its just not berries. its called ever mans right for a reason. most people respect other peoples properties but its perfectly fine to go look for like mushrooms or deer tracks. it perfectly legal, if they sue you, they lose.
As long as you dont trespass over fences or are bothering the inhabitants, it is actually perfectly fine to walk on someones private property like a garden. Obviously you cant ruin their things (you cant just raid their vegetable patch or walk in their flower bed) but you CAN go on there and pick local mushrooms that happen to grow on their land. You are also allowed to go in fenced areas like horse ranches, although it is at your own risk if the animal hurts or scares you. You can quite literally set up a tent in someones garden and itll be legal. Mind you they might not appreciate it, but according to the law you have a right to be there for a night. The thing is that we just dont do it. Its not a law, but it is a social taboo to just waltz next to someones house. Also there is literally forest everywhere, if you wanna pick berries or mushrooms its more convinient to just head to your local forest trail rather than go on a neighbors lawn. Back when I lived in a villa our backyard included a forest. Kids would go there to play all the time
if you are hunting its perfectly fine to run infront of your house if you are chasing the deer. also gathering blueberries etc.. there is nothing you can do about it. its the law
You need a permit to build a house, so in that sense, you can't build just where ever you like, put you can apply to a permit to build your house "everywhere you like". But the government doesn't allow you to build just anywhere. It's all based on logic, reason and respect (to other people, animals and landscape). I'd say, common sense is key here. And the video said that you can build a temporary camp (in a reasonable distance).
Same as in Finland, in Sweden its calld Allemansrätten.. You alloys to walk in forest, put up a tent, pick mushrooms and berries- But to fish you needs paper for it and be on some ones yard its counted not in this. Also cutting tree you not alloys to do, but you can take some sticks for fire whitout any problem..
Everyone's Right is a Nordic thing, also found in e.g. Sweden. Everyone has the right to walk or cycle on other people's land if it is not fenced or if you disturb those who live there, i.e. you must not enter other people's house plots. You may pitch a tent, but at a distance from the residents so that you do not disturb them. You must leave the area as it was when you arrived, i.e. do not cut down trees, build things you do not remove when you leave or destroy nature, and you must also take your trash with you.
@@LasseEklof The one i would want also to Finland is the right to land on on any dock or beach and The rights to walk on others property on the Seaside / lakeside / along the rivers.. 👌👍
You can camp but making a fire still would need the approval of the land owner and if you don't bring your own logs you can only use branches, leaves etc. as you can't collect any fallen trees or cut down trees without the approval of the landowner. In reality if you frequently use area of land for any reason and you know the landowner you should really introduce yourself to them and tell them that you frequent the area and might do certain things there so he knows what you are doing. It can also be good for you as the landowner could give you information that might be useful like if there is dangers in the area like sinkholes or if dangerous animals have been seen around there recently.
It is in all good faith, you can't breach the basic social barriers, it is good manners to ask the land owner if you want to set up camp, if it is noticeable. Fire laws are to kept in concern.
You can also freely fish with hook and sinker using single rod. but you need certificate for flyfishing and for nets. (And again, if fishing hasnt been prohibited for some specific reason, example for protecting endangered species &c.)
Keep in mind though,... NEVER make a fire in other persons land. And never ever in The Woods or fields!!!! There is many places by The lakes where it's safe to Make a fire. I just spent a week in Our summerhouse by Lake Inari in Lappland. Every Time I go there, It feels so, so amazing. It's so peacefull and quiet you can actually hear your own Heartbeat. There is no need For TV, Netflix or anything. Only other creatures you'll see are The raindeers and if you'll leave them Be, they won't bother you. When you walk from The cabin 50m to The sauna by The shore, you can eat blueberries And lingonberries on your way😋 And the best thing is that When The night Falls, you can just lay on The Pier and Look at The stars and auroras. IT never gets old❤ I live in a nice, peacefull place by The Bay of Bothnia, but there is no place like Lappland. Especially when you need to rest and recharge your batteries❤❤
@@jopes4855 Jea but if you hike in the middle of the country , no one goes find the owner. Its been like this since always. Telling owners is good practise, but it very rarely happens.
@@mhh7544 Man you are wrong. And with wrong people it seems. If you people do that you really need to think again. It's one of the most dangerous and a**hole things you can do. There is a reason why it's forbidden. Everyone can take pocket stove with them if you go hike. I personally know one time when couple people were caught they won't do it again.
About that interfere other ppl. Think it like this. You know, you are on someones land and you make a camp for the night. You are a quest. Not invited, but still. You really want to interfere a hunter/farmer with your, lets say drunken, nonsense? He knows his land. You dont want to be buried there. So be civil and sleep trough the night, be by yourself or with your party, but be civil. Manners. Common sense. You dont need to walk on your socks or anything, but dont blast your boombox either. Leave that campsite in better condition as it was and move on. Swim in the lake, eat the berries, make a fire maybe. Clean after yourself. Easy life
You cant setup a random fireplace in a forest if ýou dont have permission from the forest owner. But there is many dedicated places in forests where you can do that.
@@sampohonkala4195 Not really common sense. There are also in the law mentioned force major incedent when fire can be allowed. Like if you are freezing in winter far from any housing. or if you are injured and can't move.. you can mark yourself with smoke (fire),
These rights are not privileges, mind you. Before you go traipsing through the woodlands uninhibited, note that Finnish law also mandates that anyone coming in contact with a wild animal in distress MUST help them, at the very least by notifying a local animal shelter, or in the case of a large animal, the emergency services. Abandoning a hurt wild animal is a CRIME in Finland.
Jokamiehenoikeus does not cover backyards, gardens, or anything that is clearly in use. But it covers everything else, anywhere, all the time, even if there is a "private property" placard. And of course, military areas are exempt.
Dunno what its like in Finland, but in Sweden we have an additional cool thing which is called ”strandskydd” = beach protection. This means that you can never claim a beach as your own even if you own the land next to it. You cant close them off. they are part of the ”allemansrätten”. So anyone should be able to walk along any beach lakes and sea are publicly acessible. (There are however some places, old properties that deviate from this law, but nowdays you cant close off any beaches from the public)🥳
We do not have that (I'm a Finn), usually the beach rights belong to the house nearby being a part of the houses protected area. But if there is no house nearby and it is not fenced off, then you can wander on the beach. Except if the beach is protected with Natura environment protection. In that case there are signs and the area must be kept in it's natural state, often even passing through it is not permitted as those areas are usually the nesting sites of endangered animals. I know this cause my sister owns a beach front and she cannot build on it cause it is protected by Natura.
It's polite not to go into someone else's yard, or someone else's cornfield, when you remember how you would feel, and act accordingly, then everything will go well, of course you can't cut down trees from someone else's forest
Hello, Dwayne! The official regulations on the Everyman's Right in Finland (in Finnish: Jokamiehenoikeus, in Swedish: Allemansrätten) should be available in English on some official site, with all the details and exceptions. Most people in Finland are very law-abiding, and the few who aren't, will pay the price. There have been times when illegal gathering and trafficing of eggs of wild birds to foreign customers have increased, resulting in stiff fines for those involved. The Finnish authorities and private people keep a sharp eye out for any transgressions.
You shall build up a tent for casual over night, like one or two nights.But you shall not build up a campfire with out the promission from the land owner. But there are couple of exeptions. If you are in a force major situlation like freezing in the winter and you need fire to stay alive, or if you have injury and can not move you can make a fire to make easier to find you. (smoke). And as the State is a major land owner in some parts of the country State has made a common promission to build campfires on state owned land in certain provinces as long as there is not a build up fireplace in reasonable distance (5km, 3-4miles).
I ve set dozens of camps with fire when I was boy scout. But you have to be careful where to do it, preferably near lake, pond, stream or a river. Small lakes and ponds are everywhere.
Not exactly. This right exists in Finland, Sweden and Norway, but not in Iceland or Denmark. Denmark for obvious reasons - it is way more densely populated and has farmland rather than large forests. In Iceland I guess it is the other opposite - the country so empty they have not even thought this would be an issue. But in Finland, Sweden and Norway basically the same. It is based on large wilderness areas and very small populations back in history (roughly 200 000 people in Finland in the 1500's) where the forests had plenty for everyone and people went hunting and fishing freely to survive. Moreover, land was owned by villages; private property in the sense of individual farms having borders only started in the 1750's in Finland and Sweden.
Buildings require a building permit, which now mainly means that you can walk in the woods and pick lingonberries, mushrooms, etc. and if we are talking about hunting, most of the deer you need the permission of the owner of the land and you usually get deer meat from it, that is during the hunting season. There is a saying that the forest is the church of Finns, and it should be noted that 78 percent of Finland's surface area is covered by forests. If you want to get to know Finnish nature, I can become a guide and teach you how to survive in the forest in winter or summer.
Most places fishing with hook and worm without any reel is ok without licence. Other kind of fishing need licence from the covernment (costly for a short period) and from owner of water area (often owned of managed lake level or by town level. ) In nature reservates there may be pretty strict rules, like no landing to an island, or even walking only on marked paths. Picking bird eggs, killing animals etc may be really costly. For example the river shellfish compensation price is 600€/piece. Nearly all animals are protected in nature. Mosquitoes and ticks are luckily an exeption😂. Hunting needs always a licence from land owner and covernment. Making campfire without license or during forest fire warning is also a big no no. In state owned areas there are some cottages and camp fire places free for everyone to use. The cottages are ment not for more than one night, and they are usually pretty far from roads or houses. Must usually hike tens of km to get there, and one can't be sure to fit in.
I think the interfering with others part is left purposefully vague. I'm a Finn and I do utilize my everyman's rights, but I'm not actually completely sure how this works. I'd say that disturbing others, you know being a pain in the ass, is frowned upon. Threatening someone or trying to scare them is obviously a no go. If you are lost, or just want to greet someone doing their thing nearby, that's completely okay. Running into people in nature is unnerving sometimes, especially if you are deep in the woods, so that's probably more of an instruction to behave properly, and left in the law so it can be used if needed. Maybe I'll look into it.
I think it meant more that you should not disturb anyones homes and don't be mean to animals on purpose, just let them be. Also during the breeding season think what you do and where. I don't at least remember there being anything else about bothering other people in the everyones rights.
Complicated ... "Ei, ei, ei, (= No, no, no!)" "Mitä vittuu sä mun pihalla teet!? (= WTF, get out of my backyard!!!) Some privacy... P.S. The problem with not so clever touristis is growing in Finland, too. Might be bebecause they are already banned in many European civilized countries...😎
I think all Nordic countries has some version of this law. For some reason Finland's everyman's rights are most famous of them. Maybe it's more extensive? I don't know, I don't really know how it works there.
I think the Swedish version is more extensive as we are allowed to make a fire anywhere opposed to in Finland where it's not. And we also have the beach protection law that makes it illegal to build private property on beaches, to guarantee the public's right of access 👌
So you can camp in the forest but you can't build a camp. Making an open fire requires a permit from the land owner. In general camping one night in one spot is ok. Disturbing someones home is basically up to common sense. There is no specific distance etc.
Just got some litres of suppilovahvero (funnel chantarelle) and 2 weeks ago kantalellejä ( chantarell). Soo delicilious. Just go To To backforest To pick those. Like 1km From my house. And citycenter is about 4km "far" ❤️❤️🇫🇮
Before 1700 all forest was shared property and you could do anything you wished with it. The forest became yours if you burned it down for farming, but you would lose that right, if the forest grew back. Then the Swedish introduced land reform and the rules have pretty much the same way every since
True, but a bit inaccurate. Before the land reform that started in the 1750's, land in Southern Finland was owned by villages. You could claim areas for farming within the village boundaries. Further North in Central Finland and up there were so few people living that vast areas were totally empty and free for anyone who would like to farm. This started to change during the 1500's and in the 1700's reform what had not turned to village land was declared property of the Swedish crown.
Lol, no you cannot build a house anywhere you want. The jokamiehenoikeudet applies only the mushrooms, berries and other pickable food. You cannot fe. fell a tree.
everymans right means you can travel around all land but not peoples yards or property meaning that if you can see or be in sight line of house, yard, fenses, cultivated land etc then you are trespassing and need to leave... basicaly if you can see someting owned by someone els then you need to leave but otherwise its ok. atleast thats how i was taught
Unless you're in a marked hiking trail you'll never meet anyone. Absolutely no rules apply. Just don't get caught. If you do it will be national headlines for a week
I am pretty shocked that only 90% of Finland is covered in everymen's right. I would have thought that it would have been close to 99%. Finland is pretty loosely populated country, and towns, cities, villages, etc don't cover that missing 10% (maybe that 1% would be more close) . But Since fields and military training grounds are exempt from the right also, that starts to make a little more sense.
About 74% of Finland is forests, about 10% lakes, about 7.5% is farmland and about 5% is urban areas. So adding the farmland and urban areas makes over 10% so 90% sounds quite correct in my opinion.
So every mans rights where developt in finland shortly after our independence many people was poor and we did not have much food and many people were homeles and unemployed the law also stated that you can sell every amount of fish berries plants or mushrooms without having to pay taxes that law is still active so basically these laws where developt for those people ho had nothin so they could have a chance for life to sleep somwhere to get something to eat and get money to spend cold winters in hotel or something similar gor winter or to get a house eventually and you can also pick up sticks or take down dead trees to get firewood to keep yorself warm and make a fire in places where it is allowed.
This is incorrect, the first law case about jokamiehenoikeudet was held on 1914, well before our independence. The rights are based on thousand years of cultural tradition and are not written in the actual law, but this law case inofficially legalized the rights. But you are correct about these being tax free.
@@cayenigma yeah that was what i meant basically with that i did not want to include those facts to my comment cause i wanted to make a comment giving more info that was not mentioned in the video without without writing an essay so i put that information out in another way but nothing was incorrect and yes i do know those things you stated i did get that date wrong cause my memory is not goot at dates but the governent did also think those who had it worst alongside our traditions
Everyman's rights are older than Finnish literature. Hunting and gathering was essential for survival centuries ago and the Crown didn't take it away when it claimed the lands, there was no point not to allow it. But it's kind of remarkable it has been preserved in modern times and defined as laws. In many countries these old rights were taken away.
@@cayenigma In a fact same rules and freedom were stated during Swedes rule, but first time it was stated in finnish law was 1914. Kind of legalizing common practices.
As a Finn, I'm a little annoyed by this praise of Finland. At the moment, not all Finns are really happy. People's happiness in Finland has been based on the fact that they have had the security of life provided by the state. Today, that is no longer true. The policies of the current right-wing government make the poor and those with low incomes even poorer. Their ideal is the American model, where only the rich have a good time. This is commonplace in Finland now. A couple of years and Finland is number 100 in the happiness statistics, not number 1. 😟
Tresspassing laws goes like this: " If you have over 2meter high fence all around your property, you have right to tell the tresspasser to go away. Othewice he had better rights than you, even if he breaks in to your house with s gun in hand, you have no right to protect yourself or your property or family. Also If you have surveillance camera but NOT any sing about it on the way tresoasser comes in, youre in trouble, not he...."
Feels out dated, like everything else. Everything needs refreshed to modern times Yes, you can always gather and hunt for basic hunger, but cant make career out of it.
@mazz1985 You are lost in the woods ...with a stuff needed for hunting? Sounds likely! Finn usually has a proper knife (puukko) in the woods but nothing more dangerous than that.
As far as camping is concerned, you can park your camper van almost anywhere, but you have to keep at least 50 meters away from the nearest inhabited house. There are extremely many free campsites in the middle of nowhere, where even the firewood for the campfire is provided free of charge. However, Finland is also an extremely dangerous country ... Billions of bloodthirsty enemies lie in wait for every "intruder", especially near bodies of water. Of course, this means these mosquitoes; so never forget mosquito repellent!
You can't walk to anyone's garden, but you can go through someone's forest and also pick berries there.
its just not berries. its called ever mans right for a reason. most people respect other peoples properties but its perfectly fine to go look for like mushrooms or deer tracks. it perfectly legal, if they sue you, they lose.
As long as you dont trespass over fences or are bothering the inhabitants, it is actually perfectly fine to walk on someones private property like a garden. Obviously you cant ruin their things (you cant just raid their vegetable patch or walk in their flower bed) but you CAN go on there and pick local mushrooms that happen to grow on their land. You are also allowed to go in fenced areas like horse ranches, although it is at your own risk if the animal hurts or scares you.
You can quite literally set up a tent in someones garden and itll be legal. Mind you they might not appreciate it, but according to the law you have a right to be there for a night.
The thing is that we just dont do it. Its not a law, but it is a social taboo to just waltz next to someones house. Also there is literally forest everywhere, if you wanna pick berries or mushrooms its more convinient to just head to your local forest trail rather than go on a neighbors lawn.
Back when I lived in a villa our backyard included a forest. Kids would go there to play all the time
when i am gathering berries or mushroom my rule is that if you see house you are too close. so i keep away.
Very well said👍
if you are hunting its perfectly fine to run infront of your house if you are chasing the deer. also gathering blueberries etc.. there is nothing you can do about it. its the law
You need a permit to build a house, so in that sense, you can't build just where ever you like, put you can apply to a permit to build your house "everywhere you like". But the government doesn't allow you to build just anywhere. It's all based on logic, reason and respect (to other people, animals and landscape). I'd say, common sense is key here.
And the video said that you can build a temporary camp (in a reasonable distance).
Still you do need to own the land in question or rented it to even ask for a permit to build a house.
Signs say:
Unauthorized trespassers are met with awkward eye contact.
Same as in Finland, in Sweden its calld Allemansrätten.. You alloys to walk in forest, put up a tent, pick mushrooms and berries- But to fish you needs paper for it and be on some ones yard its counted not in this. Also cutting tree you not alloys to do, but you can take some sticks for fire whitout any problem..
Everyone's Right is a Nordic thing, also found in e.g. Sweden. Everyone has the right to walk or cycle on other people's land if it is not fenced or if you disturb those who live there, i.e. you must not enter other people's house plots. You may pitch a tent, but at a distance from the residents so that you do not disturb them. You must leave the area as it was when you arrived, i.e. do not cut down trees, build things you do not remove when you leave or destroy nature, and you must also take your trash with you.
@@LasseEklof The one i would want also to Finland is the right to land on on any dock or beach and The rights to walk on others property on the Seaside / lakeside / along the rivers.. 👌👍
You can camp but making a fire still would need the approval of the land owner and if you don't bring your own logs you can only use branches, leaves etc. as you can't collect any fallen trees or cut down trees without the approval of the landowner. In reality if you frequently use area of land for any reason and you know the landowner you should really introduce yourself to them and tell them that you frequent the area and might do certain things there so he knows what you are doing. It can also be good for you as the landowner could give you information that might be useful like if there is dangers in the area like sinkholes or if dangerous animals have been seen around there recently.
Everyone's Right is one of the best assets in Finland. 😅👍
It is in all good faith, you can't breach the basic social barriers, it is good manners to ask the land owner if you want to set up camp, if it is noticeable. Fire laws are to kept in concern.
You can also freely fish with hook and sinker using single rod. but you need certificate for flyfishing and for nets.
(And again, if fishing hasnt been prohibited for some specific reason, example for protecting endangered species &c.)
Interfere is wrong word. Häiritä means to harass or to disturb
Keep in mind though,...
NEVER make a fire in other persons land. And never ever in The Woods or fields!!!! There is many places by The lakes where it's safe to Make a fire.
I just spent a week in Our summerhouse by Lake Inari in Lappland. Every Time I go there, It feels so, so amazing. It's so peacefull and quiet you can actually hear your own Heartbeat. There is no need For TV, Netflix or anything. Only other creatures you'll see are The raindeers and if you'll leave them Be, they won't bother you. When you walk from The cabin 50m to The sauna by The shore, you can eat blueberries And lingonberries on your way😋
And the best thing is that When The night Falls, you can just lay on The Pier and Look at The stars and auroras. IT never gets old❤ I live in a nice, peacefull place by The Bay of Bothnia, but there is no place like Lappland. Especially when you need to rest and recharge your batteries❤❤
Even if it's safe place to make fire, you can't do that without land owners permission.
@@jopes4855 Jea but if you hike in the middle of the country , no one goes find the owner. Its been like this since always. Telling owners is good practise, but it very rarely happens.
@@mhh7544 Man you are wrong. And with wrong people it seems. If you people do that you really need to think again. It's one of the most dangerous and a**hole things you can do. There is a reason why it's forbidden. Everyone can take pocket stove with them if you go hike. I personally know one time when couple people were caught they won't do it again.
@@jopes4855 Dont be silly and come down from your pedestal .
@@mhh7544 Are you really that dumb? Really?
About that interfere other ppl.
Think it like this. You know, you are on someones land and you make a camp for the night. You are a quest. Not invited, but still. You really want to interfere a hunter/farmer with your, lets say drunken, nonsense? He knows his land. You dont want to be buried there. So be civil and sleep trough the night, be by yourself or with your party, but be civil.
Manners. Common sense. You dont need to walk on your socks or anything, but dont blast your boombox either. Leave that campsite in better condition as it was and move on.
Swim in the lake, eat the berries, make a fire maybe. Clean after yourself. Easy life
Making a fire requires permission from the landowner and no forest fire warning.
@@stickgarrote8582 This seems to be one thing that even finns doesn't remember.
You cant setup a random fireplace in a forest if ýou dont have permission from the forest owner. But there is many dedicated places in forests where you can do that.
And common sense applies here as well. If your life depends on making a fire it is not considered a crime.
@@sampohonkala4195 Not really common sense. There are also in the law mentioned force major incedent when fire can be allowed. Like if you are freezing in winter far from any housing. or if you are injured and can't move.. you can mark yourself with smoke (fire),
@@mikkorenvall428 if your life is in danger you can even break and enter into private property like a summer house
These rights are not privileges, mind you. Before you go traipsing through the woodlands uninhibited, note that Finnish law also mandates that anyone coming in contact with a wild animal in distress MUST help them, at the very least by notifying a local animal shelter, or in the case of a large animal, the emergency services. Abandoning a hurt wild animal is a CRIME in Finland.
Jokamiehenoikeus does not cover backyards, gardens, or anything that is clearly in use. But it covers everything else, anywhere, all the time, even if there is a "private property" placard. And of course, military areas are exempt.
Dunno what its like in Finland, but in Sweden we have an additional cool thing which is called ”strandskydd” = beach protection. This means that you can never claim a beach as your own even if you own the land next to it. You cant close them off. they are part of the ”allemansrätten”. So anyone should be able to walk along any beach lakes and sea are publicly acessible. (There are however some places, old properties that deviate from this law, but nowdays you cant close off any beaches from the public)🥳
We do not have that (I'm a Finn), usually the beach rights belong to the house nearby being a part of the houses protected area. But if there is no house nearby and it is not fenced off, then you can wander on the beach. Except if the beach is protected with Natura environment protection. In that case there are signs and the area must be kept in it's natural state, often even passing through it is not permitted as those areas are usually the nesting sites of endangered animals. I know this cause my sister owns a beach front and she cannot build on it cause it is protected by Natura.
It's polite not to go into someone else's yard, or someone else's cornfield, when you remember how you would feel, and act accordingly, then everything will go well, of course you can't cut down trees from someone else's forest
by the way, Finnish blueberries are actually bilberries.
Hello, Dwayne!
The official regulations on the Everyman's Right in Finland (in Finnish: Jokamiehenoikeus, in Swedish: Allemansrätten) should be available in English on some official site, with all the details and exceptions. Most people in Finland are very law-abiding, and the few who aren't, will pay the price.
There have been times when illegal gathering and trafficing of eggs of wild birds to foreign customers have increased, resulting in stiff fines for those involved. The Finnish authorities and private people keep a sharp eye out for any transgressions.
You shall build up a tent for casual over night, like one or two nights.But you shall not build up a campfire with out the promission from the land owner. But there are couple of exeptions. If you are in a force major situlation like freezing in the winter and you need fire to stay alive, or if you have injury and can not move you can make a fire to make easier to find you. (smoke). And as the State is a major land owner in some parts of the country State has made a common promission to build campfires on state owned land in certain provinces as long as there is not a build up fireplace in reasonable distance (5km, 3-4miles).
Welcome to Finland! :)
Some things are vague because we like to create as little restrictions as possible. General guide is, don't be a dick.
I ve set dozens of camps with fire when I was boy scout. But you have to be careful where to do it, preferably near lake, pond, stream or a river. Small lakes and ponds are everywhere.
Exactly the same in Sweden! ❤❤
Its the same in Sweden (and also Norway and Denmark I think)😊
Nordics again. We are all same. From 🇫🇮❤️❤️
Im 99% sure that all of the nordic countries have this same right, might be some sligth variations inbetween the countries but basically the same
Not exactly. This right exists in Finland, Sweden and Norway, but not in Iceland or Denmark. Denmark for obvious reasons - it is way more densely populated and has farmland rather than large forests. In Iceland I guess it is the other opposite - the country so empty they have not even thought this would be an issue. But in Finland, Sweden and Norway basically the same. It is based on large wilderness areas and very small populations back in history (roughly 200 000 people in Finland in the 1500's) where the forests had plenty for everyone and people went hunting and fishing freely to survive. Moreover, land was owned by villages; private property in the sense of individual farms having borders only started in the 1750's in Finland and Sweden.
"You can move on the ice covered lakes in the winter." 😂 yeah it might be a bit challenge in summer +25c
Not really, ever heard packcrafting? Getting more and more popular.
@@jopes4855 but not on ice covered lakes like the video mentions😀
Buildings require a building permit, which now mainly means that you can walk in the woods and pick lingonberries, mushrooms, etc. and if we are talking about hunting, most of the deer you need the permission of the owner of the land and you usually get deer meat from it, that is during the hunting season.
There is a saying that the forest is the church of Finns, and it should be noted that 78 percent of Finland's surface area is covered by forests.
If you want to get to know Finnish nature, I can become a guide and teach you how to survive in the forest in winter or summer.
Most places fishing with hook and worm without any reel is ok without licence. Other kind of fishing need licence from the covernment (costly for a short period) and from owner of water area (often owned of managed lake level or by town level. ) In nature reservates there may be pretty strict rules, like no landing to an island, or even walking only on marked paths.
Picking bird eggs, killing animals etc may be really costly. For example the river shellfish compensation price is 600€/piece. Nearly all animals are protected in nature. Mosquitoes and ticks are luckily an exeption😂.
Hunting needs always a licence from land owner and covernment.
Making campfire without license or during forest fire warning is also a big no no.
In state owned areas there are some cottages and camp fire places free for everyone to use. The cottages are ment not for more than one night, and they are usually pretty far from roads or houses. Must usually hike tens of km to get there, and one can't be sure to fit in.
I think the interfering with others part is left purposefully vague. I'm a Finn and I do utilize my everyman's rights, but I'm not actually completely sure how this works. I'd say that disturbing others, you know being a pain in the ass, is frowned upon. Threatening someone or trying to scare them is obviously a no go. If you are lost, or just want to greet someone doing their thing nearby, that's completely okay. Running into people in nature is unnerving sometimes, especially if you are deep in the woods, so that's probably more of an instruction to behave properly, and left in the law so it can be used if needed. Maybe I'll look into it.
I think it meant more that you should not disturb anyones homes and don't be mean to animals on purpose, just let them be. Also during the breeding season think what you do and where. I don't at least remember there being anything else about bothering other people in the everyones rights.
Easiest way to think is, your rights end where other ones begin.
i live in city, but still i have forest around my house
Complicated ... "Ei, ei, ei, (= No, no, no!)" "Mitä vittuu sä mun pihalla teet!? (= WTF, get out of my backyard!!!)
Some privacy...
P.S. The problem with not so clever touristis is growing in Finland, too. Might be bebecause they are already banned in many European civilized countries...😎
If you come to finland, come for summer. Then you will meet peoples because then we spent time outside as well.
Building houses needs permits and landowners permit usually need to buy or rent a land to build
Sweden "Allemansrätten" The freedom to roam.
I think all Nordic countries has some version of this law. For some reason Finland's everyman's rights are most famous of them. Maybe it's more extensive? I don't know, I don't really know how it works there.
@Pyllymysli I think Denmark doesn't have "rights to roam".
I think the Swedish version is more extensive as we are allowed to make a fire anywhere opposed to in Finland where it's not. And we also have the beach protection law that makes it illegal to build private property on beaches, to guarantee the public's right of access 👌
C'mon, Dwayne. Do people in the UK walk around in their gardens when they go for a walk in the nature?
Also, motorized vehicles are not allowed without permission from the landowner. Respect nature, and you'll be fine.
You can set up a temporary camp. You can’t put up a residence.
So you can camp in the forest but you can't build a camp. Making an open fire requires a permit from the land owner. In general camping one night in one spot is ok.
Disturbing someones home is basically up to common sense. There is no specific distance etc.
you can fish without license but it has to be like a rod or something like that
and now is mushroom season so hurry up to woods... just know what you are picking..
Just got some litres of suppilovahvero (funnel chantarelle) and 2 weeks ago kantalellejä ( chantarell). Soo delicilious. Just go To To backforest To pick those. Like 1km From my house. And citycenter is about 4km "far" ❤️❤️🇫🇮
Before 1700 all forest was shared property and you could do anything you wished with it. The forest became yours if you burned it down for farming, but you would lose that right, if the forest grew back. Then the Swedish introduced land reform and the rules have pretty much the same way every since
True, but a bit inaccurate. Before the land reform that started in the 1750's, land in Southern Finland was owned by villages. You could claim areas for farming within the village boundaries. Further North in Central Finland and up there were so few people living that vast areas were totally empty and free for anyone who would like to farm. This started to change during the 1500's and in the 1700's reform what had not turned to village land was declared property of the Swedish crown.
Do you know what is difference between blueberries and billberries?
Lol, no you cannot build a house anywhere you want. The jokamiehenoikeudet applies only the mushrooms, berries and other pickable food. You cannot fe. fell a tree.
everymans right have rules... yes u can go 90% everywere but its not say you can camp some ones front door.
everymans right means you can travel around all land but not peoples yards or property meaning that if you can see or be in sight line of house, yard, fenses, cultivated land etc then you are trespassing and need to leave... basicaly if you can see someting owned by someone els then you need to leave but otherwise its ok.
atleast thats how i was taught
No can not build anything. Just only a tent.
You can tell them to leave, and then they should leave. It also doesn’t apply to your yard.
Unless you're in a marked hiking trail you'll never meet anyone. Absolutely no rules apply. Just don't get caught. If you do it will be national headlines for a week
Well yeah.. When people from some places talk about freedom, finns giggle a little bit.
No, everyman's rights do not include pitching your tent in someone's front yard.
I am pretty shocked that only 90% of Finland is covered in everymen's right. I would have thought that it would have been close to 99%. Finland is pretty loosely populated country, and towns, cities, villages, etc don't cover that missing 10% (maybe that 1% would be more close) . But Since fields and military training grounds are exempt from the right also, that starts to make a little more sense.
About 74% of Finland is forests, about 10% lakes, about 7.5% is farmland and about 5% is urban areas. So adding the farmland and urban areas makes over 10% so 90% sounds quite correct in my opinion.
@@Wezqu Yeah. And you can even move on farmlands if you do not harm for crops.
So every mans rights where developt in finland shortly after our independence many people was poor and we did not have much food and many people were homeles and unemployed the law also stated that you can sell every amount of fish berries plants or mushrooms without having to pay taxes that law is still active so basically these laws where developt for those people ho had nothin so they could have a chance for life to sleep somwhere to get something to eat and get money to spend cold winters in hotel or something similar gor winter or to get a house eventually and you can also pick up sticks or take down dead trees to get firewood to keep yorself warm and make a fire in places where it is allowed.
This is incorrect, the first law case about jokamiehenoikeudet was held on 1914, well before our independence. The rights are based on thousand years of cultural tradition and are not written in the actual law, but this law case inofficially legalized the rights. But you are correct about these being tax free.
@@cayenigma yeah that was what i meant basically with that i did not want to include those facts to my comment cause i wanted to make a comment giving more info that was not mentioned in the video without without writing an essay so i put that information out in another way but nothing was incorrect and yes i do know those things you stated i did get that date wrong cause my memory is not goot at dates but the governent did also think those who had it worst alongside our traditions
Everyman's rights are older than Finnish literature. Hunting and gathering was essential for survival centuries ago and the Crown didn't take it away when it claimed the lands, there was no point not to allow it. But it's kind of remarkable it has been preserved in modern times and defined as laws. In many countries these old rights were taken away.
@@kognak6640 yeah that is what i also meant the laws were kept so the people who had nothing had a chance to survive
@@cayenigma In a fact same rules and freedom were stated during Swedes rule, but first time it was stated in finnish law was 1914. Kind of legalizing common practices.
You have to use common sense. Of course, you can’t go into someone else’s backyard without a camping permit.
OOF, going Back to england, hope nothing Bad Will happen... England is nuts currently, like almoust in way of China.
As a Finn, I'm a little annoyed by this praise of Finland. At the moment, not all Finns are really happy. People's happiness in Finland has been based on the fact that they have had the security of life provided by the state. Today, that is no longer true. The policies of the current right-wing government make the poor and those with low incomes even poorer. Their ideal is the American model, where only the rich have a good time. This is commonplace in Finland now. A couple of years and Finland is number 100 in the happiness statistics, not number 1. 😟
I think Denmark doesn't have it. Denmark is more similar to the U.K in that matter.
It`s not nuance, it is common sense ....................
Tresspassing laws goes like this: " If you have over 2meter high fence all around your property, you have right to tell the tresspasser to go away. Othewice he had better rights than you, even if he breaks in to your house with s gun in hand, you have no right to protect yourself or your property or family. Also If you have surveillance camera but NOT any sing about it on the way tresoasser comes in, youre in trouble, not he...."
I live in Finland, they don´t respect dark skin at all, I am with dark skin.
Feels out dated, like everything else.
Everything needs refreshed to modern times
Yes, you can always gather and hunt for basic hunger, but cant make career out of it.
You cannot hunt without permission in Finland but you can make career of picking berries and mushrooms and nobody cares 😃
@@magicofshootingstar You lost in the woods, you are gonna hunt.
@mazz1985
You are lost in the woods ...with a stuff needed for hunting? Sounds likely! Finn usually has a proper knife (puukko) in the woods but nothing more dangerous than that.
@@magicofshootingstar Dig a hole for example and cover it.
Very basic.
Outdated? You mean we should add rules about pokestops?
As far as camping is concerned, you can park your camper van almost anywhere, but you have to keep at least 50 meters away from the nearest inhabited house. There are extremely many free campsites in the middle of nowhere, where even the firewood for the campfire is provided free of charge. However, Finland is also an extremely dangerous country ... Billions of bloodthirsty enemies lie in wait for every "intruder", especially near bodies of water. Of course, this means these mosquitoes; so never forget mosquito repellent!
You jump to conclusions too early before learning all the facts!🙁