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Dave is getting more Finnish by the day. "ja tuhosi neljä tankkia" - Noni.
"and i destroyed four tanks"
Hello Dave , From Helsinki.
In Finland I can Retired 55. Now I am 58.
Later I want Retired in Thailand , then I am 65.
In Finland / Helsinki is Good Place to Live.
Thanks Good Video and all the Best to You !
Retired 4 You.
@@fan_bonnie920 There's no "i" in that.
To receive a puukko as a gift is considered an honor
I literally Lost my puukko that i got from my uncle and i swear the god it has just stopped existing and im pretty sure its somewhere and i just cant find it and thats the part that pisses me Off the most😑
@@sirpanda33 You've either pissed off the house elves or your ancestors and they've taken your puukko.
@@Silveirias thats the thing that im the most worried about. Soon the sauna elves wont even let me Come in😭
@@sirpanda33 Proceed with caution and always remember to greet them and throw the last löyly for them before leaving. I hear some of them skin people alive and hang their flesh on the sauna benches if angry enough. Good luck and godspeed. o7
@@Silveirias i think ill be fine because i always throw the rest of the water on the kiuas so it doesnt go to waste
Giving a knife as a present in Finland is valued because puukko is considered both a useful (survival) tool and something to defend yourself with if need be, so it tells the recipient you care for their wellbeing. But the Finnish Defence Forces do not give knives for soldiers because it is considered a highly personal item and you are expected to bring your own. That is so even though the soldier handbook specifically demands everyone to know how to use puukko to start a fire and as a secondary melee weapon.
When in the Finnish Army you are graduating from non-commissioned officer school or reserve officer school (not sure about correct names) its tradition that everybody takes part of group purchase of "kurssipuukko". This is a Finnish puukko with engraving of the course name and/or number and your name on the blade. Then for the rest of the national service you proudly carry this knife on your field uniform belt. And of course the knife is often used for years and years after the service.
@@Polydeukes68yea and i was rewarded a puukko for good service
I argue that the reason the FDF doesn't issue Puukko is because they would run out of bandages ;)
Oh and RK does have a bayonet. I have never seen them issued, but i have seen them in storage.
Ok, Dave? You need to try some of those candyboxes like Juhlapöydän Konvehteja. I'm surprised you haven't come across those yet especially during Christmas times.
Agree ^^ My Mummi gets one for each of my cousins and me for the big five holidays
And it has even been chosen to be the best confection box in Finland at least two years in a row.
@@savannahfoote592 What are the five in Finland?
Something to try next Christmas. We want an opinion on the pineapple ones.
@@niknotnikki I'm pretty sure this is just what my family does, but we get together for a big party every Easter, Midsummer, 4th of July*, Christmas, and New Year's.
*My folks reeeally love that I'm American and that they have an "excuse" to celebrate this and other holidays like Halloween or Thanksgiving.
That map of European countries ranking languages basically answers the question "How similar is it to english?"
Yep, no way an average person would go from zero knowledge to fluent English in 12 weeks unless they literally spend all of their time on it, and there are so many variables in learning a language that you can't just say "this language takes 24 weeks to learn and that takes 44 weeks".
9:20 actually when Vilho’s company’s secretary/kirjuri told him about receiving the Mannerheim cross, he said “Mikäs se semmoinen risti on?”, or in English “what kind of a cross is that?” So you were right, he was the 4th soldier to receive the mannerheim cross, and whilst the three before him were really high ranking officers (colonels and such) and he won it as a PRIVATE. And he essentially just reacted with what you said. Badass. He eventually ranked up all the way to “Ylikersantti” (or the rank above sergeant)
also 'No Niin', he did it right!!
Vilho Rättö's deed is even cooler when you read the whole story. The enemy AT gun had it's aiming device broken so he aimed through the barrel to destroy those 4 tanks.
Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian have once been a single language. Hungarian split from Finnish and Estonian languages like 4500 years ago and Estonian and Finnish around 2000 years ago.
There are alot of words that are related in finnish and hungarian like blood in finnish is veri and in hungarian vér.
Also Hungarian is really easy to pronounce for Finns even though it first looks pretty different. Just remember that "á" is same as "aa" in Finnish and then pronounce it as you would Finnish and you are going to do pretty great with a slight accent.
Gotta love those finno ugric languages, lol. I agree with good luck learning them.
Hungarians are just turks.
There is also an old Finnish quite self-ironic joke about our Finno-Ugrian origins with Hungary. It has been determined that we share some ancient common cultural heritage from the far east, even from Japan. At some point in ancient history us Finns and Hungarians decided to move westward, to the world of tomorrow or whatnot. Well, as the story goes, the major split between us Finns and Hungarians happened when our peoples crossed the Ural mountains. Some of us decided to go south where the weather is warm, the land is fertile, the food is plenty and the sexy hot women walk around in skimpy clothes.
@@harri9885 I’d heard something about the asiatic connection before. It may have been someone thinking that the word Hungary came from the Huns. As in Attila. 🤷♀️ I mean, they did visit (and plunder and pillage) Europe several centuries ago. Perhaps there’s something to that story?
The rising sun in the background of the 1906 postcard is indeed a reference to the Japanese empire, at this point in History Russia had just lost the Russo-Japanese war and a lot of opressed people under the Russian empire took advantage of that in order to demand liberties or fight for independence. There were even Finnis patriots yelling "Banzai" and the Finns tried to send volunteers to train in Japan (which didn't happen, and Sweden also refused so they went to Germany and became the famous Jägers)
Enemy of our enemy is our friend. ;)
Very interesting, thanks for info!
There is a lovely song by the name of banzai from that time that can be quite offensive nowadays for japanese and ruskies, but it captures feelings of those days so well.
I do believe finnish, estonian and hungarian are all uralic languages, hence the difficulty
Yeah since they arent really related to any other languages of Europe, which are all atleast indo-european.
Finnish language is not very difficult at all... Since a little brat, I´ve been talking in finnish... 😁
@@juhapihkanen easy enough for babies, how hard could it be right?
Finno-ugrian
@@Sipu97 Not mutually exclusive.
That Panda chocolate box is a common thing that you'll have around christmas. (usually you get at least one as a present)😅
It's good, I recommend trying.
Also, I somehow expected that Marabou chocolate is sold around the Europe and in the UK too. Apparently, I was wrong😅
I literally laughed out loud when after talking about the soldier you said "noni hyvä", like a true Finn.
The "place names in Helsinki" map is partly made in joke. For example Bring Mari's Village is Tuomarinkylä, so Judge's Village. Lots of streets named after legal terminology and professions over there (I know 'cause my parents live in the area).
Finns also give axes as presents.
There is a very very sad unfortunate story about this.
Urho Somersalmi, one the first finnish film stars and a real theatre legend, was given an axe by the actors union as a present. He murdered his wife Aili Somersalmi (also a legendary actress) with the axe he got from the actors union and hung himself.
It is said Urho's ghost haunts the national theatre.
Kouvola sucks anyways, good weather makes no difference 😆
Havent fallen once this winter?
You just jinxed yourself.
Me? Twice.
It is easy to avoid slipping... just do not go outside XD
Once, ironically as I was pointing at the gravel spreading tractor passing by 😂
I've managed to avoid falling this year, and hope to continue that with the aid of ice cleats under my shoes. However, the spring thaw is the most dangerous time, as that's when thaw-freeze cycles turn snow and rain into the smoothest and slipperiest kinds of ice.
The skiing kid is so cool.
7:15 wait, was that a joke or have you really not had Panda's Juhlapöydän box of chocolates? Because around christmas they're everywhere! It's like the number one generic present if you're out of ideas.
Hungarian is in the same language family as Finnish and Estonian. Finno Ugric.
12:25 Vaasa! Even the swans are jamming the traffic here.
Dave!! Tokmanni has "ämpäritarjous" all the time, where you get some sale (ie. socks) and you get a Tokmanni bucket for free. I bought a bucket full of yarn, so now I have a bright red Tokmanni bucket. I don't know if they have ämpäritarjous right now, but I'm sure there will be.
I grew up in England and Scotland and went to 5 different schools (3 in England and 2 in Scotland) and only one of those schools had a compulsory uniform. 2 had no uniform, one school there were a couple of children that wore the official school jumper and the last one had “recommended school colours” (black, white, grey and red) with sweatshirts available in those colours if you wanted them. This was in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The knife thing was a culture clash with some Latvian visitors we had. We gave them puukkos as a welcome gift, but they insisted on paying for them. This was in the 90's and back then neither spoke good English, so it took a bit to understand, that in Latvian culture you can apparently only accept a knife as a gift, if you give a coin in return.
You have been seen to go thought quite a lot of candy, but occasionally also a bucket of booze. There's a slightly depressing amusement park Tykkimäki in Kouvola to which any responsible candy eating booze drinking dad can take the family to. Also the world's best licorice Kouvolan Lakritsi is made in Kouvola.
Tykkimäki has a lot of stuff aimed at young children iirc. Maybe a good destination for Dave and the family in a few year's time?
There are bucket deals in K-stores, like the one in the photo was a bucket full of oranges. And then there are ones in Tokmanni sometimes, where you get to load yhe "offer" in a bucket (like 3x Fairy for 10e) and you get the bucket as you buy the specific deal. I got my Original lonkero metal bucket as I bought a 6-pack from Tokmanni last year. That one is so cool.
last time i got bucket when i bought some liqourice (they came in that small bucket)
Only in Finland. We can be excited about bucket deals. And even more excited queuing for them.
Swans are protected by the law in finland. But i never thought i would see it that concretely :D
That was the most accurate description of Terva Leijona I've ever heard - "Like a bonfire in mouth". That's so spot on! It's not that it burns, but it tastes like what bonfire smoke smells like.
Laughed at "Noni, hyvä." 😂 Sounds so finnish as it can. 😂
Kouvolan Lakritsi is the GOAT. There's also another liquorice factory called Lakumesta in Kouvola area. At least there used to be. Their stuff is pretty good too.
Seconded. Lakumesta is really good, too. There's also a brewery I've heard good things about somewhere in Kouvola.
Kouvola, you better send Dave back as is! I didnt realize earlier how much Kouvola can do to a man, Im having second thoughts about this..
"I haven't fallen over once" you say 😱 you'll be falling all over the place now that you've jinxed it!!
8:20 That's actually "Terva Leijona". The "Leijona" (Lion) is the brand and the actual aroma is "terva + lakritsi" but there's no more actual terva (extract from wood when it's hot enough) because of EU, if I remember correctly.
r/Finland is so tame compared to r/Suomi though...
Perkele
7:47 Me and most of my friends got knives whan we turned six. We got them from our dads. Im pretty sure its because our dads grew up at a farm, so they had plenty of woodwork to do. Even though we live in helsinki now, its still fun to have our own knives.
The swans have a police escort because 1) They're obviously dangerous to the traffic and 2) They're the national bird of Finland. (Specifically, "Whooper swan" a.ka. "common swan")
Also protected species in Finland.
They are also holy animals in mythology and should not be harmed.
Right Dave. Vihtominen needs to be a video now. Seriously.
Ensin käydään saunassa, sitten vasta syödään.
As a Finnish person I have never heard of a sauna whisk before.
I thought there was no translation for vihta or vasta in English language, but I guess there is one now.
They say the language of heaven is finnish because it takes all eternity to learn it. 😆🇸🇪🇫🇮
My friend is learning Finnish on Duolingo and it seems to really want to teach him the word velho 😭
It's teaching you culture by pointing out that Finns are wizards, not Vikings. ;D
Duolingo really likes Harry Potter
That postcard was hugely problematic when it was released in 1906 and the Russian State did not approve of it at all.
Yup! Dave (and tbf a lot of Finns) might not be aware that the sun in the postcard does actually reference Japan because Russia had just lost a war against them. In Finland this aided in bringing an end to the first period of heavy russification efforts.
I don't understand why the raising sun is problematic? Because of Imperial Japan?
Yes but only in places like China and South Korea. It is currently official flag of Japan self defense navy.
In addition, it was problematic for Russia at the time and put on the postcard on purpose. Russia had just lost a war against Japan, and this aided in bringing an end to the first russification period is Finland, too.
The scooter thing really scares me as a cyclist because sometimes I don’t have my extra bright headlight with me and I have to use a dimmer one. And in darker areas where I can somewhat see where I’m going but not well I’m afraid of there being a scooter on the way and me running into it especially when they’re oftentimes tipped over.
Yeah, totally! I think I saw somewhere that (at least in Helsinki?) there will be some more regulations on where the scooters are allowed to be parked... hopefully this is enforced by the scooter companies somehow to hold people accountable!
on the last picture of the scooter is the reason i keep seeing a load of them in a valtaoja or something similar.
Where have you been on every christmases if you have not tried Panda’s Juhlapöydän konvehti box? I think its most Finnish christmas thing that there is. :)
Hey Dave, I live in Kouvola so if I'll see you around there this month, I'll definitely buy you a beer. Keep up the good content mate
The post about war heros reminded me of a video idea I would love to see. You haven't done video on reacting to finnish music in while and well that topic is pretty done and dusted. But if you were to react to finnish military marches like Jääkärimarssi, Sillanpään marssi, Vapaussoturin valloitus laulu, Vöyrin marssi and my personal and the whole nations favorite Veteraanin iltahuuto. The lyrics are of course very patriotic but typical for finnish marches they are full of anger and sadness. And a nice history lesson. Would love to see you react to them.
I got a scout knife (has a finger guard in the handle) from a class mate when I turned 12. Unfortunately I have lost it during the decades. But yeah, I would appreciate a (especially handmade) knife as a present.
so basically fir those if you wondering. Im pretty sure hungarian, estonian and finnish are all in the same language family tree.
Sounds like someone needs to make confection box taste test video 😁
In school 6th grade, I took a voluntary course on camping and being outdoors. After the course we gathered on the school grounds so the teachers could hand us our certificates. Then the teacher called me to step forward and said I was the MVP of the course, and that I had the spirit to really be an outdoorsman, and handed me a genuine, handmade knife. Best day of that year.
Leipäjuusto Musubi with cloudberry jam... My life is complete
7:18 the box is a classic, especially for christmas, im super picky and theres only like 2 choclates i dislike, i suggest you to try it out :]
Here's a challenge @Dave Cad, go to Kouvola and find ONE THING worth going to Kouvola for.
Maybe Kouvolan lakritsi?
7:14 I've had those twice.
They are actually really tasty and as I remember, it was a two-layer box.
The dome church 🤣 it's the Helsinki cathedral.
Haha I couldn't think of the name in the moment 😅
"Not a knife user"? ?? Everyone needs a good puuko to chop up those Amazon boxes.
My two favorite foods together! Leipäjuusto and hillahillo nigiri 😱 Definitely bucket list material!
As an (unfortunate) American, I'm sorry you had to endure that clip. I assure you many Americans do not share that view you had to stomach! :( Love your content!
I just learned how Fox got into real trouble, the hosts (including Tucker Carlson) text messages are just brutal. Somehow I thought they would be “too big to fail”, but Im happy to see they didnt get away with the stolen election narrative. I have lots of American friends, so Im relieved there has to be some sorta sense on what you can call news. And that the hosts arent actually that crazy, they just play these persons for ratings. Btw, our local Fox (mostly Simpsons & Family Guy, no news) suddenly changed its name to Star, now I know why. Greetings from sunny, but still cold Helsinki :)
@@janemiettinen5176 And still CNN, MSNBC etc. are the news channels that spread most lies :)
WAIT YOU DIDN'T KNOW VIHTA? I thought you made one in the sauna game or just when visiting Cat's mökki???
Edit: or is it just the English word "sauna whisk"?
9:00 fun part of that story is that during the heat of battle he did not have time to learn how to aim the at-gun so he just looked through the breach.
I stayed in hotel in Kouvola for a few nights a while ago. It is unbelievably grey, concrete color town. I lol'd when I noticed that carpets and wallpapers were printed to look like concrete! That was honest, they were proud of the thing that they never should - and that was coolest thing ever.
Never give up on falling in the winter and breaking a rib, there's still time!
2:55 Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian are all in the Finno-Ugric language family, unlike all other European languages (including Slavic languages) which are in the Indo-European language family
My grandpa always used to give me Leijona when i was little. And i loved it then and still do 😁 think its funny when people from other counties try it and the faces they make 😂
We Finns dont buy Marabou. we rarely ever buy Swedish stuff. The *Sauna whisk*is used to smack your self on the back when your in the sauna
4:22 This reminded me of the day I saw Sanna Marin jogging in Helsinki.
Most videos don't make me smile and laugh for real. Most videos are not so good that I can actually watch them until the end at once. Most videos don't even truly interest me.
Well, Dave Cad's videos are a great example of what most videos are NOT! I LOVE YOUR CONTENT MAN! Your videos are too good to be true and I can't take my eyes off of them!!!
This is maybe the nicest comment I've ever had
cringe.
I'm supriced that Gaelic isn't good luck tier.
1:27 that was filmed in lohja
Dave the F now???? You've lived in Finland like thousand years and YOU. HAVEN'T. HAD. PANDAN JUHLAPÖYDÄN KONVEHTEJA!? It's like the Swiss multitool of christmas gifts for those you wan't to remember but don't wanna buy anything expensive. :'D
This made me so happy I almost smiled.
My first name "Valtteri" comes from old germanic & it means "the leader of armies", or "conqueror".
So i think im kinda close to being Sotijalo. ^^
I wish we could go to fish with you! My father-in-law is absolutely fantastic at fishing and he loves getting to know new people.
As a Finn I'd say 400 e from a doctor is really expecive?
Thank you for your video!
About the free buckets... This is embarrassing, but my wife went to the polling station of the church only because they gave a free bucket to everyone attending the polls. For your guide these polls usually get a 3 to 5 pct attendance. And now, if I ask her if she was somewhere (interesting) she replies "no, there were no buckets given". Well, joking of course...
Do tell your wife about K-Kauppas Superpäivät, bucket of fruits or veggies with 5€ or something like that, very cheap. Last time there was even color options for the buckets! I wanna say Superpäivät is every spring and fall, one week long and heavily advertised. I love the notion that only interesting places give out buckets, totally made me smile, greetings to your wife.
@@janemiettinen5176 yeah, and I guess you can usually win a car by shopping there then,😄
@@temet_fin Well, that too. But the bucket wins, since I dont have a drivers license :)
@@janemiettinen5176 well, you don't really need it, at least not here in the capital area. Unless the strikes get serious.
Sauna whisk is usually used on midsummer. U take the midsummer sauna and youve made the sauna whisk w ur grandma earlier that day. And usually u dont throw it away after so u can use it when taking the christmas sauna too lol.
Harribo is actually Germany based candy :)
11:03 can confirm: he is a Fox guy. [edit: his name is Tucker Carlson.]
Very popular newscaster amongst the sort that like Donald Trump/Ron DeSantis.
(I am an American with some very good friends from Finland.)
[2nd edit: Please tell me that every country has something embarrassing about it. It won’t take all the pain away, but it may help a bit.]
We have our own nutjobs as well, they're not just as famous internationally. Ano Turtiainen, for example, is a member of the parliament.
Wonders: What kind of life do you live if you don't use a knife...?!?!?
I legit slipped and fell this winter for the first time in probably a decade - I'm most likely getting old.
13:11 I really enjoy when people leave them everywhere because i consider them skateable objects
A British magazine Lux Life has chosen Kouvolan Lakritsi as a world's best brand now 3rd time in a row.
They have a factory store. Can you do a collaborate video with them.
Agreed, Dave should definitely get in touch with Kouvolan Lakritsi team. They have an interesting history, too. They started out as Papulan Vesitehdas in Viipuri.
You should try Juhlapöydän konvehteja
7:28 Should've bought lonkero (long drink) too
your pronunciation of "jonne, peetu, luka, nico" was perfect
Panda juhlapöydän konvehti its most selled choclad box in finland. But it is mostly available at christmas time.
9:20 That was the perfect reaction, got a laugh out of me.
Vihdoin= vihta (or vasta): vihtoa = to whisk. Vihdoin= I whisked
Thumbs up like always. Cave Dad is no:1 British.
So.... Dave, How about Tampere? Around mid summer? would you like to hang out? just a few days? Tampere is the "happiest city of Finland as they say, would you like to make a video about our relaxed feels or will you pass my invitation?
Lol, I literally crossposted that first video to your subreddit today :D Dang it!
I’m a Brit been living in Sweden for over 40 years. My kids all (3) got a scout knife at some point. Don’t remember exactly but I think around 9 or 10. By the way, your Finish sounds great!
It is cheese slicer 😆😆😆😆 Dave, you are Finnish now
Sauna whisks are the best, they get your blood flowing and smell so good, like rainy forest. The only con is that the leaves fall and you have to clean them up. 🫀
12:16 that is in Vaasa i think i biked past the exact same ones when i was going to my friends house
i biked past them before the police was there and they made weird noises towards me they were a few meters away from me
12:00 I think the Maiden of Finland in KOLI (1948) is still valid today. She is looking to west.
I've got a knife before. I don't use it but it was like a 'Finnish tradition' (my father said this although I don't trust him much anymore) to give a knife to the child at like the age of 10(?) (Or 12? I don't remember)
After being an au pair and going through the whole routine of getting the child to dress up in a school uniform every morning (those button-up shirts took forever to put on) and having to wash the clothes 2-3 times a week I totally prefer the Finnish system. It's mufti day every day~
I had a problem deciding what to give my brother when it was his birthday. Marttiini puukko was the most obvious choice. But I've also received one myself. That one is just too fancy for everyday use. Too bad.
Sad but Marttiini move production to Estonia.