HELSINKI FINLAND TOUR! HSL Transport & Haltia Nature HIKE through NUUKSIO NATIONAL PARK!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Stick? Slow Worm or Adder? Let us know which one you think we saw! As always thanks so much for watching you lovely people!😊 If you liked the video please give it a thumbs up 👍🏼

[@arihalttu8949]

The snake you saw was a "grass snake" or a "ringed snake" as it also is called.....it's a non poisonous or toxic snake and very common in Sweden and Finland.....the viper is poisonous but it has a zick zack pattern on their back for identification .....nice video bye the way....

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@arihalttu8949 thank you 😊 we were so impressed how well (and how long) it disguised itself as a stick! Amazingly clever snake 🐍

[@kognak6640]

@@arihalttu8949 Adders can be also completely black, not all of them have zigzag pattern. It's difficult to recognize species of black variant from far. Eyes are always different, adders have red eyes with slit pupil while grass snakes have round pupils.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@kognak6640 we found it difficult to be 100% sure which snake it was, we also found (afterwards) that adders can be black, not sure which eyes this one had though, didn’t get that close 😅

[@js0988]

Yeah that's a black adder. Don't touch! :)

[@agnebejeryte]

Oh my god! Every second I was just like “wooooow!” “Wooooow!” What a beautiful country!😍 love you guys ❤️

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It is so beautiful! We really want to see more of it one day. Thank you for such a lovely comment 😊😍

[@Filmipatkis]

R-kioski is bit pricey, you might (probably will) get off cheaper by visiting any grocery store.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Ahh yes, guess we may be paying a little more for the convenient location of R-kioski. Not a bad price considering😊

[@jounik4128]

Very nice video showing Finnish nature and the ease of using trams, train and bus in the capital area. 12:33 Tyynelä, it's difficult to pronounce because the Finnish y sound doesn't exist in English. No need to worry, the effort was good :)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you so much 😊 we really love the HSL transport, so easy and stress free to use.

[@lindae5937]

Thirteen - your lucky number! Love the lake & waterfalls & diving platforms so tempting! 😍 Good thing you saw the snake before you stepped on the boardwalk😵 nowhere to escape there!!! Great to see the aerial views - amazed 70% of Finland is forest! Amusing out takes- esp the ‘Poo stick’ racing - You both have to learn to ‘cheat fair’!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@TideKnotTravellers]

The forest was beautiful to walk around, long day of walking though and we really wanted to keep going and do all the other routes!😊🌲

[@LPlFan81]

Nuuksio area has remained wilderness regardless its closeness to the Capital because it's rugged terrain (while beautiful, it wasn't well suitable for farming). It is pretty amazing to have a national park that close to the Capital.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s so cool to have this so close by to the city. We asked our taxi driver about any nature places nearby as we arrived off the ferry in Helsinki. He mentioned Haltia and Nuuksio and we knew we had to make time during our stay to visit!🌲🇫🇮😍

[@AprilChu]

The transportation system is so efficient and clean looking. Wow, the nature center building is such a beautiful and modern design. I can't believe you had a second run in with a snake! Yes, I do believe it was a snake. The hike was lovely though. I felt like I was breathing in the fresh air with you guys! The drone shots of the lake and forests are amazing...I can really see the dense amount of trees and I can see why it's a perfect spot for swimming, fishing, camping and hiking!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We were really impressed with the transport system, it’s so efficient and easy to navigate. We loved the nature centre can really imagine going in there to warm up from the snow in winter after a day out in nature. The landscape is so beautiful, we can’t wait to see it in winter one day😊

[@tadasc8449]

Piece of paradise!! Forest every where you look... Its just perfect 🙂 that looks like the same snake from the island 🐍 and Craig don't give us excuses for not bringing swimming gear... You don't need swimming costumes in Finland 😀

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was similar but no yellow cheeks on this one (and less angry at us as we didn’t almost stand on it!) 😂 swimming without swim gear might make our videos less family friendly!

[@tadasc8449]

@@TideKnotTravellers yes yellow ears is good indicator of grass snake but sometimes only sometimes they don't have yellow, but again it's too tricky to say if not ader, but aders are so ugly and more fatish triangle heads osing with bad aura 😀 slow warm is really looking like a lizard very big front body sort of out of proportion 🤔 hahaha family friendly 😂 we are part of the nature nothing to worry!!😉

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@tadasc8449 You’re right, this one didn’t have the diamond/triangle shape head, we thought it could possibly be a juvenile of either type of snake so didn’t want to get too close! 😅

[@tadasc8449]

@@TideKnotTravellers yes better be safe then sorry 🙂

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

We are planning to go to Nuuksio this weekend so this video is very helpful. Thanks!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Enjoy the fresh air and beauty! We’re glad the video helps 😊

[@Hjalmar_Lane]

You showed beautifully how Helsinki looks, and some nature too. Thank you for sharing. I hope I can show you and others what else there is to discover, there is always a lot of. Wait for spring to come so I can start my tour in this pandemic situation. I really enjoyed looking you traveling.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you so much, we’re glad you liked it☺️ we loved exploring the nature in Helsinki. Hope you get to do tours soon!

[@mikrokupu]

That's 16:50 the symbol of Nuuksio Patk, the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans). It's very rare in the EU, only found here in the north-east corner and a protected animal. It's feared by the builders, they call it "the most dangerous animal in Finland". If some fresh flying squirrel poop is foud at the planned building site, the project will be halted right away :)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Explains the pictures of the them everywhere, that’s really cool and good to know they’re so well protected. Can’t build on a flying squirrels home! 😊

[@LucasWorldTravel]

Some friends are heading to Finland now fromThailand. You guys keep finding snakes. The National Park is very beautiful. I knew you would win the stick race. The stream sounds so peaceful. The lake is stunning. I went on a hike today and I gained so much respect for you guys. Our hike was straight up a mountain. It was rough. I don't see how you do it. I am so soar right now. I must be out of shape. Safe travels!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Your friends will have a temperature shock from Thailand to Finland right now! 🥶 it is a beautiful country and so worth hiking around! 🥾

[@yoretabio4537]

@@TideKnotTravellers yesterday outdoor temperature was minus 18 C, today minus 3 C.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

@@yoretabio4537 🥶

[@maple494]

Finally, I've been waiting for this haha

[@TheAverageTourist]

I love European train stations. Your journey didn't seem so bad, it all aligned really well. The nature centre looked so nice and a beautiful hiking area. Even with the snake! So much beautiful scenery by the lake and amazing drone shots 👌. You guys really had to hustle but glad you made it!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We loved how smooth and well timed all the transport was, it’s because the app plans the route for you. It’s so well set up 😊

[@Explorcation]

The public transportation from Helsinki to the nature park seemed so nice and easy. So glad you had such a beautiful day to explore the beautiful trails and lakes. Pretty crazy you already had your second snake sighting. Glad that this one was not as close of a call as the last one though!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s a really good transport system all done via an app so makes it super easy for tourists! We did not expect to stumble across yet another snake! 😄

[@TravelInteresante]

It's nice to be able to take different transportation options to get around. Seems to be mostly empty though due to pandemic. It's so weird to see a snake so up close! You two are so calm I would run backwards lol the drone shots are breathtaking, unbelievable scenery!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It was quite quiet everywhere which was so nice! We don’t mind snakes too much, although maybe if we were in a country with deadly ones we’d feel differently!😂 thanks for watching, glad you liked the aerial footage, we loved the Finnish nature scenery☺️

[@TheMapPinners]

I loved the tram & train! So charming and what a great way to get around - this is making me miss Europe extra today. Oh man, another snake!! Wow, I would not be so happy about that 😅 but the nature is absolutely stunning! Looks like you two are having a wonderful time exploring this beautiful country 🥰 cheers guys!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We loved hopping on and off the trams, trains and buses so much! ❤️🇫🇮

[@stickasockinit]

Fun couple you two, having floating stick races ! My spouse and I have done that.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

These are the little fun joys in life ☺️

[@mk7181]

im 41 yr finn and i have seen snake only once :D great videos guys!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you. We didn’t expect to see one, let alone two snakes during our visit to Finland! Nice to be greeted by the local nature though🐍😄🇫🇮

[@haliaeetus8221]

City folk

[@mikrokupu]

An other Finnish snake story, from my childhood in the Central-Finland countryside: I was 4-5 years old, a big animal lover. I found a half-dead snake on the road, crashed by a car and felt sorry for the poor thing. So I took the snake on a stick, took it to my mom so she could heal it. Well, mom didn't want to nurse the snake, she just screamed :D Later I captured some small lizards and took them inside to the house (new pets!), in a box. The lizards ran away around the house, the result: more screams :D

[@TideKnotTravellers]

That sounds brilliant! Can imagine your mum was less than impressed😄 As animal loving kids we’d probably have both done the same. Especially with how much Craig loves lizards 🦎

[@tadasc8449]

Hahaha I used to bring tritones but in a jar so they were not running around, my mom was more tolerant to creatures safely locked up 😂

[@DjusLife]

I've never even heard of slow worms to be honest oops lol...hate snakes though, very impressed by how chill you guys were around it. Looks like a snake to me though. Loved the "boat race" so good to see you guys having fun during your travels.Thank you for showing us the beautiful nature of Finland!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

If you don’t like snakes you probably won’t like slow worms much either😄

[@BeingBedingfield]

You two really made us miss Europe in this one...jumping on a tram to catch a train to catch a bus! We really miss that! What beautiful nature! Can’t believe you saw another snake 😅 And we’re definitely going to play poo sticks the next time we hike 🤣

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We loved jumping on the transport. You guys would love Helsinki 😊

[@Samisesano]

9:15 Best guess? Not a young black adder (as it might have been!) but yet another grass snake. This time without the typical yellow(ish) spots on the neck, yes, BUT with the typically wide head plates & rather slim body plus no visibly red eyes. Hehe: do I sound arrogant enough yet? Well that's because I'm jealous!! As a native Finn I've seen my fair share of adders + slowworms (in our summer cabin) but I don't recall EVER seeing a grass snake! AAARRGGH! Stop stealing all the snake sightings?? :D :D

[@TideKnotTravellers]

😂 we have no idea how we managed to stumble across not one but two!

[@timkvenland1885]

Great video! Thanx.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thanks for watching☺️

[@petrusinvictus3603]

Happy Landings!

[@oh2mp]

Thank you for the Finland videos, I watched them all. You've done your homework very well eg. with the overlay texts about the places, buildings etc. You were extremely lucky to see both snake species living here in continental Finland. That's very uncommon thing to see snakes here anyway. By the way, I live just about 3.7 km from that Haltia nature center (straight line distance).

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you, we’re so pleased you enjoyed them. Our time in Finland was cut short as we had originally hoped to travel around a little more but yes we felt pretty lucky and very surprised to find not one but two different snakes! We actually just found our first ever slow worm whilst walking in the UK the other day, so we must be on some sort of roll with finding wildlife 🐍

[@oh2mp]

@@TideKnotTravellers I recommend you to visit the very northern parts of our country next time!

[@llssneN]

Fantastic video :) hope you had a good time.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you, we had a great time, just wish we had longer to explore! ☺

[@riikkakoskinen6841]

R-kioski is really expensive compared to regular food shops like K market or S market or Lidl

[@TravelDrone]

Wonderful! Thumbs up as always. ❤️👍

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you 😊

[@SorgiStories]

Did you two ever think you'd be spending so much time exploring nature on your travels? Or have you always been this way pre-pandemic anyway?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Absolutely - we like exploring cities but this is us in our element 🙌🏼 On this trip so far this & our Soomaa bog hike & kayak have been right up there with the best days. Soo many of the top things we want to do involve nature like Basecamp & swimming with Whale Sharks...these are experiences that really blow us away & stick in the memory 😊🙌🏼

[@Tuukkohakee]

The HSL journey planner is the way to go! Even as a local (living in Kauklahti, well pronounced I must say) I sometimes use it to check the fastest way. Also love how all the public transit methods here are under one ticket, really handy! But I must say, that most of the bus services inside Espoo are slow. Maybe my only complaint with HSL. About Nuuksio, while not the prettiest nature park in Finland (thats just because theres so much good competition), its still very cool and being this close to the capital is amazing.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

If only all transport systems around the world operated under one ticket, we have such a headache figuring that out. Helsinki could teach transport companies around the world a thing or two!

[@dannyone1565]

Me and my wife are going to Helsinki In Finland 🇫🇮 September 2022 exciting

[@TideKnotTravellers]

You will have a lovely time, it's such a beautiful city, so picturesque and everything is so well run ☺

[@mrand3r50n3]

Yup, that's definitely a juvenile "kyy" or Common European Viper (vipera berus), the only poisonous snake in Finland. I've also seen a few of them in the wild and it's the only snake that's all black like that, even on the belly side. "Rantakäärme" (grass snake) or "tarhakäärme" (colubridae) usually have large yellow spots on either side of the head, a yellow belly and a greenish tinge to the top side of them. The juvenile vipers are actually more dangerous than the adults, because the juveniles don't know how to control the amount of venom they inject in to the victim. A bite can actually be lethal even to healthy adults without proper and timely medical care. You're lucky it was September so they're a bit sluggish already because they're getting ready to go into hibernation for the winter and mostly just hang out in the sun during the day to warm up.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We were definitely concerned it might have been a viper but luckily he was very calm and we kept distance, so pleased we did! 😅

[@lauraarias9123]

Hi, im planning to go on july, are the hikes safe and well marked to do it alone?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

They are very safe and so we’ll marked out, the staff at Nuuksio are lovely too. Highly recommend going into the centre to plan your hikes with them. Enjoy, it’s beautiful and fresh!

[@KelbyAdamOurLifethroughalens]

The train station looks so big and pretty. Guess your lucky number that day was 13 🤣 The nature centre looked great 😄 Love the cyclists route, looks such fun. The hike looked stunning. Definitely agree its a snake😅 i think snakes are definitely attracted to you guys in Finland 😂 The views of the lake were just stunning, Finland is starting to become a country we'd really like to travel to.

[@gbrdhvndi]

🌲🌳🏕 Gorgeous Finland 🇫🇮 Too bad you did not go further up north (should probably come back in winter!). And visiting Sweden is a must! Safe travels!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It is gorgeous isn’t it. We really want to travel further up North especially in winter. We were so sad to miss out on Sweden, we had booked 5 nights on a boat in Stockholm but had to cancel it and re route. We hope to be back in this part of the world one day when travel is a bit easier🤞🏼

[@harrimskaijansinkko5349]

Haukkalampi means Hawk Lake. The word "lampi" is a small lake which is bigger than a bond.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

That’s a really cool name for it! 🤩

[@daydreamer7618]

Definitely not a slow worm. That was a young black adder. I've seen adders four times in the wild. I'm not a really fast runner but those four times I felt like I was Usain Bolt 😆

[@TideKnotTravellers]

😂 yeh I think I’d get a pb seeing adders during a run!

[@moonliteX]

Proper gore-tex hiking boot should be 100% as water-tight as wellies if the gore-tex membrane is not worn out. That's why i NEVER wear my goretex unless i need it for rain/water

[@SorgiStories]

"They look at lot more cute when they're not hissing at you." Truth!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

😂😂

[@Цветелин02Петров]

I love you Finland❤️Bulgaria 💪💪💪🥇🥇🥇👊👊👊

[@TideKnotTravellers]

🇫🇮🌲🥾❤️

[@DieTabbi]

Awesome video but 8 advertisements in 26 min ...

[@TideKnotTravellers]

That is a lot, sorry. We left it to KZbins automatic placement, but they’re not supposed to show all ads to everyone, it’s supposed to pick just some. Did it play all 8? If so we will do manual changes in future. Thanks for letting us know 🙂

[@poshpanda469]

I give the video #####

[@thepanamahat]

Pooh Sticks? AA Milne, Winnie The Pooh! You're far too young

[@TideKnotTravellers]

😂 We googled it and found out that was why it was called Pooh sticks. Makes sense as I do have a vague memory of the characters on a bridge!