Sauna culture in Finland REACTION

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

For us Finns, a sauna is a bit like a church. It was generally the first building in the new location, only after that the house was built. Births took place in the sauna and the dead were prepared there for burial. All kinds of arguing and disagreements are strictly prohibited in the sauna because it angers the elf who lives in the sauna, who may move away and take the good "löyly" with him.

[@shahinreacts]

OMG Manteli I knew none of this and this is really fascinating and it's so amusing to know, thank you for Educating me 🙏🏻😇 What is "löyly" ?

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

@@shahinreacts Löyly is the steam that comes when you pour water on the hot rocks and it evaporates, it's different in every sauna. At the North American logging camps at the late 19th and early 20th century, those run by Finns were well known to have no bedbugs or lice because all new arrivals were put in the sauna, with all their belongings

[@shahinreacts]

@@mantelikukkapenkki2368 Thank you for the info my friend, so cool ! 😉

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

@@shahinreacts No problem my distant friend. Only gland to share some "inside" info 🙂

[@leopartanen8752]

Average Finn goes to church once in a year, but sauna once in a week. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@marttivuorinen8475]

One thing they did not mention.. Army. When i served and we had sauna first time there our lieutenant taught us that "During sauna session we dont salute our superiors or use titles. Here are no ranks or officers. Here we all are just fellow soldiers."

[@magicofshootingstar]

Also, when Finns go to peacekeeping operations, they often build sauna to the base in that country. They have gotten weird looks/questions when it has been steaming hot country. But that's just how Finns roll 😂

[@shahinreacts]

I really enjoy getting educated about Fininsh facts, thank you guys for your interesting facts. 😊💙🇫🇮

[@jounilojander8821]

Jep there is joke about peacekeepers! How you can identify Finn peacekeepers other countries? Finns build first Sauna, others sleeping areas. If I don't remember wrong joke origin is in Middle East when we started peacekeepers operations. Locals wondered we have 40 degrees outside and after patrol those go 80 or 100 degrees sauna. Sorry bad English!

[@surviainen6979]

Too often foreigners are given the wrong idea about the function of a sauna. The sauna was not originally a place of entertainment. It was a place, the only place where you can wash when it's 20 degrees below zero outside and showers with warm water hadn't been invented yet.

[@fortuna7469]

You have such a beautiful soul, Shahin. Your sincerity and appreciation of others is truly heartwarming. 💜

[@shahinreacts]

Thank you so much for this very kind words and watching the video Fortuna, I'm sure you are the same as well my friend. 🙏🏻💙😇

[@sallasundell4351]

For Finns, Sauna is a sacred place. It is a very important thing from infancy. A good example is that if there is a fire in a house, it is a big tragedy if the sauna also burns. If it is saved, it is an important thing. Sauna is really relaxing and close to nature. It is simply a really important and sacred thing for Finns. Thank you for your beautiful and good video, Summer greetings from Finland🇫🇮!

[@SK-nw4ig]

We Finns really appreciate when foreigners appreciate sauna

[@waynesmith3767]

In North America Sauna was often the first building to be built by Finnish homesteaders or Farmer’s; they would live in sauna for the first winter or the first year while the other farm structures were built.

[@shahinreacts]

Oh wow Wayne , thank you for your very interesting comment. 🙏🏻😇

[@freezedeve3119]

I think why they closed public saunas at some point was that everyone had possibility have their own sauna so public saunas were not needed for as cleaning places, but now it is coming back more about social meeting place than just cleaning place.

[@shahinreacts]

So glad that Sauna is getting back to what it really deserves, it needs to be more appreciated. 🙂

[@tonipalm]

@@shahinreacts luckily this country has more than one sauna for every 3 people so the sauna culture wasn't going anywhere :) It was just the public saunas and luckily they're getting back too :)

[@janus1958]

If you lived in certain parts of the US where the concentration of people with Finnish ancestry is high (Northern Minn. or Mich. for example) you'll find sauna culture. Where I grew up in rural Minn., It was not rare for people to have a sauna. We had one, our neighbors had one, relatives had theirs, etc. Inviting people over, or being invited over for sauna was a common practice.

[@shahinreacts]

So cool to know my friend, thank you for your comment my friend. 😇🙏🏻

[@zahrah78]

We Finns go to sauna before going to church, wedding, funeral, on Christmas eve before dinner etc. It's kind of a tradition and also it feels like you're not clean enough if you just take a shower. 😊🌿

[@anza77]

They stopped building public saunas... Because there's 3 million private saunas in the country of 5.5million people

[@yananasbanas]

in finland.. you are born in sauna and you die in sauna. that is where those things have happened. ofc you dont die there but when you die your body is washed there. there was lots of public saunas earlier but then after homes got their own or the building they lived in had saunas there. so the public sauna culture got a bit lost. first thing when few years ago when i moved into my current apartment i asked which sauna slots you have available. there were none as this one was built 1930(?) and there is one still awesome public sauna just across the street that used to serve all the people around and still to day does it ❤️

[@shahinreacts]

Oh wow really interesting Jani, thank you so much for sharing your experience with me 🇫🇮💙🙏🏻

[@brincatstrasse]

very interesting. it is also good for circulation

[@shahinreacts]

It is 😉🙏🏻

[@kimnice]

Watching this video in a sauna cabin right in front of a lake. Drinking a beer and not having anything to worry about in the world

[@ConfusedNotDeluded]

Luck ba……strd

[@shahinreacts]

Lucky you my dear ! 😇🙏🏻

[@paskajuzzy]

If you ever come to visit Finland, I welcome you to enjoy sauna with our family!

[@shahinreacts]

Thank you so much Jussi, that is so kind of you, lots of love to you, your lovely family and Finland my friend. 🙏🏻😇🇫🇮💙

[@bobsnabby2298]

When I was 4, my sisters were 6 and 8. Our sauna was 300meters away and it was cold -25C. My parents put us into a large TV box made out of cardboard, we were there and my father was pushing the sled and brought us to sauna. It was Saturday as usual. Memories.

[@shahinreacts]

So sweet 😍

[@bocatampere]

Can’t imagine life without sauna.

[@jussipalosaari7125]

Sauna is something Finnish need. 16 years in Spain I Miss soooooo much!!!

[@shahinreacts]

I really wish someday I could experience real Sauna in Finland .it is so easy to miss Finland my friend ! 🇫🇮🥺

[@matikaevur6299]

Also helps a lot when you have 4 hours of (dim) daylight and cold weather ..

[@Sammenluola]

Thanks for reacting to this! If you are ever in Finland, I'll invite you to a traditional sauna. 😀 I'm perhaps repeating some things other Finns have already said here, but here goes... As briefly mentioned in the video, sauna culture here has ancient roots. Hence it's no surprise that sauna has an important role in our pre-Christian spirituality, later folk beliefs, traditional medicine etc. Even today many people feel that sauna has a healing "soul" or a spirit of its own. The löyly (or the heat and the steam emanating from the hot rocks when water is thrown on them) is the physical manifestation of this primal force. Original meaning of "löyly" is life. In the old days people were usually born in sauna (since it's a readily clean space where you can take care of the birth), and when one died, the body was washed and clothed for the funeral there as well. So sauna represents a liminal space. It is something between "worlds", and hence sacred. Even when sauna is for everyday physical cleansing and enjoyment (as it most often is), some of these deeper social and spiritual aspects seem to be there... Right beneath the surface. It is impossible to exaggerate the role of sauna in our culture. PS: The sauna whisk is usually made from leafy birch branches. Using the whisk promotes circulation, while the birch itself releases certain beneficial compounds regarded as healthy. Traditionally many other materials can also be used; for example juniper or even stinging nettle. These all have their own benefits according to folk medicine.

[@shahinreacts]

Thank you so much my friend I would really really love one day to experience real Sauna in Finland ! 😍 hearing, all traditions, and customs from Finland is like a fairytale ! 🇫🇮😍

[@Sammenluola]

@@shahinreacts You are welcome!

[@reinokarvinen8845]

My mum is borne in a sauna

[@shahinreacts]

So cool ! 😯🇫🇮

[@piakorpi8277]

My farher too.

[@moonliteX]

you should come to sompasauna in helsinki!

[@shahinreacts]

I wish ! 🥺🇫🇮

[@yananasbanas]

yes if you come to finland we'll give you a tour. we've had there "lyö pääsi tähän" text in some previous ones because mr moonlite used to hit his head in the wood over the door so many times.

[@moonliteX]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@moonliteX]

i also burned my scalp on the metal roof so that i had a visible mark on my bald head for several years. michael gorbachev

[@moonliteX]

ps i was in sompasauna yesterday and it was AMAZING

[@victoreem2]

So, sauna and beer? my treat.

[@Anztoxic]

The great thing about a Sauna to me is how good it is for hygiene, it feels weird that most non-Finnish people only use a shower.

[@shahinreacts]

Just when I can't be more in love with Finland you say me that, slay ! 💙🇫🇮

[@aeschynanthus_sp]

This documentary is full of mythology and stuff but I think it's basically correct. Finnish sauna has some health benefits, at the very least it may lower blood pressure. The name for Saturday, "lauantai" means, in origin, 'bathing day'. It is a loandword from Scandinavian languages, so Swedish "lördag" means that as well. The stem is not used in other words in modern Swedish as far as I know.

[@shahinreacts]

Oh wow so cool, thank you for educating us my friend 🙏🏻😊

[@mkallio69]

I will make our sauna warm if you come to Finland. You are very welcomed to enjoy it.

[@shahinreacts]

You're such a kind man Mika, thank you so much my friend.That would be my dream. 💙 🇫🇮

[@pippastin]

I love that you appreciate our language 😊 Do you speak Farsi?

[@shahinreacts]

Thank you my friend, yes , Farsi And Azerbaijani Turkish. 😇🙏🏻

[@jamocraneman9550]

Sibelius, sauna and sisu is made in Finland 🇫🇮 🔥🔥🔥

[@shahinreacts]

What is Sibelius and Sisu my friend ?🤔🙂

[@DNA350ppm]

@@shahinreacts This is composer Jean Sibelius' most famous piece (and felt in Finland as a second national anthem) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHaTg5WGqKhsq6c, please, give it a littlle time, no rush, it is emotional. This is the mindset of "sisu" - take on a challenge or difficult routine, be determined, don't give up, stay the course, have will-power. One of many videos that try to explain sisu: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5uof6Z9jdh8ptE

[@rachel-in-the-208]

Are you from Turkey

[@shahinreacts]

From Iran my friend. 🙂🙏🏻

[@rachel-in-the-208]

@@shahinreacts I wasn’t sure because your KZbin “about me” page lists Turkey but that isn’t always accurate. I am new to your channel. I subscribed. I love your reactions! (Especially Dimash - I love watching people’s expressions when they hear a Dimash song for the first time! 😁 )

[@Rozibaba]

ou my gaat that farsi äksent :)

[@shahinreacts]

Something in between Farsi and Turkish 🥲

[@Rozibaba]

@@shahinreacts 😆 i only hear farsi

[@shahinreacts]

Im glad 😂

[@blotski]

Just to let you know that the link in your description to the original video is the wrong link. This is the right one kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJOceHWipcl9qtE

[@shahinreacts]

Thank you 🙏☺️