I can tell you another interesting fact about 1952 Olympic games in Helsinki. At the time, Finnish athletes were wearing Karhu running shoes. Those Karhu-branded running shoes had three symmetrical, but slightly inclined stripes, as a logo. Along came two German men. Very decisive-looking German men. They walked straight to the Karhu-running-shoe-brand Finnish owners - and said "We want to buy your brand"! After a couple of days - negotiations and stuff - the deal was made. Karhu-brand (with those slightly inclined stripes) was sold to those decisive German gentlemens. For how much? A million? Ten million? How much? Todays money; 1600 euros and 3 bottles of whiskey. Who were those buyers? Those German men? One of them was called ; Adi Dassler. Better known as : Adidas.
Kyrö products are constantly in the top 10 ten best gins and whiskies in the world - and they have won the worlds most prestigious competitions. For example, In 2015, Kyrö Napue Gin was elected the best gin in the world in the Gin & Tonic category at the International Wine and Spirit Competition held in UK.
Tampere has also famous place "Vaakon nakki" etc , worth to biisit here Tampere Area 👍 And.. Kyrö Visitor Center is located at the distillery premises in the pictoresque village of Isokyrö on the banks of the river Kyrö. At the Visitor Center you can hear the stories of Kyrö on saturday distillery tours, taste our delicious rye products at tastings, and of course, enjoy delicious rye cocktails at our restaurant. At the Visitor Centre you'll also see changing art exhibitions by local artists, and we also have a little shop where you can buy all sorts of rye goodies. For stronger souvenirs, head to the nearest alcoholic boutique.
If you ask Nordic people they will tell you that the blue berries name are ”blueberries”. That is the only name for them here. The most common in the Nordic countries are the ”wild” blueberries that you pick in the forest. But in recent years imported bushes with blue berries that you grow in the garden have been more common. We call those berries for cultivated blueberries. The confusion stems from the fact that they in US call the wild-picked blueberries for ”billberries” and only the cultivated (fake) ones for ”blueberries”. Nordic people have never used the word ”billberries” for our blue berries we always have picked in our forests. The two different varieties are both called blueberries of which the most common one is wild blueberries.
You should check Madventures. A Finnish travelling show that aired even in USA. Its not about Finland tho. (4.season(?) was but it wasnt good as the previous ones)
I totally loooove how u say "how would others like salmiakki. Also most of blueberries that has taste id gathered by hand in the foredt... and let me tell there is millions of people gathering them!!... well maybe not millions but a lot
By the way. Salmiakki (and Ammonia) has an interesting history. It was first mined in Egypt near a temple dedicated to the god Ammon/Amun. For this reason Romans called it Salt of Ammon = Sal Ammoniaccus -> Salmiakki
36:17 Raffel is very, very mild in taste. But it's still nice sometimes. There's also a little package that has these Raffel chips and they're lightly covered in fazer chocolate... It's good. Salty with sweet, give a try if get a chance. 😊
Raffel is mild but very good for dipping with garlic dip, or if there is no garlic dip available, I put a litlle bit of garlic powder and grill spice mix in the bag, shake it and it is goooooood....
Berlusconi made a hasty official visit to Finland when he was the Prime Minister of Italy. What he had to say afterwards was: "La mangia e schifo!'" Now we have our revenge, Pizza Berlusconi. Over years, the most popular Napoli style Home Pizza with with pulled reindeer!❤
Liver casserole is the best casserore there is, i just eat it with potatoes and littlebit more of salt. And lingonperry porridge should be made with another type of porridge. that is called mannapuuro.
Everyone always goes for Grapefruit Long Drink, even though there are so many other flavors. For example, Cranberry Long Drink, Pineapple Long Drink, Orange Long Drink, and so on. Cranberry lonkero is my favourite.
I think I have tasted them all, and I like all of them. I love pineapple long drink in summer, and cranberry when sitting in a hot tub. But still the original grapefruit one is my favourite and that's the one I mostly go for.
Tampere is my hometown and mustamakkara needs TAPOLA MUSTAMAKKARAKASTIKE aka. Blacksausage sause and pure cold milk. When visit tampere you shoud visit Tapola mustamakkarabaari , blacksausagebar
27:21 The bread and cheese doesn't really taste like anything, maybe a little creamy and not too hard. You don't need to put anything other than Oivari in rye bread, it doesn't need anything else
Helsinki was initially supposed to host the 1940 Olympics, but got to host the second Olympics after the war after London, which was supposed to host the cancelled 1944 Olympics. Welcome to the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, if you want a climbse: "1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage". The first World Championships in Athletics was held in Helsinki in 1983. All seven days are available for viewing: "1983 IAAF World Track and Field Championships - Day 1". A story about Tampere, a Russian and blood sausage: "Miksi Tampereella on Lenin-museo?". Making and tasting traditional Finnish beer: "Elämää ja Sous Vide keitoksia Suomi Perinteisen Sahdin valmistus" and "Real Ale Craft Beer Finlandia Sahti Beer Review".
The Finnish flag with the red coat of arms with a lion (Suomen vaakuna) in the middle is the state flag, whilst the plain blue cross flag is our civil flag. If the flag has the coat of arms and tails like a bird (so not fully rectangle), then that's the military flag. If that flag also has the Cross of Liberty in the upper left corner, then it's the presidential flag.
Why tar is so rarely mentioned in these kind videos? That is definitely unique Finnish stuff, edible tar. And we also make shampoo and other products out of tar. I bet smoky and bit sweet tar could hit big in "smoky and sweet BBQ" countries like USA and AUS.
Well, I don't know if Finland loves dark coffee roasts, but Finland certainly drinks mostly light roasts. Both bilberry and blueberry are valid names for that berry. Lots of berries are called blueberry (and there is more than one kind of bilberry). The European blueberry, or bilberry, grows in Scotland too, AFAIK, nevermind all the other languages calling it blueberry, including the Scandinavian languages (Vikings anyone?), so we can be pretty sure which berry was called blueberry first, probably wasn't the American one growing on bushes. That liver casserole is a classic. At least that one maker's OG version with raisins doesn't taste much like liver at all. I don't eat the raisins but they do contribute to the taste. You can make it less healthy by adding butter and it'll hide the liver even more. The version without the raisins has a much stronger taste of liver. If you want a good whisky, try Bowmore 12. It's Islay whisky so it's smoky, it's a 12-year-old so you can taste the age. It's also pretty smooth so it's very approachable for such a smoky whisky (many are sharper). Given that it's a 12-year-old single malt, it's not the cheapest option but that's about the sweet spot (10-12yo): anything younger and there's a distinct lack of depth, anything older and the prices start going up steeply.
Oh no, never jam on a bread in Finland. Those quick porridges are actually really good, it takes two minutes to warm it up in the microwave - but not like he just did in this video.... Oh gosh :D
Mikkyd has nothing thats better or even close to Hesburger. only thing here that was worth to buy from McDonalds where cheese burgers when they were just 1€ but since price has skyrocket not worth the visit
Makes me a bit sad that he detached the wild berry stems from the ground for a shot :( Well, he probably doesn't know. The stems do not grow back every year. They are kinda like the stems of a berry bush. Well, actually exactly that. Once you rip it out, it takes years for a new branch stem to grow. Its not a huge atrocity, but it immediately soured my mood a bit like "noooo, did no one tell you? Because my 3 years old daughter knew that after out first trip to a forest!" 🤣
About reindeer... i have tastwd it and it definitely tastes waaaaay different than normal grocery store meat as he was saying it tastes like meat..... dont know what is wrong with hin but at least it will be good anyhow
I am not a fan of seafood either but our creamy salmon soup is just awesome, it is not so fishy as most fishy meals. He must have gotten his from some bad vendor. Or something.
@@mauronicolo89 Dude you must try it, I suggest you get it from "kauppahalli" which is next to the main market"kauppatori". Kauppatori also has many good Lohikeitto vendors but I think they might be a bit more expensive.
Great Wrath is what called in Finland isoviha. Russians killed, tortured, raped and took as slaves many, many Finns. It is estimated that they took more slaves from Finland that was ever taken from Africa, as in a % of population. Sweden never did much for Finland, they used Finns as cannon fodder. Later under Russian rule things were a bit better for a while until they started to subjugate Finns, which later led to the struggle for independence.
That "Bread cheese" - which is a direct translation - is more commonly known as "Sqeaky cheese". I tell you this; Try a Finnish Squeaky Cheese, Reindeer flakes and cloud berries - and you're forever here. You can't escape. You'll live happily ever after as a Finn :)
Mauro should already know how to pronounce "Fazer" correctly by now. The word "sauna" is already starting to sound right. Usually, just a couple of kilometers of driving with your wife or girlfriend is enough before your nerves are completely shattered.
When referring to the Greek stuff, you must mean tzatziki? It's yoghurt with grated cucumber, garlic and extra virgin olive oil. It's actually all over the Mediterranean. In Turkey it's cacik.
That guy who visits Kyrö Distillery keeps mispronouncing Finnish lady's name, "Laura", as "Lawra" or something like that. She don't mind, but for the record, Laura is pronounced exactly the same way in Finland as it is in Italy. Think "Laura Pausini".
i must say as finnish that we are ceperated for 2 groups people who eats in hedburger and second one in mcdonalds and as my opinion hesburgers burgers are swimming in mayo you cant taste anything trough it 🙄
Hesburger is just bad. Only people in Varsinais-Suomi love it (I think it originates from there, at least the founder lives there). McD is better, Burger King is even better imo. But I hate the fries in all of those, I used to work in McD (Kokkola, Finland) and the smell of fast food fries makes me nauseous.
I can tell you another interesting fact about 1952 Olympic games in Helsinki.
At the time, Finnish athletes were wearing Karhu running shoes. Those Karhu-branded running shoes had three symmetrical, but slightly inclined stripes, as a logo.
Along came two German men.
Very decisive-looking German men.
They walked straight to the Karhu-running-shoe-brand Finnish owners - and said "We want to buy your brand"!
After a couple of days - negotiations and stuff - the deal was made.
Karhu-brand (with those slightly inclined stripes) was sold to those decisive German gentlemens.
For how much? A million? Ten million? How much?
Todays money; 1600 euros and 3 bottles of whiskey.
Who were those buyers? Those German men?
One of them was called ; Adi Dassler.
Better known as : Adidas.
Kyrö has won some gold medals with their rye whiskey.
Mauro, you were super awesome again 😍 I loved the video and your reaction 💟
Kyrö products are constantly in the top 10 ten best gins and whiskies in the world - and they have won the worlds most prestigious competitions. For example, In 2015, Kyrö Napue Gin was elected the best gin in the world in the Gin & Tonic category at the International Wine and Spirit Competition held in UK.
Hmm. Leipäjuusto is not usually eaten with bread, but as itself. With the claudberry jam. Some older folks put pieces of leipäjuusto to their coffee.
I am not a salmiakki fan, but home made salmiakki-kossu liquor.... Love it!
Yes, was nice and entertaining vid❤️🇫🇮
I have 3 spots to collect chantarelles about 10 mins of walking distance from my house
36: Those are a perfect vessel for eating dips
Try salmiakki and beer! keep salmiakki in your mouth while you drink beer (lager). Surprisingly good combo.
Tampere has also famous place "Vaakon nakki" etc , worth to biisit here Tampere Area 👍
And.. Kyrö Visitor Center is located at the distillery premises in the pictoresque village of Isokyrö on the banks of the river Kyrö.
At the Visitor Center you can hear the stories of Kyrö on saturday distillery tours, taste our delicious rye products at tastings, and of course, enjoy delicious rye cocktails at our restaurant. At the Visitor Centre you'll also see changing art exhibitions by local artists, and we also have a little shop where you can buy all sorts of rye goodies. For stronger souvenirs, head to the nearest alcoholic boutique.
As a finn who loves watching your videos when I'm tipsy, loved this one. Also I was drinking cocktails made with Kyrö gin that are so tasty
we call that micropizza, "roiskeläppä" = splash flap 😁 Pihlaja candy is also called fox candy.
If you ask Nordic people they will tell you that the blue berries name are ”blueberries”. That is the only name for them here. The most common in the Nordic countries are the ”wild” blueberries that you pick in the forest. But in recent years imported bushes with blue berries that you grow in the garden have been more common. We call those berries for cultivated blueberries.
The confusion stems from the fact that they in US call the wild-picked blueberries for ”billberries” and only the cultivated (fake) ones for ”blueberries”.
Nordic people have never used the word ”billberries” for our blue berries we always have picked in our forests.
The two different varieties
are both called blueberries of which the most common one is wild blueberries.
You should check Madventures. A Finnish travelling show that aired even in USA. Its not about Finland tho. (4.season(?) was but it wasnt good as the previous ones)
Maybe Mauro come next summer to here...
If yes he should visit Porvoo( it is boring but absolutely beautiful)
Would definetly cook! (although the house will not be in a video-friendly state :D) if he were to come to finland
@Elmukki I live in Porvoo
I totally loooove how u say "how would others like salmiakki. Also most of blueberries that has taste id gathered by hand in the foredt... and let me tell there is millions of people gathering them!!... well maybe not millions but a lot
Yes, every autumn we pick berries and mushrooms from our backforest
By the way. Salmiakki (and Ammonia) has an interesting history. It was first mined in Egypt near a temple dedicated to the god Ammon/Amun. For this reason Romans called it Salt of Ammon = Sal Ammoniaccus -> Salmiakki
36:17 Raffel is very, very mild in taste. But it's still nice sometimes. There's also a little package that has these Raffel chips and they're lightly covered in fazer chocolate... It's good. Salty with sweet, give a try if get a chance. 😊
Raffel is mild but very good for dipping with garlic dip, or if there is no garlic dip available, I put a litlle bit of garlic powder and grill spice mix in the bag, shake it and it is goooooood....
If you have Ikea nearby, you could check if they have lingonberry jam. They usually have.
Berlusconi made a hasty official visit to Finland when he was the Prime Minister of Italy. What he had to say afterwards was: "La mangia e schifo!'"
Now we have our revenge, Pizza Berlusconi. Over years, the most popular Napoli style Home Pizza with with pulled reindeer!❤
Liver casserole is the best casserore there is, i just eat it with potatoes and littlebit more of salt. And lingonperry porridge should be made with another type of porridge. that is called mannapuuro.
Everyone always goes for Grapefruit Long Drink, even though there are so many other flavors. For example, Cranberry Long Drink, Pineapple Long Drink, Orange Long Drink, and so on. Cranberry lonkero is my favourite.
I think I have tasted them all, and I like all of them. I love pineapple long drink in summer, and cranberry when sitting in a hot tub. But still the original grapefruit one is my favourite and that's the one I mostly go for.
Tampere is my hometown and mustamakkara needs TAPOLA MUSTAMAKKARAKASTIKE aka. Blacksausage sause and pure cold milk. When visit tampere you shoud visit Tapola mustamakkarabaari , blacksausagebar
I have not tried Kyrös Whiskey but the Gin is super nice.
27:21 The bread and cheese doesn't really taste like anything, maybe a little creamy and not too hard. You don't need to put anything other than Oivari in rye bread, it doesn't need anything else
Heat breadcheese microwave and after that add cloudberry jam, Mauro test it sometime :D
Helsinki was initially supposed to host the 1940 Olympics, but got to host the second Olympics after the war after London, which was supposed to host the cancelled 1944 Olympics. Welcome to the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, if you want a climbse: "1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage". The first World Championships in Athletics was held in Helsinki in 1983. All seven days are available for viewing: "1983 IAAF World Track and Field Championships - Day 1".
A story about Tampere, a Russian and blood sausage: "Miksi Tampereella on Lenin-museo?".
Making and tasting traditional Finnish beer: "Elämää ja Sous Vide keitoksia Suomi Perinteisen Sahdin valmistus" and "Real Ale Craft Beer Finlandia Sahti Beer Review".
The Finnish flag with the red coat of arms with a lion (Suomen vaakuna) in the middle is the state flag, whilst the plain blue cross flag is our civil flag. If the flag has the coat of arms and tails like a bird (so not fully rectangle), then that's the military flag. If that flag also has the Cross of Liberty in the upper left corner, then it's the presidential flag.
I don't recall ever hearing anyone claim Finland invented the cinnamon bun, we just have really nice ones. lol
Why tar is so rarely mentioned in these kind videos? That is definitely unique Finnish stuff, edible tar. And we also make shampoo and other products out of tar. I bet smoky and bit sweet tar could hit big in "smoky and sweet BBQ" countries like USA and AUS.
Well, I don't know if Finland loves dark coffee roasts, but Finland certainly drinks mostly light roasts.
Both bilberry and blueberry are valid names for that berry. Lots of berries are called blueberry (and there is more than one kind of bilberry). The European blueberry, or bilberry, grows in Scotland too, AFAIK, nevermind all the other languages calling it blueberry, including the Scandinavian languages (Vikings anyone?), so we can be pretty sure which berry was called blueberry first, probably wasn't the American one growing on bushes.
That liver casserole is a classic. At least that one maker's OG version with raisins doesn't taste much like liver at all. I don't eat the raisins but they do contribute to the taste. You can make it less healthy by adding butter and it'll hide the liver even more. The version without the raisins has a much stronger taste of liver.
If you want a good whisky, try Bowmore 12. It's Islay whisky so it's smoky, it's a 12-year-old so you can taste the age. It's also pretty smooth so it's very approachable for such a smoky whisky (many are sharper). Given that it's a 12-year-old single malt, it's not the cheapest option but that's about the sweet spot (10-12yo): anything younger and there's a distinct lack of depth, anything older and the prices start going up steeply.
Salmiakki with milk (or icecream).
This is the way.
Oh no, never jam on a bread in Finland.
Those quick porridges are actually really good, it takes two minutes to warm it up in the microwave - but not like he just did in this video.... Oh gosh :D
Font know if its weird but, u can go to puck blackberries from nature straight from your job place aftrer/in middle your job 😂
That is so amazing!
@@mauronicolo89 sorry my shit writing, a bit drunk as its weekend xD
@@MrBanaanipommi Pikku hutikassa voi kirjottaa vähän!
@@petriranki2662 eläpä… pikku hutikassa 😂 tuo savon kieli on niin ihanata
trust me, most of salmon comes from norway to finland. of course you can try catch your own or buy from local, other than that, its norwegian salmon
Hesburger mayos are superior
Mikkyd has nothing thats better or even close to Hesburger. only thing here that was worth to buy from McDonalds where cheese burgers when they were just 1€ but since price has skyrocket not worth the visit
54:37 Name Kalle Valkonen transfers to Kalle The White ;) aka Kyrös Gandalf? :D
Rye wheat mix is good also in pizza dough... 😅
Rye is good in everything
Makes me a bit sad that he detached the wild berry stems from the ground for a shot :(
Well, he probably doesn't know. The stems do not grow back every year. They are kinda like the stems of a berry bush. Well, actually exactly that. Once you rip it out, it takes years for a new branch stem to grow. Its not a huge atrocity, but it immediately soured my mood a bit like "noooo, did no one tell you? Because my 3 years old daughter knew that after out first trip to a forest!" 🤣
Jam on the bread, never, maybe tried 2 times at the hotel breakfast, and only on light toastbread. Never with rye.
If you'll ever go to Kauppatori in Helsinki, don't eat anything there, because the seagulls will attack you :D
😂
About reindeer... i have tastwd it and it definitely tastes waaaaay different than normal grocery store meat as he was saying it tastes like meat..... dont know what is wrong with hin but at least it will be good anyhow
I am not a fan of seafood either but our creamy salmon soup is just awesome, it is not so fishy as most fishy meals. He must have gotten his from some bad vendor. Or something.
If you sell it like that, i will definetely try it when i will travel to Finland :)
Salmon soup must definitely be made from fresh fish. It must never be rancid ☝🏼
@@mauronicolo89 Dude you must try it, I suggest you get it from "kauppahalli" which is next to the main market"kauppatori". Kauppatori also has many good Lohikeitto vendors but I think they might be a bit more expensive.
Jam on bread? You weird southern people 😄
😂😂😂 In Italy we spread it on a dry biscuit called Fette Biscottate
Yes, jam only to salty biscuits with cheeses
Oh yeah you need to make egfbutter
it's called tsatsiki. Well known across the world. He isn't too smart isn't he? Yogurt and cucumber? si, vorrei morire.
Great Wrath is what called in Finland isoviha. Russians killed, tortured, raped and took as slaves many, many Finns. It is estimated that they took more slaves from Finland that was ever taken from Africa, as in a % of population.
Sweden never did much for Finland, they used Finns as cannon fodder. Later under Russian rule things were a bit better for a while until they started to subjugate Finns, which later led to the struggle for independence.
That "Bread cheese" - which is a direct translation - is more commonly known as "Sqeaky cheese". I tell you this; Try a Finnish Squeaky Cheese, Reindeer flakes and cloud berries - and you're forever here. You can't escape. You'll live happily ever after as a Finn :)
you look like brothers :D
I can't understand how someone can EAT everything without coughing- It's a gift!
I mean Hesburger is a fast food joint, it is what it is, but ranking McDonalds over Hesburger makes me question the dudes judgement.
The church is a Greek Orthodox Church and has been since the WW2…
Mauro should already know how to pronounce "Fazer" correctly by now. The word "sauna" is already starting to sound right.
Usually, just a couple of kilometers of driving with your wife or girlfriend is enough before your nerves are completely shattered.
0:47 Mauro, did you say ”ruikkaleipä” 😂
It was an expensive trip for him. Not even many Finns can afford it in the same way.
around 50:00 well its not SO important but without raisins its a dogfood.
That one I haven´t tried.
Salmiakki the best candy😋 And Italians Do It Better👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
liver casserole is 5/5 amazing. That guy is delusional from that part
The kids love sweet sugary mayo but they use it way too much
Bread cheese should be warm when eaten. Put it in microwave for couple of seconds so that it melts a little bit. Cold bread cheese is tasteless shit.
😅😂
When referring to the Greek stuff, you must mean tzatziki? It's yoghurt with grated cucumber, garlic and extra virgin olive oil. It's actually all over the Mediterranean. In Turkey it's cacik.
Yes, i was thinking of exactly that one!
That guy who visits Kyrö Distillery keeps mispronouncing Finnish lady's name, "Laura", as "Lawra" or something like that. She don't mind, but for the record, Laura is pronounced exactly the same way in Finland as it is in Italy. Think "Laura Pausini".
Funny
Good video Mauro but not for the guy, did not eat Nahkiainen
i must say as finnish that we are ceperated for 2 groups people who eats in hedburger and second one in mcdonalds and as my opinion hesburgers burgers are swimming in mayo you cant taste anything trough it 🙄
I prefer Rolls over Hesburger, if you want fast food. Or Kotipizza.
Um...Avoid Hesburger.
in fact, avoid ALL FAST FOOD places.
Finnish food is incredibly good. No need to resort to fast food places.
You are just jealous bc you don't have salmon there ;)
Hesburger is just bad. Only people in Varsinais-Suomi love it (I think it originates from there, at least the founder lives there). McD is better, Burger King is even better imo. But I hate the fries in all of those, I used to work in McD (Kokkola, Finland) and the smell of fast food fries makes me nauseous.
i would recomend this video ua-cam.com/video/-VEjZUG7D1w/v-deo.htmlsi=AlQn4yq4jYN9FyqF i think its the best edited finnish youtube video