WEIRD (but genius) THINGS IN FINNISH HOMES | Part 2

[@davecad]

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[@jopiira]

Another name for bidee shower is pussy phone.

[@anappi4843]

Do you have m&greets?

[@squidcaps4308]

The inventor of the drying rack did it for free; she did not patent it as it was part of a cause for improving daily lives of mostly women in Finland. It is purely altruistic invention, which is way, way better than someone getting rich: those are the stories we actually need today where people just help each other for no other reason than wanting to. And not using the cutting boards: grow up, you are a big man. They are just wood, keep them clean and use for only dry stuff. Cut all the meat, vegetables etc on a separate board. But you are wasting a very, very neat feature there... Especially in the morning, just cut your bread there and leave the crumbs for afternoon ;) wut, duvets don't have the corner holes elsewhere? Why not?.. i never buy another kind. I thought that the hole was he norm and not having it is just mark of incompetence and cutting corners.. or in this case, not cutting them..

[@ahuman2533]

Sillä pienellä suihkulla voi pestä perä reikää and i`m from findland

[@adamplaysrandomgames6146]

Eli ymmärtääks tää äijä suomee? Finland perkele!

[@MikkoTikkanen]

"Students tend to fall asleep into the shower" = Students tend to drunkenly pass out while in the shower

[@davecad]

Haha yeah, that's kind of what I meant 😆

[@MikkoTikkanen]

@@davecad Yeh I know, I just wanted to make clear for anyone else watching that sleeping in the showers isn't actually a thing people do 😛

[@hauskalainen]

Not just students. I met a guy who did this in his flat and flooded several homes on the floor below because there was only one drain. His insurance was not sufficient to cover the damage and only a small inheritance stopped him from going bankrupt.

[@mikrokupu]

Or a student and his guest are drunk and having sex in a shower, one sitting on the drain for long enough to cause a serious flooding. This is what happened in our HOAS apartment complex in Kumpula, a long time ago, I was the one who banged the bathroom door from outside :D

[@MoMsUuH]

Finnish students are alcoholics but you know how are you supposed to study this shit sober? Im just thinking how so many people have had the idea of showering while drunk🤔

[@SirRunk666]

You're telling me that in other parts of the world there are duvet covers without holes in the corners? Wtf? They do also have cars with no doors in them?

[@davecad]

I'm afraid so. At least uncivilised places like the UK 😆

[@minnaminna2062]

Actually in US they don't even use duvet covers. Just plain planket and two sheets under it. And you sleep between the sheet. Life was like that in Finland hundred years ago!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnzLg62XrZWpbpo

[@onboard3]

@@davecad Mind blown. But also kinda makes sense as it's warmer elsewhere, so no need for a warm planket burger, might as well sleep with just a sheet. But with UK heating (or lack of it) I don't know how you managed :D

[@artofstormdancing3319]

@@minnaminna2062 They do this in Japan too. I had no idea how to put sheets when I lived there. I used them all wrong at first, using a mattress cover as a duvet cover and vice versa. Then I saw in Terrace House or some other Japanese TV show how they make the bed... One of the things people take for granted, I put in my feedback form that foreigners should be taught to make the bed, since it is so, so different from us.

[@Aquelll]

Ikea used to have the holes on duvet cover corners but they removed them because people outside of the nordic countries kept returning them because they had holes in them.

[@teppo307]

I have lived in Finland my whole life and i didn't know about second cutting board, but when i went to kitchen to check it out - There it was.

[@Baiko]

I've seen ones that have a second cutting board, but I didn't think my current one had, because it's such a small one, both in width and in height, but there it was.

[@davecad]

There ya go! 😆

[@XGD5layer]

This was not something I expected no, but there it was.

[@helsinginherra1590]

Actually, that isn't cutting board originally. It's for kneading dough. 😀

[@piascott4557]

And not only that but have you ever noticed that you can lift and clip up the drawer's endboard, the one where the handle is attached? It should have tiny hooks that keep it upwards but you can detach that and have it laying flat. Helps and gives you more room, also means you can pull both boards out and place them against the table. Here be a picture: www.hahle.fi/liukukiskot?category=23875578813746281&product=23875578813746349 Also shame on the person who didn't take care of the cutting boards and left them that dirty! We use ours constantly and keep them clean.

[@Asa...S]

Yeah, the standard Scandinavian duvet covers, thats been around for ages. One thing that _really_ annoys me is that IKEA since about 10 years back no longer has the duvet covers with holes in them. Because some stupid people in other countries returned their duvet covers, complaining there were holes in them... So IKEA gave in and adapted their duvet covert to the international duvet cover standard, instead of standing up for something that is an improvement. "They're there for a reason, and it makes life easier!". Why should one remove something smart, because of the stupid people don't get it? A lot of Swedes protested, and this was a thing in the media for a while.

[@tuikkur.5655]

Wow! I thought that Swedes don't understand the greatness of those holes, because Ikea doesn't have them in their duvet covers. So glad to learn that I was wrong! 😃👍

[@herrakaarme]

Thanks for the info! I was also wondering why Ikea's didn't have them, but then I just thought that having the holes there would make the manufacturing process 10 seconds longer, so Ikea is saving money by not having them. I'm glad to know the real reason.

[@Kk-dh2qw]

THIS! Buying sheets in IKEA is a nightmare

[@Asa...S]

@@tuikkur.5655 Yeah, we _do_ understand the greatness of the holes, and I took them for granted growing up, that's what a duvet cover was like so I was so surprised when I bought a duvet cover at IKEA and the holes were'nt there any more! It's not us, but IKEA who doesn't understand the greatness. Or they care more about the bigger markets abroad, that doesn't get it. Super annoying when the duvet is "on the run" inside the cover, turning into a bundle. When you have the holes it's so easy to stick in your hands, find the corners and shake and kick a bit and the whole thing is good again, it's so easy that one can almost do it in ones sleep. But without them it's almost impossible. I had to slit the stiches open to make the holes myself (others are even more drastic: google "Ilskan mot Ikeas lakan fick Eleonor att göra något galet"). I think that IKEA at least could make it an option, and have both duvet covers with the holes, and without, so the customers could make their own choices. Finns and Swedes (and some occational Brit) unite! Let's get the holes back!

[@davecad]

Mega interesting! Thanks for this!

[@crimsomnia1415]

"It's almost like a human right in Finland that everybody should have an access to a sauna if they so please" - This is more true than you might know: If you live in a rented apartment any extra expenses for reserving the sauna for use once a week is backed up by the government in your income support, to which finns are entitled to as legislated in by the law. So yeah, it basically is a human right, no matter how poor you are.

[@henriikkak2091]

Prisoners have access to sauna as well.

[@Pinkielover]

I think I used a sauna once in my life.. At the local Marriott..i just tured 46

[@channel_._.]

@@Pinkielover you should use it more

[@siiricorn1606]

The toilet shower is a lifesaver for all women.

[@erddun]

That is not what its meant For

[@asku6675]

Pimppipuhelin

[@siiricorn1606]

Pillupuhelin täällä päin

[@darkpassenger8777]

Pussyphone

[@HokoriJS]

But its still good for that! But what is it mean to use?

[@NinjaBee81]

Sigh... Well, against what you said, I'll leave "that" comment: Of course you don't use the bidet shower, you're a man! But for us women the bidet shower is extremely practical, u know, for that time of the month when we have to give extra attention to our personal hygiene. D'uh!

[@TheTekuli]

And Finnish muslims like this a lot since it makes it easy to clean up before praying!

[@MrCastleJohnny]

Thanks Serafine, we dont need to know all the details but the bum gun is very usefull for the guys too.

[@unicornqueen9049]

Men can use it too 😂

[@Daagon123]

Don't be sexist, the bidet shower is used by us men too.

[@roskanjauhaja]

En ymmärrä miksi ikinä raastaisit paperilla pepun verille kun voit pestä sen toimituksen jälkeen? yäk

[@ak1196]

Couple differences I have noticed to be better in Finnish homes/public areas. 1st: the locks in the main doors are much easier to use and you don't need to lock your door when you leave the flat. 2nd: windows have several layers which make apartments much warmer. 3rd: usually all the doors opens to outside, not inside, due the fire safety reasons. Especially in the uk all the public toilet doors are opening to inside which makes the toilet much smaller and harder to reach..

[@Mysticpaw]

Ofcourse you need to lock your flat's door.

[@wanhapatu]

@@Mysticpaw Nah, it usually locks automatically when you close the door.

[@Mysticpaw]

@@wanhapatu ah, now i get what you mean :D i thought that you dont lock your doors at all :D

[@sebsacademy5500]

The locking drives me crazy here in Australia, we've got a front and back door, I leave from the back door often, lock it with a key, which back-locks it, come in through the front door and forget to UNLOCK the back door from the inside with a freaking key. As Aussies always use the back door for visiting friends, when someone's at the back door, I have to find the key to unlock the door for them - not to mention the possibility there's a fire and I can't get out because I can't find a freaking key in a burning house. Missing Abloy. :'(

[@wanhapatu]

@@sebsacademy5500 Sounds very bad. How can that even be legal?

[@paulah.l.]

TMI: The bidet is the one thing I miss THE MOST when travelling abroad. Hands down. It is useful in so many ways, like you said. But for a woman, even more than you might know. Also, I've always used those cutting boards as extra counter space while baking or cooking, especially if you need to lay down something hot. No need to look for any kind of potholders, just put it straight on the wood and keep the actual counter for other things.

[@fdagpigj]

yup, my countertop space is so limited and even most of it taken by my coffee machine so I have to use the cutting board as countertop space every day when making food.

[@yananasbanas]

there's no shame saying it. living abroad i miss having an easy way to shower my ass with warm water. i've even heard that somewhere in advanced countries in east asia toilets come built with that functionality!

[@emmamemma4162]

You can buy a bidet to carry with you and attach to the faucet.

[@kristagibbons8568]

As a fellow finnish person, i can't agree more! Now living in the UK and one of my dreams is to get bidé shower to our toilet 😅

[@vinrod4]

I feel like the sofistication of a culture can be judged solely on its bathroom habits. Us Sweeds are definitely less sofisticated, and Japan of course the most. Would love a spray up the butt after a proper blow-out.

[@Jazzy.girl.Sarah2023]

I moved to Finland 4 years ago. We use the hand shower all the time for personal hygiene as well as for cleaning our dogs. We also use it to clean the bathroom. It was something I'd never used but now I can't imagine my life without it!

[@ahsokatano7592]

Im my finnish school we spray them at each other

[@meeri532]

Dave! many people have their plastic cuttingboards in that built in cuttingboard thing. So you can have a clean cuttingboard and also enjoy the convenience of that luxury. Just start storing your boring plastic boards in there and your life will change

[@mossmortis]

As long as you clean it with right products, especially ones that destroy bacteria etc, then it's clean and handy.

[@davecad]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Humalkeisari]

@@davecad I used to clean apartments as my job and the way we cleaned those was by scraping off a bit of the wood on top with this sharp scraper thing we got, and then cleaning it using the normal chemicals we used for cleaning everything else, and then rinsing it with clean water. Looks good as new!

[@Darxxxyde]

BTW wood is scientifically proven to be a lot more hygienic cutting board material than plastic. In plastic ones water gets to the tiny cuts and creases and doesn't dry out easily which allows the bacteria to grow. Wood is pourous and surface dries out very fast.

[@yeahnoway111]

better thing is to replace the stupid wooden thing with a normal drawer and store them in there

[@velimahmoud]

Wait, I thought sheet covers had those holes everywhere! Changing sheets is propably a huge pain in the ass without them.

[@Unknown_crusader]

I can only imagine the pain

[@Sunflamer]

It's not that dreadful. You just turn the sheet inside out, grab hold of the corners of the duvet whilst holding on to the corners inside of the sheet and then flip the sheet over the duvet. Not that much different than the way we do it.

[@Birgit330]

I agree. No holes in Australian duvet covers. I miss it unless you make holes yourself.

[@94raipe]

Same problem in the states.. gonna bring a pair from back home next time I visit hahaha

[@jasminkln]

It is

[@nomimics]

Hey, just fyi. If you leave the inner door open when you leave your apartment and your apartment catches fire, the insurance won't like it. Because it prevents the fire from spreading to the hallway in case of said fire. And it also makes your apartment more fireproof if there is a fire already in the hallway.

[@davecad]

I never even thought about this!

[@Elissago]

Actually I also read that new apartments that are built air-tight do not have the inner door for if there is a fire in the apartment you can not get out of there because of the excess pressure created by the fire! The inner door will not open for a couple of minutes and you might get trapped in your house. So since last year it has been forbidden to install an inner door in an apartment.

[@KatiLust]

Yep, I moved into a new, freshly finished apartment about an year ago - no inner door.

[@MoMsUuH]

Yeah that is true. The pressure is so hard that even firemen have had difficulties to get those extra doors open during a fire. And so many people has died just because they couldn't get out of their apartment because of that door. So if you are burning candles you may want to leave that door open just in case.

[@PaveMentman]

---- Ya'll probably referencing to to city-centre-apartments with machine-powered-ventilation, in which case there is no "natural"-airflow. In "normal" apartments you can safely still install the "windcloset"-door since the air-intake comes through the window-frames with natural-(under)pressure. --- --- ---

[@Pammellam]

In Japan, all duvet covers have ties on the inside. And the duvet itself has a little loop at each corner and on the sides. When you’re putting on the new duvet cover you take the little ties and put them into the loop on the duvet and tie them in a bow. The duvet will never move around inside the cover and become misshapen. Also in India, many of the toilets that I visited while staying in India, had those little shower thingies connected to the toilet most likely for the same purpose. Here in Japan modern toilets come with little “showers” Spickets on the inside of a toilet that you can activate and it does it’s job without you having to hold anything. And we takeoff our shoes in Japan at the front door as well.

[@juhomakia5126]

Best thing about the sauna is the fresh feeling afterwards! You never have as fresh feeling with shower only.

[@davecad]

True! It's like a deep clean!

[@madonpoikanen]

Yes! Kyllä tämä on yksi niitä saunan taikoja!

[@Unknown_crusader]

Outo kyl mä en oo koskaan ollu kova saunoja, mut voin ihan suoraan olla samaa mieltä tosta raikkaudesta.

[@AHVENAN]

@@davecad That is literally what it is, because when you sweat the sweat "pushes out" any dirt in your pores, so you're cleaning the skin from the inside basically

[@MrCastleJohnny]

The bidet shower or the "bum gun" as we say is a lot more hygienic than the toilet paper...imagine if you would fall over on a poop, would you wipe it off with a paper or would you wash it off with water? Water!

[@masterticcu]

In Finland its called a "pussy phone"

[@akkea1021]

@@masterticcu Pillupuhelin suoraan suomennettuna

[@JormaKovanen]

@@masterticcu My own word for it: Ass hole shower. I have been using it for some years now, and I'm now over 60 years old. It is good for perfect washing your ass.

[@dosetti]

Not to mention how majority of the worlds people use water, not paper..

[@Manintoga]

Started using it for cleaning out my ass years ago never looked back (lol). TP is for drying your freshly washed ass.

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

Originally the "cutting board" was ment to be baking surface, as far as I know. Many people still think its cutting board.

[@kostimyllymaa9527]

Kiva tietää..

[@jessinfinland1618]

Even the prisons in Finland have sauna smh

[@davecad]

WHAT!? 😂

[@Cherubi-chan]

I've never thought of that and I never knew but like, why wouldn't they have a sauna ^^;;; Surely you need a sauna if you have the showers.

[@TTArt]

Well to be honest, the prisons in Finland have a lot more than just saunas. They have things like gyms, sports halls, libraries, music rooms with instruments, chapels, lounges and so on. The inmates are basically living in small flats with their own bathrooms, TV and sometimes computer (apparently even with an online access, depending on the security level) too. And within their time in prison they often work on different crafting, maintenance and other type of work tasks. You might ask why should prisoners have such good conditions, but it's based on the assumption that it's the best way to maintain their possibility to actually adapt back to the society after serving their sentence. In Finland losing your freedom is the punishment. And you might also be surprised to know, but in Nordic countries with the similar prison system, there are less "lifestyle criminals" than anywhere else in the world. As in people who repeat their offences once released from prison. There are still issues with the justice system, especially when it comes to those "lifestyle criminals", murderers, rapists and so on. Often times even murderers get released back to the society after like 15 years of time served, even if it's clear that they would pose a huge risk to the people around them.

[@jamesbernadette6216]

Conveniently doubles as a torture chamber for foreign convicts ;)

[@onerva0001]

Access to a sauna _is_ a human right in Finland! ;-)

[@vikipoyta]

I think the sink showerhead is generally used by women for various bodily functions. I usually use it only when cleaning things in the bathroom. Instead of cleaning things like walls, mirrors etc. with a rag you just rinse everything with running water.

[@erddun]

Nah

[@maesterkeimo5723]

It washes cunts and dicks and even helps with really dirty dishes

[@0xbaadf00d]

Also having that inner door makes it possible to have a cover on the door unlock mechanism on the inside. So that you cannot open the outside door through the mailbox with a specific tool. The cover looks like a metallic cup, which is around the unlock latch. It makes a seal against the inner door. You don't have one on your door.

[@storyspren]

Gotta say I really didn't appreciate the holes in duvet cover corners enough until I had to put on ones without them.

[@realkilju]

A duvet cover without the holes on the corners is the worst thing ever

[@irishrebublican7832]

Mikä on duvet suomeksi?

[@realkilju]

@@irishrebublican7832 siis unohtu sana "cover" ton duvet jälkeen :/

[@terppa_]

I sometimes wash my hair in the sink with the bidet 😂

[@morishidol4209]

Terppa Pesen useasti hiukseni bideellä ei tarvi riisua alasti kylmään jos haluaa vain hiukset pestä

[@watata1t]

Kansainvälisesti tuo veto on tunnettu nimella "Hoe Bath" 🤣

[@lissachaput7690]

In Canada homes often have two doors as well, except the exterior door is called a screen door because it usually is a screen or has a window that opens to a screen so you can get cool air in your house in the summer time (most homes don’t have air conditioning) and we use it as an extra security precaution because you can see who is at your door and remain locked behind the screen door when you answer it.

[@annikki333]

I personally wouldn't mind if I didn't have a bidee showerhead in my house and I've never really understood the point of it. But a friend of mine described that using a bathroom without a bidee (= only toilet paper) is like being in that comedy clip where a man tries to wash his shampoo off of his head in a beach shower but someone keeps squirting more shampoo in his head. So there are people who feel absolutely disgusting without a bidee.

[@annehatinen5789]

Common way to built sauna to your appartment is to renovate a walk-in-closet to sauna if it's next to bathroom. My brother-in-law did that couple times. Building sauna were very common back in the days but there was time when they didn't built them to new buildings and at that time they made one for every (?) appartment. Now the common saunas are back in fashion. It's good bc you can go to lenkkisauna (= public for the building resident, men and women have own time), if you don't have your own weekly reservation.

[@WMfin]

Also, finnish homes are pretty well insulated. Windows have triple layers etc so for us it is strange to hear people dying else where when temperature falls to zero.

[@steveofficial7834]

screw you and your fancy newer house, our windows are double glazed the insulation in the frames is starting to go so the warmest our apartment has been this winter was 20 degrees with the heating on.

[@WMfin]

@@steveofficial7834 my current apartment is from the '70s :D Still, 20'C is not bad since it's been quite cold this winter.

[@steveofficial7834]

@@WMfin Well now I'm confused. Mine is built '98 and we only have double glazed. And yeah 20c is still sort of comfortable but that's with the heating on full power and it only kicked in properly just before christmas. The beginning of the winter was just weeks of waking up and being cold before even getting out of bed.

[@WMfin]

@@steveofficial7834 there can be big differences in houses. This one is not the warmest but also far from coldest I have lived in. If heating is through public network then they usually wait until last possible moment before they turn on the heat valves

[@steveofficial7834]

@@WMfin yeah that is why I hate winters, at worst the heating goes on when it's already -5. Doesn't help that the insulation around the windows is cracked or something on several windows so there's a terrible draft. We've had dudes come in and check them several times since the summer and they've said they fixed it like 7 times and said nothing's wrong maybe 4 times.

[@Hnzuu]

Dave, are you telling me you never have explosive diarrhea or a sticky poop? And if you do, do you just try to clean it with toiletpaper or do you hop in the shower afterwards? To me the first option seems somewhat unclean and the second time-consuming. The bidet shower is a genius thing to have in those situations.

[@jaakkosaarinen6872]

The double door is allso really good if you have pets because then tey cant scratch the expensive door

[@davecad]

Ahhh yes! That's great!

[@Darxxxyde]

Thanks to the second door ("väliovi" in finnish) pets can't get to your mail and rip them apart. And your crazy pet-hating neighbour can't feed your pet (or your small children) poisoned food through the letterbox. It's also a lot harder for thieves to open the door through the letterbox when the "väliovi" is closed. But mainly it's for insulation and soundproofing and to avoid draftiness (the airflow between the downstairs main doors and your apartment's open window or balcony door etc.).

[@EvilBone80]

Pet's can also eat your mail without the second door ;)@@davecad

[@EvilBone80]

Ah, en nähny sun kommenttia.. itsekin juuri tämän totesin :) @@Darxxxyde

[@MoMsUuH]

@@Darxxxyde because finns are paranoid😂

[@mutrunen]

Best duvet covers in the world ❤️ Other things I miss from Finland when abroad: juustohöylä and our little can openers. I don’t want a can opener so big that it needs a bloody tool box!

[@JormaKovanen]

Juustohöylä was invented about 80 years ago in Norway. He was a cabinet maker. I remenber this story because I was a subscriber of "Tekniikan historia".

[@mutrunen]

Cool, thanks for the info. I never claimed it was Finnish just like I didn’t with the can openers. They’re just things I miss from home when travelling, cos I tend to go to places outside the Nordic countries where ”the barbarians” cut cheese with a knife 😩😩 And have can openers the size of a hammer! Did you know that some ppl claim that kuivauskaappi is actually an american invention and not finnish?

[@JormaKovanen]

@@mutrunen I remember that was a invention of "Suomen työtehoseura" after the 2nd world war. Now I will use Google: I never thought that there were a patent for it in Finland. It was patented in USA in 1930 or 1932! yle.fi/uutiset/3-9928531 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_drying_cabinet

[@viriili]

If I remember correctly, Mr.Finlayson was originally Scottish. He started a cotton factory in Tampere year 18xx.

[@davecad]

Correct! I got a little bit of a tour of the Finlayson grounds when I was in Tampere last summer :)

[@JormaKovanen]

@@davecad If you go to Forssa (and I think also in Vaasa there was Finlayson) you can see a huge ex Finlayson factory. There is a CM (CityMarket) inside it, and it occupies only a small part of the original weaving mill building. Just one km away is the spinning building.

[@SocialistFinn1]

is it a coincidence that his name was "Finlayson"?

[@Zumppi11]

The bidet shower is really helpful tbh, the warm water helps with some of my intense stomach pains (literally my lifesavior) and it also helps with showering/bathing/cleaning babies.

[@cirlex5104]

Also for washing pets. I have no idea how americans and brits do this..

[@oscargold1554]

Finland is a solution orientated country and people.

[@mikitz]

I notice that whenever I go anywhere abroad.

[@ruusutapetti8169]

Does Cat find it funny when you are so excited when discovering these inventions in finnish homes? 😂 Great video!

[@davecad]

A little bit! Although I think after she spent 10 years in England, some of these things are amazing to her also!

[@ruusutapetti8169]

@@davecad Haha and yeah that must be true!

[@hane3211]

Suomiperkele

[@ralsei9512]

*cat*

[@maxisdead2672]

Cat?

[@nightnope]

3:10 that pimppiluuri is the best thing when you are a student and dont have money for the toilet paper.. or after exploding diarrea :D

[@ggunni]

How do you dry your wet ass then without toilet paper?

[@ucco3044]

@@ggunni you dont

[@PYRZl10]

"pimppiluuri" huutista :DDD

[@wolfsoul9743]

@@ggunni same way you dry it after shower?

[@leevi5021]

Huutista pillupuhelimelle

[@ainohautamaki2648]

In the 1960s, maybe 70s or something, in Finland there were big campaigns in "home making" magazines that were really popular at the time BASICALLY saying "men CAN use bidet showers too! It doesn't take away your manliness to be clean, nobody will judge you. Make your wife's laundry day better." Not as direct, but basically that. Long articles about personal hygiene and stuff. So I think you can pretty much add bidet shower on the list of things that potentially save relationships. I also feel like they should publish new articles on the matter, just in case. If I somehow moved into an apartment without one, it would be the first thing to buy and install.

[@MrBeldin]

Those shared saunas in big apartment buildings are something that I am not interested at all as a Finn. In fact, a lot of Finns don't really bother with them. Huge downside of them is that in modern buildings, ventilation is usually working "too well" and the heat in electric saunas becomes very dry, which is something I definitely don't enjoy at all. However, access to a more traditional wood stove sauna, in a building with only natural ventilation that doesn't dry up everything instantly, should be a basic human right. There's no better way to relax after day's work than heating such an old sauna only up to 60°C, maybe 70°C max, and enjoy the steamy and very, very sweaty atmosphere and the sounds of crackling fire for an extended duration. I often stay there for an hour or more, adding just enough logs into the stove to keep the temperature somewhat steady. I think the biggest mistake made by those that are new to saunas is that they heat it up too much. For example, English language Wikipedia article claims that "typical" temperature would be 80-110°C, but that's way too much in my opinion, especially in those very dry electric saunas. Also, wood stove saunas heated up to reasonable temperatures (look above) can be very good experiences for anyone suffering from asthma. My friend's foreign wife had been in saunas before and never liked them because they felt so hot and dry and it was even more difficult than usual for her to even breath afterwards... but when they were visiting here and she got into an old wood stove sauna (that my 1970's house has) for the first time in her life, she said it was the best thing ever. Her asthma wasn't bothering her for several days. So, there is a difference between a sauna and a real sauna. Big difference. :P

[@jessehamis]

8:46 ALOT of Finnish homes have a little hallway between those doora to leave your shoes etc

[@katriarjava658]

I'm sure your lovely lady wife is grateful for the bidet shower both at home and in public toilets. She can explain you the facts of life if needed. These videos are nice because we may not appreciate our own cleverness unless someone from outside points them out.

[@alsunpilsut]

Believe me, for us women the bidet shower is vital 😂. I've visited London three times, each time I was on my period and I could not find one single bidet shower in the whole city which made me think that British women just don't get periods 😅. Too much information, I know, but trust me: that little shower can't be appreciated enough 😂.

[@sirtinderloin7399]

The drying cupboard doesn't work in most places. In Finland it does, because Finnish water is very soft, low in calcium. In most places water is hard, which leaves stains if left drying on their own in the cupboard.

[@1lmp1]

Ok Dave, about the TMI, do not be such a Britt! You live in Finland now so get with the program! If you were a woman you would understand the meaning of bide shower. But there is also another use for it. Usually the shower handle does not have a long enough hose so to have a second on the other end of the bathroom works well, and here is a way to use it. When I lived in Finland I washed my bathroom in less than 10 minutes. Want to surprise you wife with a sparkling clean bathroom, take a scrubby sponge and wet it with a cleaner. I used to use dish washing liquid mostly since it is not caustic. Remove towels etc and sponge all the wall tiles with the soapy sponge. Then just use the shower head to rinse all the walls down, avoid the door etc. While the water flows down the drain it will same time wash the floor. Try it, fast and easy. Then about the sauna, you still do not understand sauna. When I moved to USA the first thing I missed was sauna and the second was ruislimppu and reikäleipä.

[@emmuskah]

I don't use bide shower during daily business on the toilet, but I (and many other women) use it during period as well as after intercourse for easy cleanup. It actually has a kinda rude nickname: "pillupuhelin" :D

[@timomastosalo]

Sauna. In the ancient days, when a Finnish family build a completely new house, with its additional store houses, cattle sheds etc. - they built first sauna, before the main building. Why? Because in sauna you can even on the boards, there's fireplace usually, so you can cook (or they maybe cooked outside on a fire) - and of course you can wash. Remind you - the main function of a sauna is to bathe, that's why it's still in every building in cities too. It's a type of bath, a sweat bath. Then the main building of the household was build second. Finns were traditionally delivered in this world - yes, you guessed it - in sauna. That where the best washing chances were. And thoguh they are not as hygienical as hospitals, they were adequatly clean places. Children didn't catch deseases there, though they had high risk otherwise to die young. For dire nutrition, no doctors until 19th century (until 20th century often in the countryside) - and banally enough: because people were not washing hands, eacept in the sauna days. So maybe once a week? This would need confirmation. But anyway, the hand hygiene was not good.

[@ajappinen1007]

My father served in Libanon and they build camp in there and the first thing built there was sauna

[@Taffoman]

@@ajappinen1007 I don't think there is a Finnish peacekeeper camp that doesn't have Sauna :D

[@mikitz]

Sauna is definitely the first thing you'll miss abroad. Don't forget that sauna is basically our indigenous form of a shrine, complete with its own mythology. Regardless of your religious views.

[@OnniMaria]

That isn't actually cutting board.. This is part what what most Finnish people doesn't know and ruin it by cutting food products and can't clean it properly. It is actually board to knead the dough. That upper part is newer part and it is for cutting bread. That is leftover from old times 😂 BUT good place keep actually cutting boards 🤣

[@fannyl6881]

I had no idea about that. But I don't really understand how you're supposed to knead the dough without breaking the parts where the board is attached. It's feels quite weak.

[@livsalonen2654]

Päivätär vittu toi on kuttinkpoard meil on tollane kotoo

[@OnniMaria]

@@livsalonen2654 älä ihmeessä, jokaisessa suomalaisessa kodissa on. Se ei ole leikkuulauta. (Suosittelen opettelemaan kirjoittamaan edes Suomea oikein, kumpikaan ei luonnistu ja kirosanat tekevät sinusta vain pöljän.)

[@OnniMaria]

@@fannyl6881 Technically you don't need to kill the dough 😂 previous apartment where i lived, had brand new and it was steady, didn't need so much flour on it too

[@danuzz_]

@@OnniMaria kyllä mä uskon et jos nyt menisin kokeilemaan ni menis paskaks

[@stellaeleptheriadou3062]

The duvet covers with the holes in the corners are standard also in Germany. As well as having two separate duvets on a double bed for a couple. Both very practical and appreciated!

[@mzza]

This man pronounces "sauna" right!

[@Finwingman]

There are three saunas even in my workplace, and that is not a very big company

[@davecad]

hahaha amazing!

[@annbellgrau]

Also in schools, everytime we went skiing in PE they heated the sauna so we could go there afterwards (but maybe not every school has that)

[@Unknown_crusader]

@@annbellgrau Yeah I haven't seen one of those in my schools. There's shower areas though!

[@Kk-dh2qw]

you can sand the cutting board with sand paper and it will be like a new one again, get rid of that nasty surface the previous tenant has left there!

[@dosetti]

Usually its made of plywood so no sanding deep scratches. I made new ones (4) for 20euros.

[@yaddle92]

The second door in the hallway also gives some protection in case of fires. It takes approximately 15 minutes of burning and those 15 minutes are a lifesaver for your neighbours in most cases

[@JM-wd8pg]

Yes! I have been waiting for a part 2 of this! 🙌🏼

[@davecad]

💪💪💪

[@wolfsoul9743]

put those plastic cuttingboards on top of the wooden ones that way you have a clean cutting board and more space. i use that "mini shover" usually when i have soup or gravy left on a pot and im washing it down the toilet :D and i live in a home that has 2 drains in bathroom and this is not a student home its owner-occupied flat i think? :D

[@xKuukkelix]

4:42 also if you pass out in lying down position and block the drain, you might drown if you are face down. When you talked about that, I remembered my mom warning me about that way back

[@bilboswaggings]

you can get one of those thin plastic cutting boards to put on top of the wooden ones so it clean and if it's small enough or foldable you can use the drying rack for it too

[@edenlotjonen6797]

omg i didn’t even know or realize finnish people are so genius. all these handy things 😵 impressive.

[@amoron6419]

Essi Maria pääkii ämmä

[@edenlotjonen6797]

a moron hahaha.

[@disorder1111]

There are actually many people who do not use the shower. I have been called weird multiple times for using it. I personally can't understand why anyone would try to scrape their ass clean with paper when there's shower on the wall next to them.

[@maksymfrantsuzov1338]

'cause you can spatter your legs and pants with water from the bidet shower

[@Masykification]

Yeah exactly, I haven't been brought up with it either, but when I discovered it, it changed my life! If the choice is between a) scrape your ass with paper until it bleeds, use up an entire roll of paper, still have poop left over, feel gross all day and have skidmarks, or b) clean yourself without getting up or undressing, use couple of squares of paper to dry up, feel clean and amazing - why would anyone not want to go for it? Baffling.

[@MILJAMM]

No, you use "persepyyhe" a "towel for ass only" of course.

[@MILJAMM]

@Paul Denino It's not shitty. :D And how do people dry themselves after full shower anyway?

[@MILJAMM]

@Paul Denino OMG. 🤯 That's so not true! At home it's easy to do both of those. 🤣

[@marienurmi8649]

American married to a Finnish man here, I found all of these things relatable and genius except for one...I absolutely hate the open holes in the duvet covers, not only do I feel it makes the cover look worse but the function makes no sense to me. Living in America I was used to buying duvet covers that had little strings in all the corners so that you could tie the comforter corners to keep them in place. But, the Finnish duvet cover designs are 1000x more beautiful than American designs so I guess Finland still wins :)

[@Masykification]

Yeah, I'm not really in love with it either. Sure it's convenient, but I don't like the duver sticking out of all the holes and getting dirty/staying dirty after sheets are changed. Especially in the bottom which is often basically a gaping hole!

[@iramm]

I'd never in a million years cut anything on those rental home cutting boards, but those are great for storing baking sheet, foil, cling film and sandwich bag rolls! Just take the extra cutting board out and then you can fit all that stuff in there.

[@samiviitasalo1173]

Finnish guy who have lived in Italy years here. I want to talk about couple things. First, I don't think there is two drains because of that what you said. I just think is it because there is two water points, so each have own drain. Also other drain is there if washing machine brokes and leaks water. Also I think is that apartment buildings there is more drains, because if there is water leak, it would ruin apartments below too. Duvet cover holes are really genius stuff and we don't have those in Italy too. Every time changing cover feels like a fight what feels pointless. We have in Italy little dish drying cabinet, but it's so crappy if compare to Finnish ones. It is over the sink, but it doesn't have just holes underneath, it have a metal liter where all water goes. And of course because it's under there hiding under the never know when it is full and when it is full, it starts to drop water over boards, side of the sink, over oven. Oh that is so bad design it make my head hurts regular basis. Other things what I miss about Finnish houses, is the Abloy locks and keys. In my Finnish childhood home I have just one key what opens 3 different doors. Also locks are very safe and hard to lockpick. In Italy i have 10 different keys for my house! Also always need lock and unlock when coming and going. When I get out of my house I use couple minutes just locking things up. Also Italian houses are isolated so badly. I live in northern Italy and we have many times subzero temperatures, but nothing to compares what is winter like in Finland. Still i spend 2-3 times the money for heating and still house are colder than houses in Finland. Windows and doors are just so bad here.

[@seneca983]

But many apartments have bathrooms with two water points and only one drain. I don't see any situation where the second drain is helpful except the case of a drain being blocked by something on top of it.

[@Tuikkari]

2 drains is because of people falling asleep in shower. When ever new student building is built it is rule to have two of them. I know this because it is my work to manage these building projects.

[@adamplaysrandomgames6146]

Drill holes on the thing. Boom problem solved finnish style.

[@liiasjoona3144]

How long did it take tocwrite

[@adamplaysrandomgames6146]

@@liiasjoona3144 probably a long time

[@sinstinct]

I have lived in Finland for 3 years now and I was also mindblown by the cleverness of all the things you mention in this video, BUT, your comment about the sauna in Finland as almost "a human right" is one of the (or the) most accurate, epic and funny description I've heard of what sauna means here.

[@moistalpaca]

I moved to England a while ago and I really miss almost all of these things. Sometimes it just feels weird how a small country can be so much ahead on small things like the drying rack or holes in duvet covers 😂

[@oskariliikanen]

4:07 not judging i wear t-shirts year round and shorts if im in side

[@davecad]

YES! SHORTS CREW!

[@henkkahenrik4183]

I wear t shirts all year round even outside. 😂

[@topi2371]

@@henkkahenrik4183 but do you have - 35c outdoors in your country

[@henkkahenrik4183]

TopiVerneri TM easily. Bitch i'm a Finn. Actually i used live in northen Savo when i was a kid. I still remember all the times we went swimming into avanto or slept outside in sleeping bags in mid winter when i was kid. I kinda always had really good cold resistance even compared to my parent, but by the time i was 7 i was pretty much immune to the cold. I remember fighting with dad all the time because i hated jackets and wanted to go out in t shirt, and my dad wanted to dress me like a fucking eskimo. (actually i'm an adult now and i still sometimes argue with him about that specific subject.) 😂

[@therealsuomi1153]

@@henkkahenrik4183 and you skiid 30km to your school everyday...

[@opeltulikylkee7479]

The extra door at 9:16 can also be used to keep household pets in (cats dogs etc.) if you are doing something like bringing in a ton of grocery bags, furniture, new TV or anything that might require more than one trip. You don't need to search for your keys frantically when you are holding your new TV as you can practically almost open the door with your foot. And your cat hasn't escaped!

[@miiaruuttula5953]

Whereas Finnish apartments have double doors, houses typicalle have little vestibules to block the cold air flowing inside and warm air escaping out during winter. Having that as a norm, I find those American houses really weird where the entrance takes you straight to the living room.

[@yayayayahshayays2932]

Tai sitten ne vaan on tehny ne niin 😂 tai se on joku tapa

[@AHVENAN]

One lil trick with the duvet cover that makes the process even easier yet than the method you showed in the video, turn the cover inside out first, then slide your arms in at the bottom end with the bigger hole, hands through the small holes in the corners, grab the duvet and pull

[@MrYuutube]

Can you make a video about the things that UK apartments do better than finnish ones? Curious to know :)

[@davecad]

That would be a short video 😆

[@krisumate]

Nothing. ;) I've lived in the UK for 5 years and I miss the Finnish flats (or triple-glazed windows and insulation). :D

[@akux5588]

They do nothing better

[@myrica_gale]

Things worse in UK than in Finland: Doors open inwards. Need a key to lock the door, from either side of it. Carpeting. Two separate taps on sinks. Small windows, either single layer glass or two layers but enclosed unit so can't fit the blinds between. Bathrooms aren't water tight ("wet rooms" are). Baths have the overflow too low. Washing machine is in the kitchen. There isn't any storage space aside from understairs cupboard and loft, you need to buy wardrobes separately. Two things that are better in UK: power sockets and plugs are genius, and most houses have gas hobs.

[@aipsventures]

there would be none!! as a finn, three years in an english appartment was hell.. not only does it lack these "weird" inventions, but also it has full floor carpets.. most unhygienic thing ever.. also constant draft, single glass windows and humid humid humid!! and much much more... you have to buy things from the store to fix these when you live there.. like salt in a bowl and PILLOWS for the gap in the door.. smh.. no offence but I actually suffered from it. there was mold and it rained trough our kitchen window... never going back! :'D

[@liab435]

Tbh, that bidet shower. I'm a foreigner in finland and tmi, but having my period got a WHOLE lot easier. Also stomach bugs. And cleaning the toilet. And baby-buts. 🙈🙈

[@PEveningale]

Oh I wish I had an inner door in my apartment! This is the first apartment I've lived in that doesn't have one and oh boy did it mess me up at first. One of those things you learn to appreciate when you don't have it anymore.

[@MoMsUuH]

I'm paranoid and keep it closed so no-one can see through my eyehole or letterbox #onlyfinnishthings

[@LumiSisuSusi]

The light fixtures are strange but also genius!! We moved into our place and I was shocked that there was not any lights - nada! In the UK there would have been at least basic bulbs with no shade, but here you take the entire fixture with you. It's definitely something you should show the viewers.

[@LumiSisuSusi]

and the super thick radiators and triple glazing!

[@LumiSisuSusi]

and the electric car heaters that people have if they rent a car parking space where they live. Fortunately we are lucky enough to have a garage that's heated to around 21 degrees C so we don't need to plug our car in to keep it warm and working throughout winter.

[@paligga]

Once you get used to the bide shower you dont want to live without. Feels good man.

[@SomchaiSpeaks]

Here in Thailand, where it is hot and humid, we eat a lot of spicy food. In all more modern homes you will find what you called a bidet shower, and what we call a bum gun! There is nothing more refreshing than a good spritz with cool water and when I visit countries without the bum gun I really miss it.

[@requillE]

I personally use the mini-showerhead if I'm lazy and just want to wash my hair without going to the shower itself

[@samposyreeni]

One thing maybe worthy of notice in Finland are the locks on the doors. Basically every lock around is either some version of the Abloy (AB Lukko OY) mechanical disc detainer design, or one of the newer electronic ones like iLoq (also a Finnish invention; electronic, but operated solely on energy scavenged from the act of inserting the key; no battery to run out!). In other parts of the world those kinds of things are usually reserved for high security applications, but here they're par of the course for your front door.

[@eerikh6000]

3:25 its pillupuhelin

[@eliastoukka]

???

[@TheLanttulaatikko]

many call that little shower with that name

[@ttlbig]

Ye they teach that in construction school too. Least to us back in -99 :) And yes, it's for womens hygiene during their period.

[@NikoLattu]

Pillupuhelin=pussyPhone

[@mikkomansikka5704]

@@ttlbig It's pretty handy in several cases for real. It's not only for women. Or if those would, why so many toilets for men have them aswell (Example hospitals)

[@stellannie86]

To be honest, the fact that you told us you _don't_ use the bidet shower, was a bit of TMI. :D

[@Raimond799]

Sauna is good for your health. It lows your blood pressure and helps you to get of your old skin.

[@mikitz]

It's also an artificial fever that kills off most of contagious diseases.

[@Hirnlego999]

It also shrinks the brain.

[@kilppari78]

I'll give you an example for the use of bidet shower: take a bathroom with just the toilet and sink, and a 10 liter bucket that you need to fill up with water (say, it's your turn to wash the floors). Try filling it from the tap over the sink; If you actually manage to fit it under that tap then try getting it out with water in it. This is where bidet shower comes in handy. Not to mention washing your... umm... jingles, if you may.

[@sulosky]

If would have been super fun if someone would have peeked from the letterbox just after you talked about it :D

[@davecad]

I should have had someone do it, shouldn't I? hahah that would have been funny!

[@MrsArcticRainbow]

I use the chopping boards area (both of them) - for storage! Menus and paper doilies on the upper one and my thin flexible Ikea chopping boards on top of the lower one! What about mentioning the metal mesh vents, the metal washable vent guard above the oven, the fact that all the white goods come ready in the rentals, mirrors with shelves, mini bins not the large yucky british ones and the general habit of couples having single duvets? Enjoying the videos! Greetings from Rovaniemi. A female Brit, resident in Lapland for 15 years...(initially 8 years in Sodankylä) :)

[@vernonyeahpullup]

you can wash the bathroom floor with the shower thingy

[@matthewspencer2094]

the drain under a shower gets blocked with hair, tenants will use it anyway and won't tell the landlord having a backup away from where people groom is a great idea, wish that was standard in NZ

[@somethingidk3847]

the bathroom shower thingy is sooo useful for women. neccesary

[@liljasyysvaara3596]

The bidee is really very useful. You just have to think a little(really not even that much) outside the box. (You also save the toiletpaper if you use it to the funktion it is ment to and dry with towel afterwards) Other than the obvious, you can use it for many other things too. As a mother and someone who has pets I have used it to was my kids hair(bought a new showerhead for it first though...). I have also used it to was my dogs(very usefull when it's very muddy outside and so is the dogs belly and feet when you get back inside), washing the cats litterboxes when I'm changing the sand, rinsing the mud-dripping clothes and shoes of toddlers when they get in, filling the bucket when I'm mopping the floors...the list just goes on. I couldn't live without the bidee. once I moved to apartment where didn't have one so I asked the landlord to get one installed(it was the time my kids were babies and I(also) used it to was their butts when changing their diapers.

[@paulgoodway6949]

Mini shower great for cleaning the sink after beard trim.

[@Zarniwooper]

You wash your hands with soap... You wash your face with soap... You wash your body with soap... You wash your teeth with toothpaste... But for the bum. Rubbing it with pieces of paper is ok. One you go for bum phone you dont go back! *This had to be said. Sorry Dave!*

[@morishidol4209]

Zarniwooper Fuukin well said!

[@kila3555]

The hand shower in the bathroom is pretty handy when dying hair. You can easily wash the dye out after putting it in before going to actual shower and having your whole body dyed.

[@jenspa3520]

Flip those cutting boards upside down and they are good as new!

[@mursuhillo242]

Same goes for underwear, riiiiight?

[@davecad]

@@mursuhillo242 hahaha xD

[@mjinba07]

I've had apartments in the U.S. with built in cutting boards. Usually in older, turn-of-the-century buildings. Never seen the weird fake drawer front, though, that looks awkward and inconvenient. The old fashioned ones here just slide in and out from under the counter top. My grandfather's house had a built in ironing board that folded down from its own flat little closet. Pretty handy.

[@GenetMJF]

I use the shower thingy in the bathroom just for cleaning the bathroom

[@lennis4739]

Nice to see that most comments are about the TMI you repeatedly asked people not to write about :D Btw, you forgot the juustohöylä, the double/triple windows, indoor air quality thanks to high standard ventilation and insulation, the mixer faucets, strong water pressure, not having those unhygienic and hard-to-clean carpets covering the whole floor, safe and practical locks, and the filter coffee machines!

[@Kartsukko]

much cleaner than if you only use wc paper

[@JoonasD6]

The double drain is definitely a lot more common than "just in small student apartments", and even a dedicated "dry area" in the bathroom might have one even if the shower can be isolated with a door. If you've got that washing machine, you'll be glad you have a drain close by if you wanna empty/clean/maintain it or it breaks down... :)

[@Miranda.T]

Drying station was invented by Maiju Gebhard, so it's she.

[@symbolistartist]

In the UK there’s also a sad lack of clear indication of hot and cold water plus stoppers that keep you from burning yourself. You may get warning signs in writing, haha, ‘beware water is hot’ etc. Also we don’t use two separate taps in Finland anymore... I live in a British house built in 2015 and it has no such mod cons.

[@perunahedelma6181]

If you are female you understand this!!!! 3:04

[@MoMsUuH]

I am and i dont

[@oof9165]

@@MoMsUuH maybe because you don't live in finland

[@MoMsUuH]

@CollieSpell Kyllä iha suomalai oon :D

[@tinypotato6711]

Yea gotta wash my bloody ass every now and then

[@MoMsUuH]

@@maesterkeimo5723 käyn suihkussa ja omistan miehen🤷

[@JeremyRM]

A couple of the things I was surprised by when I was in several Finnish homes back in 2004 and 2010 was: 1. The double set of windows. 2. The huge bread ovens used to make bread and keep the home warm in the winter. 3. The fuse box (circuit breaker box). The style of fuse box found in many Finnish homes where phased out of most homes in America many years ago as they were seen as not safe. The fuse box has been replaced by the circuit breaker box with circuit breakers.

[@suparauta8026]

Bidee is good to women who has their period. 👍

[@uwua6509]

2:50 we also use those things as school pranks. or atleast we used to. we would tape the button that releases water so when someone tries to wash their hands they get sprayed with water

[@menomeisseli3292]

I thought this was PewDiePie's video, because the background music😂

[@Inkuned]

I want to give some attention to the backround music! I appreciate you for taking the time to add it in there, it's super chill and I love it 😊