Shocking Things in Finnish Home

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This is a video about culture shocks i've experience since living in Finland regarding the Finnish home, i will tell the various things wether good or bad that i've had experiences with!
thank you for watching

[@tiina-5855]

Dude, I hope you know that you can move the shower head in the rail all the way up by pressing the black button below it while moving it up at same time. You don't need to hit your head on it 😂

[@daydreamer7618]

You do know "eteinen" (that small closed off entrance room) has a door for a reason? It's to keep the warm air in the apartment when you open the outer door and vice versa to keep the cold air from entering the apartment. It's also a convenient place to leave your shoes. We never wear shoes inside the home.

[@morningstarfin8835]

I don't think we Finns especially love small things. I believe we would love to have bigger apartments/houses, but those are expensive. The bigger the house, the more it costs to build. We have quite heavy regulations for buildings, everything needs to be energy saving, thickly insulated, so building them costs very much.

[@dennislindqvist8443]

That extra door is usually for sound or heat insulation.

[@liamwagner6597]

I live in Canada. This year I bought a property with A-frame cabins (all more or less rotten) with entrances similar to your Finnish apartment. Of course, to keep the heat in the house. And then there is a large log house made of very massive tree trunks. And even in this house the entrance is divided similarly to Finnish houses like the one you live in. Our property is situated in the Alpine region of the island we dwell on, were this division of room makes sense. As said, just to keep the heat in the house. In the region further south where we normally live, the houses sometimes have different layouts that are more reminiscent of American standards. Because this region on the west coast of Canada is known as the warmest region in the country in terms of winter weather. There it also rains more here than further north. So I don't think it's just Finnish housing standards that you present in your video. Such spatial divisions will always be used where the climate requires it. I've only been studying architecture for a year or so, so I don't have much experience in planning houses and I'm therefore far from an expert, but I think I can post my assessment here unchanged.

[@SK-nw4ig]

Big beds split in two smaller ones are handy, because then you also have the option of using just the smaller one if needed - and a hell of a lot easier to move them, i mean if changing locations or just rooms. The mattress is usually still just one big mattress, so you wont even notice it is two different beds :) Rooms are small because this is all we need - cold is one factor here. It takes a lot more energy to heat up large areas. The door also is not definately useless. It is also to keep the cold out. Same kind of thing why windows here ahve three layers to them. Every house has a thermometer. Never even thought someone wouldn't have it. Have nice sauna moments!

[@AviationCornerOfficial]

Agree with a lot of this! Smaller spaces are less expensive to heat during the winter. Keep going, love the videos!

[@johannestapper3003]

6:55 I have to say that door has a legitimate use. In apartments where the front-door opens up to the outside it is necessary to have this door, since in winter it keeps the cold air from entering your living space. This door also separates "eteinen" (doesn't really have a good english translation) from the rest of the living space, and this also prevents any dirt or the like to enter your living space. Most of the multi-storey buildings (kerrostalo) don't have this door, since their front-door opens to the hallway of the building. But in the end, yeah, this door is not essential even when it has its uses.

[@Redfizh]

We could also think it as "an airlock". Not for breathing but heat.

[@johannestapper3003]

@@Redfizh Yeah, exactly👍

[@GGLEGO]

In condos/flats the "väliovi" (middle door) also prevents noise from the 16:22 hallway outside of the apartment. That's why I always close it.

[@LilinJytky]

That "useless" door on the entrance makes the space most people call "eteinen" but we called it "tuulikaappi" which translates to "wind closet", funny name but it tells what its meant to do, stopping the cold wind from coming inside

[@rx80]

Thank you for sharing! Always interesting to see your views, and all your vlogs and adventures.

[@bluebonbon22]

I grew up in Minneapolis, Mn and we always had a thermometer visible from kitchen window. Winter is very cold in Minnesota.

[@GIOBOZZ]

😨

[@onerva0001]

Yeah, you have to be able to check the temperature before going outside!

[@koomaj]

Agree with the bathroom, but the separate heater isn't very common thing in homes. At least I don't know anyone who uses those.

[@improbus100]

I've seen those only in rooms that don't have a heating system, like attics etc.

[@Fuudlam]

Reason for only 1 sink in kitchen is you have a dishwasher. If you would not have that then there propably were 2 sinks. 1 sink is thought to be enough because you don´t have to dishes by hand.

[@tmpfi999]

Your rent propably covers the heating. And you pay your radiator from your own pocket. And as heator has thermostat; it goes cold when your radiator takes temperature up, and then you do not get free heat.

[@Riiseli]

I hate having a big bathroom or bedroom for that matter. In the former I don't spend a lot of time overall and in the latter I just want to sleep, so I'd rather have the space elsewhere. I used to have two sinks, but in the renovation we put in one significantly larger sink as the dishwasher does the plates, glasses and cutlery etc. and I only wash some, often very large, items by hand.

[@oh2mp]

Haha! Every day you're becoming more Finnish. The final part in you sauna was a good proof. I'm not sure if I have said this to you before, but we have been joking with my friends for a long time, that an electric sauna is a sauna simulator and a real sauna works with firewood :D :D

[@Kokardi65]

do you know how much it's cost to warm up a bigger room? in winter.. a lot very,very much

[@nebulous962]

13:10 i wouldn't be worried about having them next to wall sockets. what i would be worried about is having plastic next to the stove. hot things and plastic is good way to start a fire. :D

[@novoiperkele]

7:42 you keep the door closed, to keep the heat in. Nowadays the doors are way better than before so those are not so necessary any more.

[@MrsCranberry1]

I prefer 2 separate beds so you can choose how soft/hard bed you want. The mattress topper(?) is a shared big one though. Why would you want 2 sinks? I have had it in a previous home, but don’t actually need it. If you wash by hand you can just but the washed ones next to the sink and then rinse them when you are done washing. 😊 Also don’t think the portable radiators are that common, maybe more at summer cottages. But the thermometers are common 😄

[@teresalehtonen8499]

Nice video man! Yes we have water radiators in apartment buildings and how hot they get depends of the company, if they cheap ass then I understand they not hot enough. In my apartment they are and no need for extra radiators even in the coldest weather. Did you live in a apartment complex or in a house in Texas ? In apartment buildings many times the bedrooms tend to be small. But then again you think about heating the area, its more cost effective. Texas not get so cold lol If you build a house of course you can have as big rooms as you prefer. Showers can be small in apartments. But all depends, you can find huge ones but then cost more. Yes this dish dry rack is brilliant. You dont see them much anywhere in the world. Double sink its usually what we have so dont know why you only have one. Me personally I prefer to wash by hand as the machines are so SLOW. In my childhood home my mom never used the dishwasher during the 30 years she lived in the house for that reason. Cheers from Helsinki! Its slippery outside!

[@UnknownMara]

The drying rack wont work in every country because the water isnt always as clean as in finland so dishes would collect stains and chalk on them depending where you live.

[@qwineth]

Well, yeah, small compact apartments. But I noticed you there comfortable with your t-shirt and shorts - outside maybe like -10 centigrade, could be like minus -20-30 degrees too. I wonder if the same would work in Texas...

[@GIOBOZZ]

Was around -15 And it’s been very cold this winter so -15 actually feels quite comfortable

[@Randomizer939]

4:00 I have same extra radiator and it's awesome, very good efficiency. I dropped all crappy old electric heating and just use one of those - electric bill 30% down and it's warm.

[@markovayrynen3361]

We do have in Finland both type of beds. A couple bed not sure if it that name in English but Parisänky in Finnish like you have in the video. And those was very used long time ago like my parents has and grandparents had too and seen lot in families I visited that are over 40+ age of old. But those single bed that can pair up to a big bed is easy these days and I think are more used with newer generations under under 40+ of age like my sister and her husband. But any way both type exist these days too.

[@pahis1248]

Very good points here. TY was good video. Every apartment should have 2 toilets and I miss bath . baths and sauna so good combination.

[@Hatarkian]

I appreciate your videos dude. Any thoughts about the Finnish presidential election? It's gonna be crazy on Sunday

[@tomvidqvist4768]

Nobody in finland wears shoes inside apartmets. We have socks etc. its so enoying to see shoes INSIDE apartment.

[@GIOBOZZ]

Yeah dedicated shoe for inside.

[@yeayea537]

There are nice bathrooms too you just got a bad one haha I think that goes for any country.

[@nebulous962]

8:49 yeah we also do it in the south.

[@nebulous962]

4:55 i think the wall mounted ones work fine if they are made and installed correctly. i think the issue could actually be those curtains,maybe those curtains are over the thermostat so the thermostat gets more hot than it should get so then the heater doesn't output as much heat.

[@GIOBOZZ]

MITä 😳

[@nebulous962]

@@GIOBOZZ short version:maybe move curtains so they don't cover the radiator thermostat.

[@nebulous962]

@@GIOBOZZoh right or didn't you know that those have thermostat? then it might be that you just have to adjust the thermostat.

[@jukkap.5722]

@@nebulous962 yeah i dont know anyone who uses portable heaters..maybe if you live in a very old house...has to be something with the settings

[@morningstarfin8835]

Good point. If the curtain covers the thermostat, it keeps the hot air near the thermostat, and it thinks it is already hot enough.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

I literally have the same crocs, same colour too!

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

They judt brought it to a WHOLE OTHER LEVEL!!!

[@XethmondeusWave]

I prefer having 2 mattresses, one hard, one softer. This way, the lighter partner can sleep on the soft side.

[@Spugedelia77]

Kiitos! Nauroin paljon

[@Nothingbutdust92]

You should see how tiny some of the apartments and bathrooms are in Helsinki down town area 😅

[@morningstarfin8835]

I might disagree with the bed size issue. It is difficult to find big enough beds. The regular size in Finland is 80x200 cm (double 160x200), and that is not enough. My hubby is 196cm tall (a bit over 6'5"), so his feet would dangle outside. (In the army he had to sleep in a 195cm bunk bed or something.) We have bought extra large beds, currently we have two 90x210 mattresses plus a 6cm thick 180x210 mattress topper on top of them. I've checked the US mattress sizes, and I guess we would need a California King size. These extra large mattresses are quite expensive, they are not sold e.g. in Finnish Ikea for some unfathomable reason. :( In Sweden Ikea sells 90x220 and 180x220, which would be so awesome. Except finding sheets for those would be a nightmare.

[@blobfish1112]

Dude you need to thaw your freezer. Thank me later when you see your electricity bill drop.

[@squidcaps4308]

Oh, i got "jenkkisänky" too, having a big bed is not negotiable. And when it comes to heating, i never have all of my radiators at max temp, even when it was -33C. I got four in my apartment, two big and two small, and the smaller ones are usually off. And i want my rooms to be toasty too, i live in a "tropical" climate indoors..

[@GIOBOZZ]

😨 mines definitely don’t work properly then Honestly compared to the ones in New York these actually doesn’t seem to work 😢

[@squidcaps4308]

@@GIOBOZZ Depends on the landlord, how stingy they are since they are paying for the heating. If it is district heating, as most tend to be, then it is also about how far from the heat source you are. I got good relations with the janitor, last time she checked my thermostats she also took off the limiter so i get truly maximum if i want to. Oh yeah, the thermostats can get stuck. There is a needle valve that should open with a spring as you turn the dial but all kinds of gunk in the water can get it stuck. Then you can only turn it down, it doesn't open again. It is simple to fix with just needlenose pliers and a flathead screwdriver but since there is a minimal risk of breaking the thing, and you don't have access to the main valve to stop leaks... It is better to call the landlord. +18C or lower indoor temps for 3 days in a row can give you discount on the rent... To prevent the thermostat getting stuck, there is a procedure that even most Finns don't know about. As weather gets warmer and you turn down the radiators... you got to remember to turn them back on to maximum once the heating stops. This ensures that while the water is not circulating anymore the needle valve is fully retracted, and won't get stuck.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

How much finnish do you know nowdays? have you been learning= Thats my question to you :)

[@penttiperusinsinoori3037]

Everything can be fixed with money😂

[@novoiperkele]

Why are you wearing safety shoes in the bedroom?

[@Mayhem-pv9cc]

I rather live in a small apartment than big one. Cleaning is faster. Bedroom is a place where you sleep, so there is no point to make it bigger. Your shower really is a small space. You better not gain weight 🤔😅

[@booboss]

Citizenship revoked due to criticism.... kidding bro 🙂

[@venlasiivonen4258]

Finland doesn't necessarily love small things. You're just btoke and can't afford a big home.

[@Riiseli]

I hate having a big bathroom or bedroom for that matter. In the former I don't spend a lot of time overall and in the latter I just want to sleep, so I'd rather have the space elsewhere. I used to have two sinks, but in the renovation we put in one significantly larger sink as the dishwasher does the plates, glasses and cutlery etc. and I only wash some, often very large, items by hand.