Shooting & Shopping for Finnish Snacks - Finland Vlog Day 5

[@dmr87]

I'm from Sweden and "maränger" are pretty common here too, though they are mostly used as topping for desserts and ice cream etc. Not something you just eat standalone like candy, at least to my knowledge. Nice vlogs, keep it up!

[@niekka1978]

Yep toppings for dessert/cakes, made of sugar and egg-white.

[@nina-kitty6573]

In Sweden have something calld Banana Split, desert.. Its fresch banana in pieces, icecream, Maränger and chocolatte sauce..👍

[@Perkelenaattori]

@@nina-kitty6573 Sounds like diabetes.

[@frida507]

@@nina-kitty6573 + whipped cream. I lso like to combine with raspberry or strawberry in stead of banana.

[@jerepesonen8426]

I'm pretty sure those are from France.. We as Finnish PPL. did take The name from sweden, "Marenki"

[@tonikaihola5408]

If the sauna you went to had tiles, I recommend going to one with all wood surfaces. If you want the most authentic experience, then go wood fired with vihta/vasta (birch twigs bound together) The sound of the inferno contained within the stove/chimney is quite calming 😌

[@ogKalmari]

Also going with finn to the sauno so you know what is like to be in sauna like normal finn. You have to heittää löylyä inuff to get the full experience

[@kodvo1]

About 70 celcius and lot of steam from rocks would be more enjoyable and easy to breath👍. Too hot can be suffering.

[@AndyP998]

And cold beer

[@markusnurminen2103]

You also have to take "löylyt" for about 10-15min and then you go out to have beer for 10min then back in for 10-15mins and this continues through the night (at least in summertime).

[@oxxal7357]

2:53 I was working at Verkkokauppa during my college years. The founder of the company Samuli Seppälä set up that statue just for trolling people before the company vent public and he resigned as a CEO. Now he is living his life as a millionaire traveling around the globe. So the statue is like his legacy for founding that company. :) Also funny fact that he started it in the 90's, selling computer parts from his garage.

[@tonikaihola5408]

I think I bought computer parts from the company when they were in Kilo, Espoo. Wasn’t called Verkkokauppa at the time though 😅

[@oxxal7357]

@@tonikaihola5408 My dad bought our first custom computer from Kilo place too. Assembled by Samuli himself. I think it was 99-00. His first store was in Lintuvaara, Espoo founded in -92. Crazy thing is that he started online shop in -94 a year before Amazon so he was one of the first in the business. That is why he is millionaire now :)

[@Perkelenaattori]

I had to log on to my account and my earliest order from them is from 2002. I ordered a Pentium 4 motherboard with an SiS controller. 😄

[@oxxal7357]

@@Perkelenaattori I had to do that also. first one is 2003 Nokia N-gage :) Overall 1784 orders. I used almost half of my salary every month to verkkokauppa because the prices we were able to buy products was the same as the store paid to wholesales. xD

[@isokessu]

But Samuli Seppälä didn't make the statue himself. He must have bought it from the artist. I forgot the name but I googled and the artist is Tommi Toija. We had a homework years ago about those weird statues, most of them are actually pretty small

[@sneeks]

Meringue originated from Switzerland but popular in many places. Made from whipped egg whites and sugar. Here in the U.K. most often form part of a dessert.

[@Audiojack_]

My joints and muscles couldn't live without finnish sauna, it feels like a miracle every time how much better I feel afterwards.

[@thescifidork]

Saunas make more sense in winter, when you've been outside all day in -30 temps getting into a hot sauna at the end of the day is the best thing in the world (pretty much). Saunas in the middle of summer are also good in that if it's really hot outside, when you go into the sauna and come out the hot outside temperature feels cool now. For a couple minutes. Then the air feels hot again and you have to go back in the sauna :)

[@spottless]

Also sauna in the summer with a lake you can jump into next to it is blissful.

[@HoseTheBeast]

I think the best sauna is an all year round anyday and any time of day kind of sauna.

[@ChokyoDK]

When you're in Helsinki you should definitely visit Tallinn as well. Amazing medieval city with amazing war museums as well. Only a 2 hour boat trip from Helsinki

[@FINNSTIGAT0R]

And the boat trip can be an attraction in itself, depending if it's full of tourists or not 😂

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

As long as you got Taffel Sips (basic potato chips), Taffel Nacho Cheese Balls, Kismet, Fazerin Sininen and Fazer Super Salmiakki you got all essentials.

[@user-js7ww1gq1n]

Yes, "Taffel Nacho Cheese Balls" is a premium snack. Haven't found any better 'til a day.

[@js0988]

Taffels chips taste like shit since they swithced the oil. It just tastes like burnt oil.

[@akulahtinen6076]

Great when you choose Finland as your holiday destination. It’s awesome to see that it has also produced results. Thanks for the videos😊💯👍🏻

[@Xerdoz]

Meringue. Not the most typical "snack". More like a dessert but pretty good nonetheless. Quite common everywhere in Europe. I guess they originate from France, Belgium or Switzerland or such. Hard to say exactly. The old town in Tallinn wasn't absolutely shat on by the Soviets so it's pretty nice.

[@Peter-oh3pm]

10:00 Meringue is a type of dessert or candy, traditionally made from whipped egg whites and sugar,

[@heikkilaine3934]

When you bring your family to here, you should rent summer cottage by lake or sea. Best sauna experience is at wood fired sauna and when you can take dip at sea/lake

[@BC_26fhj]

Travelling really does broaden your horizons

[@holoholopainen1627]

In some Countries They eat - totally different Food and drink cool drinks ! As Salmiakki Wodka - Gets You places - by giving you wings !

[@herrakaarme]

Tallinn has something Finland doesn't: A preserved medieval town. Finland would have had one in Turku, but it all burned down and was buried/replaced. Now you can only see parts of it excavated in a special museum. It's a really cool museum, but obviously it's not the same as walking around in the old part of Tallinn, which is fabulous. Even as a Finn, I'm happy you decided to visit Tallinn as it's definitely worth a visit. If you come to this part of the world again in the future, I'd also suggest visiting Stockholm because of its old town and the peerless museums, such as the Vasa Museum, which is definitely something unique to witness.

[@courtesan8784]

Rauma old town, Naantali or Porvoo with their preserved medieval wooden buildings, churches and cobble stone roads don't seem to exist anymore I guess since they dont have big castles.

[@herrakaarme]

@@courtesan8784 True, but the calibre is not quite the same. Maybe I should have said a medieval city district.

[@Hintunen92]

Tallinn is 'Southern Helsinki' and Helsinki is 'Northern Tallinn' :'D

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

@@Hintunen92 No it is not.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

This trip seems so fun, you got to do alot

[@rainnomm2624]

like some others - with sauna in the city, its like smelling nature in the zoo. For real authentic sauna experience you have to go outside to the country side. Where you can jump from old school sauna to the refreshing waters of the lake.

[@holoholopainen1627]

I Liked Your comparison of smelling The Zoo for fresh air ! In Finland there just somany saunas - that Not All of Those Can be by a Lake or by Sea !

[@ancientfinn3738]

Hämeenlinna castle and military museum next to it are also nice.

[@justskip4595]

It seems like you've had fun. Also people do not believe what we say about the sun till they experience it themselves.

[@stss2442]

We are proud to have you here

[@ashleydavis3318]

If you want the proper sauna experience, you should definitely rent a wood heated one near a body of water. Buy alcohol and be prepared to spend an entire evening drinking in the sauna, swimming, and micromanaging the stove. : )

[@aki3774]

Was it the Allas Sea Pool you visited? These urban public saunas are fancy but when you visit with your family you should book a cottage next to a lake and have a quiet place alone with your family in the middle of the nature for the best sauna experience.

[@RaccoonLex]

if u come with family u might want to visit Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki or the Särkänniemi amusement park in Tampere.

[@liisagawley2053]

Sauna is an ancient Finnish tradition, so you experience the authentic saunas in Finland. We have more saunas than cars.

[@holoholopainen1627]

You May build a sauna on a Telephone booth - Volvo Station Wagon - on a sauna lautta - sometimes at very strange places ! VR & Neste HQ - has saunas for - visiting collegues - with a pool !

[@ex1tium]

I'm sure your Sauna experience was mostly catered for tourists or foreigners, glad you enjoyed it anyway. The "real experience" is bathing in a lakeside sauna while drinking ice cold beer and taking several swimming trips to warm lake. This particular week is the perfect time for sauna but not for tourism. Mid summer is important tradition/holiday here and everybody moves to countryside to their summer cabins. That's why the cities are so quiet during this weekend and stores are mostly closed. Next time you're here you need to see Lapland! In Autumn you can do hiking and in winter skiing. It's totally different side of Finland.

[@Zirkonium]

Marenki/meringue is actually a very cool "candy" as you can easily make them at home with your family and flavor them to fit your own taste. Sugar can be replaced with other healthier but sweet things or you can make salty ones by using things like salmiak powder 😄

[@suomenpresidentti]

Sugar and eggwhite. Nothing else on a marengue. A cookie without flour and grease. We eat them separetly here In Finland.

[@tanelipirinen]

The K-Supermarket used to have three K's in the logo. It changed in the early noughts or something...

[@Piia2023]

Thanks for a great video again, nice to see all the things you are doing here. Tallinn is a amazing city, lot to see there, can't wait for that.

[@satuleppanen8759]

I love meringues. They are made from egg whites and sugar, no flour added. Vegan version tastes super good too. You can easily made those by yourself. You only need eggs and powder sugar and normal oven. Traditional delicacy (not Finnish) is called Pavlova cake. Its has big pile of meringues, whipped cream and fresh berries. Nam!

[@ChokyoDK]

Would love for you to come to Denmark someday as well!

[@imonoke7903]

This is awesome content, brilliant

[@mikko2mallikas]

It's nice to see that you enjoyed Helsinki/Turku. It was also nice to see Varusteleka behind the scenes like storage part. Tallinn video is still in a que.

[@wtfronsson]

Did you know: The K-Supermarket used to be the third on a tier system of how large the store is. Like K-store, KK-market, KKK-supermarket and KKKK-citymarket. It was still the "three K store" in the early 2000's.

[@n00blamer]

Their top competitor was/is the S-group, which still has these SS-markets.. KKK vs. SS .. not even kidding, I think it didn't "register" back in the old days what those stand for if think outside of Finland.. :_D Another legacy chain was "Karkkipussi" which always cracked up colleagues visiting from abroad.. (karkkipussi = candybag) (edit: RIP karkkipussi)

[@n00blamer]

And leaving parking carage.. Swedish word "Outfart" always left lasting impression.. it never ceased to entertain..

[@roytelling6540]

meringues, are made from eggs whites, sugar, salt and vanilla essence associated with Swiss, French, Polish and Italian. I love cooking and backing

[@awmperry]

Yeah, we crumble the meringues onto ice cream and whatnot. They’re just the same as cooked-through meringue anywhere else. :)

[@TheJama64]

You gotta buy Fazer Blue (Fazerin sininen) chocolate.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

I got it!

[@annina134]

I love "marenki". 😄 It is basically just sugar and egg white. 😅

[@spooksmysteries4971]

Why that Ruutisavu sign has been shot full of holes? You mentioned blinking too long. How about slipping on those shell casings rolling around the floor while taking aim? :D

[@kamihaap]

We are decorating cakes with the merengue. Not too many of us eat it like that 😅 and I think originally it’s from French (????)

[@juhaimmanen6041]

I recommend to try Finnish berries. Strawberries should taste bit different than the most of countries. Almost constant light makes them taste good in my opinion.

[@unknownentity8256]

Sauna is relaxing after you've adapted to the heat, I can imagine it's not when you're not used to it yet. I can enjoy 80C (176 Fahrenheit) for about 30 minutes without feeling anxious. Very relaxing.

[@NatzoXavier]

Good to hear the sauna felt good

[@Flarkenbon]

Maränger is mostly Egg Whites and Sugar

[@1889jonny]

Looking forward to seeing your trip to Talin, I don't want to give too much away, but for a Capital City it's relatively small, but it is truly the jewel in the Baltic crown... enjoy :-)

[@Alfred-lp8vz]

Nice upload schedule dude!

[@DDSS452]

You can go try sompasauna in kyläsaari. It's this communial sauna project free of charge on a shore so you can have the ultimate wooden stove and swimming in the ocean with regular finns experience.

[@jmethos]

Meringue Cookies - egg whites and sugar mostly. I have a recipe here in the US. I had some when I was in Scotland too - they had fruit with them.

[@viikmaqic]

Maränger in Sweden is used for icecream mostly

[@Saappari]

Which sauna did you go? I think next time you need someone local to go with you to get better experiment or just go and rent small wood heated sauna with your family and it's different feeling going to sauna in cold winter day rather than in summer time, but surely sauna is great even in summer.

[@samhartford8677]

If you come with your family arrange for yourselves to be at a summer cottage for a real sauna and swimming experience. City saunas are not the same. And meringue is basically whipped egg whites and some powdered sugar baked in low temperature. Look into baking a Pavlova cake. And don't overdue it with sugar.

[@jmp4285]

Greeting. If you decide to come back to Finland with your whole family, you are welcome in Lapland. The best time to come to Rovaniemi with children, for example, is of course December 😊

[@jukopliut]

Rovaniemi in December. Nothing but tourists, tourists and more tourists. Rovaniemi is ok but not december.

[@Garbox80]

@@jukopliut If you know that in advance and have a right mindset, then it might be ok. But if you'd want a bit more peace, meybe re-schedule to the beginning of January for example (won't be having too many Russian tourists for a year or two at least I guess, so that'll bring down the amount of tourists, especially outsiden of Christmas).

[@jukopliut]

@@Garbox80 There is no mindset for that amount of tourists. It is like amusement park with out any cool gadgets. 3rd week of januarry might be the best. Good chance to see northern light, enough snow, not too many tourists, good chance to experience minus enough temperature ect.

[@TonyMarony73]

Theo, you've missed salmiakki and Fazer Sininen chocolate. Also Brunberg Tryffel (truffle).

[@CombatArmsChannel]

I got Salmiakki!

[@teresalehtonen8499]

I always scare people in US in the gym saunas as I throw water on the stones. They just sit in a semi warm dry room. No effect what so ever lol.. Nice to see you are enjoying your time here in Helsinki.

[@redbaron6569]

there is a plane on top of the electricaö shop you can go there whit the elevator chek it out

[@akiko009]

I believe meringues are a French invention. Egg white and sugar. Blend until a froth. Dispense into desired shape. Bake.

[@AN-nt3uv]

From now on i will watch for a guy with CAC basecap on white and green rolerblades whereever i am, he just might explore the next city on his bucket list

[@RockerFinland]

03:14 I'm living in that black/orange building, the terminal is next to it. It takes only 2 hours to get to Tallinn's central by a cruise ship and it costs only 31 euros to get there. I think it's quicker, more comfy and cheaper than using a plane. Next time, the cruise ship? ⛴

[@Niko-zu7mj]

That's correct. If he lived in Jätkäsaari, he was already next to the terminal😊. He'd be in Tallinn's old town in 2-2,5 hours. I think takes much more time to travel to Helsinki-Vantaa airport (+waiting for the plane+the basic stuff there) and then travelling from Tallinn's airport to Tallinn's old town. I always use the ship if I'm travelling to Tallinn. Those cruise ships are very luxurious and nice

[@CombatArmsChannel]

I took Tallink there actually. It was super cool!

[@RockerFinland]

@@CombatArmsChannel Nice. That's the easiest way to Tallinn 😎👍

[@niklasleandr]

Sauna isnt suppose to be competition or anything (might be hard to military personnel understand😅), but place to relax and cleaning skin. Staying sauna so long that user starts feeling unwell isnt purpose🥵. Get little shower before sauna and let that steam and moisture on your skin heat up to deep cleaning skin. It seems rising trend public saunas will use some bathing suit or towel, but private saunas can go naturally too. Its really user or group to decide they want sauna in the first place. Hope you got warm welcome to finland and come again one year with your family And nice videos, as allways!

[@Lis4InWonderl4nd]

Meringue is very nice in cakes and sweet pastries. Witch reminds me of Fazer Cafe! You should definitely check out the original Fazer Cafe in Kluuvikatu 3, in the center of Helsinki. It also serves as a chocolate store. You can also get salty pastries or even have lunch there!

[@stewrmo]

Dude, eating those stand alone meringues is like eating a Big Mac, but only the bun. We, in the UK anyway, put cream, fruit, chocolate or other shit on them.

[@noone-75]

If you come again to FInland, try end get a smokesauna. Think its the best sauna experience there is, just might be a bit hard to find. And washing afterwards might be a pain, but worth it =)

[@familymann454]

I would say tallinna is the cheaper helsinki. Many finnish people go there and fill up their cars with cheap alcohol.

[@aileenbell2248]

Have fun 👍🇦🇺

[@aimokoivunen7046]

Yes, please come with your family, it would be very interesing and nice to see their reaction, good or bad. Good idea 👌🏻 And have a cool traveling vacation at it too.

[@Rj-nw4vc]

I was really hoping to see your reaction to hesburger and other restaurants you visited :(

[@johannahayhtio8608]

Hi! 👋 cool vlog again, great to see that you are enjoying your stay here

[@LoganHunter82]

What is that song you're using during that shooting scene? I heard it today in a bar and it sounds familiar

[@kasettilaukku]

What's the song at the 1-2 minute marks? Sounds super familiar but can't get it to my mind.

[@azoique]

2:52 lol wtf that peeing statue was located in my hometown here in Sweden a few years ago as part of an art exhibition. Peeing in a river.. Weird to see it again.

[@TT-cz6cn]

Youre Great. I did not know you Were here in Helsinki

[@victoralexanderkangas8756]

Any plans on visiting other parts of Finland while here, or you leaving soon? Either way, welcome to Pohjanmaa (Ostrobothnia) anytime!

[@MrDmbobcat]

I would be so nervous to blade around like that... wow 👍! Suaaannnaaaa

[@verjnuarmu]

If you ever decided to visit Finland again, Oulu would be pretty nice place to visit. It's the capital of Nothern Finland. Also Capital of culture. You should visit Raatteentie War Museum in Suomussalmi. I could even drive you there personally from Oulu.. :D it's about 3 hours car drive but it's worth it.

[@Mojova1]

"Chilling in the sauna", and "Sauna: pretty cool" are weird sentences. :D

[@finnishculturalchannel]

When people get taken to sauna already as babies and saunas are everywhere and they are an integral part of culture, cultural traditions and people's lives, people don't really just go to a sauna when they do go into one. It's more of a lifestyle, an apple pie kinda thing.

[@annikakoistinen451]

Nice watching how people like Finland. Next time try some traditional Finnish foods you can find in the supermarket.

[@user-js7ww1gq1n]

Years ago had a opportunity to shoot with all kinds of handguns for free, including DE 50 AE, 44 magnum revolver, .356 revolver and plenty of russian ones like Tokarev and more modern europeans one like Glock 19. Lots of fun, and happy it was free since nowadays one shot with the Desert Eagle costs some 4€ ($4.22).

[@AN-nt3uv]

Not to dissapoint you, but that white sweat stuff had a German label and comes from my home state Schleswig-Holstein, so it came via the Baltic Sea to Finland. Edit: Your fire smoke alarm above your kitchen is/was half dismantled, did your cooking go bad?

[@CombatArmsChannel]

It was like that when I got there haha. But I know better not to cook much 😅

[@spugelo359]

10-15 minutes in Sauna is a respectable amount of time to stay in. If you can stay for that long then you're in temperature that is suitable for yourself and you're not pushing yourself too much. Personally I usually stay 20 minutes in the sauna, but that's because my body is really good at keeping me cool even at higher temperatures. Lower temperatures can be fine too for sake of staying in for longer time, it all depends on which you prefer more. High temperature and shorter sessions, or lower temperature and longer sessions. Some absolute chads however can combine best of the both worlds: long sessions with high temperatures 💦😓💦

[@Hnkka]

if you come again, check out lapland

[@Laitapuolen_hyokkaaja]

Next time you should come and visit our SRA weekly competition.

[@tarjapartanen8126]

Maräng is made of egg whites and sugar

[@-NEH-]

People often talk about how hot the sauna was, or is supposed to be. To be honest, you warm up the place as hot as you prefer. I with my family go when the temperature is something like 70 deg.C The "standard" is maybe 80 for many people I think. Some like it way hotter, but as I said, it's your own choise. To us Finns this place is just another place to wash your self and to relax of course. There is nothing special.

[@kindwolf9895]

if its somehow possible here in Finland you should try to get to try the Finnish Assault Rifle RK-95 i think that would be really good think for ur channel and allso just really cool to see that what you think about the Rifle it self :)

[@aimokoivunen7046]

I don't even know how to get the short channel.

[@santtumoilanen3065]

Lmao at that creepy statue... they like that modern art in Helsinki or where ever you were

[@Kepulikeppi]

Your food basket looked healthy :D

[@MrZiizeli]

Howcome you've butchered the fire alarm on the roof? :-D Tried to cook some pizza? :-D

[@t.m.h-4729]

Every sauna is different.

[@jack1522010]

If you can find buy movie : Tali -Ihantala 1944. Its awesome. And check details of "Raatteentien taistelu" aka fight of raatteentie

[@StayInterested]

Maräng you put on something, like icecream or cake haha not to be eaten alone.

[@Kissa436]

Yheah im from finnland and finnland is happy country and mayby litle funny(sorry baad english)👍😎

[@FiskeNoob]

Do are really hard workout, and then sit in the sauna, It's heaven for the joints. YOU HAVE TO get some better music in these vlogs, man. Greetings from Sweden.

[@Su5ihukka]

Seems like your airbnb’s smoke detector is disconnected

[@jamesandthefatcat9464]

ty for this Vid. :) Awesome :)

[@donitsi6095]

Try "TUPLA" chocolate bars, my American friend got addicted to those 😂 The kismet bar u got is a solid classic, other one I didn't see in the video is a candy bag "Fazerin parhain" some hate it some love it, but it's the most classicy classic there is 4 sure. I love it btw

[@ogKalmari]

This^ The Tupla chocolate bar is one of my favourite chocolate bars in finland

[@megaman6363]

En tiiä mutta mistäköhän tollasia ”Fazerin parhain” pusseja löytäis kun en kyllä muista nähneeni yhdessäkään kaupassa sen nimistä karkkipussia🤨

[@donitsi6095]

@@megaman6363 löytyy melkeen joka kaupasta

[@roytelling6540]

I know you might be back in the USA now. But I hope you get the chance to try Suomi sauna Se on todella hyvä (it is very good) something I got told and it is true Finnish people will not speak that much, but they will go naked to a sauna with you. Fins are F---in brilliant people

[@roytelling6540]

OK I written this before I watch all of the video! But wood sauna is better than electric and it is better if the sauna is by the lake so you can go sauna then swim then repeat many times

[@pev_]

American sauna? Never heard of such a thing.

[@imonoke7903]

That sugar thing is not traditional in Finland. But yes some folk eat it. Maybe more american snack :D

[@annamanna555www]

Meringues are European. Very common throughout Europe (my favorites are the huge flavored ones in France) but also in Finland at least in the capital area. We've made and eaten meringues since I was a child and you can get them in cafés and any normal store as well. The best ones are big and chewy in the middle and eaten as is, but the ones in stores are usually small and "dry" and good for decorating cakes and desserts.

[@Midnitedreary88]

@combatarmschannel You are from NJ?

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Yessir