Can't Believe We Are FINALLY HERE! (First Day in Helsinki, Finland)
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- After exploring Lapland three winters in a row, we decided it was finally time to head to southern Finland and explore Helsinki! Thanks so much for watching and we hope you will subscribe for more :)
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trust me . climbing the snowpiles and playing king of the hill and making tunnels is what EVERYONE in finland has done and still wanna do.
it's the most finnish thing you can do imo.
Never with snow that dirty though :D
Oh good then we probably fit right in hahaha!!
Digging tunnels is a big no no, but kids will do it regardless. We just have to keep an eye on them and dig them out when their tunnels collapse on them.
@@JacobandJennyTravel😂👍👍👍
Fun to see You amazed by such small "normal" things to a native Finn!😅
Just wrote My wife The same. This couple always makes good mood to everyone.
Thank you guys so much for your kind words :)
At around 3:30 the statue is for the national poet, J.L.Runeberg. He wrote in Swedish, his native language. The nationalist movement that finally lead to independence in 1917 was lead by Swedish speakers for the reason that all higher education in the 1800's was in Swedish. This of course was a consequence of Finland earlier being part of Sweden, as you explained.
That is great to know! Thank you for the information friend :)
Not Punavuori but Ullanlinna.
Great, you finally got here! This has been maybe the coldest winter in 20 years and in Helsinki it can feel very cold because of the wind from the sea. The Baltic sea is less salty than the oceans and it can freeze easier because of that. You really must visit Helsinki in July or early August. I guarantee that it's a lovely summer city and looks like a different place with its green parks etc.
We are so glad we finally made it here!! We hope to come back in the summer or fall!!🌞
@@JacobandJennyTravel let's get in touch in summer and have a beer together in Helsinki, if you're coming again?
@@oh2mp We will for sure let you know if and when we book our trip :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel great! Agreed! I hope I'll be around then. In July I usually have my summer vacation and travel somewhere, but sometimes I'm also here in Helsinki area. I have a plan to drive to the middle Norway next summer. I haven't explored the area between Trondheim and Bodø yet, and I want to see it. I'm not just sure yet if that will happen next summer or not.
14:03 Hesburger has been a trouble in recent weeks due to Foodora's poorly planned campaign offering a 50% discount on Hesburger orders to pro users. This led to a surge in orders, causing staff in every restaurant to be overworked as they try to fulfill the increased demand. This may explain slow service. 😃
Oh wow so good to know!! Thanks for sharing friend :)
I worked in Suomenlinna one winter and I can definitely recommend going there in the summer.
That is great to know! Thanks for the recommendation :)
The meat pie usually has a hot dog with all the condiments and yes the fried crispy onions. That ferry goes to Sweden the ones that go to Tallinn are at West Terminal Harbor. We have studded tires to make it easier to drive, but tires do spin until they get traction.
The fried crispy onions were so delicious!! Thanks so much for that information :)
I'm so glad that you visited the Punavuori area in Helsinki (where the St. John's church is located) because that area is so pretty and many tourists totally miss it when they visit Helsinki. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay here in Finland 😊
We really enjoyed that area!! And all of Finland! Thanks so much for your comment :)
Hesburger is famous for its sauces or mayonnaises! They are the best.
It was sooo delicious!! Thanks for watching :)
You're a nice couple 😍 I just found your channel and subscribed 👍🏼😊 I'm finnish and I have lived my youth near Helsinki and it's really familiar to me 😊 I'm so glad you guys like finland 🤗 Come again soon! 😁 Hope you have a wonderful weekend and you enjoy your stay in Finland 🫶
Yay thank you so much friend! We are so happy to hear that. We absolutely love Finland 🇫🇮
The scenery is so beautiful. And the snow enhances that beauty. There definitely looks like there is a lot to do as tourists. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe guys. ❤
The snow definitely enhances the beauty!! Thanks for watching♥️
You must go to western Finland , Turku , Naantali and Rauma, its very beautiful area , maybe they are best in summer.
We are hoping to go there in the summer or fall :) thanks for watching!
@@JacobandJennyTravel You should definitely visit Turku in summer!
Nice video :) + I really recommend coming to Helsinki sometime between June and July. The difference between ”summer Helsinki” and ”winter Helsinki” is like day and night.
We definitely want to come back in the summer!! Thanks so much for watching :)
If you came just now you missed Christmas markets and LuxHelsinki. So there are not so much happening at The moment. However you seem to create fun anyways 😅... Like just enjoying the snow. Market halls in Kauppatori or Hakaniemi are worth to see. Also the wooden houses of Käpylä (Pohjolankatu street), or the ole town of Porvoo.
I also wish you could come in June or July, totaly different then. Have a nice time!
So nice to see such a positive attitude. You're always welcome to visit Finland again.
Thank you so much friend! We love Finland 🇫🇮
The fantastic thing about you guys is that you are so positive and open to new challenges.I love to travel with you 😊🫠🥰😍😘
Your comments always make us smile!! Thank you so much for always being so kind and encouraging!♥️
@JacobandJennyTravel I love you guys! You're very open, adventurous, and positive. I'm old Polish women, mother, grandmother, etcetera, living in Canada. Traveling with you reminds me of my travels around the world with my late husband. All the best, my young friends 🫠😘🥰❤️🩹
@barbarabal8922 that is all so beautiful, thank you for sharing all that. Lots of love friend 🥰♥️
Cool to see someone visit Helsinki in winter time. typically it's always summer when you see a video about their visit.
We are a sucker for a good Finnish winter! It’s our third year in a row 🥶❄️ thanks so much for watching!
I warmly welcome you to Finland! I make me smile, when i see how much you enjoy Finland and Finnish things :)
Thank you so much friend :) We love Finland very much 🇫🇮
We are headed to Finland in a week! Watching you both has been so great. We will only see Rovaniemi & Helsinki. Thank you.
We are so happy you enjoyed the videos!! Have such a wonderful time in Finland, it is amazing 🇫🇮
Love your positive attitude.
Thank you so much friend :)
When in Helsinki, you might want to see the Kallio Church, as well as the Temppelinaukio Church, from inside. They are very different to the other, so you could decide, which one you like better.
We will have to do that! Thanks for the recommendation :)
Hesburger's special sauces/mayos are paprika and cucumber
Their sauces were delicious! Thanks for watching :)
Go to place called Löyly. There you can go sauna and ice plunge. And the salmon soup there is must have.
That sounds awesome! We will! Thank you :)
0:30 St John's church sounds catholic but it's protestant (Lutheran). A Finland trivia: Finland is the least catholic country in Europe, there are more muslims than catholics in Finland. The 10:18 big red brick church is an orthodox Uspenski cathedral, a lot of bling bling inside :)
Wow that is all so interesting! Thank you for the information :)
3:17 The statue at Esplanade Park is of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland's national poet and a great patriot. He couldn't speak Finnish, so wrote in Swedish. His poems were translated into Finnish.
Wow that is so good to know! Thanks for sharing :)
Hi friends. If you are in Helsinki you just must visit my home town Porvoo(very close to Helsinki). If not in this trip maybe next:D
Summer trip Helsinki-Porvoo-Kotkan Meripäivät? :'D
OMG yes that sound awesome:)
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I agree, it's a place worth experiencing. Porvoo is so beautiful, especially as a summer town. 🥰
Porvoo looks so cute!! We were planning on going there but might end up saving it for the summer! Thanks so much for your recommendation :)
Porvoo is really cute summer town....welcome! @@JacobandJennyTravel
Welcome to Helsinki! Did you know that the Darude - Sandstorm music video was shot on those cathedral stairs!
We did not know that!! Thank you for sharing :)
I've visited Helsinki last month and it was the best experience ive ever had especially going to mall of tripla and allas sea pool both of those were soo amazing especially going on a Forest walk in the snow it was one of best moments i felt in my life. Helsinki felt like it was a more real home city than LA. After leaving Helsinki to go to rovanemni next i felt really sad about leave it was soo amazing. All i want to say is THANK YOU SOO MUCH FINLAND for making me a really happy person that i am. Finland deserves all the credit for being an amazing country with a very high quality of life.
We are so happy to hear you had such an incredible experience! Finland is truly such a special place :) Thank you so much for watching!
The park with the little tower is called Sinebrychoff park after the businessman who founded the oldest brewery in the Nordics there. It dates back to 1819, and you can still get their Koff-beer in every market in Finland. You guys really found the smallest&nicest things in the city. I've never seen another traveler cover these sights.
We are so happy to hear that, we like going off the beaten path a little bit, the side streets always make us the happiest and feel the most genuine. Thanks so much for your comment :)
sometimes when there are too much snow piles in helsinki, they melt it with diesel burner
Wow so interesting! Thanks for sharing :)
Helsinki is a fine city, I lived there for almost 40 years on that Katajanokka island where the Orthodox Cathedral stands. It may be an exotic place in winter, but it is really a summer city with the sea and beautiful islands just minutes from the center.
And like they say, the best thing about Helsinki is that it is so conveniently close to Stockholm....and it is truly close; If you fly you will land at Arlanda at the very minute your flight started - there is a one hour time difference, though. The Stockholm ferry you pointed out is still luxorious, If not quite new any more. Definitely worth a cruise.
Hopefully we will be able to come back in the summer and go on the ferry to Stockholm! I am sure both are amazing in the summer! Thanks for your comment :)
Loved ypur reaction,so fun to hear you in the end "This tastes better than McDonalds"..:-)
It was so delicious!! Thanks for watching friend :)
Kara & Nate did the polar plunge there!!
Omg we literally saw their story and we actually did the polar plunge one day after they were there!! Hope you're doing well Sam♥️
Welcome to Helsinki! Lived here my whole life (not in city center though.) I would recommed trying Bell pepper mayo (paprikamajoneesi) with fries in Hesburger, it's the best! Hesburger should be around the same price anywhere in Finland except for a few special places. McDonald's has actually gotten more expensive than Hesburger - used to be the other way around. I'm sure you have a lot to do, but if you want to explore the city, metro is a fun way to see parts of the city. In the center it goes underground, but when you get out of the center, it will mostly travel above ground. If you take the metro to Vuosaari from the central railway station, you can walk over to Cafe Kampela which is a small cafe by the frozen sea. Also nice place in the summer. It is also possible to see auroras in Helsinki, but solar activity has been low past couple weeks. And it's not gonna be the same as up North.
Bell pepper mayo sounds delicious!! That is so interesting, we loved the burgers there!! Thanks so much for all the incredible information :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel No worries, enjoy the travels!
@@JacobandJennyTravel by the looks of it, Jacob's hamburger already had it :) "what is that sauce?"
Wow
You're lucky. We haven't had this much snow in Helsinki in ages.
We really did luck out! We are so happy. Thanks for watching :)
Hesburger is super famous for their sauces!
They were all so delicious! We need to try more 🙌🏼
Hi Jenny, you should visit Savonlinna and Saimaa lake area in sommer....
We will pin those on our map! Hopefully we will be back in the summer :) thanks for the recommendation!
1:19 the Fire Station looks a bit strange because it was built 1891 and that tower was needed for observation purpose.
So interesting! Thanks for the information :)
Imagine raising your children here. Safe, they can go wherever on their own, ride public transport to friends or hobbies spend time adventuring put. Education is good and free even up to university. And they can become whatever they want. Equal opportunity is a big thing AND if they are ok with not pursuing career and working in Hese that is fine also.
That is so great :) thanks so much for watching!
They are called love locks. Couple's put them in the bridges... Sorry for my english. I don't speak very good english....
Your English is great!! :)
There's very little salt in that water, it's barely even sea water. Also salt affects the freezing temp only slightly, 0.2 - 0.8 Celsius degrees.
Driving in the winter is easy. Just use winter tires and keep the accelerating/breaking and direction changes suble. The hard part is when you can't see any of the road markings.
Ketchup is free everywhere here. Never seen anybody pay for that.
Oh so interesting!! I guess we have had to pay for ketchup in most other countries in Europe, so we were expecting it in Finland too! Thanks for all the information :)
Finland may not have high rise buildings nor mountains but we have some great piles of snow
Hahaha!! We are here for it 🙌🏼 thanks for watching!
Temppeliaukion kirkko is one of the must see churches as it is so unique, one of a kind in the world. Used to live right next door to it but i have to admit... never visited, always thought, "i can do that tomorrow"....
And McDonalds vs Hesburger is like comparing Lada vs Mercedes.. The fries are really good, and their sauces.. You can buy those sauces from grocery stores too, got their cucumber mayo in the fridge right now.
Yup, McD is way better :)
Let's not get overboard... while I prefer Hesburger over McDonald's, I wouldn't compare it Mercedes... Hesburger sauces and especially amount they use is kinda dividing factor, some people prefer their burgers way less sauce (nothing wrong with that. Each their own!) (their special mayonnaise sauces were how Hesburger set itself apart from its competitors initially).
The sauces were very delicious! We were just happy to get free ketchup haha!! Thanks for your thoughts :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel If you visit Hesburger again, order their red mayo (paprika mayo) to dip the fries into. It is so yummy! :)
20 mins sounds very long for Hesburger, but maybe I mostly order foods that are commonly ordered so they have them ready in the buffer. Seems like the restaurant was empty, so maybe that's another reason for the long delay.
I agree that it's better than McDonald's, but it's more expensive also. I would choose Hesburger any day.
That makes sense!! Thanks for your comment :)
Fun fact, burgers taste different depending what "joint" you order them, although they are all made the same way. Weird, isn't it. But you probably knew this. So for my personal taste I get them from two different Burger joints, depending in what part of the Helsinki I am.
Oh wow that is so interesting!! We will have to try another Hesburger. Thanks for.that information :)
esplanadi park is center of helsinki offical center spot is Rautatieaseman kivimiehet / Helsinki Central Railway Station is guarded by four Stone Men holding globe-shaped lanterns. 7:15 that mustard is Turun sipappi 😍 but if every come back Helsinki come summer time best summer time in Helsinki is 1.7 -> 1.9
We definitely want to come back to Helsinki in the summer! It looks amazing 😍 thanks for watching :)
That Jacob was hit by the snow from the roof doesn't sound very good (unless it was just the powder snow carried by the wind). There can be some ice also falling so it's not safe to be right below. Wasn't there any fence or line to prevent going near the building?
Exactly. There should be somebody on the street to warn out the snow droppers with whistle when there are pedestrians coming, so they don't drop any on the peoples head. I wonder why there were't any, there should've been. That's the safety norm here. Luckily no harm done.
Thankfully there was no ice in it, just light snow 🙌🏼❄️ we saw tons of fences around areas, but not in this particular area. Thanks for watching :)
Next time go to Tampere. Best city in Finland. Its between two lakes so its super unique
That sounds incredible! We will put it on our list :) thanks for the recommendation!
You love finland, i love you.❤
We love Finland very much ♥️ thank you so much for watching!
Local here! Hi! Altough I'm not Helsinki citizen but living the metropoly area. Nice to have you here. Have you consideret seeking outside of the capital? We have lots of in Espoo. Also Porvoo might be interesting place to checkout. What comes to Finland.. the Lapland is one of get to see, but you mentioned third time visiting here, right? Well in that case, you probably have understood that the Lapland has most expensive prices.I do warmly say, welcome to my country and enjoy. The one country I can with pride to say, you can trust the meets you get.
Thank you so much for the warm welcome! We have been to Levi, Saariselkä and Rovaniemi! We can’t stop coming back to Finland, we just love it so much 🇫🇮
5:54 That ferry goes to Stockholm.
That makes sense!! Thanks for the information :)
I can't read all the comments - but the locks on bridges is something young couples do. They carve or write their name letters on it and put the lock on the bridge
That is so sweet!🔐
The reason the Baltic Sea (Gulf of Finland) freezes is that it's salinity is only about 1/5 of the large oceans.
Oh wow that is so interesting! Thanks for the information :)
Finns generally think that lihapiirakka (meat pie) is not the fanciest fast food around lol. You should have small sausages (nakki) inside it and lotttts of side stuff. Makes a good hangover snack with plenty of calories.
That is good to know! That sounds great, thanks for the information :)
Visit Tampere (in summer) - a city between two lakes.
Finland is the happiest country in the world. Tampere is the happiest region in Finland (the happiest is the small town next to Tampere - Pirkkala). Tampere is at the center of the world's happiness =)
From Helsinki to Tampere it is about 2 hours (by car or train).
Tampere attractions:
- Nokia arena (ice hockey games and large cultural events)
- Näsinneula (restaurant and observation tower)
- Pyynikki's gravel ridge (the world's largest ridge)
- Pyynikki's observation tower (restaurant and observation tower)
- Tammerkoski (a rapids between two lakes, in the middle of the city)
- and Tapola's black sausage... must taste! =)
Tampere is Finland's "Manchester" (Manse). Old factory town.
That is such great information! Thank you so much :)
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Yay thanks so much for subscribing :)
Don't jump on to the ice, people have drowned right next to market square. There are better burger places, new ones keep popping up in downtown area. Matter of taste, I suppose. Behind Ateneum. If you wanted to go to museums like that, they are usually closed on Mondays though.
Oh wow, thank you for letting us know! And we will have to try another burger place too! Thanks for watching :)
Might be better than McDonald's? It is! Everyone I know says Hesburger is better and either never go to McDonald's or only rarely if the closest "Hese" is too far off route.
edit: Or at least in my opinion McDonald's is the worst option for fast food in Finland.
Hesburger is so delicious!! Definitely much fresher than McDonald’s. I wish I was eating it right now haha! Thanks for watching :)
Its quite common to have ice rinks all around the city during winter.
Ps. Helsinki is nice, but Tampere is nicer 😅
That is so cool!! We will have to go to Tampere! :)
The Baltic Sea doesn't have a lot of salt in it.
That makes sense! Thanks for watching :)
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Hi there! Thanks so much for watching :)
When u guys coming to albania great country good food +cheap prices
We do hope to come there soon!! It looks amazing 😍
Glub burger Carols
Thanks for watching :)
The pigeons 😂😂 glad Helsinki doesn’t approve of pigeon feeding.
Helsinki gets me like no other city does 😂
imo helsinki is 100% the safest capitol in the world.
I'd feel way safer in Taipei for example.
We felt so safe in Helsinki!! We love it
That's Gotham. I'm 100% convinced!
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"What south of finland is like". Greeting from NOT helsinki southern finland :(
Hi friend!! Thanks so much for watching :)
5e for a meatpie without e
any extrtras is a robbery i bright daylight
Interesting! Thank you for watching :)
All Hesburger spiced mayo sauces are amazing that they use in their burgers! However the wait times are pretty long as their employees are quite lazy😂 Also quite expensive considering its still pretty crap quality food.
Also probably right call not going to Suomenlinna in the winter if you maybe are planning to come back later. Its cold af there in the winter often. In my opinion Helsinki is overall way better in the summer. Tons of small parks and a lot of sea shore where to hang out. And mid summer the nights are really light so you can be outside at mid night and its not dark at all.
We definitely want to come back in the summer and experience it then! Thanks so much for your comment :)
0:45 the church is in neo-Gothic style which appeared in the mid-18th century but was most popular in the 19th century . The city itself (Helsinki) was founded in 1550 by King Gustav Vasa (Swedish king) .
Thanks so much for the information :)
though the city itself was built by the russian empire
@@xhorus88 Russia has never built anything except corruption, lawlessness and banditry. The Russian Empire was ruled not by Russians but by Mongols and Germans. The history of Russia is history written on the orders of the Romanovs, who took over the throne from their predecessors in the 17th century, and on their orders in 1682, the family trees of the Boyars, including the Romanovs, were burned on Red Square in Moscow. Later, in the 18th century, the situation only worsened. Peter I invited the Germans to rewrite Russian history. And it was the Germans who committed mass forgery. Apparently, convoys full of confiscated monastic books and other written materials arrived in the newly built St. Petersburg, but all traces of them have since disappeared. Architecture was also devastated, frescoes were pulled down, inscriptions were scraped, and, one might say, material relics of the past were destroyed.
Hi guys you wanna hang out here in Helsinki?? :D
Hi friend!! That sounds so fun! Unfortunately we are no longer in Helsinki as we post our videos a few weeks after we will them :( thanks so much for thinking of us though :)
Not Esplanade Park, just Esplanade. No gloves, you don’t live here.
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Very annoying people. Please don't move to Finland
Lol😂
Actually Helsinki is ugly city ! Not much to do there ! For you everywhere you go is dream destination 😂😂😂😂
True, we always try to be glass half full people :) thanks for watching!
Finnish is a rather new language in Finland, it was pretty much only spoken in the eastern parts of Finland while the southern and western parts were completely Swedish speaking. Just 100 years ago Swedish was spoken by almost 90% of people in Helsinki. Swedish was made the official language in the 13th century while Finnish wasn't an official language until 1919 and in 1922 both Swedish and Finnish were written into the constitution as equal national languages.
BS! Literally EVERYTHING you wrote was incorrect!
@@timoterava7108 Jep jep, me nyt ulisemaan jonnekin muualle!
Finnish actually became an official language in 1863, but Swedish remained the main language of higher education until the early 1900's. Only very narrow strips of the country by the coast were Swedish speaking. In the early 1900's, roughly 13% of the Finnish population had Swedish as their native language; today the figure is a bit over 5%. To be more precise about Helsinki, in 1870 the figeres were 74% Swedish, 26% Finnish, but already in 1890 it was roughly 50% - 50%. You need to go further back to history to reach the point of 90% Swedish.
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Ei tarvitsisi "ulista", jos kaltaisesi koulupudokkaat eivät sepustaisi puutaheinää...
So you think southwestern Finland was empty when crusading Swedish colonists arrived 12th century? Swedish is youngest language in Finland by far. Finns populated southern Finland already in Roman times. Claiming that Finnish is a new language in Finland is ludicrous.
Ukrofinlad xaxa да ну нафиг некогда не нагой
Hahaha you need your own sauna for that one!
Lapland and Helsinki are the most un-Finnish places in Finland,
and the ugliest.
Where would you recommend we visit?