This is the MOST Nude Comfortable Country in the World

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I head to Helsinki, Finland to find out more about Finnish culture, namely Finnish dating culture! How comfortable are Finns with silence? Is Finland really the happiest country in the world? And how important is nudity when it comes to Finnish sauna culture? I talk to regular Finns and vloggers like Aleksi Himself, Joel from Very Finnish Problems and Varpu, from Her Finland to find out all about the culture!
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0:00 Intro
1:53 How to make friends in Finland
2:35 Finnish conversation
4:47 Finnish silence
5:55 Summer vs winter Finns
6:45 Is Finland the happiest country?
7:10 Finnish dating culture
8:15 How Finns meet each other?
8:45 Perfect first date
11:22 Gender roles/paying on a date
14:20 Sauna culture
15:28 Nudity in Finland
CREW:
Marina Iakovleva (host/organization)
/ youtubermarina
Dante Mutashar (videography/sound)
/ theboyvisionary
Oleh Voitovych (editing)
/ olkowg
CAST:
Varpu: / her_finland
Joel: / veryfinnishproblems
Aleksi: / aleksihimself
Filmed in:
Helsinki, Finland

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Hey everyone! Newest Single's Guide to Finland 🇫🇮 is out! Was there one thing that surprised you about Finnish people/culture?

[@sakeebkamal3472]

Sauna helps them to stay healthy during winter.

[@gerardohuidobro5811]

Make a ranking of one night stands

[@christophern.stevens7166]

Hey Dating Beyond Broders, How about a few episodes for single guys in their late forties to early fifties. Where American guys of this age can meet single Women. Or what countries are more accepting of guys our age who dtae a little younger. Thanks

[@sakeebkamal3472]

@@christophern.stevens7166 good idea!

[@christophern.stevens7166]

@@sakeebkamal3472 Thank you for the support. I appreciate it!

[@adrianwhyatt1425]

In August 1991 in Helsinki two Finnish ladies saw me struggling with my bags. They offered to help without being asked. I gratefully accepted.

[@Sammi_Kristiansen]

Thank you Marina for making the Single Guide to Finland video series! Can't wait to see the rest! Good to see Varpu and Aleksi too

[@HerFinland]

Thank you!🥰

[@johannajohanna7068]

I am living in Finland for more than a decade and still learned some new cultural things from your video! I always enjoy your videos and now I enjoyed this one even more!

[@barrysteven5964]

One of the happiest memories of my life (so far) was being in a Finnish sauna with my eight year old son at a mökki by a lake not far from Punkaharju. After a while my brain just started to slow down and the little window looking out onto the lake through the pine trees was like a moving picture. Then going outside feeling the breeze against my body and then swimming in the lake. The water felt tingly rather than cold. All you could hear was the sound of the breeze, the trees, the water and the birds. Then a family of ducks just swam right between us as though we weren't there. And the light of the sun through the trees across the water was so beautiful. And best of all was my little boy's permanent grin. And I'm not going to lie, the fact we were both naked was actually an important part of it because it made me feel we were actually a part of the nature around us. Totally connected to it not just observing it. And as we don't usually walk around naked it was also stepping out of everyday life and throwing aside everyday rules. Later on, after a few more saunas, dips and showers, feeling cleaner than we'd ever felt we built a fire and cooked food ... and I drank some cold beer. I absolutely get why the Finns feel so content. Edit - for context. I'm English, married with two kids and live in a big northern city. I love Finland and we've now had eight holidays in Finnish lakeside cabins (mökki).

[@eerohorila1109]

Sauna is the thing. My doughters friend from swedish/frenc parents wouldn't come to sauna with us last year. This summer she got the the jist. She swimmed naked for the fist time in her life and felt great. There is nothing sexual about sauna. It is a place to relax and wash.

[@sahilpatoliya8306]

Can you just tell me how is the education system in Finland because I want to study overthere.

[@penttiperusinsinoori3037]

Nothing sexual about sauna.. only way to sex with new girlfriend.. that's the easiest way😆

[@soniagheza391]

@@sahilpatoliya8306 But why study in Finland?! If you are from a warm country, you will probably get sick in body and psyche. Except a few months the weather is freezing and dark.

[@ruskie2suck729]

@@eerohorila1109 dude any girls with a man watching i weird, especially if not related. Fuking weird.

[@TukTukElephant]

Have to say that you had a great finnish guide. She could explain some things so well that even i (A Finn) first time understood how differently we communicate and use silence.

[@scottsummerhays2295]

Great video filled with real info. I remember very well meeting my future wife in the 1990’s and learning to accept the WONDERFUL FINNISH CULTURE. Pauses in conversations, sauna culture, pace of life and summer experiences lakeside simply RELAXING and ENJOYING life are things I hold dear to my heart. My daughter and I return to Finland often and can feel when we’ve been away too long! Sisu is real!

[@mixmotion603]

I enjoyed this video sooo much ❤ it was definitely nice to see opinions not just from Finnish content creators but also people in bars and markets ☺️ and the sauna in burger king and in the Ferris wheel really surprised me 😯

[@blotski]

She said something that I've thought for a while. Being used to seeing ordinary people naked IS a good thing. I went to school in the UK in the late 60s to mid 70s when at least males (can't speak for women) were used to getting changed and showered together with no big fuss. It definitely wasn't thought of as sexual. In fact, wanting privacy was seen as being a bit unmanly. So I grew up seeing 'normal' average bodies of all types so we had no unrealistic expectations of what you're supposed to look like. Nowadays, everyone wants their privacy and you even see young guys in male changing rooms getting changed under a towel as though they were on a public beach or just avoiding the changing rooms completely. Trouble is they DO still see naked people, in fact more than I ever did, but not in realistic situations but on the internet and those people they see are usually body perfect and posing for film or photos. Hence, body anxiety, unrealistic expectations and worry about self-image is a bigger thing for the younger generation than it ever was for mine.

[@alexanderlapp5048]

I went to High School in the late 80s and the showers were open in the locker rooms. We changed and showered in front of each other.

[@roberttalbot6397]

I'm a naturist( 54yrs) bloke, on naturist beaches in general you only see older males and females nude, not alot of younger people which is a bit sad, ( they do visit clubs in the own age group or families),; one time this young lad had his shorts on but his mum was nude,. But another time I chatted to a family were there young daughter was clothed,I was nude,she was just talking to me ( no worries about me nude,) like she understood nudity, families should support all young people to become naturists from early age cos it will benefit them when older

[@ryantucker2166]

smartphones didn't exist in the 60s and 70s. The slightest indiscretion could potentially be filmed and used against you.

[@leifmanson7599]

I worked in gold mines, where about 75 miners come to surface at once. Everybody showers together in one big shower room.

[@romanopaso]

Unfortunately neither finns, the english or germans look good....swedes, danes, and norsk on the other hand....

[@patraic5241]

Finland sounds like my kind of place. I'm very comfortable with silent pauses. I don't usually feel the need to fill those quiet moments with sound for sound's sake.

[@tr11_]

Come visit and see if it works for you. 🇫🇮

[@markmarco2880]

Very nice production. Just letting the Fins talk worked so well. ❤Everybody in here is obviously comfortable with themselves. Brilliant idea, that there might be a correlation with self-reliance and the practice of activities done while being nude.

[@DumbThumbsFPV]

Everyone is fully clothed... boo

[@politonno2499]

Because else you suffer hipotermia

[@mehedihasanhridoy1701]

How is it nude friendly country?? 1°C weather.. so cold

[@raakareiska9804]

We need to spare citizens of 3rd world conservative countries from seeing nipples in KZbin. Like USA and those in Africa and Middle-east.

[@bishallama7626]

😂😂😂😂

[@johnnysmythe7767]

Remember…this is youtube.

[@pclever828]

I have travelled extensively but have never been to Finland. My Wife and I won’t have much time for the sauna but time for the visit has made our Bucket List. This was really an enjoyable video. Thank you.

[@HerFinland]

Thank you Marina! It was so much fun being a part of this video! Kiitos 🧡

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Thank YOU for taking such a huge part in it! You told me so many interesting facts about Finland 🤓

[@nigelwatson2750]

You did a great job of representing Finland. From a Brit living in Pori kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWaQqX-shp5-fsk

[@LeSatan]

Torille! 💙

[@JimmyRingz]

Oot aurinkoinen ja nätti neiti, toit paljon sellaista lempeää tunnelmaa tähän videoon🙂 hyvä ettet syöttänyt hänelle mämmiä😄

[@dennisdownes9319]

Great job in the video! I was laughing when you told us Finns wait for the pause in conversations; If you ever came to one of my family gatherings, you would NEVER get the chance to speak!! Hahahahah!! Don't feel bad, many Americans would have the same problem!! DD

[@user-ty5di3ku6o]

Finland: "We're very sexually open ... but don't talk to us." Well, that's not helpful whatsoever. 😂

[@Anarchistbanana]

"Why yes, don't you know we reserved introverts like to engage in uncommunicative, emotionless sex with complete strangers and not engage in all of this... Human EMOTION while satisfying our animal urges? Why, what are you talking about having some kind of r****g problem?.. Can't you read our nonverbal, eyecontact avoiding, uncommunicative cultural cues based on subtle body postures and social space usage on when you go on into these sexual situations and thus give your consent?..." - some finn, maybe ); )

[@bambi42]

You don't need to talk that much while having sex :D

[@Art-kz6zf]

There's the stories people tell to themselves and then the reality.. 😄

[@Anarchistbanana]

@@bambi42 Exaaaactly! : D Think about how easy it is for introverts! Just animal grunts, good physical excercise, maybe focusing on the physical bodypart that interest in the other person the most and ignore all that personality and gawd awful socialization. Plus, it's a great way for them to relieve stress and tension from all that _awkward_ social contact they've been forced to, however shortly, endure. lD

[@Anarchistbanana]

@@Art-kz6zf Yeah, that is true. But never let a good chance to make a joke pass by. ^^

[@AleksiHimself]

This turned out great! Thanks again for the opportunity!

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Thanks for taking part Aleksi! 👏🏼Stay tuned for Part 2 🤓

[@LifeinGlow]

Love this style of video Marina, thank you ;). It gives an insight into the culture

[@azazinate]

Wow that was really interesting. Saunas everywhere and that makes sense, when I was in St. Petersburg 5 years ago a group of Finnish students were extremely quiet in the hotel lobby for an hour. Why us Americans were just chatting it up. I really like these Singles Guide videos. Strangely there about countries or near countries I'm going to over the next year. I can't wait for some Baltic videos. I'm going to Latvia and would love some You Know Your Dating videos on the 3 countries or just some general culture/socializing tips. Keep up the great work!

[@scoutsout_aroundtheworld1015]

Love this… my mom is Finnish and traveling there often I can attest the dating seen is much more relaxed then in the states

[@leifmanson7599]

A woman told us a story once about Thunder Bay, Canada - a city with many ethnic Finns. It was a warm day in early spring so she and another lady decided to go cross country skiing naked in the woods. They turned a corner in the trail and were embarrassed to meet an old Finnish couple skiing in the opposite direction. The man looked them up and down and then asked "So, what kind of wax do you use?"

[@feisalalykhan8403]

Cool story.😆

[@kanetao]

Engrossed the whole time! It's super nice to learn about other countries dating culture!

[@ferrisbentley]

I think Finns are very polite and presentable.

[@leosalas41ify]

American, and fascinated by other cultures. Always been curious about Finland, Sweden, Russia. Thanks so much for the video. The silence and finishing and starting conversations is so interesting. Thanks again for the video....

[@mimistar1427]

Oooooooh I love the format of these in depth videos 🥰

[@gltomas1013]

Loved that you finally focused on Finland! Maybe one day you’ll get to do a dating a Finnish guy episode!

[@Pewtah]

This "slow pace" in a conversation and "waiting for a pause" as described around 3:34 is also common for people with hearing impairment. They can no longer acoustically distinguish overlapping conversations. Therefore, one does not talk into a hearing impaired person. And as a hearing impaired person one needs a little bit more time to decipher something just heard, hence the pause. Otherwise frustration arises, see "Dinner Table Syndrome". Being hard of hearing myself, the Nordic style of conversation suits me very well.

[@pruba7009]

It's nice seeing you now making videos out of Canada. I hope you stay in Europe for a while and visit all countries.

[@Mrbynby]

I was impressed that the country was very clean with no trash anywhere. Quite expensive unless you are from NYC or Boston and our hotel had the best breakfast buffet ever. Breakfast for a king or queen. Beautiful blonds everywhere in Helsinki.

[@anastasiashevchenko6109]

I'm actually residing in Finland now and you post your video. Thanks))

[@jayallen4785]

I'm blown away. I have spent years traveling in Europe, but never the Baltic states. How wonderfully refreshing. Thanks to this post I may have found my new home. Thank you.

[@jadeventoniemi5795]

Amazing video! You highlighted some great points, loved the interviews 👏👏

[@Michael-bf1dt]

Hi Jade how are you. It’s a great video. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 to USA 🇺🇸 via Finland 🇫🇮. Wish you a lovely week 😊🙏 Michael

[@raghavagrawal14]

I think introverts of every "loud culture" would like it here. Also finns definitely seem more affable and warm than swedes, so that's a plus as well.

[@slapshot0074]

Another enjoyable long format Marina.

[@jimbuckley4986]

Really enjoyed the video. Excellent to see and hear how norms are around the world. One place must be completely covered, another it’s not in the visual sense but thoughts. Being open and comfortable is sure refreshing. I wished I had visited there on my last trip.

[@Brightly747]

I was in Finland some 20 years ago and I loved it. I found the people to be very warm, but I'm an outgoing person who is an extrovert so it wasn't hard to start conversations

[@MarcioMagnoRJ]

I love this respectfull aproach for the forein culture, congrats!

[@malcolmsequeira7731]

Thankyou so much that was very enlightening. Great respect for the Fins. Great culture. For heavens sake do not change.

[@jorgeklu3766]

Are you also interested in learning others culture especially Africa

[@oliverkubiak6310]

Loving this new style of videos!!

[@jussimustonen6829]

Finland shares border with Norway also!

[@VajrahahaShunyata]

Even without the 3 months of darkness. I remember waiting for spring, in the 8 years I spent in Switzerland , for the people to open up again. I was living in Zuri, Bern and Nuolen. It was the same every year. The majority of people become very introverted and sad like in winter. Grumpy even. Then suddenly after a week of warm weather or so people start looking into each others faces again. The smiles get easier... Those that can...

[@blackphillip2393]

love the conversational style

[@scottscottsdale7868]

I have been to two places in the world with extremely wonderful sun light. First is Madagascar. The second was in Helsinki at noon in January. Just fantastic. It is NOT dark all the time in Helsinki in Winter.

[@ellav5387]

Helsinki is far south of the country. In Lapland it's dark almost the entire day during winter.

[@emmamemma4162]

I think Germany has a stronger nudity culture than Finland. In Finland, nude beaches and parks are not at all as common as in Germany. Germany also has more co-ed saunas, while public saunas in Finland tend to be separated by gender. I would say that in Finland we don't care if someone is naked or not (in the appropriate settings), while the German culture has more of an element of emphasizing nudity, i.e. freikörperkultur.

[@immers2410]

Nice word. Freiky by name freaky by nature ;)

[@amadeuz8161]

We have gender saunas now because of today's feminists and the fear women have towards us evil men. There's mixed saunas still but fewer every year. As young there was mixed saunas everywhere. Nude on a beach is forbidden today too, you are a perv and if some child sees you naked then the child's life will be ruined so even the small ones have bathing suits thanks to the mothers, go feminism. Its insanity today how much activism has affected our culture, but there are places left that haven't been affected. The ones talking in this video remembers a world we used to live in but haven't existed for years(maybe exists in their circle). Last time Finland was like they picture it was about 10-15 years ago and now they keep hold of that idea of it still being that.

[@Joromonni]

Way to go blaming all of these things on "feminism" and not things like the access to internet and international media. Feminism in of itself isn't some weird big bad it's the 3rd wave super vocal minority that you have a problem with.

[@amadeuz8161]

@@Joromonni Todays feminism, its not the same as the one my mother taught me or the history we learned in school. It's not even feminism but they disguise it as that. Yes its the influencers on the internet, but still they say "I'm a feminist" when they should come up with a new word of what they are. I also thought first that it was a minority can't convince you to change your view and I can only go by my own experience. All I can say that I see it everywhere today and I think tiktok is the thing spreading it like the plague. Instagram, FB and probably youtube too. I didn't care about it before I got personally affected by it ~10 years ago, when the media influence changed the person that I held dear. When the one beside you goes from the most beautiful down to earth person you have met to a superficial ugly rotten person. I see it in todays kids, I see it in the dating life 9/10 and if that 10th ain't a match its all over again. You see it in bars like in what world do 2 younger than 20 year olds hit on a 40+ year old, in a world they start with "what do you do for a living". If those would be my children I would be ashamed. Maybe I'm just too old school and still see long lasting relationships as the standard of how things should be. I do have problem with the gym culture that makes people consume more to get some superficial things. Girls covering themself up so much that you don't even know who they are under the layers of makeup, when the point of it was to improve your features not change them. Wait and see, soon we have men competing with the women here too and you being homophobic for not wanting to learn 100 names of sexual identities. We already have the racist card like I had an African guy complaining to me about the police being afraid to help him when another group of African people were stealing stuff from him. At work a African guy tries to call it racism when none of the foreigners were given the promotion when it was because they weren't able to speak our language and most of em were too young and lazy. Edit: My mother is a feminist, she has fought for better pay for women most of her life. Today's women that call themselves feminists and tries to get privileges insults the legacy of the true feminists. That's why I feel anger because they insult my mother with what they are doing for selfish reasons. Only other women can root them out so start rooting out your rotten apples because their voice is louder than yours.

[@Art-kz6zf]

Came to comment the same thing: Germans are in a league of their own about nudity and it's so nice to be able to hang out in spas with everyone whereas in Finland it separates half of the company in separate areas.

[@danherrmann8755]

Thanks for the video. I would like to travel and live there. Learning about life. And understanding people. Later.

[@AntonFetzer]

Funny to see several locations where I had dates on in this video :)

[@troyh3628]

I remember seeing a tourist welcome sign one year in Finland that said "Welcome to Finland, it's the middle of October, and you still came to see us you badass you."

[@rfrancoi]

AWESOME video. Thank you for sharing.

[@ilesalmo7724]

During the Cold War, our president used to hold many of his meetings in a sauna. Partly because he liked to sauna (yes it is also a verb), partly because spy-gadgets of the time could not stand hot and humid conditions and partly because it gave him an edge against more prudish diplomats (doesn't work against Russians). Many politicians had similar ways to make the opposite side distracted, such as Churchill putting pins in his Cigars so the ash would not fall. This is also why many Mafia-movies etc. have a meetings a turkish-bath. Everybody can see that the others have no wires etc.

[@Conn653]

Really enjoyed the views of the Trams/Trollys 🙂

[@LivingforaLiving]

great video! bummed I couldn't have been a part of it

[@sshah1495]

It was an informative video which tempted me to visit Finland along with my wife.She will be so happy with me.

[@tr11_]

I highly recommend for you guys to visit Finland. It’s a great country. Guys go to Lapland in the winter or come to Helsinki in the summer. 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@dernevalribeiro4503]

Thanks for a good video. I tried to date a Finnish girl so I can relate more to this video and it is really good. It teached me so much.. I believe I will get to know Finland some day. Me thinks this sauna thing is something. One cannot flirt in the sauna. Very good video.

[@WorldLife3.0]

What a fantastic video! Can't wait to visit and I'm going this summer in July. I'm someone who can talk the paint of a wall, and after 20 years in LA, I moved to the US Northeast, where people don't chit-chat lol. I'm going to check into my hotel and then stand out front with a t-shirt that says "jutustelu" - €5. I know I'll meet someone, and will let you know how it goes!!! I do have some clients in Finland, so I know there's a resonance. Great channel, dude!

[@enricperpinya3375]

I've been living in Finland for a while, and one of the strategies, at least among university students, is to ask to go for a sauna. It surprisingly works 😂. Btw, really good videos!! I love them both. 😁Thank you, Marina, ❤

[@paulmurphy8993]

Well living in NYC for years I can never get my date to shut up, so Finland sounds like a welcome change.

[@ak5659]

The technical term for the interrupting you refer to @ 3:15 is called "cooperative overlap" according to one of my professors in college.

[@johnearle1]

Finns are fascinating people. They have a symbiosis with the landscape. Quiet, until you get to know them. Their vibrant folk music, especially kantele tunes, show their tenacity and wisdom. They have plenty of chutzpah.

[@DerrickWhite-xe7ij]

Love that they are this way. It's a Reason to Get up in Morning....

[@larularulei7533]

Thanks tons! Laughed throughout the video cuz I did not realize what all the usual things look like to an outsider. Weirdly cute or cutely weird lol :D

[@deandee8082]

that sauna ferris wheel is a great idea, my first sauna was about 12? 11 maybe? homemade sorta, bent over branches stuck into the ground to dorma dome, I couldn't quite stand up in it, covered it in blacks visqueen, then we gathered large 6" diameter river rock about a dozen, started a fire, got them all real hot, bored holes in a metal 5 gallon bucket with handle, burnt it well in teh fire, put rocks in bucket, carry into hut, pour water over it, worked very well, we used it for years.. i'll never forget the one winter no one checked the river we used to jump into, (pilchuck) so we sauna, go to jump in and it's about 4ft over flood stage, all brown.. we jumped in any ways ye have to get in before you cool off while your still steamin hot.. good times, I Love hot springs and saunas

[@tallisinwonderland4724]

I recently went on holiday to Croatia and there were a lot of Fins at the hotel, they were so smiley and chatty and it went against everything I knew about finish people. 😂 I think I’d like the culture and the silences , we all talk to much in England 😅

[@Sarmaamy]

You met with the famous summer Finns. Totally diffrerent breed with winter Finns.

[@tallisinwonderland4724]

@@Sarmaamy that’s so funny! I really was surprised as their behaviour went against everything I originally thought 🤣 very pretty looking people too

[@tallisinwonderland4724]

@Maria they were lovely, so friendly

[@stanspb763]

@@tallisinwonderland4724 Now that is an unusual observation....not many pretty people nor ugly from my 80+/- visits. The only really pretty women I have ever seen there were two twins who were on a summer exchange work exchange and were of Slavic blood.

[@tetrahedron1000]

@Maria Strangely, any time I have met someone from Finland, they have been from Kuopio.

[@samsmithbr]

Very interesting indeed!

[@Jemike5]

Another excellent video. Great details about the Finnish sauna's and communication styles. Proved true when I was over there for a bit of time. 7:46 Finnish moment in action. Varpu was stunned for a second and genuinely tried to help out. The idea of needing to ask for help in Finnish culture and not butting in. How do you find these people? Are the ladies themselves usually single?

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Thank you! It depends - Varpu is an influencer in Finland, while the girls at the cafe I stumbled upon accidentally (she was just working there when we were filming). Whether they are single or not, it really depends.

[@HebrewHammerArmsCo]

All I know about Finland is the cutest chick on the planet was at a museum in Tampere , And clearly a old school Star Trek fan... Bloody Hell she was gorgeous

[@sydneylaroche8276]

As a UK citizen living in estonia I still get mortified about the idea of encountering naked people in saunas 😂

[@C.J.33]

Listening to the conversation around the 2:30 mark I'm thinking... am I descended from Finland or something? This is literally me in every conversation. Just waiting for the pause to be able to speak. Then whenever they do stop, I've forgotten what I was thinking before because they took an eternity to wrap it up. Born and raised in Texas, U.S. btw. Maybe I should go for a visit sometime!

[@dennisdownes9319]

Great video! Thanks...DD

[@D4Z35]

Hahaha, she wasn't shy putting her scarf back inside her coat ☺️

[@kagarwal77756]

Loved it!!❤

[@macjonte]

I love Helsinki and the people. If life screws up on Stockholm I’m moving to Helsinki! :)

[@johngonzalez4298]

Happy Friday, Marina 🌹! Have a great time in Finland 🇫🇮 and enjoy the beach, the lifestyle, and you're almost close to home (Russia 🇷🇺). Sending my love from Miami, Florida, USA 🇺🇲

[@marklandrebe3521]

As an older, married, American citizen, I found the vid very appealing. Makes us want to ask " Would we be happier, someplace else" - even though we love America?

[@hextatik_sound]

It may seem there's silence in the conversation but actually it's full of observing and sensing non-verbal messages. Also, I think many many Finns find their relationships from bars/nightclubs while drunk. All of my relationships started that way and almost everyone I know started their relationships that way.

[@annabelladiary]

Wow, nice video. Thank you for this piece. Cant wait to have a Finnish guy to myself 😂

[@kamranrezaie1370]

Very interesting, thank you

[@timogronroos4642]

You can add Norway as a neighbor with a land border in the northernmost part of Finland

[@pumagutten]

Yeah, not only could she do it. She must do it! Finland and Norway both have 3 neighboring countries. They border each other + Sweden and Russia.

[@gregbeck7276]

I decided to visit Finland and alas it was a newdirection for me.

[@mikeylejan8849]

Germany seems to be relaxed with nudity in Sauna, they are also mixed there. Everyone speaks english so well there

[@jorgeklu3766]

I really want to meet a Finnish woman getting to know each others , who’s open minded to learn new things and experience different cultures

[@manzarazam8661]

🎉🎉 wonderful exposing

[@grahamtaylor8678]

I used to visit Helsinki a lot, staying right by the harbour in a building that's in the background of many of your shots. I was always convinced that the Finns should be the world's greatest pojker players. Even the simplest business conversation would seemingly grind to a halt with long, long silences that my American colleagues found very awkward. In many cases the silence would eventually be broken by the Finn making a profound and well thought out statement. The noisy posturing of my colleagues was just an obstacle that the Finns had to overcome

[@Pyhantaakka]

Sauna culture also varies. For me it would not be normal to go to sauna with opposite sex (family members or otherwise). Exception being couples and their small children that might have a turn of their own.

[@fanstream]

surprisingly, finnish and japanese culture(s) have many similarities :) as far as the awkward bill paying at restaurants or bars, in my family, the oldest adult male pays for all if there are 6 persons or less. If the adult male invited you, he pays all. On a date within my circle, the male always pays...rare exceptions: the male may be a struggling writer or musician and his date is a doctor or rich heiress... i agree - much happiness in finland until brutal winter comes...

[@Zero-ef2cr]

1:14 and with the Norway too!

[@kennyh5083]

Doncha jus luv it when Gramps does the helicopter at a party?

[@heh9392]

Yea it's one of the annoying things I gotta explain to friends online that how it isn't bad to see others naked, but they keep thinking it's crazy... I go many times a week to sauna with my family and walk daily naked in my house.

[@roberttalbot6397]

Yes, going nude in house,garden,beaches and clubs, embrace it ,it nature, we are naturists

[@christineperez7562]

The way America acts towards nudity is really weird. We do nothing about rapist but a woman barely dressed or nude they lose their minds.

[@jmit1970]

Exactly!

[@lahworld528hz]

Great content

[@mframon]

Now I feel like I wanna visit Finland

[@niemi5858]

My mom was born in Finland and came to Canada as a 12 yr. old. Half the family was from there. I remember as a little kid going into the sauna, a twice weekly occurrence, with other family members both men and women naked. No big deal unless you want to make it one.

[@boyetsomcio4338]

Love it!

[@kawaljeetsingh9234]

Such a too beautiful country is this i really love it ❤❤❤❤❤❤ after watching this video

[@nitroformula05]

Fascinating, I have worked with Finn’s for years and didn’t know most of this…. Explains a lot 😂, loveliest people though…

[@shastasilverchairsg]

Ima booking a flight to Finland right now

[@rhalfcorrea2684]

Amazing content😂✨ greetings from brasil🇧🇷

[@thibod07]

Nice people! You sound like many Canadiens! Liking the outdoor! Well educated! Self sufficient! Liking the sound of silence when talking with people! What’s wrong with pausing thinking then answering to a question? I only ask questions when I do not know the answer otherwise it is a waste of time. I would invite somebody for cross-country skiing but not for a coffee as you can learn so much from how they prepare their skis how they move on the snow, how they dress, like gloves or mitts, no tuques and complaining about the cold? This is our last date for sure. comfortable ski boots or racing ski boots. How about the poles handles? As I was saying you gather better information from an activity then drinking coffee with somebody. If you are a nice soul don’t worry it will come out loud and clear in an activity like skiing. You cannot foul somebody while doing an activity but you can while drinking coffee this is why people going for a drink or a coffee on their first date get often disappointed on their second date. If you go for an activity with some one you are disappointed on the first date and there is no second date. Very nice video! I have been in the same relationship for 42 years and I am still in heaven. I whish the same luck to every body.

[@TiemposDePaz]

The bartender looks like Anna Bey on KZbin. Dopplegangers LOL

[@anniina2253]

As a Finn I always love to hear what people think about us 🤍🤍

[@jorgeklu3766]

Are you also interested in learning others culture especially Africa

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

@@jorgeklu3766 usually Finns are more interested in east Asian cultures. The emphasis on discipline and orderliness is really admirable.

[@jorgeklu3766]

@@ReasonAboveEverything it cool and okay Finns are interested in Asia culture,but shouldn’t people be diversity to show interest something they don’t know, especially you., i know a lot of Asians who loves to visit my country Ghana each year, cause they love our culture believe me ,it the best in Africa, you can google to find out more about it

[@nowbacktoyourprogram]

Your country and you are beautiful

[@jorgeklu3766]

@@nowbacktoyourprogram that’s pretty cool

[@LeSatan]

Tampere is another cool city 🇫🇮🥶

[@dukmccuck7390]

Aleksi got the best responses