Watching from a small city in Africa i use to live in Helsink in 2014 to 2018 .. Most Fins are introverted but extremely kind and welcoming people.I miss finland thank you for the video it reminded me alot about Helsinki i stayed in Tampere too.

16:40 It is not just the cinnamon, but cardamom that makes the original finnish "korvapuusti" taste. Without lots of the cardamom, it would taste just like any cinnamon bun.

About slots machines.. during the worst covid period the govermental gambling operator (Veikkaus) decided to shut them down. Later people just got used to "not gamble" while going to the stores and most of the machines got removed.

The most uniquely Finnish thing when it comes to cuisine is probably wood tar as a seasoning. Yeah, I'm totally serious. A tiny amount can be added to sauces or lozenges for taste. It adds an interesting smoky flavor. I'm pretty sure no other people on Earth do this. (Of course, you can't be 100% sure). It's not very common, though. I've had ice cream with wood tar sauce at the Plevna brew pub in Tampere. At the fresh food market (Kauppahalli) at the South Harbor in Helsinki, one of the shops has served salmon with wood tar flavored sauce. "Terva Leijona" is a classic tar flavored licorice candy.

Your mum is really Finnish looking. Could be a local! That market by the harbour is really a tourist place. I can't imagine many people going after work. Lovely place to have lunch and a stroll in the Summer, or pick up a picnic and get on one of the many boats to the islands. Funnily enough, I never noticed the gaming machines in a dozen trips!

Hesburger is a burger franchise from Turku, Finland, but burgers are not a Finnish meal, it's American. But If land is one of the most American countries in Europe - we have everything in English (and Finnish and Swedish, in some parts also in Russian).

I feel yall! Such a great video! how does this not have more views? I really love it when americans go out of their way to discover their history, because america is a young country and a cocktail of nationalities.

Reikäleipä or varrasleipä is a flat, hard, round, rye bread that has a hole in the middle of it. In the old times the bread was put on a long stick (varras) and lifted up on the ceilling to dry. It's a nutrious and long-lasting bread.

Lidl tends to sell stuff in bulk and is very different from real supermarkets like K or S supermarket. They stock a huge amount of sweets.

6pm is not early. Thankfully, people don't go into town just to buy stuff. There's other things to do too

Oh gosh, you just missed the greatest Korvapuusti in Finland at the Cafe Regatta very close to the Sibelius Monument. Funny story about St Urho, when I visited the United States the second time in 1990, we visited a surf shop in Hood River, Oregon. When the guy working there realized that we were Finns he pulled up his sweater and, sure enough, his t-shirt under it said "Painu hiiteen heinäsirkka!" and "Happy St Urho's Day!". We had never heard about this celebration before so we were quite dumbfounded about the whole thing. Sorry you missed the salmon soup at the market place. Once a month after the market closes the area will be filled up with classic cars, mostly American. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/kXlhg62jfmeAo2Q.html

Construction workers eat in places that close early, that's why traditional food is not served in the evening. My friends always eat "fast food" on Friday night because they have already had salmon or Swedish casserole for lunch.

Actually nightwish didnt write the national anthem. This is a common misunderstanding. The nathional anthem was actually written by Darude and it's called Sandstorm

"Oh, he knew English, he just didn't tell anybody!" That was thost Finnish thing your mother's "pappa" could do. And how your mom said that was also very Finnish in tone and gesture. The Finnish just do and wouldn't talk about it much. Very nice trip.

Fazer is not spoken like "Phaser"... it's Fät zer

A really nice Mother. Just one example for a boy: "stupid pools" are warmer than the sea in winter and definitely safer to swim in.

I would say that Hesburger is traditional American food, but cooked by finns.

LIDL is German.

Nice video you just got my thumps up and my subscription too...

The Saint Urho thing is "somewhat" different here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Urho's_Pub

That park was actually quite good fake birch forest. Never knew it existed.

Nice Video ! The Burger King - is gone ! Their fumes were too much for the art on the walls... so the art stayed ! Thank God - but art was there before - King of Burgers !

Ässä is S or Ace

Kurwa, I guess I'm polish now

They used to sell tickets in the room with Burger King. Now the ticket sellers are all gone so Burger King just rented the space.

Eila Hiltunen.

Bonbon is a spanish candy manufacturer😂 spanish or french. But its not finnish.

Those weird "rat" candies are just normal sweets. They just put those "funny" names on them...

Are you Mexicans?