Brit Reveals Biggest Culture Shock Living in Finland #014

Hello from Finland! I am a Finnish land surveyor and have spent time in Finnish forests. Finnish forest is safest place in whole world. If you make noice while you go in forest all wolfs, bears and mooses will escape you. Since 1900 only one people have been killed by wolfs or bears in Finland. That happened when jogger run between baby bear and mother bear. Only danger in Finnish forest really is that you might get lost. For that helps that south from Oulu there is allways road at the distance of 3 km in Finland so if you just walk straight you end up to the road.. In Lapland you might get really lost and that is a different thing..

Bear is Finland's national animal. Between 1990–2015 there was 21 bear attacks. One fatal in 1998, when a bear felt a need to defend her cubs from a jogger. Usually bears avoid people and they are good at it. 10 persons have died from poisonous mushrooms during last four decades. Since 1984 two people have died from poisonous snake bites. Ten people have died in a car collision with a moose, but now we on the road already. 100–150 people drown annually, but you can't really blame the nature for that either. During winters 10–30 persons drown. Only few of them are ice fishers, because 5 cm solid ice holds a person and 1 cm holds an ice fisher. Not only do people have a different mentality during the seasons, but also in different regions. Helsinki is probably not the best place to start a conversation with a random person. Finland's written history is young, but there's a long oral history, which has been passed on from generation to another by singing. Singing within the family and friends have been a form of entertaining. 5 percent of Finns sing in a choir. Musical education has traditionally been on high level. Live music and dance culture is active. Also acting has history, and it's still a popular hobby. Karaoke falls into same category, I think. Example: "Ievan Polkka Lumberjack band 1952". Getting hammered is also a bonding rite. And to say that getting hammered isn't fun, can you imagine someone doing this after a glass of wine?: " Vloskin Meanwhile in Finland".

I live way above arctic circle in lapland and absolutely loath summer. Autumn is hunting season, winter and spring are for skiing .

As a Swede, the stereotypes of how midsummer is celebrated in Sweden vs Finland (at about 46:00) the Swedish version is a creation of the 1800s, basically. Before then it was very much more like the finnish stereotype. Drinking til you fall over is the old way to celebrate both Midsummer & Yule, and go back far enough there was only the parish church as a space to have community feasts in. So, yes, half the village would get so drunk they fell over in church. Every year. Culture!

Winter Time its nothing wrong.Just Make sure you put right clothes on.Greetings from 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

I just read a statistics that Finns consume less alcohol that average Europeans. The drinking culture you describe was like you say in you video about thirty years ago. I do not recognize that in todays Finland.

Joel is such a wonderful storyteller :) it was a fun podcast.

Oh my god, this was so funny! I can totally relate to everything even though I live in Norway and not in Finland. Even the karaoke thing.... Coming from the Netherlands where there is no karaoke culture whatsover. I saw my firsk "karaoke taxi" in Oslo, and I was like wtf is this :D Thank you so much for this great content. It made my day.

Happiest country = The least fucked up country. I'm happy 😊

I grew up in rural Australia where people didn't go around greeting each other with a hug or kiss But once I moved to the city, I was shocked to find that was how a lot of people greeted each other I don't like it! I especially hate kissing and hugging women because ....... I am a woman I would love to go to Finland where people don't go around doing that. It is so fake. And it is invasive

Sooo interesting ❤ i like your videos and this podcast is something else❤thank u ❤can you pls do slovakia and czech republic?

Sorry that no one didnot got strenght to listen all this (****), there is lots of good points...

Just a bit of feedback- slightly too much commercials for me. I realize I opt out of the videos after the second commercial when I realize there's another one so soon.

Difference between Uk and finland and why one is happier than the other: Number of people, quality of medical care, how much the state looks after you. Medical industry in the uk overall is awful. Waiting months for a life changing test or operation. Waiting weeks just to see your local dr. Home visits and/or carers barely available. Drs would rather give you a pain killer than give you tests. And the government just generally does anything possible to crap all over you. Theres a reason why most finnish would fight for their country, and most british would laugh in your face if you asked if they'd fight for theirs.. British people just dont get looked after.

shakespeare, danish...

Finnish people don’t talk ?? You have not met my family then . My brain get tired only thinking about it