As an old man yelling at clouds, I still call the "University of Helsinki" subway station by its original name, Kaisaniemi. The new name is stupid as the Uni has multiple campuses across the city, while Kaisaniemi is a more specific location. If you really wanna make the name useless, generic and untied to a location you could just change all the signs of all subway stations to say "A subway station". Bah, humbug
Remember when they used to announce the name in Finnish and Swedish: "Kaisaniemi. Kajsaniemi". Even metro understood that was silly so they began to announce Kaisaniemi only once.
Yes crab is especially popular here among the swedish speaking population. There is a dedicated ”crayfish party” day that originates from sweden. But it’s probably not so popular that you’d eat much more than once or twice a year Now the Holy Crab in Kluuvi actually serves a traditional dish from your side of the atlantic, the seafood boil. The restaurant is apparently the first one of its kind in Finland, opened in late 2023
@8:00 Finland doesn't have its own Amazon side branch, Sweden is the closest one. Haven't used it myself. I wouldn't buy clothes online anyway, I prefer to be able to fit them beforehand. Was pretty easy game. Only fourth round took a bit, didn't instantly connect it to Arabianranta, even tho it was pretty obvious from the name of the mall. Last round was in my hometown too to cap it all off.
Kaisaniemi was named after a Swedish-born Catharina "Cajsa" Wahllund, who is said to have introduced restaurants to Finland. Her restaurant was especially popular among students. The restaurant then gave the name to the entire district: "Helsinkievents Cajsan Helmi". Here's something on those crabs: "Finnish Holidays - Crayfish Party - rapujuhlat". You can find the Helsinki's and Finland's oldest public park, Kaisaniemi Park, opened in 1812, in Kluuvi, Kaisaniemi, and possibly also E.g. Sting performing his classic songs and wearing fashionable jeans: "Message in the bottle, Sting My Songs, Kaisaniemi, Helsinki 13.6.2019". Or what's more classic than Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid': "Black Sabbath - Paranoid 7.7.2016 Kaisaniemi, Helsinki Monsters Of Rock". More classics with Toto: "Toto - Pamela live Kaisaniemi 6.8.2022". The Queen was there too with Adam Lambert: "Queen and Adam Lambert - One Vision, Hammer to fall live at Kaisaniemi - Helsinki 2016". In our 'Weekly Fashion Talk' regarding The Queen, the Finnish connection is Fashion icon and influencer, late Touko Laaksonen: "Tom of Finland Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie", ""Tom of Finland" Magazine Leaves Big Impact", "Tom Of Finland Speaks at Calarts(1/2)" and "The Blue Oyster Bar 1". As it happens, late actor George Gaynes, who played Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy movies, was born in Helsinki in 1917. The funny thing about dressing up nice to some tech company's job interview, let's say Apple's instead of Nokia's, is that... Well, let's hear it from a Finnish-American Mike Markkula: "Mike Markkula - How we started Apple Computer". Here's what Norwegian comedians have to say about the Finnish fashion, and they aren't that far off: "Kollektivet: Finnish Trend Report".
Finland really is a country that loves shopping centers. I think one of the main reasons for that is the winter weathers. In most cases the shopping center has an warm underground parking or indoor public transport hub. Fun fact about Helsinki downtown shopping centers Kamppi, central railway station, Citycenter & Sokos all connect underground. I think google has very poor/outdated coverage on most of the ski resorts. I didn't find any Subways of Finland map. Definitely gonna make one though. For map suggestion Hotels of Finland (Suomen Hotellit) in the meantime
Maybe I'm too much of an old fossil, but ordering clothes at random online, without knowing if they fit you or not, and then sending them back when they don't fit, all of that just doesn't compute for me. I need to go to brick and mortar, see the cloth with my own eyes, be able to checks the quality of the fabric and workmanship to know if the price-quality ratio is proper. Then, depending on what it is, such as shoes, you need to try them on. The lowest of low people go to a physical store, try stuff, then leave without buying anything to order the same things online from a random online store, for a bit cheaper price.
I absolutely agree. Since online prices are much cheaper and the selection is basically infinite, ppl tend to buy items they don’t need, therefore spending way more than going to a physical store. I would only condone fitting at the store and then buying online instead in the case of football boots. They’re usually stupid expensive at full retail and many sporting goods stores here in finland don’t even offer the top end models.
Well done again. On one round you asked about the cleaning snowpiles and towing cars away. The cities usually set up signs that tell the dates when a street is totally cleaned and if someone's car is parked there that time, yes they will tow it away. The first and third rounds were easy to me. My job was in that building on the first round long time ago and the third mall is my nearest :)
Especially for clothes, I always prefer to go to a store in a mall. I can talk to the person there on what I want, they can bring me some options that I might not have thought about and I can try them out. I usually buy used from the thrift if I can, but for some clothes like formal wear it's really not an option (since they have to fit well, not just so-so). Unlike from what I've heard from the US where malls are dying or dead in many places, the dream of the mall is still alive and well in Finland. New ones are still being built. The one closest to my home is packed no matter what time or day I go. No Amazon in Finland. You can order stuff from Amazon Germany, but since we are separated from continental Europe by the Finnish Gulf, there is a certain minimum delivery time for everything. Few days even at the shortest. The local post service (Posti) is also quite unpredictable if you order something inside Finland. Sometimes fast, sometimes your package is just sitting somewhere for a week mid-journey with no explanation. So if you want something fairly quickly, you go to the mall.
12:32 Depending city they do. Most cities does it, but not all. And not on all roads. Those roads where it will happen are marked with signs that says quite clearly when (every 2nd week etc) it will be done. Towing company most commonly moves cars to next block or other road. It is enough to get worried that car were stolen. On most cases cars aren't towed to city yard or anything like that, like it seems to be common in USA. I'm not sure if you get ticket/bill to pay on you windshield after that, never had my car towed so I have no idea...
@alloverthemap23 summers are getting hotter, and our houses and apartments are built for the cold so 27-30°C days are a challenge, specially around midsommer when the sun is down only for a few hours so nights are hot as f😆
@@alloverthemap23 There's always AC in every store and shopping mall. Summer days (June to August) in southern Finland are anything from 18 to 30 Celsius usually (64 to 86 Fahrenheit), I think people often think Nordic countries are colder than they actually are. Half of the time during winter we don't even have snow cause it's too warm. I'd say average winter weather in southern Finland is like 30F and average summer weather is like 70F for you Americans. It is pretty nice to go to a shopping mall for a bit to cool off when it's hot outside. Also, even some nice appartment buildings (same for houses honestly) are not well designed for sunny hot weather and it can get really hot inside. My grandparents will sometimes go to shopping malls during summer just cause it's so hot in their appartment, lol.
@@alloverthemap23Summers in Finland, especially in the south, get really warm. Aircons are a gamechanger on those 80°F+ days. Im stuck with a tabletop fan tho :(
17:00 She is listening whatsapp voice messages from her groupchat. Her friend is mumbling something in a voice messages. Every single woman at that age has one friend who spams those voice messages.
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As an old man yelling at clouds, I still call the "University of Helsinki" subway station by its original name, Kaisaniemi. The new name is stupid as the Uni has multiple campuses across the city, while Kaisaniemi is a more specific location. If you really wanna make the name useless, generic and untied to a location you could just change all the signs of all subway stations to say "A subway station". Bah, humbug
Remember when they used to announce the name in Finnish and Swedish: "Kaisaniemi. Kajsaniemi". Even metro understood that was silly so they began to announce Kaisaniemi only once.
Same here :)
Kudos for pronouncing Finnish "ie" (sometimes) and "oo" more like they should!
Thanks! I am trying - doing a daily Finnish Duolingo lesson!
Yes crab is especially popular here among the swedish speaking population. There is a dedicated ”crayfish party” day that originates from sweden. But it’s probably not so popular that you’d eat much more than once or twice a year
Now the Holy Crab in Kluuvi actually serves a traditional dish from your side of the atlantic, the seafood boil. The restaurant is apparently the first one of its kind in Finland, opened in late 2023
That's interesting. I wonder why it's more popular in Sweden?
@8:00 Finland doesn't have its own Amazon side branch, Sweden is the closest one. Haven't used it myself. I wouldn't buy clothes online anyway, I prefer to be able to fit them beforehand.
Was pretty easy game. Only fourth round took a bit, didn't instantly connect it to Arabianranta, even tho it was pretty obvious from the name of the mall. Last round was in my hometown too to cap it all off.
Kaisaniemi was named after a Swedish-born Catharina "Cajsa" Wahllund, who is said to have introduced restaurants to Finland. Her restaurant was especially popular among students. The restaurant then gave the name to the entire district: "Helsinkievents Cajsan Helmi". Here's something on those crabs: "Finnish Holidays - Crayfish Party - rapujuhlat". You can find the Helsinki's and Finland's oldest public park, Kaisaniemi Park, opened in 1812, in Kluuvi, Kaisaniemi, and possibly also E.g. Sting performing his classic songs and wearing fashionable jeans: "Message in the bottle, Sting My Songs, Kaisaniemi, Helsinki 13.6.2019". Or what's more classic than Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid': "Black Sabbath - Paranoid 7.7.2016 Kaisaniemi, Helsinki Monsters Of Rock". More classics with Toto: "Toto - Pamela live Kaisaniemi 6.8.2022". The Queen was there too with Adam Lambert: "Queen and Adam Lambert - One Vision, Hammer to fall live at Kaisaniemi - Helsinki 2016". In our 'Weekly Fashion Talk' regarding The Queen, the Finnish connection is Fashion icon and influencer, late Touko Laaksonen: "Tom of Finland Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie", ""Tom of Finland" Magazine Leaves Big Impact", "Tom Of Finland Speaks at Calarts(1/2)" and "The Blue Oyster Bar 1". As it happens, late actor George Gaynes, who played Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy movies, was born in Helsinki in 1917. The funny thing about dressing up nice to some tech company's job interview, let's say Apple's instead of Nokia's, is that... Well, let's hear it from a Finnish-American Mike Markkula: "Mike Markkula - How we started Apple Computer". Here's what Norwegian comedians have to say about the Finnish fashion, and they aren't that far off: "Kollektivet: Finnish Trend Report".
Finland really is a country that loves shopping centers. I think one of the main reasons for that is the winter weathers. In most cases the shopping center has an warm underground parking or indoor public transport hub. Fun fact about Helsinki downtown shopping centers Kamppi, central railway station, Citycenter & Sokos all connect underground. I think google has very poor/outdated coverage on most of the ski resorts. I didn't find any Subways of Finland map. Definitely gonna make one though. For map suggestion Hotels of Finland (Suomen Hotellit) in the meantime
Hotels of FInland is always a good one -- good way to find different hotels for me when I visit!
Maybe I'm too much of an old fossil, but ordering clothes at random online, without knowing if they fit you or not, and then sending them back when they don't fit, all of that just doesn't compute for me. I need to go to brick and mortar, see the cloth with my own eyes, be able to checks the quality of the fabric and workmanship to know if the price-quality ratio is proper. Then, depending on what it is, such as shoes, you need to try them on.
The lowest of low people go to a physical store, try stuff, then leave without buying anything to order the same things online from a random online store, for a bit cheaper price.
I absolutely agree. Since online prices are much cheaper and the selection is basically infinite, ppl tend to buy items they don’t need, therefore spending way more than going to a physical store. I would only condone fitting at the store and then buying online instead in the case of football boots. They’re usually stupid expensive at full retail and many sporting goods stores here in finland don’t even offer the top end models.
I agree - I don't like being tasked with sending things back. I'd rather get out and about, see people, interact and try things on...but that's me
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Well done again. On one round you asked about the cleaning snowpiles and towing cars away. The cities usually set up signs that tell the dates when a street is totally cleaned and if someone's car is parked there that time, yes they will tow it away.
The first and third rounds were easy to me. My job was in that building on the first round long time ago and the third mall is my nearest :)
Thanks!
good video again... nice to watch your Finnish "adventures"
Thanks for watching!
Especially for clothes, I always prefer to go to a store in a mall. I can talk to the person there on what I want, they can bring me some options that I might not have thought about and I can try them out. I usually buy used from the thrift if I can, but for some clothes like formal wear it's really not an option (since they have to fit well, not just so-so).
Unlike from what I've heard from the US where malls are dying or dead in many places, the dream of the mall is still alive and well in Finland. New ones are still being built. The one closest to my home is packed no matter what time or day I go.
No Amazon in Finland. You can order stuff from Amazon Germany, but since we are separated from continental Europe by the Finnish Gulf, there is a certain minimum delivery time for everything. Few days even at the shortest. The local post service (Posti) is also quite unpredictable if you order something inside Finland. Sometimes fast, sometimes your package is just sitting somewhere for a week mid-journey with no explanation. So if you want something fairly quickly, you go to the mall.
12:32 Depending city they do. Most cities does it, but not all. And not on all roads. Those roads where it will happen are marked with signs that says quite clearly when (every 2nd week etc) it will be done. Towing company most commonly moves cars to next block or other road. It is enough to get worried that car were stolen. On most cases cars aren't towed to city yard or anything like that, like it seems to be common in USA. I'm not sure if you get ticket/bill to pay on you windshield after that, never had my car towed so I have no idea...
Yes - you've got it. Nothing like USA when it comes to towing - everyone wants to find a way to make a $
The old English pub with Oz wine Jacobs Creek!!
Shoping centers are popular on the summer aswell = aircon 😂
Air con in Finland?
@alloverthemap23 summers are getting hotter, and our houses and apartments are built for the cold so 27-30°C days are a challenge, specially around midsommer when the sun is down only for a few hours so nights are hot as f😆
@@alloverthemap23 There's always AC in every store and shopping mall. Summer days (June to August) in southern Finland are anything from 18 to 30 Celsius usually (64 to 86 Fahrenheit), I think people often think Nordic countries are colder than they actually are. Half of the time during winter we don't even have snow cause it's too warm. I'd say average winter weather in southern Finland is like 30F and average summer weather is like 70F for you Americans.
It is pretty nice to go to a shopping mall for a bit to cool off when it's hot outside. Also, even some nice appartment buildings (same for houses honestly) are not well designed for sunny hot weather and it can get really hot inside. My grandparents will sometimes go to shopping malls during summer just cause it's so hot in their appartment, lol.
@@alloverthemap23Summers in Finland, especially in the south, get really warm. Aircons are a gamechanger on those 80°F+ days. Im stuck with a tabletop fan tho :(
17:00 She is listening whatsapp voice messages from her groupchat. Her friend is mumbling something in a voice messages. Every single woman at that age has one friend who spams those voice messages.
Most people get their suits from dressman(ready to wear) or turo(same or custom/made to measure)