Visiting an Island Fortress! - Finland Vlog Day 4

This tour was very eye-opening. I understand why it is labeled as a fortress now haha. Big thanks to finlandatwar on IG for hooking it up with the tour!
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[@vesa7069]

Was awesome to get to guide you around the fortress and I'm glad you enjoyed it just as much! Armor Museum and the Helsinki underground tunnels next time? 😀

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Thanks again! And for sure haha

[@Febard]

Kiitos :D

[@juhakallio8490]

I remember when we were kids, my parents took us to Suomenlinna. Once, my mother hid in the tunnels to wait for us and scare us. Unfortunately, a Chinese tourist came along when my mother jumped screaming. A Chinese tourist will remember the event for a long time.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

😅

[@madeleine5313]

😂 That’s a hilarious anecdote .. you have me laughing! Thank you 😂

[@ossihurme7572]

This is the best bird channel I'm currently following!

[@CombatArmsChannel]

🤣

[@olwynskye417]

Those geese are a menace though. They shit up every park making them horrible to travel through. I don't think most Finns like seagulls either, but I think they're mostly harmless and funny to look at.

[@marialindell9874]

@@olwynskye417 Geese and seagulls are like the magpies of Australia 😂

[@HoseTheBeast]

@@olwynskye417 why don't you like seagulls? Sure they can be some snack thieves. But especially the Great and lesser black-backed Gulls/meri- ja selkälokki are quite majestic birds.

[@theFINNISHmonster1]

Absolutely love the Runescape music!

[@jesjee]

comment i was looking for! :D

[@tehzimi]

@@jesjee Same :D

[@mightyfinland8118]

Awesome stuff man and thanks for the great discussions! 😎💪

[@maxwellmoore8424]

Met Finnish on Holiday in Gran Canerria, years ago, At night at an Holiday complex, at the bar , They were speaking English but I couldn't pin down ,there accent, the clothes they were wearing weant British, well not what I'd seen , I said Hello to the Guy at my side ,and asked where you from in Britain, He said where do think I'm from , I said a scouse, near Liverpool I'd guess, He repeated to his mates in a Language I'd never heard ,they all fell about Laughing, Boy did I feel daft , But they were Brilliant, and made good Friends with them all . Had a few drinks with them all .over the length of the holiday. Always welcoming to my Family.

[@pexster1988]

Well my family must be from the Nethetlands. Thats how one guessed. Maybe every Nordic (Finland is not part of Scandinavia) should wear viking helmet. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Fun fact: When Suomenlinna was built, it was much more populated than Helsinki. About 10 000 vs. 2000 or so. (These are rough numbers from top of my head)

[@ImForwardlook]

It is also worth to mention that Suomenlinna is the largest fortification in Europe after Gibraltar.

[@larrywave]

@@ImForwardlook source ?🤔

[@samilou]

@@larrywave It was so when originally built (by some metrics, as the "size" or significance of a fortress can be counted in different ways). Not anymore though.

[@Aquelll]

In Suomenlinna there is also an open prison. Some (but not all) of the groundskeepers and renovations workers you might have seen are inmates serving their sentences. Since it is an open prison some also leave the island for work and study to return on their personal curfew. THis is something I always like to tell especially to Americans because your system is quite a bit different.

[@herra5153]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/omaYZZ6MZpeKq9E

[@mikesmith-ut1lt]

I guess the term in the US for a open prison would be a minimum security prison.

[@croci81]

There could be murderers etc. around tourists and it is not a joke, I really mean it they are doing their sentence in Suomenlinna. It could be hard to understand for foreigners.

[@Aquelll]

@@mikesmith-ut1lt Even if you are a murderer you can get moved to open prison if you have served your sentence without problems and shown the will to rehabilitate. Then you can work and study outside the prison as long as you return on your curfew. It is easier return to civilian life when you get released.

[@ImForwardlook]

@@croci81 I'm a Finn and I find it totally insane.

[@skurkela]

Finnish words come out of your mouth pretty fluently 👍

[@ImForwardlook]

A bit of trivia, the submarine you saw at Suomenlinna is actually a prototype for the German submarine fleet. Since Germany was forbidden to build submarines after WW I they used a Dutch company to order prototypes from Finland. BTW, the shipyard where these were built was located across the river from the fishtail fountain you filmed in Turku. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crichton-Vulcan

[@ImForwardlook]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5vCYWaLesSXiq8

[@jukkakopol7355]

In those islands are Finnish Naval Academie and it's sauna wich is largest wood burning sauna on earth.

[@Fraggelmann]

I'm a swede and I really love Finland. I've been there many times and Helsinki is just an awesome place. I've been to Soumenlinna a couple of times too and it's also really cool. And just as I was about to write about the cruise ships passing, it passed you in the video also. My vacation starts now and I will try to fit a cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki during it.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Suomenlinna - written in Swedish Soåmenlinna ! You Å IS Our O - Your O IS Our U ! Saken klar - uppfattad ! Fortsat

[@VonArmagedda]

Ah yes, all the magnificent birbs of Finland, like: Seaguls. And seaguls. Seaguls. Few barnacle geese. Oh, can't forget about the seaguls!

[@ImForwardlook]

They are almost a nuisance! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKfVoJqugq2gosk

[@jonisalmela2399]

my favourite was the seaguls.

[@DruidEnjoyer]

@@jonisalmela2399 Seaguls were the best until the seaguls came.

[@kajauttelija]

Siberian jays are a lot cooler birds. There's some in northern Finland, like kuusamo. Friendly little ones

[@Hannu_H]

So happy to see you have awesome time here in Finland :)

[@WhiskyandBacon]

10:20-10:24 thats the flag of 27th Prussian Jäger Battalion.3000 Finnish volunteers went to Germany in 1915 to get military training.Their aim was to liberate Finland one day.In the German army they fought on the eastern front 1916-18.In 1918 they returned to Finland,where they fought in the Finnish Liberation War.Most of them became high ranking officers in the Finnish army.Many of them later fought in WW2.

[@prowokator]

When I was a kid in 80's and early 90's Suomenlinna had a lot of super scetchy tunnels, half flooded where you could go and have an super scetchy "adventure". Dunno if they just close off those sections or if they dried them out and just added railings or something.

[@rapatti007]

I’ve lived there nearly 21 year because I served in Navy and Navy had some apartments for rent there from Suomenlinna Hoitokunta.

[@hxhxyzh]

Wellcome to Finland, nice to see you visiting in our country ! Have fun and go to Sauna 😀

[@timojuustila7727]

3:01-3:13 Ah, those are barnacle geese ("valkoposkihanhi" in Finnish).

[@karipasanen2746]

Great to have you in Finland. Love the content you do, reactions especially. I'm not sure if you know this, but today is Midsummer Day in Finland (national holiday), so most of the major cities are pretty much empty. Everyone heads out to country- or lakeside for the long weekend. Beer, sauna and friends getting together.

[@patriks5413]

I really love the runescape music you put in

[@stss2442]

Enjoy, friend of Finland!

[@OreGaming96]

I just love it when the Oldscjool Runescape music kicks in! 👌🏻😂❤ Nostalgic 👌🏻👌🏻

[@pedrotorreras]

I'm really glad that you enjoyed your trip to our country 👍

[@toniokkolin4796]

We Finns are very honored to have you here. I hope you have a great time in Finland.

[@marttivuorinen8475]

That scene with that cruiser ship. The Gap between cruising safely and hitting rocks IS extremely narrow at many places. Our archipelago might Be The best defense line marine vise. One cant come fast and straight to our coast and IT gives us time to react. There are hundreds of sunken ships to prove that 😜

[@anglosaxon5874]

They don't want any Italian Captains then! lol

[@Aquelll]

Yes and some public depth readings are ones measured from ice during the time Finland was still part of Russia. Currently the Finnish Navy is doing a full 3D survey of the coast with the new mine clearing boats and that survey will not be public knowledge on other than for the main routes. So the Navy knows exactly between which islands they can go through with each ship but nobody else does... 😏

[@jvt9185]

Love that Runescape music! 😂

[@Chivaltic]

My godaunt (wife of my mother's brother) lived in Suomenlinna, when she was a child. Her father, veteran of Winter and Continuation Wars, stayed in the military and was stationed in Suomenlinna. She had to go to mainland Helsinki for school and absolutely hated living in Suomenlinna. I love the place and often go sailing around it.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Lived at Suomenlinna !

[@annina134]

I like the gulls too. 💜 In the video you spotted barnacle geese and house sparrows too. Nice birding. ☺️👍

[@NatzoXavier]

Yay, more vlogs in Finland :D. I hope you have had a lot of good food.

[@Qirfi]

love the runescape music in the vlogs

[@magister2123]

Finally shooting video coming. Just waiting for that! 🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@formatique_arschloch]

Great music choices!

[@suppo6092]

Looking forward to you trying Finnish snacks :D I hope you got the chance to try Salmiakki sweets at least.

[@mattilindstrom]

As seagulls go, ours are a bit shy due to the scarcity of human interaction. That doesn't mean they're harmless, far from it. And some are pretty cool customers, I remember in my twenties I went with my mother to eat at a restaurant in Helsinki, seated in the open air. When we sat down, there was a hulking big (European herring gull, Larus argentatus) seagull standing immobile right in the meddle of our table. My mother remarked on the excellent quality of taxidermy of this table ornament, when the beady-eyed monster decided to give the slightest bit of attention. It broke its pose and didn't even fly away, just hopped to the edge of the table, down and just lazily walked away.

[@melaninfarmer]

lol I liked the Runescape music it fits

[@akiponki]

Love the Runescape music as always! The content is good too I guess :D

[@jaskapenttila7644]

Man just happened to be in Finland during midsummer. I hope you create good memories here.

[@vl9665]

Love the OSRS songs u sneaked in the vid!! Hope u had a great time :)

[@heliheikkinen6326]

OMG I wish I were there! I spent my early childhood in Suomenlinna (because my dad served in marine and studied in the Marine Academy). All those places were my playgrounds. I grew up surrounded by that history, and I am enthusiastic about art and cultural history, which are the most significant legacy of Suomenlinna In fact, Sveaborg/Viapori/Suomenlinna never had much military significance, but cultural ever the more.

[@heliheikkinen6326]

In every conflict - 1808, 1855 or in the rebellion 1906 - Suomenlinna always had outdated artillery. In 1808 also very false intelligence.

[@exi_sfx]

Loved the Runescape soundtrack!

[@AN-nt3uv]

Cool insight into Finland, a bit seagul biased, but you seem to have a great trip. Your hosts in Finland are great people, one day i'll jump over there with my family, not too far from here compared to west coast US.

[@yorkaturr]

Wow, you really know your stuff. I urge every Finnish business to give this man their best service ever, because he is a very welcome guest and he should stay as long as possible.

[@kristiinaparkkisenniemi8680]

Beautiful!

[@tisse90]

A poem written by Johan Ludvig Runeberg about Sveaborg/Suomenlinna It looks out over the sea and bay With granite eyes, It raises its Gustafssvärd(Gustafs sword) high And proudly says: 'Come here!' That sword is not lowered to strike, It just flashes and shatters like that. Do not faithfully approach the island, As the war makes its rounds, Do not disturb the queen of the lake In her moment of anger: She throws at you the message of death In the sounds of a thousand cannons.

[@saile3948]

Nice runescape music!! 😁

[@immokukkonen]

Hope you see Simo Häyhä's military gears Suomenlinna War museum?

[@Raakarapu]

One of the best places in Helsinki for a date.

[@AinaDuunis]

It's so weird to hear old Runescape songs on your videos haha, good shit.

[@JanneValkama]

Loving the rs soundtrack, fits this scenery like a fist fits the eye :D

[@innocentiuslacrim2290]

I went kayaking from pretty close to that ferry starting point to Suomenlinna also. Its a nice different viewpoint to see it from water. Some of those old fortresses give really weird feeling thinking how important they have been during their day and how everything has changed. Weapons have gotten so good these days that it would be really hard to have meaningful static fortresses. Fun seeing you visiting familiar places.

[@vicmac3513]

@07:15 I can't stand the fact you put Runescape music into your video :D And even more omg! :Ddd

[@matkahenkilo8554]

Damn you were busy durimg your visit 💪🏻 Great stuff! Haven't been to that fortress in couple of decades , really need to make a visit. Lot of stuff I did not remember anymore. 😅 And never been to the sub (random military history has a good video on it).

[@TPacoustic]

Hyvää juhannusta!

[@akinordman7145]

Very entertaining video. I really liked those birdcams. 🙂

[@kanervatie]

You chose the one weekend, when it's the most, THE MOST quiet, Helsinki will ever be. :)

[@kanervatie]

..Or when was this recorded?

[@vesa7069]

@@kanervatie over 10 days ago. 🙂

[@MrDmbobcat]

Mr. Arms channel is the number 1 most respectable/all around greatest human being on KZbin.

[@loshotsos8767]

i appreciate the runescape music

[@Perkelenaattori]

I've honestly laughed at these vlogs. It's funny to see a tough & badass former marine and current army worry about hydration and filming seagulls.

[@aimokoivunen7046]

Excellent zoom btw

[@electron-Volt]

I had no idea you came to Finland!

[@Irongrove]

I immediatly started smiling when the first Runescape song started! :D

[@p.n7524]

Love the music in videos :D

[@henrikihle4449]

You should check out the Mannerheim museum! In Helsinki, it is great!

[@petterrix3144]

The old Sveaborg....🇫🇮🇸🇪

[@Abuverbi]

New here, love these videos and eager to watch the shooting competition!

[@Mojova1]

The MIDI music is awesome. :D

[@petritamminen7146]

Olin tuolla alhaalla töissä sielä on myös pako tunneli mikä johtaa merelle vankien kaivama

[@JuliusDaily]

The unexpected rs music gets me everytime :D

[@The_Elmigs]

Suomenlinna is one of the best go-to places when visiting Helsinki

[@mikesmith-ut1lt]

Awesome videos! I'm glad you liked it here in Finland!👍 Looks like your Airbnb was near the Länsisatama and Jätkäsaari area🤔

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Yessir!

[@Dev_Six]

Suomenlinna, next to an island there used to be an ammo factory that exploded, that was opened for visitors few years back.

[@sampsalol]

The music in this video makes me want to play Runescape :D

[@FinSemi]

1:56 Did you know, that building behind flag poles is "presidentin linna" (castle of president). And yes, Finnish President works from there, except on summer, when he works from summer cottage (Kesämökki).

[@PatrickPoika]

Wake up bae, combat arms channel just posted

[@gamerbear84]

There's also a summer theater on the island, the parents take me, my siblings and their families every year. You're actually walking just near the spot at around 9:00.

[@Alfred-lp8vz]

Cmon Theo... No shoes shoes indoors!

[@janihaavisto79]

Lol. My dude is braking the very basic rule number 1. Shoes. Those come off when you get inside. I hope you don't wear them in Sauna. 🤣😁😆🙏 Sorry, you gave us a easy stabb there. Also was your Mrs along with the trip? I don't mind if she doesn't want to be on front of camera, but dang, my man is visiting Finland. My GF would be so peed off if I visited your state and wouldn't have her with. I'd probably sleep on couch the rest of my life.

[@megaman6363]

@@janihaavisto79 lentää sellasta läpyskää että huhhuh :D

[@kybbe112]

Your bird filming skills are remarkable

[@Vastinvideotuotanto]

Whaat, ive been watching your videos randomly and now you are moving near where i live 😅. Welcome to Finland. You should go to visit Santahamina. Our militery base in Helsinki. Or to our militery school.

[@j.p.h.8126]

Yes the tap water in finland is exelent no need to buy expensive bottled water. PS @3:30 there is always light at the end of the tunn el.

[@apuuvah]

Next time: The Cold Dark winter? Or, countryside, small towns? Or, God forbid, both? LOL.

[@Chris-mf1rm]

The water’s not as cold as you think in the Summer. There’s a nice swimming beach on Suomenlinna that you walked by.

[@johannahayhtio8608]

You look bit tired, next time remember to pack what are those eyepads?! too. Looked like great day, glad you had some good guide there too 😁

[@kauhanen99]

good video theo, i like my self history too but yeah waiting next video bro, +1like full view as always 🤙🤙😎😎 ps: we have midsummer here finland, so happy midsummer u too and u family 👍👍

[@Tekdruid]

3:08 Those barnacle geese are kind of a pest. They turn up at public parks and beaches en masse and poop everywhere.

[@anssi2267]

Your music choices for the videos are like from a Finnish 70s comedy film

[@jamesandthefatcat9464]

TY so much. Awesome. i didnt know there was a ghost roaming around in Suomanlinna. Seagulls rule!!

[@denhed78]

Combat Seagull Channel =)

[@jannelaurila5260]

Hi there. Great stuff. Have you allready seen famous Swedish old bout wich Will Be habour till Monday?

[@FinSemi]

... and more about that market square on 1:56. I probably noticed saying "Torilla tavataan" (Let's meet at market square)... THAT market square is really IT. You should look videos how Finnish people celebrate major winnings like ice hockey world championship. That place is just full of people celebrating.

[@jonnebehm1291]

Cool that u came to visit Finland, respect that. PS. What's with all the Runescape music? 😄

[@Noname_est]

Hi, im prison officer in finland, Helsinki. There is prison in Suomnelinna. Very few finnish people knows it.

[@thamor4746]

Podcast finally caught me up, you uploading these videos from America already? Don't mind that much, but always funny to be caught up that this video is already like 5 days old in real time.

[@miirojoshua6813]

wc at Finland.. man have a nice trip😅

[@Pikaxsu]

Here in Finland all of the seagulls are totally protected, one can't harm one, can't hunt them, nothing. :) Well also have them many places, here inland, because of the many lakes. :D

[@jozq9277]

In suomenlinna there is a open prison and the prisoners take care of the Island. Or if they have a Job or school in the mainland they go there by themselfs and get back after.

[@Caeroni]

What is this epic music!? 😂 Nice videos anyway!

[@robertm3561]

Love the psychotic background music! Yeah, we didn't really recover from the lab leak, as a large number of people still hiding in their homes etc. mask up. Streets are very quiet. Anyways, great content like always!

[@kebabbiboi7022]

You have to visit Yyteri beach in Pori!

[@disadadi8958]

11:15 that's not a seagull, it's a swan.

[@CombatArmsChannel]

Shit, you're right 😅😅