WE TRIED THIS AUTHENTIC FINNISH EXPERIENCE (did we survive?)

#finland #travel #sauna #finlandexperience #rovaniemi
In today's video, we are doing something that YOU HAVE TO DO in Finland. There's nothing plunging in cold water and warming up your body with a nice... Well maybe watch the video and you'll find out :) We arrive to Rovaniemi, Finland after an amazing overnight train, and went to a Finnish grocery store. We'll show you some parts of Rovaniemi but this video is mainly about the experience :)
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[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

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[@omiq7761]

Maybe the person was talking Finnish to you because both of you look very much like native Finns! The lakes and rivers that far up north are usually very cold still in June, so kudos to you! You usually first go to sauna to heat up, then cool up in the water. Beer usually helps.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Thank you! we will do the sauna first next time 😆 now we know! Maybe we have Finnish ancestry 😁

[@Halli50]

You did the "Finnish Thing" the wrong way around! You go FIRST to the sauna to get truly warm to the bone, THEN you go for a dip - that way the cold water feels nicely refreshing for you overheated bodies, not outright painful as when you go in cold. Then you go to the sauna again for a final comfortable warm-up before calling it a day.

[@ltpepe5707]

Nah you get wet first

[@markogronfors3826]

Primary thing .Sauna is for cleaning/washing/to leave behind all kinds of bad moods or things that bothers you and enjoy that squeaky clean,relaxed feeling after that!

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yes it's absolutely fantastic for all of those things :)

[@markogronfors3826]

@@JourneywithJenandDrew Oh Absolutely respectful to everyone from both of You.Thank You for your effort for this clip.

[@sulosky]

It’s so easy to like you guys. Only thing I’m worried is that did you like us.. it feels like you deserve so much better. All the best!

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

If by “us” you mean finnish people, then YES 🇫🇮 People were always kind and helpful when we talked them :)

[@FullFinnoy]

I’m excited to see how you handle the plunge and the Finnish traditions you encounter. Rovaniemi looks amazing, and I can’t wait to find out all about your adventure. Thanks for sharing this exciting journey! Subscribed!

[@NjoyMoney]

You need to be in the sauna so long that you are so hot that you literally CRAVE the cold water, and then stay in the water untill you crave the heat of the sauna again 😁 the contrast always feels amazing specially from hot to cold 🥰

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yeah we kind of skipped that part unfortunately but now we know 🤗

[@finnishculturalchannel]

You did look like different people coming back from the sauna. Is that really how Drew looks like when he's traumatized..? Alvar Aalto was the main architect designing Rovaniemi after the war. He's considered as one of the most influential architects and designers of the mid-century modernism. He spent time also in the US. His friendship with Laurance Rockefeller led to an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1938, which catapulted his design into the limelight. The Finnish pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair was a sensation, leading Aalto furniture designs to become the single most popular brand of modern furniture in the US until the end of the 1940s. In 1958 one of his most famous furniture designs, Stool 60, was added to the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art. The Finnish pavilion is gone, but three other of his architect projects in the US are still existing; the Baker House at MIT, the Mount Angel Library in St. Benedict and the Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Facility located at the United Nations Plaza in New York.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Oh yeah we changed mentally and physically 😅 This is not how i look when traumatized! But this is fascinating. So interesting how much history we haven’t even discovered yet!

[@finnishculturalchannel]

@@JourneywithJenandDrew The water didn't seem that warm to you, but you should come and try the whole sauna/swim experience during winter when ice swimming is possible and takes the effect to even higher level. Using birch whisk in sauna is also a good way to intensify the natural high. There are people who travel to Finland just for the architecture alone. People living in buildings designed by Aalto might get a knock on the door and be asked, if tourists can come in and take a peek. It's considered a plus if the interior is in the original condition and there's Aalto furniture and other design pieces there. The skateboarders have also Aalto to thank for the kidney shaped swimming pool design. I don't know how the Helsinki Railway Station tower looked to you, but the station was designed by Eliel Saarinen and it was completed in 1919. He took part in the Chicago’s Tribune Tower architecture competition in 1922, which is said to have influenced, not only to the US skyline of cities, but also the skylines of cities all over the world. Over 260 architects from 23 countries took part in the competition and Eliel's entry came second. His entry resembles Helsinki Railway Station's tower. George Booth invited him to work in the US, where he and his family moved in 1923. His most famous work is the design for the buildings and surrounding areas of Cranbrook educational community founded by Booth. Eliel also taught architecture there. His son Eero is considered as one of the masters of American 20th-century architecture and one of the leaders in a trend toward exploration and experiment in American architectural design during the 50s. His works include Miller House in Columbus, Ind., General Motors Technical Center, Dulles International Airport, the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport and the St. Louis' Gateway Arch. He's also known for his chairs. In the early years of his career he befriended with Florence Knoll, who spent all of her free time with the Saarinen family, including summer vacations to Finland. Florence and Eero developed a brother-and-sister-like relationship and when Florence joined Knoll in the 40s, she invited Eero to design for the company. One influential Finnish designer was Ilmari Tapiovaara, who is known for his chairs, especially for the stackable wooden Domus chair aka The Finn Chair. His work caught Hans Knoll’s eye at an exhibition in Chicago, and in 1951 Knoll began importing the chair and included it to the Knoll catalog. The chair quickly spread across the country to schools, cafeterias, auditoriums and people’s homes. The chair won several prestige design awards and achieved great success internationally, and become an international bestseller over 70 years. The Finnish settlers in the US were also among those, who brought the log cabin to America. One of the oldest log cabins in the US, The Nothnagle Cabin in New Jersey, was built by Finnish settlers circa 1638. Since Drew's appearance became a topic, here's a song from one of the most popular Rap acts in Finland called JVG, formed by VIlle Galle and Jare: "JVG - Amatimies (Virallinen musiikkivideo)". Maybe for those train trip parties.

[@oh2mp]

Nice video again. I like to see how you have had good time in my home country. I just came back home from a two week trip around the Baltic countries.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Oh wow! We definitely want to explore the Baltics one day :)

[@4x4adventure_pl]

Finland is a winter wonderland! Can't wait to experience the magic.

[@butterflies655]

Finland's summer is fabulous. You should try it.

[@janariviik2634]

Fun fact: Rovaniemi is in fact the largest city (or town) in Europe. By area that is. It is bigger than the state of Delaware.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Oh wow!

[@EiriUesugiKun]

5:35 - I really like the fact that you walked. You did not take an taxi/über but walked and enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine. :)

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

🥰🥰

[@Pyhantaakka]

It's a river flowing down from the north, so it's going to be cold. 🤭 Lakes would be warmer.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

I’m happy you say that 😄😄 that makes a lot of sense!

[@lostamonglocals5382]

From our experience the Finnish people are very reserved. It was really cold when we were there, so we just did the sauna and then rolled in the snow, still a rush. Great video!

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yes definitely! I think they’re just shy but once we started talking they opened up more :)

[@Grimega]

Shy sounds weird 🤔 some are some really not... appreciating the moment you have not to disturbing it sounds more proper

[@Johnnydiippi]

if you are coming back to Helsinki, visit the Sompasauna. If you want, I can become your local guide there 😄 It's a very big experience and it's a city of culture that is very unique because it's a place created by the people of Helsinki and there's more culture in addition to three different saunas with different temperatures. There is a piano and a few musical instruments, people sing, play, make art, hang out and grill there too.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Aww man that sounds amazing!!! We won’t be going back this trip 😢 but hopefully we will be back to Finland one day and can experience that

[@myviewkristinamclaughlin5157]

An interesting fact about Rovaniemi is that it is built in a shape of a reindeer antlers, project by renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Oh wow that is super interesting 🦌

[@pouffifn]

Wow i lived 1 year ago in that house where you were in finland!

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Wow that’s cool :) we were there last june!

[@pouffifn]

​@@JourneywithJenandDrew Yes! I got summer job to VR trains few days ago and i love watching videos from Finland!

[@thedudefromrobloxx]

I can tell you're from texas when a little coolness from the shade feels like frost lol. I also bet it was around 18 c which is t-shirt weather in finland

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yeah Finns are just built different to be fair! LOL

[@ranacker]

I can't believe you went first to the water and to sauna after, that's wild.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yeah after reading some comments we’ve realized our mistake 😂😂😂

[@Caldera01]

@@JourneywithJenandDrew A mistake, or pioneering new methods? The difference between a mistake and science is practically speaking just documentation afterall!

[@VonArmagedda]

Ah, good old Rovaniemi. I live 120km south from there, my first actual girlfriend lived there, and in 2011, I spent a year there when I was in the military.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Oh wow amazing :) We had a great time and definitely want to enjoy Lapland again!!

[@KROB3LO]

When I was a kid, we spent hours in in cold water, mostly cause water is so cool element and when ur lips are already turned to blue so no point to get up. :D +5c in those days, in army +8c :D the point is that more time u spend in cold water more warmer it feels :D

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Oh my goodness! Yes i bet, haha next time we will stay in longer 😁

[@KROB3LO]

and with special forces, motor skills fail in temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius in 3 minutes, bullshit :D

[@akitahvanainen]

Watching you guys walking around in quilted jacket in summer... Yikes ;DD

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

😂😂😂 It was cold for us! hahaha

[@jarmolehtonen7594]

1!!!!!

[@Randomizer939]

2:52 I have it worse, once they have spoken for couple minutes, I ask in their language "what" and then they'll repeat it and then I'll tell I don't speak their language, in their language 🙃And that's it, I don't have more to give in that specific language.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yeah this happens to us too sometimes 😂

[@Aquelll]

Washing machines in Europe are much slower than in the US, because due to EU ecological regulation they need to save as much water and electricity as possible.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yes true :) this one was just much slower than the one in our apartment in spain as well! I think it’s just a fancy new one we used in this video 😁

[@123456aksu]

0:15 MY city Hämeenlinna!

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

😍😍 beautiful

[@jac4202]

😎👍🏽

[@Kokardi65]

most of Finnish people can also speak english.you can talk them in english also

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Yes absolutely! Almost everyone we met could speak english to a super high level :)

[@Chinithovirula]

El k les iso el video en santa Ana

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Hola! Gracias por encontrar nuestro canal 😁

[@Chinithovirula]

@@JourneywithJenandDrew de nada mi amigo

[@Chinithovirula]

Hola que tal soy el chinito

[@jarmolehtonen7594]

And we are number

[@zergking8338]

Did you realy get camera in puplic Sauna? That is actualy agenst the Finish Law.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Uh oh we are in trouble😳😳

[@dx42]

Note- every word in Finnish is stressed on the first syllable.

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Oooh interesting

[@vesaroivainen]

like it is "surviving" coming to Finland oh you guys make me laugh....

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Glad we gave you a good chuckle! We meant surviving the cold water since we aren’t used to it!

[@vesaroivainen]

Yeah I got that it just looked so funny (meaning Im used to cold water) thanks for responding 😁😁@@JourneywithJenandDrew

[@pvahanen]

The ultimate purpose of a sauna? I don't understand how other people take care of their cleanliness, wash themselves?

[@meddler69]

That's not how you say sauna, 75% Finnish and that's not how you say that

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

Fair enough… us Texans just have some weird pronunciation for Sauna I guess 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@DPEELIX]

Just comment words and I can teach you Finnish:)

[@JourneywithJenandDrew]

How are you? One coffee, please! ☕️ Look, a reindeer! 😄

[@DPEELIX]

One coffee please. Yksi kahvi kiitos

[@DPEELIX]

Look, a reindeer! Katso tuolla on poro!

[@DPEELIX]

How are you? Mitä kuuluu?

[@DPEELIX]

You have to learn how to pronounce it takes little bit time to learn:)