WEIRD (but genius) THINGS IN FINNISH HOMES

[@davecad]

Check out part two: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpLZe4qVnLx2hpo

[@Munapaa555]

No one really uses that cuttingboard

[@fdagpigj]

Everything you mentioned is completely standard. And in winter, balcony = extra fridge space.

[@liina1206]

Exactly! That is super genius🔥

[@eerthurt9350]

Liina mun mummolla oli pakastin parvekkeella😂

[@stardustie]

? onkse sit jotenki erikoista?

[@eerthurt9350]

stardustie puhukko sä mulle

[@stardustie]

Näätkö täs ketjussa muita suomenkielisiä kommentteja?

[@Banaaniapina692]

That cutting board is mainly for bread etc. so it doesn't really get dirty so feel free to use it. Nearly every home has it.

[@jade9305]

BanaaniApina and you Can always put your own cutting board in it. I have my own on it so it’s easier to clean

[@avatara82]

And you can allways wash that easily

[@avatara82]

Well Dave hun you answer in here and not in ig (i sent a msg for you months ago) so why should I follow you there? Well actually I do follow you there... btw it was really nice to see you in tubecon ❤

[@hemmuu1]

Yea exactly what I was about to say! The cutting board is intended for bread products.

[@MikoSquiz]

Typically you can also pop the buggers out and give them a scrub, at least the top one. (Also, wood is naturally antibacterial, a scuffed wooden cutting board is fine where a scuffed plastic cutting board would accumulate bacteria in the scrapes and cuts and fester.)

About the toilet, "fun fact" why it has two drains. Most common water damage done to the apartment which is caused by humans (not by machines, washing machines/dishwashers etc), happens when a person is too intoxicated who takes a shower and then passes out on top of the drain. And yes, because of that it's a standard in student apartments these days to have two drains in toilets.

[@Murpitsi1]

This. I live in a student apartment without a second drain though, might be the fact that it's and old building. Well said, some student passed out in the shower couple months ago and the water damaged a couple floors below it as well.

[@simsulfurtrash3036]

The Finnish stereotypes apply

[@raapyna8544]

I just heard a story like this about a month ago from someone at school, some guys always try to get into his shower when they're about to pass out. Once there was water coming under the door, before he noticed something was up. (Because they were directly on top of the drain, of course.)

[@mmatih22]

OMFG!!!

[@MrJoonHilt]

Says Finnish wet rooms are weird, while in England it is quite common to have a carpet floor in your bathroom...

[@sarahgray430]

Yeah...I hate carpeted bathrooms. They start to stink after a while...

[@venlavaltonen2202]

Excuse me but WTF

[@hexodus00]

And the "WROOOOOOM" fan that starts when you turn the light on. Try not to wake the whole household when having a midnight wee.

[@julisod]

Ewww... can't imagine having a carpet floor in my bathroom

[@josephscott1870]

carpeted bathrooms are very rare these days, granted 20-30 years ago alot of UK homes had them, more common is tile / vinyl bathroom floors. I live in North East England :)

[@kahenkilonsiika4210]

That cutting board thing is meant for cutting bread and is hygienic and very useful for that purpose. But don't cut meat or vegetables on it, that would be unhygienic.

[@xWood4000]

You can cut vegetables, but you need to be able to remove it and wash it easily.

[@RadioactiveBlueberry]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone had cut meat on it.

[@houndofculann1793]

those are also pretty easily removable for easy washing

[@Gabigoth]

I've put a very thin plastic cut board on that old wooden one (I have a rental apartment as well, and that cut board is OLD, ew), it fits inside the "drawer" and it's easy to keep clean.

[@harriluuppala7258]

Keep wooden citting board clean. Wash it and you may use smoothing plane (iron scraper) time to time. Wood is killing bacteria!

[@thesilentshopper]

Ever since I started traveling I realized no other country has the Finnish type of drying racks, and I can't understand why, because it's such a good idea.

[@SharonH11100]

Because the electric dishwasher doubles as s drying rack, at least here in the US.

[@tyynymyy7770]

In many countries tap water has high mineral content (so called hard water) so the water leaves nasty stains when it dries.

[@thesilentshopper]

@@tyynymyy7770 yeah, I know. I've been temporarily living on the Canary Islands and the water leaves marks here

[@SharonH11100]

We have very hard water here in San Jose CA. A little distilled vinegar in every load takes care of the problem. I would guess that Helsinki water would be mostly melted snow, hence soft (?) Granted air drying saves energy.

[@TheKaappari]

Most of Helsinki's water is purified lake water with some ground water mixed in. Finland doesn't have any glaciers so no water from ice (I'm not sure thats even a thing anywhere).

[@jasmiina4025]

That cutting board in the kitchen and the "wet room" (wc and shower combined) is pretty common in finnish homes

[@chadbattman6677]

It's not a cutting board.

[@jansshonni]

Waiting for video title called: British guy reacts to finland's cold and dark winter

[@backonlazer791]

More like: British guy reacts to having to live in Finland's cold and dark winter, since he has been in Finland during the winter before. However, living with the darkness every day for months is different from a short stay, so it will be interesting =)

[@katrillumarei]

”British guy having his first kaamosmasennus”

[@atlachanacha]

Unless you've liven in Lapland, you don't really know meaning of "dark winter"... Depending where you live, you can have even 2 month continuous period of darkness, without single sunrise. Although, this is compensated in summer, by equally long period of brightness, without sunsets.

[@backonlazer791]

That's not really true. Usually people have either school or work during the day so they will start the day in the dark and end in the dark in most places in Finland during winter. There are probably windeows, but it's mostly indoors with electric lights nowadays anyway.

[@ellenw5441]

Janssoni 😂😂🇫🇮

[@creislaw4821]

Btw if you ever wonder why the bathroom has one drain in shower and other little further away, the answer is: drunken students :)

[@11Mr_BeaN11]

And easy to clean wc floor. Just shower the floor and water goes down into floor drain. 😊

[@janiheikkonen]

I never ever understood the need to go into the shower after a night out and passout sitting on the floor with the shower running. Doesn't anyone else find this strange? And I'm a Finn.

[@onerva0001]

I never understood that either. And I've been a drunken student!

[@1lmp1]

When I lived in Finland I used a sponge to apply detergent to wash the tiled walls, toilet, sink etc. Then I just used the hand shower to rinse everything down the drain. Took 10 minutes. Here in Texas I have to use steam cleaner and different mops and power brushes to get the bathroom cleaned. I miss the Finnish bathrooms though at least I have a shower stall that is easy to wash and double sinks and lots of storage cabinets. Our houses here are so much larger, actually too large, too much place for all the crap we buy and do not use.

[@peppermint1349]

Only thing I'd use toilet as drunken would be throwing up LOL

[@katriarjava658]

Have you noticed the second board above the cutting board? You get it out by folding down the front board . It is for baking.

[@PaveMentman]

--- My current apartment I live in used to have one those 40x45-centimetre baking-board(s) ( "leivinlauta" ) / coaster ("leivonta-alusta")+slot(s) in which the board was stored vertically in the cupboard like this (shell of) one shows; identical to "door-knobs" (but mine was the "toxic-green"-colour (also known as "dirty-green" in English) that was pretty much everywhere "back then": mekkalaa.blogspot.com/2015/01/riemuisan-talon-kirja-luku-9.html The (restorated) board itself: pajupupu.vuodatus.net/lue/2014/12/leivonta-alusta --- Unfortunately due how "not so well" the house itself had been maintained by the previous / original owner / builder (alongside the or at least some of the previous tenants) everything in the whole house needed to be replaced during the renovation; restoration kinda was out of question, not that I personally wouldn't had have any weight on my words though, especially since my apartment was emergency-renovated by the new owner ( long-story-short: A (warm-)water-pipe pretty much exploded near the new year / end of 2010 -> down-below this "attic-area the previous "boss-office" now one of the new bedrooms was flooded. ( and yes, there was still the original "two-separate-water-valve"-setup; the house was build with the "standard-efficiency-kitchen" in 1957 ( heck, there was even the original (white) "Teho"-toilet-seat; naturally the water-container finally was corroded-through few months later once I moved in ))). --- --- ---

[@TheLadybughug]

I had one in the house I bought. My dad installed a new counter, and blocked my cutting board. Argh!

[@NiiloPaasivirta]

In US, the dish drying cabinet was patented and so nobody bothered to manufacture it. In Finland, Maiju Gebhard developed it at 1944-45 for Työtehoseura (TTS) (something like "Society for Improving Work Effectivity" in English) and the idea was released for everyone to use. Gebhard did not become a millionnaire but she was from a well-to-do family and didn't need more money.

[@TheArseen]

1: In toilet you forgot the most genius thing: The bidee shower. 2: In that cutting board thing there is actually also second one which is probably wooden grill for cutting bread.

[@chadbattman6677]

It's not a cutting board.

[@feetuber9162]

@@chadbattman6677 well ypur wrong it is a cutting board

[@Azguella]

Astiankuivauskaappi or Dish drying cabinet in English was first patented in USA around 1930 and the version that is mostly know is invented by Finnish woman named Maiju Gebhard in work efficiency institute researching with the goal of reducing the work involved in dishwashing by making the entire manual drying phase unnecessary. Around 1945 inspiration for the dish drying cabinet was a Swedish dish draining holder which was placed on the counter. There is quite big difference between these in original USA version rack was wooden while Finnish one was metallic which was later changed to plastic-coated steel wire to help keep them clean.

[@henru9817]

tiskikaappi perkele

[@roy-txt.bloghakanen5173]

No, no, wrong answer, the correct answer is, finland 1885. I am 60 years and know. that. This is Finland's invention. and many more.

[@roy-txt.bloghakanen5173]

Astiankuivauskaappi or Dish drying cabinet in English was first patented in USA around 1930. No, no, wrong answer, the correct answer is, finland 1884. This is true. Who can not use US or British this. Because they do not know about this. because Finland has invented a sauna and this and many others. And the US stole the idea from Finland and put the patent 1890. You Know that ? Did you know that Finland is the most innovative country in the world? Did you know that in Finland the best elevator has been invented ( KONE this name) and you know Polar's successor to the heart. Many many, We make Mersedes bends ( uusikaupunki ) latest model etc. etc, Darude could be our country song sandstrom...

[@olli6385]

Roy Hakanen nuo muut keksinnöt ei liity tähän millään lailla ja lähteet ois aika kova sana. ;)

[@namuseta6950]

Wikipedia

[@paras86]

What you call a cutting board is a misconception, it's actually a board for dough. There was a news article in the national newspaper about the misconception. The board is a remnant of the times when bread wasn't available at stores that broadly and so many choices. In the board you basically mixed the dough of whatever you wanted to bake with the hands.

[@berrygirlfinn]

Kinda gross but, I looove the little bidet showers close to the toilets ! It's great for babies and having the cleanest bottoms in the world! 😊 Im American and I hated going to the toilet without it...It's my favorite Finnish home feature..they even have them in Hesburgers! Squeaky clean happiness!

[@DrSamE]

I like to wash my butt after taking a dump. Much cleaner, no stinky. Taking a shower _EVERY_ day is very unnecessary.

[@fv7594]

No bodey cleans their ads with it

[@DrSamE]

Koistinen Juha If you dont, and wanna be filthy ass, it doesent mean nobody uses it.

[@ellik1165]

I agree! It's so odd when you're abroad and have no bidet.

[@JUMALATION1]

The linoleum floor is typical for student apartments; they don't want hardwood floors to get ruined during e.g. a house party. You can use plenty of water to clean up "messes". I had this type of floor in my student apartment in Sweden.

[@flikkeringlightz7472]

As a finn that has lived outside of Finland, i love the metal countertop! Its not the prettiest of things but, man, is it easy. You dont need to worry if it is a little damp, it cleans easily. I used to live in a hot damp city and the countertops there were a Nightmare. A little moisture in any cracks and it turned green! Every single time you used the sink for anything, some water got between the sink and the counter! So, yes, i love my current countertop. Oh, its usually metal only around the sink. Other countertops i have are non-metal, cheap, plastic-covered ones.

[@jannepeltonen2036]

Yeah. I mean, I live in an apartment in Helsinki that has a fancy wooden countertop, with a metal sink sunk into it. And man, is that thing hard to keep clean, compared to the all-metal dish washing tabletops!

[@madddog6790]

can't get much more metal than metal counter tops lol! \m/ Suomi ftw!

[@StephanieBacks]

the cutting board is a very old fashion. canada and the USA used to have them like pre 1960s. both my grandmothers kitchens had one and my mom had one installed when she redid her kitchen

[@MrUkkolas]

It's really rare to find any curtains or any kind of blinds in a rental apartment in Finland, let alone student apartments. The cutting board is fading tradition - Previously all kitchens included that one but almost no new ones have it

[@houndofculann1793]

Pretty much the only curtains or the like you have a chance of finding in a rental apartment are blinds since they require direct installation work on the windows themselves and are most often just left in place afterwards. But actual curtains, nope

[@coolbreez773]

When moving home most people worry about crime, jobs, transport, schools, healthcare etc....But in Finland that's all taken care of. So you only worry about cupboard draws as chopping boards and drying dishes.

[@Auringonpalvoja]

I have never seen a house or apartment in Finland without "secret" cutting board drawer. I usually store my cutting boards there. If you want to use it as a cutting board, there's plenty of ways to disinfect that. Oh, and that apartment looks nice!

[@evelina270]

We dont have it in our house😂

[@Hnzuu]

Meillä ei oo tuollaista leikkuulautaa. 😃

[@paivityni5767]

IKEA kitchens don't have it. Also the drying cabin is a bit different: it has a metal plate in the bottom.

[@evilynnigirlie]

Ohhhhh, that's genius. I will do that too in future! xD

[@raapyna8544]

We have a shallow drawer at the top, probably the idea is that you put your own cutting board in there? But I use it for knives.

[@laurenquerze4883]

I saw the dish rack over the sink in Italy, in 1980,s I’m American and always wanted to put one in my house.

[@TinksiehTink]

I never saw a drying cupboard until my trip to Gran Canaria, but that one didn't drip into the sink, it had a big metal sheet underneath to catch the drops. Those cutting boards can be replaced, if you want to have a fresh surface. I think most people put a loose cutting board on top of it if you're cutting anything else than bread.

[@LaDeXi]

Do people actually use the cutting board? I don't know anyone who does. I don't and I wish I could just have my cutlery drawer in that place.

[@houndofculann1793]

Most people I know use it as extra table space when making food, storage for other cutting boards, or a cutting table by keeping another cutting board on it. People who bake a lot also often use them for dough weaving since the cutting boards can be detached easily. Especially in student apartments it's really nice to just use it as extra table space, in my last apartment of 7 years I had a habit of making all my sandwiches on top of it

[@Kaarne]

About that cutting board: I think most Finns use it to cut bread rather than to cut vegetables etc. So in that mind, it's pretty hygenic as long as you keep it clean.

[@xWood4000]

You can cut vegetables on it but you have to remove it clean it. It obviously has to be easily removable.

[@treintayocho8608]

The wooden cutting board and the dishes rack over the counter are pretty common in Europe. I remember my grandma used to have both back in the eighties and I still use both in my house in Spain, but I have seen them everywhere I visited...

[@norppa3070]

The cutting board in kitchen is actually designed for baking, not for cutting things such as vegetables or bread. But nowadays people really doesn't make their breads or buns theirselves, so the "dough baking" board isn't that useful anymore.

[@thorwikstrom8952]

If you open the cutting board there is a little extra thing you can pull out where you hold the rest of your cutting boards, finns love having multiple cutting boards. Useful in my opinion

[@80nlapset]

You totally missed the "alasuihku" next to your toilet sink: pretty rarely seen in any other country I think. The one used to wash your intimate parts as you sit on the toilet. Or the toilet station and the surroundings if you prefer. TOTALLY FINNISH.

[@tracksekta9268]

Also known as "Pillupuhelin" :D

[@fu_ck1]

Track Sekta This is the actual name that folk commonly use for it. It translates to "pussy phone". If someone finds the idea disgusting then you can just go ahead and keep dry wiping yourself meanwhile others get more hygienic results with this multipurpose mini shower. God tier invention. My current apartment doesn't have one, only because the landlord is a cheap SOB and has the regular shower combo'ed to also be the sink tap. Imagine the shower faucet being outside your shower curtain, over the sink. I was desperate to get a cheap apartment, ok? :D

[@ImForwardlook]

I'm 52, a Finn and have never heard that rather crude expression. Different strokes for different folks I reckon. It is a bidet. When my parents built a house in 1974 the master bathroom actually had a separate bidet, not just the shower head.

[@henjuhasa9311]

That small showerhead by the toilet is mostly used in my house for cleaning the toilet bowl. I think it is quite usefull for that purpose.

[@brainstrains3253]

In Madrid, Spain, we also have the dry rack inside like in Finland. And I love it too.

[@vaiskivemmelsaari]

You do not have a cutting board, you have TWO of them. Second one just above that one you pull open. Cutting boards are mainly for bread.

[@N4ppul4]

The cutting board is for bread mostly. I dont know if you noticed or not, but on top of the cutting board is usually a sliding cutting board also. That one you can also remove easily to clean it and whatnot. The sliding one is what i personally use more often lol

[@vilmaervasti9931]

One use for the cutting board is cutting bread on it so the crums dont get on the floor/all over the counter, atleast my family has used them for that.

[@mintteri]

The stainless steel countertop is actually a regular thing in Finnish homes. It's like an extended sink space where you can for example put dirty dishes if you can't wash them right away. It's the most hygienic material to use for counters that tend to get wet and grimy as it can be cleaned with heavy products and heat without damaging it. It's also resistant to wear and it's much more hygienic when there's no little scratches that things get stuck in. May look cold and industrial but Finns are all about practicality over beauty!

[@susannakivinen596]

We use thin cutting board over the cutting board :D That way it won´t take any space on the table and you can clean it easily ;)

[@undertasty]

The pull-out cutting board is actually a breadboard, and is kind of an artifact from a time when smaller apartments often had both pull-out baking boards and cutting boards for the bread. I have an apartment from the 50s that still has the original cupboards, and it has them, f.eg.

[@Olga-no3xq]

Tip for the Malm thingie: buy the glass cover designed for it. It’s like 10-15 euros in IKEA and makes it look so much better! (Not to mention that the top won’t get all scuffed)

[@aleksihaapasaari]

The cutting board drawer is in almost every rented apartment in Finland. Did you notice that there is a second cutting board above the first one? Just pull from the top and it comes out If you don't want to use it, just put a regular cutting board inside the drawer.

[@pLeksioe]

You can probably switch places between the kitchen drawers, so you can place the cutlery drawer on top and "hide" the cutting board lower.

[@Blahshog]

Dave, if you spray a little furniture polish on the drawer runners they will run a lot smoother. Nice apartment.

[@henkkahenrik4183]

"you guys drink alot of milk" * me drinking milk straight from the carton: " *oh no! HE KNOWS!* "😱 also, everything else is normal in every home, but *WHERE IS YOUR SAUNA?????*

[@flikkeringlightz7472]

You can find one-room apartments in Finland. Litterally one room that is the kitchen, the bedroom and the living room. Ofcourse there is a bathroom also. And they are usually the size of the living room in this video. THOSE are student apartment (for one person only, or a couple). The apartment in this video seems luxurious for a student apartment. Maybe if it was a student with kids... And i am ofcourse talking about Helsinki and the Metropolitan area here.

[@lassesaikkonen501]

You do realise, Dave, that you can actually unscrew the dirty cutting board and install a new one, right?

[@MentalEdge]

Before that you can also lift it out of the slides and wash it.

[@VicMcFly111]

probably a brit doesn't realize

[@williamgallop9425]

Or just remove it first and flip it upsidedown (if someone hasn't done it already)

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

True

[@jonathankivela8587]

It's not fucking dirty!!!

[@herrakaarme]

More and more apartments have their balconies equipped with glass panes to basically turn the balcony into an extra room of a sort. It gets warm earlier in the spring and stays warmer later in the autumn. You can open the frameless windows in the summer to control the amount of heat. Of course the glass panes keep rain and snow out of the balcony, so you can place suitable furniture there. Some people install an IR heater element in such a balcony to use it even in the winter. I have to say I love my balcony 50 times more because of the glass panes. It was kind of useless before they were installed, in retrospect.

[@tilmanieminen7908]

The light you have in the hallway has become yellow after being used for a long time. Same can happen also to the bathroom cabinet light cover. For the bathroom ones you can actually buy new covers from the hardware store and I think they also sell those basic round ones too! When my aunt moved to her last apartment she had this terrible light in the shade green in her bathroom (no kidding!) She was sure she would have to paint the walls but it turned out to be a very easy fix by just changing the cover for a new one. :)

[@jennityni5990]

Tilma Nieminen the cover is yellow because the light might've burned it. Also you can buy warm white, cold white, and yellowish light bulbs.

[@Tuulos]

While harder to find, I really prefer those sunlight-imitating bulbs. Really brighten the place up.

[@fu_ck1]

Or it's just a 2700k light bulb. Buy a 5000k one if you prefer "whiter" light. You can find them right next to the 2700k ones in the store

[@Venya9]

The dish drying cabinet is the one thing I miss the most about Finnish homes while abroad. Btw I never use the cutting board in rentals either, I just find it a bit gross. Haven't seen one in newer homes either, my current rental apartment's kitchen doesn't have one and the kitchen was renovated last year.

[@niberaali5613]

Placing shower and toilet to the same room is more typical in block of flats than having separate shower room, but you can see it in houses too sometimes😊

[@fossaplays2400]

I think many bigger houses have also that, we have a detached house and it has tree bathrooms, two of them have showers also. But that’s the difference between ’vessa’ and ’kylpyhuone’, if you have big house you have usually one bathroom and one wc at least.

[@foktorrr7241]

We have two outside saunas and a bathroom with a shower + sauna

[@houndofculann1793]

In detached houses it's mostly like "Yeah we have a toilet in the middle of the house, and we're building a shower room a little bit in the back, but why not stick a toilet in the shower room as well?"

[@Aurinkohelmi]

Many times it´s shower and toilet at same room if not having sauna. When having sauna in apartment then separate shower room attached to sauna.

[@houndofculann1793]

Aurinkohelmi what I was saying is that it's very common to have a toilet on that separate shower room as well, people seem to like that kind of backup toilets

[@claudiacables1764]

Somehow I got this video on my KZbin and I love it ! You are very funny ! Love from Raleigh, NC USA 🇺🇸

[@aaro4966]

Nothing In here is weird😂😂

[@aurin_komak]

...to a finn

[@henkkahenrik4183]

exept for the fact that that apartment DIDN'T HAVE SAUNA!!!

[@tacomies]

@@henkkahenrik4183 taloyhtiö sauna

[@MikkoRantalainen]

11:15 If the drawers do not move nicely, it's typically the metal slides getting out of sync (left and right side). You can usually fix it simply by pulling the drawer fully open. The last couple of centimeters will be hard to pull but that's what forces the sync correct againt. If that doesn't fix the issue, check that all the screws are fully tightened.

[@Dextrous90]

You can put your own separate cutting board on there to cover up the built-in cutting board. Usually there's enough space to have your bread knife etc. on there too without having to move them around every time you need to cut something. *Edit: All the weird things mentioned in the video are pretty normal in Finnish apartments. I have all those things in my apartment right now. Also, got five (5!) ads for Incredibles 2 during the video. KZbin please. Chill.

[@Kris217imsc]

I used to live in Sweden and I still go every year as I have family in Stockholm. Your apartment is pretty much the standard cute Scandinavian lifestyle apartment. The shower is wide open, the rack above the sink, and amount of storage! Everything being so white, so when there’s little sun light then you won’t get depressed. Oh and the pointless balcony where you put beers and drinks during winter so they stay cold and yeah you can chill on summer lol

[@karisalonen12]

Quite many balconies have glasses these days. So there is no snow on winters on balcony. And then you can get yourself a nice 2000 watt heater (or two) on your balcony and be quite happy there on winters too. There is nothing quite like it as to have ending of grill season on your balcony on 31st of december and watching the fireworks of the New Years Eve and then have the start of next grill season just few hours later on 1st of January right there on warm balcony while the winter and snow is just outside that balcony glass 😉

[@backonlazer791]

I might sound stingy, but I'd call that a waste of electricity =/ Just put on some clothes and the grill should be enough to keep the food warm. It's enough just to not have snow on the balcony in my opinion =) Plus you can keep some frozen food products on the balcony during the winter to save space =D

[@jannepeltonen2036]

My balcony has glass and faces southwest, so even now in November, if it's a sunny calm day, the temperature rises so that you can spend time there, provided you've woolen socks and a sweater on. Quite nice.

[@siisi77]

I was waiting for you to mention the little hand shower in the toilet, it's a finnish thing. And in winter time the balcony is a great extra freezer, and of course the place you put all your christmas lights. :)

[@katyamcflyxX]

I don’t use the cutting board either, I just store my cutting boards there 😄

[@Kylwyn]

The cutting boards are pretty standard and you can pop them out to wash, since you are also an IKEA fan I suggest getting a 2 pack of the super thin cutting boards they have and just use that on top (I’m also SUPER lazy and will store them there once they’ve been washed and dried)

[@Thunderhawk51]

Obviously, you can always put a new cutting board in there and use that one.

[@Stealth4ssasin000]

I really loved that the microwave was built into the kitchen cabinets. Saves a lot of space on the kitchen surface

[@SavuSiika-de9mt]

7:45 hey its ment to basically cut bread or to place another cutting board on it to save space

[@Skinsholic]

I think why we love balconies so much might be because we have so little time to enjoy the summer, so you can take more out of it if you have a balcony. Many finns are outdoor people, so maybe we can feel a little nature out on our balconies and have even a tiny garden. And it’s also usefull in wintertime too. For example you can leave your pillows and blancets for the day to get nicely cold and fresh. And you can also use it to store different food products (depending how cold it is).

[@Skinsholic]

And babies! We leave babies outside in their carriages to have a nap. Even in wintertime! So I think you wouldn’t feel safe in a block of flats to take the baby outside and just leave them there. But in a private balcony you can be sure that the baby is fine and you can do maybe some house chores and let the baby sleep alone.

[@khissu.]

when fall comes, you can storage your drinks out in the cold cause you have the balcony, saves up fridge space

[@mrj.kottari8453]

When you need to de-frost a freefer (especially a big chestlike one) it's best to do it in the Winter when it's deep in the freezy side as you can store the frozen goods in a box in balvony or outside for the time freezer is turned off :)

[@mrs7195]

Oh, and the open plan apartments (no clear distinction between the kitchen and the living room and even the bedroom) are also kind of common. Especially smaller apartments feel much more spacious that way. I myself have basically three rooms: the bathroom, the hallway, and the bedroom / living room / kitchen.

[@thewhitejackharlow]

Im expecting the sauna smell thing

[@TheJokuXD]

We use the cuttingboard as tabletopspace if we happen to need it. Sometimes if we have guests and we cook a lot of food we'll put something fresh from the oven on the cuttingboard.

[@Delfiinit]

You're doing it absolutely right with the walk-in wardrobe. Sure, you can fit some clothes in there, but eventually it's going to be crammed full of random stuff.

[@teemuki55]

Buy wooden cutting board and put that over what you have.Easy to clean and you allways know where it is also you can keep bread knife there so you know allways where that is also.

[@chmuulo]

85% of your viewers are finnish : D

[@daimkeksi]

Like me

[@daimkeksi]

Ja niin oot säki

[@annikadson]

I'm Swedish but I have my relativs in Finland and my mother is Karelian.

[@foktorrr7241]

What is Finland? never heard of it..

[@user-hs3eb6zc9y]

@@foktorrr7241 best joke ever wohoooooo (Sarkastinen suomalainen)

[@mattiviljanen8109]

You know there's a cutting board drawer in your cutting board drawer. Right? :) WC+shower next to kitchen; makes it simple to route water pipes in tall houses. Also, moisture management is important. Smaller apartments usually have them in WC, but in houses usually WC is separate to shower/sauna, and if you're really rich, you have a separate household room with washing mashine, but it's a "dry room". With separate piping et. al.

[@jnsaoo]

I think that apartments from this era are the worst ones in Finland. Mainly due to the material choices and the quality of the building construction. Although the older ones are mostly renovated so it's not a fair comparison.

[@najtrows]

The cutting board is pretty standard in all of Scandinavia I think. Atleast Sweden and Finland. But in Sweden it's mostly a thin cutting board on top of the top drawer. I just use it as extra space for when I'm baking or making something with many ingredients, but a bowl on the cutting board and then have all the ingredients on the countertop. Or I'd put another washed cutting board on top of that to chop things for a dish with many ingredients. Never do I put stuff directly on the surface if it's not like completely new maybe. the metal counter tops is very standard in many apartments and also houses in Sweden and Finland / a half swedish half finnish guy

[@ToastedCigar]

Haha don't worry too much about the wooden cutting board since wood is actually a pretty hygienic material (it cleanses itself), more so than plastic.

[@EternalNyappy]

Drying rack is a Finnish invention and oh we do love it. Flip the wood part of the cutting board, so it's brand new. We have also a wooden barred cutting board on top of it so it drops the crumbles down and our bread hygienic.

[@samitamminen7770]

The apartments in Finland: YKSIÖ= a studio, apartment with only one room + kitchen (kitchen can be separate) (finnish people think that studio is the place where u photoshoot people or make tv-programs, so instead of word studio we have number one (YKSI) on the word that means studio and of course there could be hallways, bathrooms etc. but those rooms don't count, only kitchen and the number of bedrooms) KAKSIO=apartment with one bedroom + kitchen, so there is "two" rooms (studio+1 bedroom), KOLMIO=studio + 2 bedrooms, NELIÖ=studio + 3 bedrooms

[@ElliPullinen]

Not rly realistic. Kitchen in a lot of apartments is separated from the actual rooms. In my apartment I have 2 separated rooms and kitchen, it’s not studio + bedroom. So you can’t say that kaksio is studio+ 1 bedroom and so on, coz it depends on the apartment itself. Studio means that kitchen is in the same room as living room or it’s 1 space all together (exempt bathroom)

[@siiri9071]

I just feel a need to correct this a little bit I'm sorry 😄 but actually the kitchen is never counted when determining the number of rooms in an apartment. It's the bedrooms, living rooms, whatever (marked for example like 2h (huone=room)) and then separately kitchen (k), bathroom (kph), sauna (s), sometimes walk in closet (vh). This of course is sometimes hard to tell if you have the livingroom and the kitchen in the same open space. So that's why a "kaksio" room number is marked like "2h+k+kph".

Also there's certain specifications for "a room" in the law (for example it has to have at least certain sized window). That's one reason they're counted together.

[@Aurinkohelmi]

Though when kitchen is not completely own room it´s kk (keittokomero) Which also can be misleading cause example my apartment is 2h+kk, but actually kitchen is kind of like it´s own room just without door.

[@jugi1850]

Someone has probably said this already but the cutting board comes of easily. Just slide it out and then you can wash in under running water. There's also a smaller cutting board above it, I don't know if you noticed which comes off even more easily.

[@anniinaturunen3749]

Can you do a reaction show to the Moomins? Maybe the finnish version...

[@Lacrimarimus]

What a wonderful idea! Dave needs to get himself a Moomin mug xD

Please do both the Swedish version and then the Finnish version and compare the voice acting :)

[@sasys8n]

Patrik Järvelöv and they need to be the real finnish voices, not the crappy new ones!

[@foktorrr7241]

Lacrimarimus haha i got too like 100 mugs

[@kornaes]

@@sasys8n Yes, the original voices rules!

[@themaster1670]

The cutting board is usually used to slice bread, and then if you want to cut meat or vegetables you place a separate cutting board on top of it. It's basically a space saver and you don't have to worry about accidentally scratching anything that's visible if you slip with your knife. Also, don't put your feet on the coffee table you barbarian.

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

Oh you can use the balcony at least for 9 months / year. Dave is just not Finnish enough yet. About the cutting board: you can clean it. There are no hiding places for bacteria in it :D They dry and die on a dry wood as well as on the metal tiskipöytä.

[@PaveMentman]

Yeah, balconies are a life-saviour for home-cooking-people: Not only you can use as a emergency or otherwise extra freezer or refrigerator. But it is almost perfect place to temporarily store or at least cool-down the baking / oven-trays. especially when you're in a gingerbread-baking-spree.

[@xWood4000]

@@PaveMentman It's also useful for keeping stuff a bit warmer in the summer.

[@THEreiska]

And you can use the balcony for making jerky, too. You know, kuivaliha

[@xWood4000]

@@THEreiska I haven't heard about that. That's actually a good idea.

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

And you can hang your duck there ;) It's the duck hunting season you know.

[@lathavaratharajan5071]

Loved the storage units in all rooms and the cutlery draining/storage

[@tuiqq]

maybe someone already said this, but this looks just a typical Finnish rental flat to me. :)

[@durabelle]

I've used my cutting board drawers for cutlery for years. Just place the plastic cutlery locker thingy on top of the cutting board and it works just fine. You might have to remove the top board first if there is one like in this video, otherwise the space may be too low, but it's planned to be taken out for a wash anyways so no problem.

That "cutting board" is invented in early 50's and its for making bread etc. Novadays its used for cutting.

[@PaveMentman]

Actually the (Finnish) "scientifically-efficient-kitchens" were a thing way before 1940's: www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/tyyli/koti/sinunkin_keittiosi_suunniteltiin_60_vuotta_sitten_tieteellisella_kokeella

[@inhisglory960]

Aik hyvää englannintaitoo 👌🏻

[@ReBelle_zz]

For the coffee table if you get bored with the color you can also buy DC-fix static plasticfilm and cover the other side with a woodgrain look or a high gloss vinyl look, I had some old IKEA shelves that I covered with a pearlesent woodgrain film and they look so expencive and fancy. Also with the static film you can change cupboards in the kitchen. Be sure it is a static film otherwise you'll have a struggle and it will ruin the doors. Google DC-fix tips and get inspired 😋 Bauhaus has the biggest variable on plasticfilms in different width and length.

[@Zarniwooper]

Haha! Chiquita banana box! movers best friend!

[@hardcoreLazors]

The balconies varie from ones with glasswindows so it's not covered in snow like the one in my apartment. Vert nice to chill during cold evenings and have a hot cup of coffee or cocoa while having a few candles lit.

[@anuhyvarinen8690]

the purpose of the cutting board was originally to knead / bake bread

[@sharonryallsph.d.8349]

Pulla best bread ever!

[@Iamtimchung]

SWEET APARTMENT. The drying rack is such a good idea, never had to put plates away again. I want to see the merchandise

[@Sillyboi05]

The extra space on the bedroom is for finnish personal space xD

[@ankra12]

Drying rack in the cupboard is actually an old invention. Old kitchen in Norway from the 50-60 ies has that. My grandmother had it 😁 Cutting board is also something from the past in older kitchens.

[@sabbebabbe]

Was that Fanny pudding in the fridge?

[@je66651]

That must be weird for an english dude

[@MrMurmelski]

I’ve always used that ”cutting board” as an extra landing space for hot pans, casseroles etc.

[@Joonas6]

I am Watching you talking about your 55"Procaster 4k tv from my 55"Procaster 4k tv. Meta

[@foktorrr7241]

Oh shit wadup

[@okaro6595]

I too have a Procaster TV though it is 20". It was only 99 €.

[@katrimarjaana82]

I never thought about that balcony-thing like that. I would never move to an apartment without balcony, even though I actually don't use it most of the year, as you said. But I guess we live for the summers, and on summertime it's nice to have a balcony, just to drink morning coffee in, etc.

[@villelepoaho4105]

You need to get some "mug covers" you put under your coffee cups and such, because nobody wants to clean those rings left by mugs.

[@variantvirtue]

Ville Lepoaho It's called a coaster in English

[@PaveMentman]

I personally prefer to be even more old-fashioned and use coffee-saucers ( or "kahvi- / teevati", or known more "civilized" as "tassi" ).

[@kanervatie]

You calling him a mug?

[@kirakuroe]

The cutting board can usually be pulled out! Then you can just quickly wash it like a normal wooden cutting board. But to be completely honest, we just vacuum it sometimes/ wipe it clean. We have been doing it for couple of decades now and so far are all alive... So don't fear the weird finnish cutting board, it's handy.

the mounted cutting board in the kitchen and the wet room / bath room is also pretty commonplace in Sweden. The drying rack above the sink is less common but is still a thing in plenty of homes here as well.

[@jonespumppu]

Moccamaster is pointless. It is ridiculously overpriced and only has the "status" because it's traditional. Buying better coffee makes a 100x bigger difference to what your coffee tastes like. And if you are a real coffee aficionado you will use like a Chemex or something. Moccamaster is basically the king of shitty drip coffee makers.

[@_Daniel_Plainview]

Vihdoinkin joku sano sen. Moccamaster on yliarvostettua paskaa. Jossain oli joku testi missä verrattiin moccamasteria ja jotain halpiskahvinkeitintä, molemmat tekee ihan samanlaista kahvia. Huvittavaa kun ihmiset ostaa sitä ja luulee että se on jotenkin parempi ja laadukkaampi, ei se ole muuta kuin ylihinnoteltu.

[@nukester.]

Perkolaattoreilla olevinaan tulee hyvää kahvia. pitäs rinnakkai keitellä tollasella ja perinteisellä tiputtimella ja sokkotestailla että huomaako siinä eroa fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkolaattori

[@houndofculann1793]

In my experience it's because Moccamasters last very long, not because they somehow make better coffee. Our neighbors used the same Moccamaster for 20 years while our family had to replace our coffee makers every 2-4 years (yes, two of them only worked for two years). Not the only example I know of, but the best one Edit: Of course, people have a habit of brand loyalty even when it's unlogical and overhyping something is easy so I'm not saying Moccamaster is the best ever, this is just my personal experience

[@ooolrait]

30€ Aerobie AeroPress. Top notch price/quality-ratio. Never going back to traditional coffee makers.

[@Goblintom]

I have older Procaster and it's still working flawlessly, might switch to your model someday.

[@juissi656]

How Is your finnish doing?

[@kimmosuominen4932]

That cuttingboard is for bread etc dry things. No meat, vegetables or else messy things. And yes, you can change that wooden part very easily.

[@avaragecracker6986]

No sauna?! :/

[@wanhapatu]

It's a student apartment.

[@anulaluna]

Looks like your cutting board has a second layer on top too which is for bread- you just cut bread on it. Actually we never cut anything else on those boards than bread. Anyway, the bottom layer what you pulled out, collects the crumbs is all. Ps I can not even explain to brits how good the drying rack is. They’re like, are you still talking about some drying rack. Lol! Glad you’re here bringing light into the situation!