I made that trip once for tourism, I asked the taxi driver to the ferry terminal for a receipt, to have an idea how much they cost so in case I needed another one I could calculate if it was convenient to take one or not (putting a value on time saved, so to speak), but the way I told him made him think that I was using it the get reimbursed by my company or such. He looked amused and when leaving he told me "Enjoy your time in Tallinn!!!!" Haha, of course everybody knows ;)
Olvi, Hartwall, Altia etc make alcohol in Finland, then carry it to Estonia. Finns then travel to Tallinn to buy the stuff much cheaper there. Huh? :o Something's not quite clever here ...
Minäkin sain tän ehdotuksiin. Tää juutuupin alkorytmi on kyllä oikeesti mysteeri, en ole koskaan hakenut tai edes katsonut videoita tästä mahdollisesta uudesta tunnelista, saatikkaan vielä englannin kielellä! 🤔🤔
"How much will it cost?" "Only $13 Billion" "That's expensive." "Look, this $15 billion project is amazing value." "What did you say?" "Pay attention, we're talking about the $21 billion tunnel construction." "Look, you can't just -" "WHAT'S $30 BILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO FINLAND'S FUTURE?"
Why not brew your own beer? Its incredibly cheap and incredibly potent. In the UK this is allowed along with wine making, cider and perry making but not distilling your own spirits. Moonshine is a strict No No.
It would boost Estonia's economy and convert Finland to be more than just being a lonely place to the north of Europe. I believe both countries have a lot to offer. Do it!
there have been massive projects of that sort from EU, railway networks, roads, energy networks, you name it. but our excessively proud governments have been causing delays constantly (except with usa, china and england, then they don t care about pride and say yes to everything they shouldn t)
I'm not sure about these ambitious mega projects. They seem to suck up all the money. The last time I went to Lisbon (from Switzerland) there had been a storm in France and the Montpellier-Barcelona connection was not repaired for 2 months.
If I have understood, the Estonians are indeed traveling to Finland for work at various construction sites. The Finns have had other kinds of jobs in Estonia, but much of their travel has also been traditional tourism. It started gradually already before the Estonian independence, but skyrocketed after that. And like so many other comments have already stated, the lower alcohol prices in Estonia have become an incentive, if not the entire reason for Finns to travel to Estonia. One of recent news I have seen is that Estonian alcohol prices are increasing and presumably that is causing more Finns extending their trips all the way through Estonia to Latvia and Lithuania.. Just a piece of news I have seen in Finnish newsprints (actually web news).
Great, now finnish people can buy cheap beer faster
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Saatanan lammas, reminds me of cigarette smuggling from Poland to Germany. At least it‘s good to make beer expensive, in Germany beer is extremely cheap, Germany has a alcohol problem.
"the finns going to tallinn for work" juu kyllä jos viinan ostaminen pidetään työnä :DDD edit: apparently every finnish person has already commented on this
What a stupid comment. Not quite sure if I understood it like 100%, but the average alcohol consumption of Finns is at the European average. 2nd the English go to France to get cheaper alcohol, same thing on the Danish-German border, Norwegian-Swedish border, French-Andorra/Spain border, Italian-Slovenian border and so on...weren't you aware of this???
My family in Estonia was telling me about this when I was visiting in 2018. I didn’t get a chance to go to Finland, but have always wanted to. As someone with Estonian & Finnish ancestry I think it’s an exciting idea. I do feel bad for the ferry lines, but maybe if they build the islands, it’ll create even more jobs.
A rail connection between Helsinki and Tallinn would connect Finland directly to the entire European rail network. Suddenly Finnish goods and people could travel anywhere in Europe -- and vice-versa.
Yup, for Finland the rail link is about much more than Estonia (let alone just the cheap beer in all the memes). Logistically, Finland is for practical purposes an island nation. You can only leave by land to the remote, sparsely populated northern parts of Scandinavia, or Russia. The rail link would be a game changer.
@@hyfade1245 -- True, but travel by rail is less expensive than travel by air. And if one wants to ship several railcars of lumber to the rest of Europe, sending it by rail is much less expensive than sending it by air. ;)
@IngMonkey Also less debteď to China than Africa. EU has experience in constructing tunnels aswell. A tunnel at this point would only benefit Tallinn and Helsinki along with the whole of Estonia and the Uusimaa region. In 20 years, when Finland has expanded it's logistical routes all the way to the Arctic sea, and there is more containers flowing via Northeast sea route, it will be more viable investment for EU and China aswell :) Patience
the ferry jobs wont be lost they will be realicated to the rail company in most cases, good video people around the world will be shocked to see these 2 nations connected to a megga project especially estonia because off its size so it should help in other economic ways as well by advertising them around the world
Well let's be realistic. If you connect the two cities with this tunnel, it's inevitable that a lot of jobs will be lost. You can't possibly expect the tunnel or rail companies to provide as many jobs as the ferries and ships do. What a ridiculous claim.
@@PresidentialWinner oh its quite like that. Yes, ferry jobs will be lost. But there will be other opportunities, living in one city and working in other will become possible for more people. Honestly there is no point discussing this with you, it's just too obvious.
You made it look like Estonia was part of the Soviet Union when the latter invaded Finland. The USSR invaded Finland in 1939, illegally occupied Estonia in 1940 and Estonia _regained_ independence in 1991.
@Darius M did you even read it? The second sentence says : The treaty obliged both parties to respect each other's sovereignty and independence.......Well that obviously did not happen. Also have yo ever heard of the MRP? Obviously the russians had no interest in actually following this Treay they made with Estonia from up front already. I rest my case
@Darius M In 1939 the Soviet army entered Estonia and made military bases but did not occupy the country as Estonia agreed to this. In 1940 The Estonian government was forced to do "elections" where "90% of the people" voted to join the USSR.
@Darius M Estonia was _occupied_ in June 1940 and [illegally] annexed in August 1940. Please learn this specific history before you start lecturing a local - it's embarrassing...
@Darius M Nobody denies that Soviet planes bombed helsinki from Estonian territory. But Estonia was not under Soviet occupation in 1940. They had forced a treaty of military bases onto Estonia and they were in control of certain airfields.
@@martin_taavet Yes , I know Russia is our friends but we indian trying to be peaceful at this moment . Some of the indian were studying doctor in you country Ukraine 🇺🇦 .
“Finns go to work in Tallinn”? I think it’s the opposite actually. My Finnish friend said a lot of Estonians work seasons in Finland to earn more money because wages are higher in Finland while money gets you more in Estonia.
As a finn, I also agree. Half of my neighbors are already estonian construction workers. The tunnel would make it easier for them to see their families more often. 👍
Lmao what’s wrong with the Chinese involvement? And don’t give me bs excuses like debt diplomacy, governments aren’t dumb, they are aware of the risks and are willing to take it.
@Damir H. well the country should’ve thought about the possibility of what would happen if they can’t pay the money back shouldn’t they? It’s like u owe someone money, refuse to pay it back and run around crying when the lender hit u in the face.
so basically finland starts a project, china joins, finland can't pay them, then the chinese take the whole shit. Why does china always have to get involved
Especially if it's funded privately. If you put this financial burden on the taxpayer, i'd say no thanks! We in Finland already have some of the highest taxes in the world. If you take into account the purchasing power parity we are most likely number two right after North Korea. But we do get a return for those taxes, our society runs great, with free healthcare, education, social welfare etc.
I have my doubts about it being ultimately economically viable. As an engineering project it would be amazing, but its costs would rival that of the Channel tunnel between France and UK with fraction of the potential traffic, not forgetting that mega projects like these have a tendency to balloon in costs as the project goes on. Also Helsinki and Tallinn already have quite well established ferry systems that can get across within hours. Even if it wasn't strictly speaking economically viable, it still would basically turn Tallinn into southern Helsinki. So there's that.
@@MidWitPride You're right about all that. But the last part sounds weird. Just because two cities are close to each other and easily accessed from one another does not mean they integrate into each other automatically. The culture, language and national barriers are quite high, even if they are very similar (they are) and even with no barriers for travelling or no need for visas or passports etc. It's a tale of two cities, not of one.
@@PresidentialWinner Ests and Finns are both Finnic nations with mostly shared culture and similar languages. Helsinki and Tallinn most probably would become more of a twin city/metropolitan area with tunnel. Both cities are quite different both by architecture and population. Tallinn has been around as a town from the 13th century when Northern Estonia aka Estland was part of the Danish Kingdom, but Helsinki grew to become a substantial city only during the time when Finland was part of Imperial Russia starting from 17th century. Tallinn also has a lot bigger immigrant population mostly from the Soviet occupation time's mass immigration which makes it the 4 th European capital after Brussels, Riga and Amsterdam by amount of immigrants and foreign nationals. Helsinki's population is about 80% Finnish while Tallinn's population is unfortunately only about 50% Estonian. This tunnel would most probably start a boom of Finns moving to Tallinn and Estonia as a whole, since real estate is cheaper in Estonia (at least right now. I don't mind it actually since Finns and Ests are genetically, linguistically and culturally the closest nations to each other. We'll manage 🙂
@@carleryk I am well aware of everything you said except the immigration population of Tallinn (I live in Helsinki) But i don't agree with that prediction. It's not that they are so very different, it's that they are in different nations. And the 80 km distance doesn't help.
Great video ,impressive. Smart thinks to do. Amazing project between Finland 🇫🇮 and Estonia 🇪🇪 I am very happy I lived many years in Estonia 🇪🇪, Tallinn.
UA-cam is like a lair for amateur "documentary" makers with a tendency for factually inaccurate deviations - likes this one. 1) The FinEst Bay Area project was made redundant with the new provincial land use plan of Uusimaa. There's no space allocation for the tunnel infrastructure in Espoo. Thus Vesterbacka's plans are at the time being not doable. 2) Like others have already rightly noted: what commuting from Finland to Estonia? It's very marginal. Booze runs and other leisure travel is the most common form of travel in that direction. Mostly the ro-pax ferries carry Baltic workers and loads of cargo from the rest of Europe, as well as some exports from Finland. 3) The Arctic Ocean connection is hypothetical and it would be fair to mention it doesn't exist as per say, but it's just a vision. As for Russia, well, there's railway links from there already. 4) Helsinki doesn't have 1.3 million inhabitants. You've looked at the greater Helsinki region. 5) Finland wasn't invaded in 1939. Yes, the Soviets did indeed try that twice during the world war, but you implied that the country was invaded. You need to be more precise with your wordings.
Regarding 5). The Soviet Union entered Finnish sovereign territory with the use of military force and forced Finland to sign a peace agreement that fulfilled all of the Soviet Unions initial demands. Occupying and then taking over large parts of land on the Karelian Isthmus. Furthermore, the Continuation war was started by the finish and ended in a mostly Status quo peace yet Finland still had to pay reparations. Yes, Finland fought extraordinarily well and certainly managed to defend from a full takeover but Finland was invaded.
In my view your comment is unnecessarily negative and doesn't really give much value to the viewer or the creator. I could be wrong but you sound like the kind of person who has never tried to make anything creative all by themselves, and tries to achieve a moral high ground by hating on someone else who is actually trying to make an effort. Firstly, your wording makes you sound like an elitist who will not consider a creative work worthy of any praise unless it has received a 5 star review from a guy who has been declared to have a good taste by some newspaper. "A lair for amateur "documentary" makers" - not really a constructive way to introduce your criticism whatever it may be, right? If you actually cared about the creator improving in what they do that wouldn't be the way you start a sentence. And what exactly makes a "real documentarist" any better than a guy who prefers to make them independently and share them (for free!!) on UA-cam? Because they might have funding from a production company and maybe a film degree? Is that supposed to make human error magically disappear? Are having financial backing and formal qualifications requirements for creating exciting stories? Of course not. Even if your attitude seems shitty, you could at least have some valid points, but you really fail to impress me with them as well. Points 4, and 5 are just nitpicking since none of those mistakes affect the big picture of the tunnel project that this video is trying to convey. Points 1, 2 and 3 focus only on the current situation - that's not what you want to do if you're building something that might be ready in 10 years and should last for 100. The legislation of Uusimaa, alcohol tourism and the Arctic Ocean connection are things that are not set in stone in any way. Who are you to say that these things won't change in the near future? Legislation is supposed to change over time, that's why we have a thing called the parliament. And Estonia is raising it's alcohol tax every year so soon booze will be the same price as in Finland anyways. The railway connection could be a way to create new reasons to travel than the ones we have right now. For example, you wouldn't want to travel (at least regularly) 2+ hours in one direction to attend a business meeting or a sports game, but you wouldn't mind doing it every day if the travel time was 30 minutes. Thus, the railway would offer much more reasons for people to go from Helsinki to Tallinn than just booze runs. In a nutshell: If you don't want a tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn, that's fine. (Your opinion most likely won't matter anyway) If you don't like watching "documentaries" on UA-cam, that's fine as well. (You can watch the real ones on Netflix right?) But when someone is trying to inform the rest of us (still, for free!!!!) about a project that makes people excited about the future, you shouldn't be negative and overly critical even if the result isn't 100% perfect (which never happens in life anyways). I really didn't want for my comment to turn out too negative, but this one hit a nerve for me. :D I don't mean to insult, this is just my strong criticism to your criticism.
Finland was invaded in 1939. Invaded basically means attacked, someone else trying to take it over. Its not the same thing as occupying. Jos oot suomalainen, niin invade = hyökätä, ei valloittaa
I mean Nordic means just North, so yeah we already are 🙂 That's actually so absurd that Estonia and Finland are still in the separate regions although we're the closest nations to each other.
15 billion is a LOT of money but in the long term it will help boost the countries economies, but also will bring the two sister countries even closer culturally
You might say it's a lot but on other hand Latvia during Covid19 pandemic mysterious burned 4.5bill which is around quarter of tunnel funding needed money and it definitely would pay back fast like 10-20€ tunnel usage fee to drive trough it 25k people travelling daily between Finland to Estonia daily. Calculate yourself not taking in account train revenue I'd say in 10 years tunel would already profit
Another interesting project is the Finland-Sweden tunnel/bridge project that is being investigated, between Vaasa and Umeå (90 km)! Vaasa is home to the largest clean tech hub in the nordics and the two cities has a lot combining them!
@@snetmotnosrorb3946 it's not just connecting the cities toghter but a larger picture of connecting Norwegian ports to china and allowing more cargo to move by trucks and rail faster in to Europe & Asia, building a bridge vs tunnel is a lot more cheaper, estimated cost is 3-4 times cheaper then this tunnel between Helsinki and Tallin.
Meanwhile Singapore & the Indonesian island of Batam are even closer to each other (~20km across the Singapore Strait) & have even larger populations (5.6m & 1m respectively) but I guess the former might be more reluctant to do so as it may encourage more outflow of money from the former e.g. by making it easier for Singaporeans to travel to Batam & spend there, instead of locally (especially as Indonesia has a lower cost of living)
Went to live in Finland (Jyváskylá) thirty years ago and loved it. Reckon that the idea of a Helinki-Tallinn rail tunnel has a much better chance of success than Johnson's bridge from Scotland to Ireland.
I had never heard about this before, and I never realised it was so narrow at one point in the Gulf of Finland. It's fantastic, a brilliant idea! Every Finn only talks about alcohol, but when travels times are cut to a fraction, it will open a whole new world. Look at the Öresund Link between Copenhagen and Malmö. Before the fixed link, people from the Swedish side mostly travelled to Denmark for cheap alcohol, but after its construction people started to commute en masse, not only from the big connected border cities, but also quite a bit inland, widely exceeding expectations. Go for the bigger tunnel! Don't make the same mistake as Denmark and Sweden with the Öresund Link, cheaping out on capacity resulting it being maxed out after only 15 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98resund_Bridge
We can also look forward to a new genre of 'Finno-Estonian noir' cop series entitled 'The Tunnel', with Finnish and Estonian detectives nipping backwards and forwards between the two countries in pursuit of international criminals.
Throughout the years, atleast since the 80:s, atleast 10 ideas, suggestions and proposals have been forwarded to both Swedish amd Finlandic governments. All those proposals have been for bridges. So far nothing between Umeå and Vasa where the closest place is across the ocean.
The new ferry between the cities is really quite nice, and you can also drive via Haparanda. Building a tunnel or a bridge is just too expensive at this point.
If the train travels 200km/h. You could travel from Tallinn to Helsinki in 30minutes. You could live in Tallinn where the appartments are cheaper and work in Helsinki where you earn more money. Of course the economy of Estonia would rise very quickly.
Estonian wage growth is twice as fast as in Finland. When this tunnel is completed, no Finn will buy alcohol in Estonia or an Estonian will work in Finland. Freight transport between the Antarctic Ocean (New Silk Road) and Western Europe is a major source of benefit.
@@rapator9270 Finland had its own period of "insane" growth (fastest in Europe) after WW2. I'm glad Estonia is doing well, but just because the economy is growing rapidly now doesn't mean it will continue to do so indefinitely once it starts to catch up with the rest of Western Europe like happened with Finland. There's plenty of reasons for Estonians to work in Finalnd and vice versa even if it's no longer to exploit cheap manual labor. And to be fair those jobs haven't been done by Estonians in a long time. Other Eastern Europeans often travel through Tallinn though.
@@poika22 Wage growth will certainly slow down and inflation will also slow down. I hinted that in 10-20 years people will have different reasons to travel. Chinese tourism to Tallinn through Helsinki Airport is growing rapidly for example ...
The point about the ferry lines taking a hit ignores the 6 largest port on that list: Stockholm. Most of the ferry traffic from there also goes to Helsinki and Tallinn, and almost all of it is operated by the same ferry companies. In addition ports 2 and 5 on the list are already connected by a rail tunnel, so rail does not typically replace ferry links. Rail is good for moving commuters and goods trains, but people who want to take their car will generally still travel by ferry.
As a Brit, I went using the Viking line from Helsinki to Tallin. It was so cool. The vibe you get is that most Finnish want to go there as tourists to buy alcohol, but of course, people go for work.
@@Ometecuhtli, nope, it wasn't. The land was, the country never wasn't. The Estonian Republic existed also throughout the occupation period, though it wasn't able to control its own land. So it was occupation, not annexation.
@@carbrained, yet they never lacked being Estonian Republic citizens, based on which we were also able to restore our country together with original people with citizenship.
Soviet annexation was just de facto, not de jure. Most foreign countries continued to recognize the 3 Baltic States as independent and their gold reserves in the Western central banks were never handed over to the USSR.
Gauge rhymes with the English word 'page' (as in a book). Proving once again that English spelling was invented by some drunk, malicious dude from around the Tudor period.
As most Finns have pointed out, most of the travelling from Helsinki to Tallinn is just for the sake of buying alcohol. Here's why: the excise tax on alcohol is lower in Estonia than in Finland, and thus alcohol is very cheap. A study in 2014 indicated that 34% of alcohol sold in all of Estonia is bought by Finns. Furthermore, the average salary in Helsinki is 50000€ (35000€ after taxes) whereas it's only 26000€ (~20000€ after taxes) in Tallinn encouraging many Estonians to seek employment in Finland, but not the other way around. I'd personally love this tunnel as an easy gateway to the rest of Europe. Currently the only way Finns can access European rail transport is either by taking a ferry to Estonia or to Sweden (or Saint Petersburg, Russia, but that's a whole other story). Getting back to Finland has to be done the same way. This causes a lot of extra hassle for travellers, and can even be a deterrent for many timid adventurers.
@@Taevas___ True, it does seem quite inflated, but this figure only stands true for the capital region of the country. The data was taken from an unbiased source which states the average monthly salary in Helsinki is 5010€, but 3500€ in Finland in general. I'll recheck the values from other sources and edit my post accordingly. Thanks for the comment. *EDIT:* Based on values from multiple sources, the average income in Helsinki seems to be around 50000€ before taxes, and about 35000€ after taxes. The figures for Tallinn were quite correct, as the average range seems to be around 24 to 32 thousand euros in various sources. The income tax in Estonia is only 20% compared to Finland's 30%, though, so your net income wouldn't be that far away at around 20000€.
I live in Riga, Latvia. It takes me about 10 hours to drive and ferry to Finland with a car. And costs a lot of fuel. Together with Baltic railway this would be amazing.
1:54 It's neither Helsinki nor Tallinn port. It's Riga, Latvia. Estonian company named Tallink operates there and this particular ship named Romantika goes to Stockholm.
The twin track tunnels are interesting. One possibility would be to have one high-speed standard gauge line for Rail Baltica trains, and a slower 1524mm gauge line for local Finnish and Estonian trains. This would also mean that the Rail Baltica trains could run non-stop, leaving the local trains to serve the artificial islands.
@@donaldboughton8686 15 billion is pocket change for the EU. They just have so many projects ongoing that there is not enough for everybody and you have to prove worthiness. Chinese just throw money away hoping something will turn out okay and profitable.
@@Oceansta I don't mind if some plastic crap I use is made in China. Having a crucial part of the infrastructure owned by the Chinese is a whole other thing.
Yes the finnish commuting for work in tallinn, Also known as cheap liquor
Haha when he said "finnish commuting for work in tallinn" I was like yeah no the truth might be surprising :D
I made that trip once for tourism, I asked the taxi driver to the ferry terminal for a receipt, to have an idea how much they cost so in case I needed another one I could calculate if it was convenient to take one or not (putting a value on time saved, so to speak), but the way I told him made him think that I was using it the get reimbursed by my company or such. He looked amused and when leaving he told me "Enjoy your time in Tallinn!!!!" Haha, of course everybody knows ;)
I live in Estonia and have you ever bouth liquor from Latvi, its crazy cheap there
Hard liquor made in China, if they get that funding
@@kristoferlaasi734 the way he pronounces Ülemiste tho
"The finns going to tallinn for work" Since when did buying booze from another country qualify as a job :DDD
kyl se ryyppäyskin joskus käy työstä :D
Also, it is more like an Estonias plan as Finland is less interested.
@@jakomeisselitulppa No täähän se ois
@@Razid320 Totta tuokin
well the longero drink cases are pretty heavy.. where there is sweat there is work :D
We all know what the Finns are really going to Tallinn for. Wouldn't it be cheaper to lay an alcohol pipeline?
Like one of those tubes in pharmacies they transport prescription pills in :D
Olvi, Hartwall, Altia etc make alcohol in Finland, then carry it to Estonia. Finns then travel to Tallinn to buy the stuff much cheaper there. Huh? :o Something's not quite clever here ...
why do you think those tubes are build bigger as normal and there is aditional space under the trackbeds?
The trains are just camouflage !
can you route on over to Sweden to ? like into the Mälardalen right outside my house by the shore ? i can send you some Nuska i know you want it !
dont suggest it , you know it would become reality in 2 years
Fun fact: The Guy who was going to build the tunnel privately (Peter Vesterbacka) was the same dude who made Rovio and Angry Birds.
Yeah, I was in Angry Birds museum in Finland.
Wow! From animation games to tunnels.
@@kevinerex859 the fuck? where can i find plants vs zombies museum then
@@kevinerex859 I'll definitely visit that if I get the chance
Hmmm.... Why isnt he planning a giant slingshot that catapults the people over the water? Would be fun and much cheaper. :-)
99% of the comments are Finns boasting about their alcoholism.
Salt Shaker Eh, not so much, but yes, so many comments are about that XD
Yes. Did you know we dont really go to work in Tallinn?
Nah, it's not about the alcoholism, it's about pissing on politicians who raises alcohol prices every two years.
#StatCommentsSuck, normie!
@@Perririri Please go to Twitter and take your hash tags with you, trash.
UA-cam randomly recommended me this video, and then unexpectedly I see my own Helsinki drone footage at 0:22 lol
No worries, you can use it this time
Vitun kova
Minäkin sain tän ehdotuksiin. Tää juutuupin alkorytmi on kyllä oikeesti mysteeri, en ole koskaan hakenut tai edes katsonut videoita tästä mahdollisesta uudesta tunnelista, saatikkaan vielä englannin kielellä! 🤔🤔
Sama täällä
Nice of you to allow this, but he really should be using copyright free footage or licencing b-rol!!
@@joshtae7285 true
"How much will it cost?"
"Only $13 Billion"
"That's expensive."
"Look, this $15 billion project is amazing value."
"What did you say?"
"Pay attention, we're talking about the $21 billion tunnel construction."
"Look, you can't just -"
"WHAT'S $30 BILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO FINLAND'S FUTURE?"
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оо это у нас так бюджет в стране распределяют,правда там не мелочатся
30 billion dollars isn't even that bad spread out over a decade with shared costs between two modern countries
@@Славянин448 Who you writing to bruh wrong language
@@laurikotivuori1585 че самый умный думаешь писать какую то фигню на языке который я не понимаю?Иди учи великий и могучий или отвянь от меня
We Finns would make Mars habitable if it means cheap booze lol
We Finns would terraform the Hell itself to a theme booze&BBQ venue
@@atklm1 Don't forget the sauna.
Hahaha. 😂😂😂
I live in Estonia, and we buy the booze from Latvia, Its even more cheap there
Why not brew your own beer? Its incredibly cheap and incredibly potent. In the UK this is allowed along with wine making, cider and perry making but not distilling your own spirits. Moonshine is a strict No No.
Finland + Estonia = Finest 👌🏻
Meanwhile russias just sitting there all sulking on his lonesome
@@F6FHELLCAT12 do you have something against russians?
@@tak1z4w4 yeah
@@manlikeilyas what do you have against them, walking revival of Nazism
@@tak1z4w4 the history of my country is what i have against them lol?
It would boost Estonia's economy and convert Finland to be more than just being a lonely place to the north of Europe.
I believe both countries have a lot to offer. Do it!
It's a waste of money
It would help The Baltic states and Finland in terms of economic growth and connectivity. I really hope it gets built. 🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
it’s a waste of money, we already have ships that can carry cars
@@keravavantaa2886 Ships can't carry trains though.
@@atnfn i never said trains. can’t read? 5yo?
Man, that would be great to build. I could go by train from Finland down through the Baltics to visit Lithuania. Very nice! Hope they succeed!
Liettuasta ja latviasta saa viroakin halvempaa viinaa
@@ililiililliliill9498 ei kaikki mee viinan perässä baltiaan vaikka monet meneekin
Hello baltics brothers
as long as it is an European made project
@@jh5kl not going to happen. EU already spent enough on railbaltica lol
Suomalaiset menee läpi vaikka harmaan kiven halvan viinan perässä, kirjaimellisesti.
Niimpä, miks käydä Alkossa Helsingissä kun voi käydä Superalkossa Tallinnassa? >:)
No sanos muuta
Suomi mainittu kaikki torille 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮😎😎😎😎😎😃😃😃😃
@@mrgeimer1112 torilla tavataan
tän takia suomi tarvitsee ton tunnelin!🍺
Its just a huge underwater straw to drink all booze from Estonia..
its a trap Finland has set it up, soon they will make a tunnel to Sweden to take our snus !
@@motokid1492 Jokes on the Finns, we are gonna connect the two pipelines for a good exchange rate of booze to snus. Cut out the middleman.
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my Gott ))))) !
lmao
That's insane! i hope it gets build
ah yes another verified person commented
Oh hello
@@samuaghahag y e s
@@modkiller161 N o
@@samuaghahag you cannot deny a yes
Wouldn’t be great to have a train from Finland to Portugal 🙂
I think you can already do that by going through Sweden or Russia (though not on a single line, obviously).
there have been massive projects of that sort from EU, railway networks, roads, energy networks, you name it. but our excessively proud governments have been causing delays constantly (except with usa, china and england, then they don t care about pride and say yes to everything they shouldn t)
I don't know about Portugal but there will be railway from Estonia to Rotterdam, Amsderdam and etc in the future.
I'm not sure about these ambitious mega projects. They seem to suck up all the money. The last time I went to Lisbon (from Switzerland) there had been a storm in France and the Montpellier-Barcelona connection was not repaired for 2 months.
I want a train from Finland to Brazil
Finns commuting to ”work” in tallin. 😂
i mean some of these probably get money from it but it's not exactly what most people would call work :D
To gulp all that booze can be quite a work
We drink cheap beer in tallin
no kyllähän sen viinaralli ihan työstä käy
If I have understood, the Estonians are indeed traveling to Finland for work at various construction sites. The Finns have had other kinds of jobs in Estonia, but much of their travel has also been traditional tourism. It started gradually already before the Estonian independence, but skyrocketed after that. And like so many other comments have already stated, the lower alcohol prices in Estonia have become an incentive, if not the entire reason for Finns to travel to Estonia. One of recent news I have seen is that Estonian alcohol prices are increasing and presumably that is causing more Finns extending their trips all the way through Estonia to Latvia and Lithuania.. Just a piece of news I have seen in Finnish newsprints (actually web news).
Great, now finnish people can buy cheap beer faster
Saatanan lammas, reminds me of cigarette smuggling from Poland to Germany. At least it‘s good to make beer expensive, in Germany beer is extremely cheap, Germany has a alcohol problem.
Kyllä
@@JustOneGirl81 yes we do
Kappas vaan kuka se täältä löytyi.
@@EmeroidOptisey Terve
20 billion euro tunnel for Finns to get cheap alcohol... Sounds about right!
And If it Will be ready. then we rise alcohol price to same level like finland. Take that porot😆
@@popeofdope6468 finnish people get cheap booze in estonia and estonia gets cheap booze from latvia lol
@@fleddiag4532 yep... Screw the finland - estonia tunnel, lets just build a finland - latvia tunnel
@@immigrantgaming420epic bro im not kidding there is a alcohol store pretty much 500m away from the border
@@fleddiag4532 yeah, i know, ive been there so many times (i think its closer than 500 m)
"With passenger numbers between Helsinki and Tallinn quickly rising" shows Riga lol. Great video.
He added extra space in planning for teleportation.
That's my kind of guy.
LOL!
Tho he probably meant hyperloop or similar of a solution
"the finns going to tallinn for work" juu kyllä jos viinan ostaminen pidetään työnä :DDD
edit: apparently every finnish person has already commented on this
kyllä se ryyppääminenki työstä käy pidemmän päälle.
@Big blue whale Niillä on se halpa viina jo siellä niin heidän ei tartte matkustaa ;D
kaipa trokaamalla tuloille pääsee joskaan se ei laillista työtä ole
What a stupid comment. Not quite sure if I understood it like 100%, but the average alcohol consumption of Finns is at the European average. 2nd the English go to France to get cheaper alcohol, same thing on the Danish-German border, Norwegian-Swedish border, French-Andorra/Spain border, Italian-Slovenian border and so on...weren't you aware of this???
@@Marisolita_95 Not quite, the estimates on homemade alcohol are far beyond other countries in the region, not close.
My family in Estonia was telling me about this when I was visiting in 2018. I didn’t get a chance to go to Finland, but have always wanted to. As someone with Estonian & Finnish ancestry I think it’s an exciting idea. I do feel bad for the ferry lines, but maybe if they build the islands, it’ll create even more jobs.
it would be a flex to say ''i go to work on an island''
@rand_d3500 But the islands will be connected by the railway tunnels, so... -
Great, very professional and very informative video.
I reckon your channel is about to explode in popularity. It definitely deserves to do so.
No. The boat trip is part of the fun.
Not for someone with a massive fear of drowning. Train all the way
The ferry will have to lower their prices.
A rail connection between Helsinki and Tallinn would connect Finland directly to the entire European rail network.
Suddenly Finnish goods and people could travel anywhere in Europe -- and vice-versa.
Yup, for Finland the rail link is about much more than Estonia (let alone just the cheap beer in all the memes). Logistically, Finland is for practical purposes an island nation. You can only leave by land to the remote, sparsely populated northern parts of Scandinavia, or Russia. The rail link would be a game changer.
Remember we have airplanes too. :D
@@hyfade1245 -- True, but travel by rail is less expensive than travel by air. And if one wants to ship several railcars of lumber to the rest of Europe, sending it by rail is much less expensive than sending it by air. ;)
When you really want that cheap Vodka
swedes go to finland for cheaper alcohol, finns go to estonia, estonians go to latvia
@@alexvasilachi9558 Norwegians go to sweden
@@jubmelahtes the alcohol chain lol
Lmfao
@@alexvasilachi9558 Finland is more expensive for alcohol than sweden
1:17 Estonia and 9 other countries joined 2004, not 2003
True, the countries were approved in 2003 tho so i think thats where he messed up
No one really cares about these tiny landpieces.
@@igroteka90 Then why did you even click on this video?
Hopefully Finland and Estonia won't be a victim of debt trap diplomacy, that was close
@@hlbq And in South America and in other countries of Asia
I think that was precisely why state authorities declined the tunnel for now : Too much Chinese investment or rather not enough State/EU investment.
Ihan turha hanke.
@IngMonkey Also less debteď to China than Africa. EU has experience in constructing tunnels aswell.
A tunnel at this point would only benefit Tallinn and Helsinki along with the whole of Estonia and the Uusimaa region. In 20 years, when Finland has expanded it's logistical routes all the way to the Arctic sea, and there is more containers flowing via Northeast sea route, it will be more viable investment for EU and China aswell :)
Patience
@IngMonkey maybe it will, but it will also be dependent on China
trading our booze for a railroad to woodcutting jobs in Finland - as an estonian I see this as an absolute win
Having visited both countries, I see the benefits of this project. Thank you. Great video.
the ferry jobs wont be lost they will be realicated to the rail company in most cases, good video people around the world will be shocked to see these 2 nations connected to a megga project especially estonia because off its size so it should help in other economic ways as well by advertising them around the world
Well let's be realistic. If you connect the two cities with this tunnel, it's inevitable that a lot of jobs will be lost. You can't possibly expect the tunnel or rail companies to provide as many jobs as the ferries and ships do. What a ridiculous claim.
@@PresidentialWinner well it would in the form of economic cooperation also create more opportunities
@@PresidentialWinner that's what people said when computers started becoming more common back in the day. But reality worked out quite different .
@@timo4258 This is nothing like that.
@@PresidentialWinner oh its quite like that. Yes, ferry jobs will be lost. But there will be other opportunities, living in one city and working in other will become possible for more people. Honestly there is no point discussing this with you, it's just too obvious.
This video definitely deserves more attention great video much love😄
You made it look like Estonia was part of the Soviet Union when the latter invaded Finland. The USSR invaded Finland in 1939, illegally occupied Estonia in 1940 and Estonia _regained_ independence in 1991.
@Darius M The Soviet _occupation_ still started in 1940, smartass...
@Darius M did you even read it? The second sentence says : The treaty obliged both parties to respect each other's sovereignty and independence.......Well that obviously did not happen. Also have yo ever heard of the MRP? Obviously the russians had no interest in actually following this Treay they made with Estonia from up front already. I rest my case
@Darius M In 1939 the Soviet army entered Estonia and made military bases but did not occupy the country as Estonia agreed to this.
In 1940 The Estonian government was forced to do "elections" where "90% of the people" voted to join the USSR.
@Darius M Estonia was _occupied_ in June 1940 and [illegally] annexed in August 1940. Please learn this specific history before you start lecturing a local - it's embarrassing...
@Darius M Nobody denies that Soviet planes bombed helsinki from Estonian territory. But Estonia was not under Soviet occupation in 1940. They had forced a treaty of military bases onto Estonia and they were in control of certain airfields.
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but so you support Ukraine too o_O
@@martin_taavet Yes , I know Russia is our friends but we indian trying to be peaceful at this moment . Some of the indian were studying doctor in you country Ukraine 🇺🇦 .
“Finns go to work in Tallinn”? I think it’s the opposite actually. My Finnish friend said a lot of Estonians work seasons in Finland to earn more money because wages are higher in Finland while money gets you more in Estonia.
How many times can one say Helsinki and Tallinn in one video?
You can make a drinking game our of it. Take a shot of "Romulan Ale" every thime you hear Tallinn or Helsinki.
Bloody annoying to be honest. Is he trying to be funny?
I can say it 10 000 times
the same number of times he called them a sidy
Just about as often as you can say any two city names in a video that is centered around those two cities?
As im a estonian myself i think it would be great for both countrys economy
Yeah i think the Same way
As a finn, I also agree. Half of my neighbors are already estonian construction workers. The tunnel would make it easier for them to see their families more often. 👍
Mardeee ”lest build a 20 billion € tunnel so estonian construction workers can see their families more often” 😂😂
And for finnish alcoholism
блажен тот, кто верует.
When these videos come out it makes my day
Everything is extremely positive about this project, except for the Chinese involvement.
Lmao what’s wrong with the Chinese involvement? And don’t give me bs excuses like debt diplomacy, governments aren’t dumb, they are aware of the risks and are willing to take it.
@Damir H. well the country should’ve thought about the possibility of what would happen if they can’t pay the money back shouldn’t they? It’s like u owe someone money, refuse to pay it back and run around crying when the lender hit u in the face.
so basically finland starts a project, china joins, finland can't pay them, then the chinese take the whole shit. Why does china always have to get involved
@@aliwakanda7327 well I guess Finland doesn't think that fucking asia is joining in building a tunnel in the very north europe
@@aliwakanda7327 Because China bad, the West good, because...reasons.
I fucking love that word play on the FinEst link you know, FINland ESTonia FINEST Link.
Sad is though, the difference between the rail standards, but this project could also bind the whole polar circle closer to Europe.
Im actually from finland i live in helsinki and this is a very interesting idea.
Ps. Good video i subbed
Very stupid idea how to spend 20 000 000 Euro. Cause there is a railway connection through Russia.
@@Niksky2 but that is so much longer, thus taking a lot more Time.
@@Niksky2 And I think that you need a visa? Am I right?
@@atte3647 provably not if it nonstop.
It is a very good idea for both the country's economy
Especially if it's funded privately. If you put this financial burden on the taxpayer, i'd say no thanks! We in Finland already have some of the highest taxes in the world. If you take into account the purchasing power parity we are most likely number two right after North Korea. But we do get a return for those taxes, our society runs great, with free healthcare, education, social welfare etc.
I have my doubts about it being ultimately economically viable.
As an engineering project it would be amazing, but its costs would rival that of the Channel tunnel between France and UK with fraction of the potential traffic, not forgetting that mega projects like these have a tendency to balloon in costs as the project goes on.
Also Helsinki and Tallinn already have quite well established ferry systems that can get across within hours.
Even if it wasn't strictly speaking economically viable, it still would basically turn Tallinn into southern Helsinki. So there's that.
@@MidWitPride You're right about all that. But the last part sounds weird. Just because two cities are close to each other and easily accessed from one another does not mean they integrate into each other automatically. The culture, language and national barriers are quite high, even if they are very similar (they are) and even with no barriers for travelling or no need for visas or passports etc. It's a tale of two cities, not of one.
@@PresidentialWinner Ests and Finns are both Finnic nations with mostly shared culture and similar languages. Helsinki and Tallinn most probably would become more of a twin city/metropolitan area with tunnel. Both cities are quite different both by architecture and population. Tallinn has been around as a town from the 13th century when Northern Estonia aka Estland was part of the Danish Kingdom, but Helsinki grew to become a substantial city only during the time when Finland was part of Imperial Russia starting from 17th century. Tallinn also has a lot bigger immigrant population mostly from the Soviet occupation time's mass immigration which makes it the 4 th European capital after Brussels, Riga and Amsterdam by amount of immigrants and foreign nationals. Helsinki's population is about 80% Finnish while Tallinn's population is unfortunately only about 50% Estonian. This tunnel would most probably start a boom of Finns moving to Tallinn and Estonia as a whole, since real estate is cheaper in Estonia (at least right now. I don't mind it actually since Finns and Ests are genetically, linguistically and culturally the closest nations to each other. We'll manage 🙂
@@carleryk I am well aware of everything you said except the immigration population of Tallinn (I live in Helsinki) But i don't agree with that prediction. It's not that they are so very different, it's that they are in different nations. And the 80 km distance doesn't help.
Great video ,impressive. Smart thinks to do. Amazing project between Finland 🇫🇮 and Estonia 🇪🇪 I am very happy I lived many years in Estonia 🇪🇪, Tallinn.
Well we're having good friendship. Greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮
UA-cam is like a lair for amateur "documentary" makers with a tendency for factually inaccurate deviations - likes this one.
1) The FinEst Bay Area project was made redundant with the new provincial land use plan of Uusimaa. There's no space allocation for the tunnel infrastructure in Espoo. Thus Vesterbacka's plans are at the time being not doable.
2) Like others have already rightly noted: what commuting from Finland to Estonia? It's very marginal. Booze runs and other leisure travel is the most common form of travel in that direction. Mostly the ro-pax ferries carry Baltic workers and loads of cargo from the rest of Europe, as well as some exports from Finland.
3) The Arctic Ocean connection is hypothetical and it would be fair to mention it doesn't exist as per say, but it's just a vision. As for Russia, well, there's railway links from there already.
4) Helsinki doesn't have 1.3 million inhabitants. You've looked at the greater Helsinki region.
5) Finland wasn't invaded in 1939. Yes, the Soviets did indeed try that twice during the world war, but you implied that the country was invaded. You need to be more precise with your wordings.
Regarding 5). The Soviet Union entered Finnish sovereign territory with the use of military force and forced Finland to sign a peace agreement that fulfilled all of the Soviet Unions initial demands. Occupying and then taking over large parts of land on the Karelian Isthmus.
Furthermore, the Continuation war was started by the finish and ended in a mostly Status quo peace yet Finland still had to pay reparations.
Yes, Finland fought extraordinarily well and certainly managed to defend from a full takeover but Finland was invaded.
In my view your comment is unnecessarily negative and doesn't really give much value to the viewer or the creator. I could be wrong but you sound like the kind of person who has never tried to make anything creative all by themselves, and tries to achieve a moral high ground by hating on someone else who is actually trying to make an effort.
Firstly, your wording makes you sound like an elitist who will not consider a creative work worthy of any praise unless it has received a 5 star review from a guy who has been declared to have a good taste by some newspaper. "A lair for amateur "documentary" makers" - not really a constructive way to introduce your criticism whatever it may be, right? If you actually cared about the creator improving in what they do that wouldn't be the way you start a sentence. And what exactly makes a "real documentarist" any better than a guy who prefers to make them independently and share them (for free!!) on UA-cam? Because they might have funding from a production company and maybe a film degree? Is that supposed to make human error magically disappear? Are having financial backing and formal qualifications requirements for creating exciting stories? Of course not.
Even if your attitude seems shitty, you could at least have some valid points, but you really fail to impress me with them as well. Points 4, and 5 are just nitpicking since none of those mistakes affect the big picture of the tunnel project that this video is trying to convey. Points 1, 2 and 3 focus only on the current situation - that's not what you want to do if you're building something that might be ready in 10 years and should last for 100. The legislation of Uusimaa, alcohol tourism and the Arctic Ocean connection are things that are not set in stone in any way. Who are you to say that these things won't change in the near future? Legislation is supposed to change over time, that's why we have a thing called the parliament. And Estonia is raising it's alcohol tax every year so soon booze will be the same price as in Finland anyways. The railway connection could be a way to create new reasons to travel than the ones we have right now. For example, you wouldn't want to travel (at least regularly) 2+ hours in one direction to attend a business meeting or a sports game, but you wouldn't mind doing it every day if the travel time was 30 minutes. Thus, the railway would offer much more reasons for people to go from Helsinki to Tallinn than just booze runs.
In a nutshell:
If you don't want a tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn, that's fine. (Your opinion most likely won't matter anyway)
If you don't like watching "documentaries" on UA-cam, that's fine as well. (You can watch the real ones on Netflix right?)
But when someone is trying to inform the rest of us (still, for free!!!!) about a project that makes people excited about the future, you shouldn't be negative and overly critical even if the result isn't 100% perfect (which never happens in life anyways).
I really didn't want for my comment to turn out too negative, but this one hit a nerve for me. :D I don't mean to insult, this is just my strong criticism to your criticism.
"Finland wasn't invaded in 1939."
What do you mean? Finland was invaded in 1939.
Finland was invaded in 1939. Invaded basically means attacked, someone else trying to take it over. Its not the same thing as occupying.
Jos oot suomalainen, niin invade = hyökätä, ei valloittaa
@@mulgeroinen Did you mean to reply to Deep Blue Mania rather than me?
Estonia can finally into nordic now
Lol
Nah :D
I mean Nordic means just North, so yeah we already are 🙂 That's actually so absurd that Estonia and Finland are still in the separate regions although we're the closest nations to each other.
@ Finno ugric Region rise up ✊💪
Darius M Germany used to be inhabited by Nordic people.
Beautiful. I love hearing about all these tunnel projects. I'm gonna be keeping an eye on this and the Danish-German tunnel.
ˇ"In 1991 Estonia REgained its independence" Its very important to say regained.
As a Russian I am happy to see our neighbour Estonia thrive! I would love to see this tunnel in the future!!
Kick out that KGB dictator from Russia!!! You have huge resources but oligarchs are stealing your wealth.cheers!!
As long as you are not able to remove your dictator you'll soon be back to the times when Russians couldn't travel freely
Great video. I like watching and learning things about Finland and Estonia. And I really hope to see Rail Baltica video in this channel.
15 billion is a LOT of money but in the long term it will help boost the countries economies, but also will bring the two sister countries even closer culturally
You might say it's a lot but on other hand Latvia during Covid19 pandemic mysterious burned 4.5bill which is around quarter of tunnel funding needed money and it definitely would pay back fast like 10-20€ tunnel usage fee to drive trough it 25k people travelling daily between Finland to Estonia daily. Calculate yourself not taking in account train revenue I'd say in 10 years tunel would already profit
1:54 Great footage of Riga, Latvia lol
Riga ? all i can think of is cars and drifting
Jep, IT was Riga, so may build a tunnel also to Riga?! Lol
how come I haven't found this channel earlier! I always enjoy these types of videos like the B1M Channel (That's not advertising)
This looks an awesome project, and nicely presented video
Another interesting project is the Finland-Sweden tunnel/bridge project that is being investigated, between Vaasa and Umeå (90 km)!
Vaasa is home to the largest clean tech hub in the nordics and the two cities has a lot combining them!
I had no idea. Thanks! Sounds a bit unrealistic though. Very long distance and not large cities.
@@snetmotnosrorb3946 it's not just connecting the cities toghter but a larger picture of connecting Norwegian ports to china and allowing more cargo to move by trucks and rail faster in to Europe & Asia, building a bridge vs tunnel is a lot more cheaper, estimated cost is 3-4 times cheaper then this tunnel between Helsinki and Tallin.
That will be a Great For people and economy of BOTH countries 👍👍
--- TECHIE SCIENCE channe! 🙏🙏
Well we will finaly have the g64k90d nuklear device
Dont forget ALCOHOL
Self promo? Yikes
@@dylreesYT ikr
Meanwhile Singapore & the Indonesian island of Batam are even closer to each other (~20km across the Singapore Strait) & have even larger populations (5.6m & 1m respectively) but I guess the former might be more reluctant to do so as it may encourage more outflow of money from the former e.g. by making it easier for Singaporeans to travel to Batam & spend there, instead of locally (especially as Indonesia has a lower cost of living)
We Estonians are getting more notice. Great
Im finnish and i absolutely love this idea.
Went to live in Finland (Jyváskylá) thirty years ago and loved it. Reckon that the idea of a Helinki-Tallinn rail tunnel has a much better chance of success than Johnson's bridge from Scotland to Ireland.
as a fellow european this concept seems amazing
No it is idiotic - just take a look at maps. There is a railway connection between Helsinki and Tallinn by land.
@@Niksky2 and it’s much longer than this proposed one
@@Niksky2 do I have To repeat
@Finnic Patriot Occupied land? Are you moron? Whole Europe is occupied? All countries borders are result of wars!
Hi! Could you do a single video for Rail Baltica? Love from Latvia ❤🇱🇻
Something that will actually happen
I had never heard about this before, and I never realised it was so narrow at one point in the Gulf of Finland. It's fantastic, a brilliant idea! Every Finn only talks about alcohol, but when travels times are cut to a fraction, it will open a whole new world. Look at the Öresund Link between Copenhagen and Malmö. Before the fixed link, people from the Swedish side mostly travelled to Denmark for cheap alcohol, but after its construction people started to commute en masse, not only from the big connected border cities, but also quite a bit inland, widely exceeding expectations.
Go for the bigger tunnel! Don't make the same mistake as Denmark and Sweden with the Öresund Link, cheaping out on capacity resulting it being maxed out after only 15 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98resund_Bridge
We can also look forward to a new genre of 'Finno-Estonian noir' cop series entitled 'The Tunnel', with Finnish and Estonian detectives nipping backwards and forwards between the two countries in pursuit of international criminals.
Idiotic idea. Just learn geography first. There is land connection though Russia.
Quality content mate👍 clear and straight to the point!
"FINEST Link"... That's actually really smart.
Can't wait!
When will they make a tunnel from Umeå to Finland? I want to get some proper sauna.
Throughout the years, atleast since the 80:s, atleast 10 ideas, suggestions and proposals have been forwarded to both Swedish amd Finlandic governments. All those proposals have been for bridges. So far nothing between Umeå and Vasa where the closest place is across the ocean.
The new ferry between the cities is really quite nice, and you can also drive via Haparanda. Building a tunnel or a bridge is just too expensive at this point.
I'm sorry what where the two cities being connected, I think you didn't mention it?
Tallin and Helsinki
@@j_bj0rklund r/woooosh
Thanks for giving me an idea to use on my school project!
Good job on this video bro!
Underwater tunnels gives me anxiety, imagine if it collapses or if it starts flooding in.
We'll just say that it contains alcohol and the Finns would drink it dry
Its future though. Flying has also been making anxiety, but nowadays its normal
@@SilverGamingFI thats not fair
@@SilverGamingFI
Finns: It's salty?
Us: Yes, it's salmiakki vodka, drink up!
Finns: Perkele! *slurp*
@@6yjjk PEREKELE!
1:57 It's Riga in Latvia :D :D :D
If the train travels 200km/h. You could travel from Tallinn to Helsinki in 30minutes. You could live in Tallinn where the appartments are cheaper and work in Helsinki where you earn more money.
Of course the economy of Estonia would rise very quickly.
Estonian wage growth is twice as fast as in Finland. When this tunnel is completed, no Finn will buy alcohol in Estonia or an Estonian will work in Finland. Freight transport between the Antarctic Ocean (New Silk Road) and Western Europe is a major source of benefit.
@@rapator9270 Finland had its own period of "insane" growth (fastest in Europe) after WW2. I'm glad Estonia is doing well, but just because the economy is growing rapidly now doesn't mean it will continue to do so indefinitely once it starts to catch up with the rest of Western Europe like happened with Finland. There's plenty of reasons for Estonians to work in Finalnd and vice versa even if it's no longer to exploit cheap manual labor. And to be fair those jobs haven't been done by Estonians in a long time. Other Eastern Europeans often travel through Tallinn though.
@@poika22 Wage growth will certainly slow down and inflation will also slow down. I hinted that in 10-20 years people will have different reasons to travel. Chinese tourism to Tallinn through Helsinki Airport is growing rapidly for example ...
The point about the ferry lines taking a hit ignores the 6 largest port on that list: Stockholm. Most of the ferry traffic from there also goes to Helsinki and Tallinn, and almost all of it is operated by the same ferry companies. In addition ports 2 and 5 on the list are already connected by a rail tunnel, so rail does not typically replace ferry links. Rail is good for moving commuters and goods trains, but people who want to take their car will generally still travel by ferry.
As a Brit, I went using the Viking line from Helsinki to Tallin. It was so cool. The vibe you get is that most Finnish want to go there as tourists to buy alcohol, but of course, people go for work.
It is old information. Estonian government has rejected this project 2 months ago due to "economically impractical
reason". End.
Yeah, when the EU rejects funding, it becomes "economically impractical
". Business as usual
Finland dosen't have money for dis
Thanks god, another debt trap have been prevented... I like the idea, but if it is not feasible it is not feasible.
Estonians come to work in Finland, Finnish people just go down to buy cheap groceries and fuel.
Estonia was occupied by USSR, it was never part of it. In 1991, Estonia REgained its independence.
Even if Estonia didn't agree, it was forcefully made part of the Soviet Union until 1991.
@@Ometecuhtli, nope, it wasn't. The land was, the country never wasn't. The Estonian Republic existed also throughout the occupation period, though it wasn't able to control its own land.
So it was occupation, not annexation.
@@GigAHerZ64 Estonian people were still Soviet citizens with a local communist government
@@carbrained, yet they never lacked being Estonian Republic citizens, based on which we were also able to restore our country together with original people with citizenship.
Soviet annexation was just de facto, not de jure. Most foreign countries continued to recognize the 3 Baltic States as independent and their gold reserves in the Western central banks were never handed over to the USSR.
Greetings from Lihuania👌👌👍👍
The video is great and I got quite excited about this channel, but the amount of ads for a 9 minute video is simply baffling.
I think it's pronounced gauge, and not guage.
Gauge rhymes with the English word 'page' (as in a book). Proving once again that English spelling was invented by some drunk, malicious dude from around the Tudor period.
As most Finns have pointed out, most of the travelling from Helsinki to Tallinn is just for the sake of buying alcohol. Here's why: the excise tax on alcohol is lower in Estonia than in Finland, and thus alcohol is very cheap. A study in 2014 indicated that 34% of alcohol sold in all of Estonia is bought by Finns. Furthermore, the average salary in Helsinki is 50000€ (35000€ after taxes) whereas it's only 26000€ (~20000€ after taxes) in Tallinn encouraging many Estonians to seek employment in Finland, but not the other way around.
I'd personally love this tunnel as an easy gateway to the rest of Europe. Currently the only way Finns can access European rail transport is either by taking a ferry to Estonia or to Sweden (or Saint Petersburg, Russia, but that's a whole other story). Getting back to Finland has to be done the same way. This causes a lot of extra hassle for travellers, and can even be a deterrent for many timid adventurers.
The wage in Finland is 60000€? That seems *VERY* exaggerated. I'd say more around 40000€
@@Taevas___ True, it does seem quite inflated, but this figure only stands true for the capital region of the country. The data was taken from an unbiased source which states the average monthly salary in Helsinki is 5010€, but 3500€ in Finland in general. I'll recheck the values from other sources and edit my post accordingly. Thanks for the comment.
*EDIT:* Based on values from multiple sources, the average income in Helsinki seems to be around 50000€ before taxes, and about 35000€ after taxes. The figures for Tallinn were quite correct, as the average range seems to be around 24 to 32 thousand euros in various sources. The income tax in Estonia is only 20% compared to Finland's 30%, though, so your net income wouldn't be that far away at around 20000€.
You could have quantified environmental benefit and included it into the break even point calculation
I live in Riga, Latvia. It takes me about 10 hours to drive and ferry to Finland with a car. And costs a lot of fuel. Together with Baltic railway this would be amazing.
props for the shot of Riga port at 1:54
So it looks like Estonia can finally into Nordic. 🇪🇪🤝🇫🇮 Through a tunnel that is. 😊
Nope, this means Finland becomes baltic as it should be.
@@snobbingas189 yes
@@snobbingas189 Finland is Nordic not Baltic
@@nicosc2418 read again
@@snobbingas189 W
It will be the finest tunnel mankind has ever seen
I see what you did there.
Yup Trump said it also, the seccond finest tunnel ;)
FinEst
Well this will make getting cheap alcohol even easier
This would make so much sense. I hope it happens some day
1:54 It's neither Helsinki nor Tallinn port. It's Riga, Latvia. Estonian company named Tallink operates there and this particular ship named Romantika goes to Stockholm.
Can you make a video of the new district of Helsinki its called Kalasatama? Love your Videos
whats so interesting about it
@@ukkomies100 Ne isot tornitalot siellä.
Narrator: "In case you didn't hear last 50 times, i will repeat. Between Helsinki and Tallinn".
"...Hellllsinki and Tallinnnnnnn..."
I believe this video was about Helsinki and… (checks notes) …Tallinn.
@@sneeka2 what, no, no way thats true
As a Dane all I can say is "Get startet !!" ;o)
i recognise that boat at 1:22 like the exact one ive been on it several times
I live in Finland and also I went to Estonia like 10 weeks ago with a ship
"So why do you make the tunnels so big? I mean this will cost us billions more."
"Teleportation!!"
Aye, I got a laugh out of that one too.
The twin track tunnels are interesting. One possibility would be to have one high-speed standard gauge line for Rail Baltica trains, and a slower 1524mm gauge line for local Finnish and Estonian trains. This would also mean that the Rail Baltica trains could run non-stop, leaving the local trains to serve the artificial islands.
As long as Chinese money wont be used to build the tunnel I'm down with it.
The EU has not got the money. They are in trouble with the declining French and German economies thanks to CoVid 19 the well known Chinese import.
Almost everything you use every day is part-Chinese anyway 😂
@@donaldboughton8686 15 billion is pocket change for the EU. They just have so many projects ongoing that there is not enough for everybody and you have to prove worthiness. Chinese just throw money away hoping something will turn out okay and profitable.
Never China.
@@Oceansta I don't mind if some plastic crap I use is made in China. Having a crucial part of the infrastructure owned by the Chinese is a whole other thing.
What a fabulous idea.
hi lors. from CHICLAYO city, good video congratulations........ 🇵🇪