. If they don't smell its fine. Dunno if it has something to do with that protective membrane.

[@ladoga]

It has. I prevents contaminants from getting inside the egg.

[@sallaa]

I have to drive around a lot because of my work (I'm an occupational therapist and meet my clients in daycares and schools). Most days I brew my coffee at home in the morning and take it to go in a thermos bottle. Best days are weekends when you can really enjoy your coffee in peace at home. 😊 I go to sauna once a week (on Saturdays). I have a weekly reservation every Saturday in my appartment complex community sauna (we also have a little pool where you can take a dip. The water is not very warm but it's really refreshing). At summer me and my kids often go to my parents' summer cottage by a lake and go to sauna every day while visiting. Sometimes even twice a day. 😅 And of course we swim in the lake, it's the best feeling to go to a lake in between the sauna session. 😊

[@paavometsaluoma2653]

Caffeine helps digestion and makes u not hungry.. So coffee is a great for after a meal. Always on lunch-buffet the coffee is included.

[@nimimerkillinen]

you can buy coffee to go in grocery store or r-kioski (kind of like 7-11 maybe?) cheaper and more conveniently

[@ytMFOS]

Nowadays Roy Rissanen lives in Finland.

[@toniheikkila5607]

About coffee, the Finnish labor laws require two coffee breaks in a workday. Correction: It isnt the lsw, but a policy set in a workplace, that the employer isnt allowed to change. Wekl, sounds like a law to me 😅

[@petrisandberg3887]

Actually there is no law about coffee breaks in labor laws.

[@anneliseppanen9105]

@@petrisandberg3887 Yes there is one 10-12 min it is in the law TYÖAIKALAKI - working time law. We usually have two !! one in morning hours clock 9AM and the other in evening hours clock 2PM

[@samhartford8677]

@@petrisandberg3887 Of course there is. Can you cite me the TES that does not have regulations about coffee breaks, please?

[@petrisandberg3887]

@@samhartford8677 can you site me some statutory section from the law about coffee breaks. TES’s are not legistlative matters.

[@jolasu]

Depending on the working hours. A 6-hour working day includes one coffee break. 2 coffee breaks for an 8-hour working day. At least in the places I've been.

[@annikabrokvist2649]

Now you know why Finns are happy. It's in the small things... 🇫🇮❤

[@lillukka900]

You have a charming accent and it was nice to see how a Finnish Canadian sees our culture

[@paulboyce8537]

Grade 1 I use to take two busses to school and walk to the school. We went out in the morning came back to lunch and go out again till dark. We had seasonal bus and train tickets so we could just hop in the train or bus and be 50km from home at age 10 and be back. It is normal. First day at school the parent takes you there and shows the way. After that it is on the kid.

[@Zami80]

I never get a coffee from a coffeeshop because we get free coffee at work. It costs a lot here too to get coffee from those places.

[@TheRawrnstuff]

12:12 "what is that, it looks so good" In the glass, that seems to be "squeaky cheese" and cloudberries. On the plate, looks like apple pie drowning in vanilla sauce.

[@elmotuz]

As a Finn, I start my day with coffee. Usually I wake like 30mins before I need to go to work, so I can drink my coffee home in peace. Though at work I might drink 1-4 take-away cups depending on day.

[@samisuomalainen9870]

19:30 When I was 4 years old, I walked to day care - alone. Played there for 3 hours, and then back to home the same route of 4 street crossings and 480 meters. I just measured it with google maps and that was a surprise because it felt like much more. The next year I went by bus to kindergarten 7 km, the first semester with my mom but after that alone. This happened in Helsinki, capital of Finland. Never have I got into a traffic accident. 21:10 so this is possible in Japan too, great.

[@lembnic]

I was 5 years old when I traveled alone on a bus for the first time. I had been an overnight guest at my kindergarten friend's place. The bus ride wasn't long, maybe 6-7 stops apart, I knew the stop where to get off the bus and my home was right next to it. This was right in the middle of Helsinki in the 1970's

[@samil5601]

At 7 years of age I used to take buses and trams every weekend between my parents' place after their divorce. Nobody barred an eyelid about a little kid traipsing through central Helsinki.

[@niuho2052]

Primary schools are close to home, so what is the problem? Possibility for anything dangerous is next to nothing. And very often they walk with classmates from the same neighbourhood.

[@maarittevanlinna-alvarez8828]

Thank goodness, it is peaceful and still in our Finnish environment - thanks to having less people, lots of nature around.

[@js0988]

Flamed salmon is the absolute best thing foodwise in Finland, even if you don't like fish you will like flame salmon. It's so insanely good.

[@mitsusah2612]

This! Honorable meantion to oven-cooked salmon as well.

[@katNoddpottir]

Yeah, well people on a tour of Finland were so sick of Salmon, because every freaking stop they were offered salmon... so, tourist destinations please offer options to tourists and people running the tours, for God's sake check what food is offered at each location you take the people to and demand change on the menu if every place offers salmon!! It's not the greatest thing in Finland and it's not the only thing worth to offer to tourists!

[@richardpool9970]

Rye bread (and other dark breads) are very popular in Finland to the point were people who used to live in Finland ask friends and family to bring packages of bread when they visit. A very Finnish sweet is Salmiakki (salty liquorice) and I find it's like marmite, you either love it or hate it..

[@slendergollum]

When I was a child we were skiing in the middle of summer to school with wolves and bears and it was uphill both ways. Finland

[@rosmu1130]

17:00 Yes, city rabbits or as we say 'city kanit' are a real thing. I don't live in Capital or really visit there. But I have heard from people around that they're huge and can easily destroy people's home gardens plants. I guess you could compare it to the situation of 'city foxes' in London? 🤔 That there are lots of them. 17:27 Graveyards. If you ever visit Finland at around winter time, take a lookat them at late evening or night too. They're beautiful when the candles are lit by the graves. ✨ The feeling of it may be little eerie at first but over all, it is beautiful, peaceful and still. The most sure way to get that experience would be visiting a graveyard when it's Finland's Independence Day or at Christmas. 19:30 Yeah. I remember from my childhood that I walked or cycled to and from school alone after finishing my first year (began as 7 year-old) of elementary school.

[@marina410]

Nowadays in a lot of coffee shops they always ask if you want take away or drink it there. I think a big difference is that almost everyone has a coffee machine at home so people drink their coffee (usually 2-3 cups in the morning) while they're having breakfast before they leave the house, and then they have coffee with lunch, and then during the coffee break at work. Coffee is usually taken together with a meal, or if you specifically go to a coffee shop, then yes most of the time you will sit down and enjoy the coffee there. So it's really not that common to buy coffee at a coffee shop and then leave and drink it on the way somewhere else. I personally only get take away coffee when I'm in a hurry and I need to take in on the go. But I would also say that the amount of take away coffees I see has somewhat increased in recent years, especially on campus (I'm a student).

[@ArchieArpeggio]

I remember as i was five years old 39 years ago and we lived small Finnish city (about 35000 people) and i rided bus all myself. I was also walking alone in the city center sometimes. That just was normal.

[@pertti_perkele629]

i write this middle of video but i needed to write this. we most of the time don't care or think about our urgencies because we love our coffee and we make -most of the time, time for drinking it. especially when we are in group like our family or friends because to us coffee time is relaxing time. we cherish our time with by ourselves or with somebody

[@mayaamis]

I started going to school alone in the 4th grade with my friends it was the most normal thing. we had to take public transport for few stations and everything. kids still do it today in my country. the fact that americans find this so outrageous is sad really

[@rami1406]

About coffee in Finland. We don't drink it in hurry walking on street, we drink it at home, in peace. Same time we slowly wake up, watch news etc. It's not that hurry to work.

[@Petej67]

Never take away but always sit down and enjoy friends with coffee.

[@jps8678]

Yes. Coffee tastes best with friends on side sprinkled with sugar.

[@CU65LATER]

I have one sauna in home and another sauna in lakeside place .

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

Haha, l have two saunas. Just came the another of them. Now sipping a cold beer. 😅

[@JUMALATION1]

My mom was a stay-at-home mom when I was in grades 1-3 in elementary school here in Finland back in 2000-2003, so she followed me to school. I had to walk a mile through a dodgy neighborhood and suburb (drug addicts, drunkards etc, but it's gotten better now), so as a small kid I was supervised. In fourth grade my mom started working again, so I had to start walking to school on my own. We had a few "test runs", where she followed me at a distance, but since I managed to walk to school on time and safely, she let me start doing that. This was also the time I finally got a house key, so if school started late and my mom had to go to work early, it was my responsibility to check that the stove was off, our pet was okay and that I locked the apartment properly. I kind of enjoyed this newfound independence. This was before cell phones were super common (some of my classmates had one but I didn't until 2006). She however told me to not follow any stranger if they asked me to, and to not play in piles of leaves in the school yard, because heroin needles were found there more often than one would prefer. Some kids managed to get stabbed by used needles and had to get blood tests for HIV and stuff, so the parents tried to instruct their kids to be careful.

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

Northern Ontario? I believe that the largest Finnish community outside of Finland is in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I remember a part of the city where the stores and street signs had Finnish names. If you were a grandma who had weak English skills or a Finnish speaking visitor, in that area specifically as well as elsewhere in Thunder Bay, you could live your life in Finnish and confine your English to watching TV. (Of course all of your dealings with the government had to be conducted in English or French.) [Btw it is a lovely place that is well worth a visit. The landscape is beautiful and Lake Superior is stunning. Quite a place to get highly educated at the University of Thunder Bay.]

[@ilet3049]

Kinda tough to be homeless in finland when you have hypothermia levels of temperature for 8 months in a year. Policy is to keep everyone safe from the weather, but it's not cheap.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

There are a lot of rabbits (the small ones) near the center of Helsinki, and a lot of hares (much bigger animals) all around the Finland. During summer time, hares brown and rabbits are mostly white or really light colored.

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

Actually, Luxembourg is the most coffee drinking country per capita, as far as I could find. I know Finland was no. 1 and Sweden was no. 2 at some point, but not anymore. I think Sweden isn't even top ten now. Finland still is, though.

[@toweri_li]

Our kids told us, the parents, after three weeks of going to school (1st grade, age 6-7) that we "do not need to escort them anymore" to school. They walked by themselves. The school is about 1.5 km (1 mile) away, crossing two major roads.

[@vilkkiz7397]

I have seen only one homeless man in Finland and it was in Helsinki. Never have i ever seen homeless people in my city or other smaller cities and it was shocking

[@LaDeaDeiFrancoziani]

Finnish coffe culture is to relax, take a sit, chat.....Canada and America have the "coffee to go" culture....always in drive in etc

[@Yavanna79]

I would say that, although mainly children go to school on their own, if the school is too far away (in some smaller towns or villages the school may be so far away that they are not allowed to walk to school along a small corner of a dark road) or it is a so-called special child, then they are not allowed to walk to school on their own, but a school transport is arranged for them. However, safety is the number one priority here too. And another thing our children here use, especially in the dark season, is reflectors, because they are proven to save lives. And reflectors come in all sizes, looks and there's something for everyone, so they go with many outfits.

[@riippumatonlinja]

From 6 or 7 years old i always walked alone to school.

[@septimor32]

Yeah. The first time my mom walked the walk with me, so i knew where to go the next day. Back then there were no GPS systems. Nowdays 7 years olds probably know how to use google maps and find their own way that way lol.

[@mikko-64]

Those "rabbits" are actually hares. I assume you have a few of those in Scotland, too.

[@Yavanna79]

Well, we don't put as much sugar in bread dough here as they do in the US. That's why they call their bread "bun" when it's too sweet to be bread. And by the way, rye bread is good and healthy too. Personally, I like to buy rye bread (Reissumies), and put margarine on it, of course, but also gravlax (I hope I trasladet right, in Finnish it's graavilohi). It tastes good.

[@datis1633]

Tästä tulikin mieleeni. Sauna päälle

[@emilia3384]

No homeless sleeping on the streets in Finland no.

[@jps8678]

Some I have seen sleeping in Keskuspuisto at tents. 2km from Helsink center.

[@ChristianJull]

I'm guessing that folk who call hares 'rabbits' have either never seen a hare or never seen a rabbit... Hares=nearly 2x the size of rabbits, long legs, ears 2x as long as a rabbit (proportionally), and really intense eyes.

[@kotqrka]

Number one Finnish food: Lohikeitto. Literal translation: Salmon soup. It is made with cream and potatoes. Just simply delicious.

[@Ghostly_One1]

I'd argue makkarasoppa, sausage soup, is a bit more universal. At least the kind made of the thicker "makkara" stead of thinner "nakki" anyways.

[@tiinau6562]

😮😂😂😂❤❤❤Bättre än ashols landet Sverige.... Stolt och vara finn jävel...... 🇫🇴👻☕🦉🦋✌️👋👋👋

[@kioja606]

Coffeetime is a break and I never take it with me unless I'm busy with work. If you ever need to go to a hospital in Finland you can see nurses running around the wards with coffee in a paper cup. Source: I'm a nursing student and I run around with my coffee in a paper cup. I love just sitting down in a coffee shop, relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere there. I usually take the "you can come and talk to me" cup and sometimes people will come to me and we'll have a chat. If you come to Finland you should try Karelian pies with munavoi on top. Munavoi is just butter and eggs mashed together and it sounds simple but it tastes so good! The reindeer are semi-wild and not owned only sami families. They are owned by certain paliskunta and they are marked with notches on their ears. Every paliskunta has different notches. It's important to have something reflective every time it's dark. Especially in the autumn when it's dark and it's very difficult for drivers to see people who walk or cycle. I personally have a reflective harness and a band that I put on my leg, just under the knee. If I'm dressing up, I choose something that will hang from my bag and hang low, around my thigh or knee. In Finland we say a reflector is a cheap life insurance. It's very normal for us to walk to and from school and friends houses even when we are very little. When I was in the first grade (7yo), I walked my path to school twice with my dad and then I was left to walk alone or with my friend who was also 7yo. In Lapland winter it was -35C and snowing and we just walked. It wasn't a long way, just 2,5km and we would cut it sometimes by going through woods or a short trails. After third grade I started cycle to school. It's very normal here since it's very safe.

[@samhartford8677]

I appreciate the work you do and will do, but would it not be wiser to have a thermocup to put the coffee in?

[@kioja606]

@@samhartford8677 How wise would that be,yes, but it's not very hygienic in the ward. I'd rather drink cold coffee from a cup that I can throw away than wash my cup multiple times a day

[@Songfugel]

I buy takeaway a lot, but it is only since in classrooms, auditoriums etc you aren't allowed to bring in proper cups from the café and have to use TW cups if you want to drink coffee during seminars/lectures/meetings. Many of those events have coffee service prepared and then there is no need for the TW cups, but quite often the TW cups are the only option When at home, office or café I'd always prefer a proper cup with coffee and to enjoy it while sitting down and talking to friends or peers

[@jounisyrjanen2226]

I've "consumed" five cups of coffee since 1981. Last one on a casual Sunday (?) 16th of October 2016. I remember the dates as well. Before that 1 cup a year. Yes, I'm a Finn and have to explain I prefer water...

[@LKLM138]

Candy: chocolate is made out of fresh milk and finest ingedients. Fazer started it and it's not tht much more expensive to produce. And if you want to compete in the candy business, you can't win with an inferior product if it costs cents less. Bread: In Finald we get sunlight 24/7 during the midsummer. Summers are short but usually quite effective in growing crops. "kyrö" a Finnish rye gin brought in lots of trophies for being the best gin there is. If I remember right, the ceo told it's cause our rye is hardy and the unique growth cycle, it has a distictive flavor. And I agree. Even rye bread has such a great flavor it's unmatched.

[@P.S.333]

The breads that were shown in the video are Finnish breads. We have a lot of different and good bakeries.

[@Cataclysm253]

The kids thing is a lot of times a necessity too. As a parent when my kid went to school i was able to take a few days off but then i continued work as normal as well as my partner. So there were mornings when nobody was home when my kid left for school.

[@BLVCKSCORP]

*Hares* Not Rabbits and yes they are big cause they're not rabbits

[@AnttiKivivalli]

Yes. At some point there was a rabbit problem in Helsinki, because people had let their pets loose. But the big ones are hares and there are basically two varieties, "mountain hare" is diappearing and the "European hare" is taking the place and also they seem to cross-breed.

[@henrikberg1174]

I skiied to school, uphills and backwards was also uphills

[@novoiperkele]

Theres way less homeless if you take away the bureaucrazy homelessness. My relative is "homeless", due to her living in a house zoned for holiday use only.

[@metsafani4885]

Moust school childern here have gone by bus to school there is a limit on how far you can be from the school i dont remember how much it goes up each year but it caps 5km or just over 3.1 miles in fouht grade where if you are in that outside that area you get free bus rides from the school there is also a if the road is too dangerous and thre is not a bus going there you get a taxi that gets all of those kids if you are in the are then your paremts can either buy you a bus pass or you can walk or bike to school but the buses are just normal ones that the bus rutes and times change for school since the bus that goes to school before 8 am is only used by the students for the moust part just remember this is only what is going on here in this part of finland where i live and it is form my expirience as a student

[@TK8866275]

Finnish _maksalaatikko_ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksalaatikko and Scottish _haggis_ might be distant cousins. Both contain liver and although nowadays the store bought version of _maksalaatikko_ contains rice, traditionally it was made with barley groats which is a little bit similar ingredient as the oatmeal used with _haggis._

[@ainoBear]

I tried haggish in Scotland and actually the first thing that came to mind was that haggish tastes like spicy maksalaatikko 😅😂

[@Anamaria2301]

Many things are explained by how hard it is to live in Finland in winter. Moms and dads must work to keep everybody alive. No time to take kids to schools or back. Coldness is ready to kill you all the time unless you take care. No wonder we have so few people in Finland, it's rough to live here. At least we need lots of comfort from coffee, good candy and sauna and I guess long winter is the greatest reason for Finnish alcoholism too.

[@butterflies655]

Finland's alcohol consumption has dropped drastically down in 20 years. It is in the middle of Europe. The weather is similar to other Nordic countries as well. Finland has a high standard of living.

[@Anamaria2301]

@butterflies655 I don't think so and at least we have it darker here and winters are longer than in more south, naturally. I have traveled in other european countries and lived in Austria and certainly the spring came earlier there than in northern Finland where I lived. Suicide numbers are high in Finland if you compare for example to Italy. --- Oh sorry you compared to other northern countries. Yes but there are not many and they who are as north probably have same problems. We also live too close to Russia.

[@yoretabio4537]

This guy is FinnishCanadian who has moved back to Finland.

[@bror8228]

*Kanadansuomalainen (CanadianFinn) not FinnishCanadian (Suomenkanadalainen)

[@holyhelga]

yea finland is a safe country

[@Vahlsten]

One thing I'd like to comment about is the last bit about free range children. The thing about social security, not having the homeless people and having the safety nets for those less fortunate what it does is lessens the chance of having people so deep in despair they'd do something stupid like kidnappings and stuff like that. Here in Finland a child can go up to any adult and ask for what ever they might need at the moment (not anything ridiculous like PS5 or that sort) and I am 100% certain even the unemployed people who don't have much to give out of, will provide for that child.

[@just-a-guy-in-the-world]

I go to sauna every Friday. I would go more, if I could. At the moment I can't. I did, when I was younger living in an old house with a sauna in the basement. We had plenty of wood to heat the sauna with. And I don't drink coffee at all. I prefer tea.

[@heirantala]

Having a coffee to go like everyday is super expensive If you have to buy one. Everyone here has a coffee maker at home and i Usually make coffee to go at home and put it in my smaller stanley. And i dont Usually drink other that regular coffee.

[@LaDeaDeiFrancoziani]

"I´m finnish..." and he is american living in Ontario.....

[@virtanen5566]

I do coffee on the go only when driving long distances. On normal days why take coffee with you when you have free coffee waiting at work place?

[@SuperDalton72]

In sweden i walkt to kindergarden and school year around and back..Whould not try that today tho. But in Finnland you can still do it. Ther is danger today to but the finnish people on the street will protect a child in danger.

[@MutualZebra0123]

I'm a parent in Finland. My >9 yo can go anywhere with the bike in our little town. I make the kids below 9 stay on this side of the river but they can also go anywhere on this side of the river. I trust them that they wouldn't trick me on this. I also would like them to tell me where they think they'll go.

[@oasisfani8353]

Mostly finish eat dark rye bread, taste is better, it´s much healthier. Keeps hunger away more. White bread is just like air...nothing good in it. Exeptions are oat breads. And in our agriculture is like: less is more. We don´t use as much chemicals in our food than other countries do. That is something that i like. And when we have cold winters the taste of food is so fresh. When you eat tomatoes that comes..well like in spain it´s just full of water, nothing more. And it´s soggy. There isn´t any taste left. So i don´t buy any food that comes somewhere else. Well..maybe blood oranges and sometime´s something else. But i love our clean food.

[@timorautiainen1783]

Still in middle of the video. But for bread in Finland, we eat lot of 100% rye bread. It is in our culture. The stores are full of these breads and variants. Not like feedomcountry rye bread where there is hint of rye. And overall we value even our worst bread. Never really gained weight with white bread in Finland. But for example in Ireland Tesco toaster slices I gained 4kg in 6 months. Dropped the Tesco bread and was back to what it used to be.

[@Manselikka]

20 years ago , when my daughters were 5 and 7 yo, the older fetch her little sister from daycare. That’s not allowed nowadays. But still kids can walk or bicicle from school alone.

[@Swedishpolymath]

I do like Maksalaatikko from time to time. I am also a business man mabye I should speak with someone at Saarinoinen and see if we could get them to Sainsbury or something.

[@EvaldSöderlund]

If you go to Finland i recomend trying "maksa laatikko" But not the store bought try like home made

[@-EekaMouse-]

My guess why the Finns drink the coffee after they've eaten is that you might get that heavy, even drousy feeling after eating full meal the coffee lightens it up and it's easier to keep going. That's why i feel like it is for, someone probably has some schoolbook example where it originates from though.