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Concerts we will be attending and providing a review:
Aug 23rd - Dimmu Borgir
Sept 7th - Parkway Drive, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Polaris
Sept 10th - Amorphis, Dark Tranquillity, Moonspell & Omnium Gatherum
Sept 14th - Cellar Darling
Sept 22nd - Alestorm & Gloryhammer
Oct 2nd - Carach Angren, Mors Principium Est & Wolfheart
Oct 7th - Paradise Lost
Oct 9th - Wintersun & Ne Obliviscaris
Nov 4th - Korpiklaani & Arkona
Dec 8th - Ghost
Lyrics:
Fun fact: Tuska visitors drink the most alcohol of all festivals in Finland, and at the same time it is one of the most peaceful festivals in the country.
I don't drink beer...
Yeah, and the goddamn tango festival with (mostly) middle aged crowd causes the most disturbance and emergency calls of them all. In Tuska everybody acts like brothers and sisters. Drunk as shit, or not.
The festival can be enjoyed without beer too :)
If you don't drink beer, you might enjoy Long Drink (we call it "lonkero"), it's actually a finnish invention for the 1952 olympics in Helsinki. It tastes kinda like grape lemonade with alcohol. Just make sure it's Hartwall's Original, and not one of its shitty, sugar filled copies.
Guys who taught Finnish to you forget mention one very traditional Finnish drink: Long Drink. It's made of Gin and grapefruit. We call it by names like lonkero or concrete water. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_drink
As a Finn, this was so much fun to watch! Keep rockin' guys :D
Thank you!!!
Finnish people speaks and understands the english really well also, so no worries guys. Welcome!
Vii häv tis ting kalled rallienglanti
@@zerppiss iiit is veri nais
Written Finnish is a mixture of Western and Eastern Finnish, created by Mikael Agricola, the founder of literary Finnish. Therefore no-one really speaks that way, but the idea was to have one Finnish language to unite all Finns to understand each other in one nation.
Like these guys said that the written word "minä" is usually said as "mä"(western) or "mie"(eastern).
"Mä" + "mie" became "minä"
That was the compromise Agricola made.
He also made the word "hän" meaning he or she.
Before that there was no word to seperate humans from other living or nonliving things. The word was "se" meaning it.
This word "se" is usually used in spoken language to describe he or she, but in written language it's "hän". In summary, spoken language is more natural way of speaking and written language is for reading.
Agricola adopted the idea for the word "hän" from Swedish language "han"(he), "hon"(she). Nowadays some Swedes are trying to adopt that back as "hen" meaning both he and she.
Ps. Hope you'll have fun time at Tuska, very nice and polite people there, so you definitely find the way back to your Vespas \,,/
What you also have to understand is that spoken Finnish is one of the oldest languages still spoken today, but the Agricola's written is newer and it is actually more logical(easier) than most Germanic languages.
Meaning there is no different dialects when people read something out loud, it's always the same, if you know how to read.
Some foods and drinks to taste in Finland: Karjalanpiirakka (Carelian pie), Karjalanpaisti (Carelian stew), Long Drink, Maksamakkara (liver paté), Leipäjuusto lakkahillolla (bread cheese with couldberry jam), Kaalikääryleet (cabbage rolls), Korvapuusti (cinnamon buns), Mämmi (baked rye porridge), Mustamakkara (blood sausage), Graavilohi (salt-cured salmon), Lihapiirakka (meat pie), Silli (herring), Sima (sparkling mead-like beverage), Salmiakki (salted liquorice, also available as alcohol drink).
I have a pro-tip for pronunciation of the letter Ä. It's the same, as the letter A in the words "has", "had", "glad" etc.
c(ä)t
Ah, Finnish. The best part about it is that not even all Finns 100% understand each other. The language is actually fragmented into several dialects, which can have completely different words.
For example a word as mundane as "onion" is in western Finland "sipuli", but some people in eastern Finland use the word "lyökki" instead.
And even the basic words change based on the dialect, for example the word "me" is commonly "minä", but it can also be "mä" or "mie". The word for "forest" is in the written form "metsä", but it can change into "mehtä" or "mettä" depending on the region.
Then there's the added complication that some regions, the different "tribes" of Finns tend to use different quantities of loanwords, and especially common are Scandinavian loanwords, which increase or decrease based on how far you get from the coastal area. For example a basic greeting can be the classically Finnish "Terve", but it can also be a more generic "Hei" or a Scandinavian-inspired "Morjens" (from the word morgon, or "morning").
After all that is said though, Finnish is a very, very flexible language, so once you learn the basic things, you can bend the rules more than you could in English for example.
But in Finland you don't really need to even be able to speak Finnish in the first place during a short period, since every single Finn is required to learn English in School in addition to Finnish and Swedish.
As for Sauna, it's a Finnish invention, dating back to the stone age. The first Saunas were basically some kind of animal-skin tents, and then they made a fire inside, heated rocks in the fire and then threw water onto those rocks to fill the tent with hot steam. "Sauna" is also the only Finnish loanword in English, and the modern western saunas are all based on the Finnish Sauna.
Sauna in essence is a place of both physical and spiritual cleansing, you don't just go to a sauna to get clean, you can go to a sauna just to think, or to spend time talking with family or friends. In fact many political decisions in Finland have been made, and are still being made by politicians actually going to a sauna together to sort out the changes. Especially the president Urho Kekkonen was famous for holding state meetings in a sauna.
They have had sauna in Tuska area too! So you can go there too if they gonna have it next year.
Omg Iam from Sweden and dont understand much finnish. But this was funny, and I think you guys chose the hardest language in the world to leran. 😃
Kitos.
In Helsinki you should visit Suomenlinna Sea Fortress - a World Heritage site just outside of the city. 15 minutes ferry ride from the Market Square. And also Old Market Hall just there where the Suomenlinna ferries leave.
There are plenty of public saunas in Helsinki. Most popular but also modern is the "Löyly". More traditional is i.e. Sauna Hermanni which is quite close to Tuska area, but Löyly is just beside of the sea. But there are lots of saunas and I'm pretty sure some fine Finn may invite you guys to private sauna too.
Go drive with the vintage trams. There is also one vintage tram that is a pub called Spårakoff. And if you like museums then of course National Museum of Finland about history of the country.
Visit Temppeliaukio Church that is carved on the bedrock, thats pretty cool.
And since you came this far it's worth of take a ferry to Tallinn, Estonia. Very very old and beautiful city that is. Depends of ferry it takes 2 to 4 hours to get there. You can leave at the morning and come back at evening.
In my opinion you are popular here in Finland because you dive so deep in to the cultural things and really talk things through. The language, customs, traditions, things to do, things to not do. In music in in life general. This was one of those great videos.
And also we do appreciate you reviewing Finnish music and saying the band names aloud :)
This was pretty funny. The pronunciation of the letter "ä" is difficult for most of foreigners, I know, but you'll get there. It's rated as one of the most difficult language to learn for a reason. Welcome to Finland, maybe I'll bump into you guys at Tuska! What it comes to sightseeing in Helsinki, I'd recommend Suomenlinna (literal translation would be "Castle of Finland"). It's a former military fortress (nowadays inhabited) built in 1700's in a small group of islands, only twenty minute ferry ride from the mainland. It's one of UNESCO's World Heritage sites. Amazingly beautiful place, great for picnics, and a whole lot to see if you're interested in finnish history. A lot of museums, and old military equipment like cannons and even a claustrophobia-inducing old submarine you can go in to.
Cat in Finnish would be written as khät. Castle would be khästl. There are lot of English words that have (häv) that ä- sound there.
Few tips for your trip. Things to s ee: If the weather is good and you have the time, go check out Suomenlinna. It's an old fortress island near Helsinki. There's also a small submarine to see. Drinks: Lonkero and Salmiakkikossu, Edibles: Karjalanpiirakka. Most hotels have these at the breakfast and it's traditionally eaten with butter that has boiled eggs mashed in. Also try the finnish "love it or hate it" candy Salmiakki (Salmiakkikossu is koskenkorva vodka with salmiakki mixed in). As for the sauna experience, don't stress about it too much. If you're going with a group of locals, they will advice you on howto use that particular sauna. Feel free to message me if you have any more questions while planning your trip. I live near helsinki and have been to Tuska regularly. I'd be glad to help.
I suggest that you take an early start and arrive to Nummirock first. There you would get a perfect Finnish sauna experience during the midnight sun and a lake nearby. After managing couple days in the countryside listening to metal you would already be considered as Finnish yourself. Then you can go to Helsinki to teach tourists how things work in Finland! :D
Sounds badass
I agree! Nummirock gives you guys a perfect experience of a real rock festival. The camping area is the best and funniest I've seen in any festival. Atmosphere is perfect and it's also very safe to be in. Yes, it's in the middle of nowhere and away from any markets and citycenter. You just need to prepare well and just remember to have an amazing attitude. You would love it, I'm sure of it. Check Nummirock vids in CZcams and you'll understand.
"sauna experience during the midnight sun and a lake nearby" This video came to my mind : czcams.com/video/O2tinqjEfqw/video.html Welcome to Finland.
You guys are so cool. I will find you at Tuska Festival and give you both high fives!
maybe see you guys at Tuska next summer ;) There's a nice public sauna in Kallio distric close to the Tuska venue..about 10min walk.
Looking forward to meeting everyone
Historically before there were hospitals and sanitation in Finland, women gave birth in the sauna, on holy days sauna before mass or festive dinner and the deceased were washed there for the coffing. And everything in between happens in a sauna. It is the finns equivalent of a confession booth or a temple... And try saying the word: Mokoma!!! :)
In ancient times before christianity, the Sauna was also the first place a married couple would be allowed to get physical in any sense. After the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom would enter the sauna and the groom would carefully wash the bride with salt and oils, then dress her in these elaborate red pagan robes. They would then exit the sauna and be serenaded by family members playing the kantele and singing rune songs.
@@yelsavidaravskaja905 it's possible. So little is really known about ancient Finland, because of the insufficient amount of archeological studies done.
ricolync Some things don't need archeology because the traditions have been passed so well. I don't know if this is a Eastern Finnish or Carelian thing but I still leave water for sauna elves because grandparents did. It's a habit.
If you wan´t to try a traditional alcoholic beverage in Finland , try lonkero! ( original long drink gin&grapefruit)
Uspenski Cathedral is a place worth to visit in Helsinki and also maybe Tuomiokirkko.
I'm a Finnisch-teacher and this was fun to watch. If you have two same consonants in a row like in "vessa" (toilet) you need to have a short brake between the two "s". You don't want to say "vesa", that is a name for a male person - like Antonio or Pedro. Unless you are searching for him and not a toilet. :D
Thanks for the tip. Kiitos.
In Russia we have a tradition to jump into snow right after being in banya(not in public banyas/saunas), and since banya and souna are very simular, you can try the same. Of course, I don't think there is snow in the summer, so you can take a cold shower instead. After such contrast in the temperature, you will feel great and refreshed)
Yeah it can feel great. Also if you take a drink with ice and go to hot sauna. Then throw water to a stove. Just start drinking when you feel heat.
And if you really want to experience finnish metal festival, skip tuska and go to nummirock. Its in the middle of woods by the lake. Tons of saunas, sininen lenkki and beer!
You should learn say "Vittu kun vituttaa". And if you need learn more try this "Tunge positiivinen ajattelu hanuriisi
kierrän kriisiryhmänne kaukaa. älä tyrkytä minulle terapiaa
kaada lisää paskaa mun niskaan
mua vituttaa niin ankarasti
vituttaa aamusta iltaan
vituttaa, on kaikki turhaa
vittu kun vituttaa". There is also a song called "Vittu Kun Vituttaa" by Ismo Alanko
Greetings From Finland!
I 've got that Arch Enemy tee shirt ! Very educational video guys and I love the garden.
Traditional drink in Finland is Long Drink (also known lonkero.) It's made of gin and grapefruit soda and it's good for hangovers. Normally Finnish people drink alot of beer, but the younger generations don't drink that much. Normally people get drunk first time pretty young (Under and above 15.)
We have wood and electric saunas, but the wood saunas are better. More mellow feel to it when you throw water on the stove. We have an electric sauna at our home, but it's better than no sauna. I like my sauna 80C which is 176 degrees fahrenheit. It's nice when people are interested in our country! -Ari / Finland
some suggestions on what you should see in helsinki, suomenlinna, helsinki cathedral, temppeliaukio church, the market square (where you can try lots of traditional finnish foods), mannerheim street, which is a busy street
I suggest that you reach out to your finnish fans before you come to Finland. You're guarenteed to find people to help you with saunas, touring around Helsinki etc... I'm happy to help out guys out if you want to
I can't wait for you guys to go to Tuska. You guys are going to love it. But please Antonio try and keep your old man from getting pig drunk. I know Tuska has so much alcohol you can easily get into a coma. But try to calm him and make sure he focuses more on the bands playing than the drinks lol. Happy to see you two try to learn Finnish, you will need it. I'm pretty sure many of the people that go to the Tuska festival don't know English.
Visiting Suomenlinna fortress is a MUST!
-But normally people don't wear towels?
-No. Why (should they)?
😂😂😂😂
Not much Finnish learned, but rather some important information about Finland :D
I personally don't go to sauna much at all due to my skin condition, but it can be fun once in a while even if it's only for a short time.
I think the most important thing to know is that Finns don't do small talk and personal space must be respected.
true, but when we are drunk it is a completely different story.
welcome to Finland :) from North Karelia, Finland, home of the Nightwish and Imsomnium
Kiitos
You guys are AWESOME! I really relate to you both so much! I just went to see Children Of Bodom at the Hexed tour a few days ago in Atlanta Ga! It was so amazing and was my second time seeing them! I got to also meet the band! Also HIM has been my favorite band for so long as well! I have been to 6 of their concerts and have been just a hardcore fan of Finnish Rock n roll/ Heavy metal for about 13 years now... Since I was a child haha I am 26 now. I am about to go see another favorite Finnish Band of mine called The 69 Eyes. I highly Recommend you guys check em out! The Helsinki Vampires! They are all friends with the HIM and Bodom guys! Very much connected musicians and I will represent these guys for LIFE! So much soul in this culture and music.... These bands have saved my life on so many levels. I even have the in on my flesh to pay my respects! Lets stay in touch guys! MUSIC=LIFE! HAIL FINLAND! and cheers to the bands HIM, Children Of Bodom, and The 69 Eyes!!!!
i really like the job you do. it's not only a reaction video channel, there have interviews and now some preparation for a festival. Who knows maybe one day this will help me (if i can go to a festival with Battle Beast on the stage for exemple ;) kinda hard to learn.
Do not worry about being naked in sauna. It's perfectly normal to be completely naked and we do that with total strangers etc. There is nothing to be ashamed of, we Finns have grown to that. Sauna is kind of a holy place for us: there is nothing sexual in sauna. We go there and relax. If someone starts to offend anyone or show any sexual behaviour it's unacceptable. Just go and enjoy it :) of course you can wear towels if it feels better, nothing wrong with that.
Guys, every year there is a open sauna in the Tuska festival area! If you don't feel like going there, you might want to check out Löyly. It is a sauna and a restaurant (separate rooms of course. You don't get your food to the sauna :D ) owned by the Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen, who played Halfdan the black in the tv-series Vikings. Here is a link to their website www.loylyhelsinki.fi/fi/etusivu/
Also Suomenlinna is a place worth visiting. It is a old fortress in an island, near Helsinki. You can get there by ferry and it is a popular tourist attraction.
I just visited the national museum in Helsinki and I was happily surprised that there was a wall dedicated to Finnish metal music. Including Amorphis, Stam1na, Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Sentenced, Stone and maybe.. a few more that I cannot recall.
The one important drink what I didn't see on comments. You must try Lonkero, that's Finnish drink invented during Helsinki Olympics because there was not enough brewerys to deliver beer. I'll count that as most Finnish drink what you can have.
Finnish people might seem untalkative at first, but if you start the conversation, you usually get surprised.
Wearing a towel in sauna will be noted immediately and regarded as a tourist or some fancy pants jerk. In some common saunas it's informed if you need to keep pants on or wear a towel (ladies and gents sharing the sauna etc), but if not told otherwise, the default is going to sauna totally naked.
Sauna is a sacred thing to Finns, kinda, though not like a church sacred. It's a place of relaxation and chilling. Having a good time with friends or strangers, sometimes in total silence (Finns are very good at talking w/o words or even gestures... and having sex in sauna is a myth, don't even try).
And a suggestion, try to contact RadioRock in Finland.. They are huge fans of Tuska and just might be delighted with your channel filled up with weird music :D
There's an old military fortification called Suomenlinna on an island not far from Helsinki, you go there by a ferry from the harbor close to Tuska festival's venue. Definitely worth checking out
If you're going to Finland and want to try some alcoholic drink special to Finland, order "Salmari" (also known as salmiakkikossu or vodka with tyrkish peber). It tastes the best cold (some even keep it in freezer because it will not freeze due high alcohol content). I like it around 4-8 °C but the taste is stronger the warmer it is.
If you want to try something special to Finland, try Finnish candy. Especially the chocolate called "Fazer Sininen" and black liquorice by Panda or Halva. Also anything with "salmiakki" in the label is well known in Finland.
Sauna is the secret why finnish people look like Viking gods. Guys forgot to mention that you should add a splash of beer to the water you throw on the sauna rocks. Makes a beautiful scent of fresh ryebread.
Definately second the idea of reaching out to your Finnish fans in Helsinki and have them set up something for you guys. Oh, and if you're into beer I suggest you try to find some Sahti, a traditional Finnish style of beer. It seems to be something you either love or hate. Hope you have a great trip!
Just noticed you don't drink beer. Well you should try it out anyway, you'll hate it :D
Greetings from Finland, Great video and its cool that you guys try to study and learn some Finnish before arrive. Also almost everybody understand English in here so dont worry.
Every hotel in Finland has a sauna for the guests so you dont have to go further to find one. Also Löyly, a public sauna/restaurant is something to check. You can also try to find airbnb apartment with sauna.
You should absolutely check out DAVE CADs channel here on CZcams! He is a British guy who met a Finnish girl. He moved to Finland this summer. You will learn a lot about Finland, their language and everything else about Finland.
And Dave Cad tries a lot of Finnish liquor in his videos. Finland is very well known for their licorice and salmiak. Both in sweets, ice cream, alcohol and probably food too.
You have to go countryside, find some summerhouse near lake with Sauna. Saunas in Helsinki/City are kinda lame experience
Welcome to Finland Guys!
We'll love to have you here. Pretty much everyone in Finland can understand and speak English so don't worry about that. Also, metal fans here are among the nicest people around so enjoy your stay at Tuska.
For the sauna experience you might want to try either Löyly (www.loylyhelsinki.fi/en/front-page/)
or just ask for some local to invite you to their private sauna.
When they speak about "spoken language" they mean different dialects, not that the words are actually pronounced different. If you speak the official Finnish as it's written you'll sound like news readers and will be totally understood everywhere in Finland. If you are in central Finland, you'll find that they speak otherwise official Finnish but the pronounciation is a bit lazy and many will not bother to pronounce letter "d". They know that they're supposed to pronounce it but Finnish language is error-tolerant enough so that everybody understands it anyway and it's easier to pronounce.
The most important difference to English is that you're *supposed* to pronounce every letter. For example "missä" (where) is pronounced as two syllables "mis" and "sä" so you can pronounced it with a first syllable ending with proper "s" sound and another syllable starts with another "s" sound. The same applies to ALL double consonants, for example "lenkki" (as in thick sausage) is pronounced as "lenk" followed by "ki", not as "len" followed by "ki".
Finns will try to make your life easier and unless you speak fluent Finnish, they will offer to speak English to you. And if you even *look* foreign, they will probably speak English to you even if you were a native Finn. Finns will pronounce the English a bit weird but they often know English very well otherwise.
My recommendations in Helsinki:
Tavastia Club - If you have more music in you, this is the legendary music venue of Helsinki. One of oldest continuing rock clubs in Europe. Of course depends on artist of the night.
Linnanmäki - Amusement park bit north from city center. Free rotating sightseeing tower. Many very good rides, too. Must go is the 1950s wooden rollercoaster that feels like the mine cart scene from Temple of Doom. Comes with brakemen controlling the trains and a musky smell of tar.
Icebreaker fleet - Six HUGE icebreakers are moored near the city center for the summer. You don't get to go on board, but they're still a veeeery impressive and rare sight. Walk along the shore, and you can also see wooden sail ships in harbor. The best tasting coffee in town can be had nearby at Signora Delizia.
Suomenlinna - A cool fortification island, easy to get to from the historic center. Great for a relaxing exploration walk and a picnic. Also get to see Helsinki from the sea.
If I have to name one museum, I'd go for Luomus, the natural history museum. Done old-skool with artistic, lifelike habitat displays with actual stuffed animals. It's just fun to try to find as many species you can in a display Find Waldo -style. Not too big, can be done in about 2 hours. Contemporary art museum Kiasma is another solid choice for a quick spin, usually you leave with a good conversation and thoughts. Classic art museum Ateneum has many pieces that are straight from Amorphis songs.
Top 3 saunas in no particular order (google by the name to find their webpage) :
- Löyly - A posh, huge, modern sauna complex with several different types of saunas and chance to swim in the sea. Near very southmost tip of Helsinki, close to picnic worthy Kaivopuisto park. Closer to the city's historic center is a similar, but smaller and touristy Allas Sea Pool.
- Kotiharjun sauna - A time trip to a rocking 50s style public sauna, with a big wood heated sauna with a kiuas (stove) the size of small steam train boiler. Has many levels of seating, the higher you go, the hotter it gets, and there is even a "hardcore level" :) . You can buy a vihta (the birch leaf thing). Close to Tuska area.
- Yrjönkadun uimahalli - A public sauna meets ancient Roman luxury bathhouse. Get the luxury 2nd floor package: You get towels, bathrobes, a room with beds to take rest, even table service for drinks and food. The sauna has the smoothest steam I've ever experienced. Swimsuit optional. At the very heart of Helsinki. Open for men on Tue, Thu, Sat.
if you say "key" and "toss" together it sounds very similar than "Kiitos" = "thank you"
"we saw a video where people were going crazy with mustard" Was it the Turmion Kätilöt musicvideo? haha
Yes!!!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄
Hyvää huomenta = good morning. You can also say just "huomenta = morning" That's more like the spoken language version of it. And reindeer meat is something you need to try!
I didn't read all the comments but most of it and I think no1 said anything about what kind of sauna is the best to experience. My opinion and I think lots of people agree to this that best sauna is warmed up by wood burning heater because the heat is softer and got more humidity like real sauna should have. Just a thought. ;)
Hyvin menee PERKELE ! :D that vespa thing killed me instantly... ;D
Also to add to the sauna thing... because everyone is naked and in the same situation in a sauna you can talk to people because they are more open, so if you want to ask anything about Finland, a sauna is a great place to have a conversation with Finns
Yeah ! Finnish heavy ! A&P-REACTS is Cooool !
A properly warmed sauna is hot enough so that you really don't want to have a towel.
Interesting to know that Pedro (if i heard your name correctly) is born in Nazare, Portugal. I'm from Finland, and my wife is portuguese, her home town is not that far away from Nazare. And Nazare is a beautiful town, been there a couple of times.
Small world
Maybe I should consider next year's Tuska...having attended the first four or so (I already frequented any metal event at Tavastia when it began, happily followed them to the VR makasiinit), but since then only a couple of times.
google translate does a pretty good job of English to Finnish, Finnish to English some words don't come out right-but mostly sentences and paragraphs and phrases usually work ok - and you get to see Amorphis live in Finland-best of the best
In Finland nearly all staff and food are quite expensive. So it will be not cheap.
You should check: Karjala beer, Long Drink Hartwall gin, Fazer chocklad blue, Fazerina, geisha chocklad. Hesburger kerroshampurilainen (like mcdonalds big Mac).
As a cultural experience you should go to some cottage on rural place with a sauna and a lake. In Helsinki there are also Linnanmäki (amusement park), Suomen linna (mentioned above), Korkeasaari(zoo island), lot of museums and church hewn in the bedrock. Not to mention the rest of the country.
that was really interesting! also didn't know you were from Portugal. I'm from Brazil but Portuguese on my dad's side (macinhata do vouga) :-)
Question! Why is the finnish " ä " sometimes pronounced as an "a" (like in "AAAAfterwards") and other times as an " ä " (like in "and") ?
I'm recently learning finnish and on the audio CD it's always an "a".
But when I listen to music and read the lyrics or listen to bands introduce themselfs (f.e. Jari Mäenpää) - there's the " ä ".
:D
Like Richard said, in Finnish ä is always ä (like in "after" or "had"). In Swedish, on the other hand, even though the word is spelled with an ä, it is often pronounced like in "and". I have no rule for what determines that, we just know 😅
You guys must try the Arla-sauna in Helsinki or the Harju-sauna, theyve been there for 100+ years. They are a mile away from Tuska also! You will be most welcome!
Tuska had a tent sauna last year..
Ok, this was kinda funny. Good tips, but I gotta give you short to-do list for Helsinki/Finland
To drink:
Lonkero (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_drink)
Jaloviina (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_brandy) ..only 1 star is good enough for the real Finns
Gin from Kyrö Distellery (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyr%C3%B6_Distillery_Company)
Craft beers (there are lots of great small breweries in Finland. Just ask the bartender what he suggests.
Milk (Finnish milk is really fresh compared to basically anywhere except other Nordic countries)
Tap water (The best tap water in the world, we really don't drink bottled water)
To eat:
Sauteed reindeer (the most traditional reindeer dish. It's really delicious - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saut%C3%A9ed_reindeer)
Karjalanpiirakka (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_pasty)
Lohikeitto (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohikeitto) ..i could literally just live eating only Lohikeitto and Sauteed reindeer.
There are many great burger joints in Helsinki. Please, do not go to McDonald's. Try "Naughty BRGR" instead. (www.naughtybrgr.com/?lang=en)
To see in Helsinki:
Suomenlinna (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomenlinna) ..usually we go there to spend the day in the park and enjoy the weather.
Olympic stadium (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki_Olympic_Stadium) ..i'm not sure if you can get to the top now.
And why not some museums too, that were said on the video too.
I'm pretty sure you'll end up to central railway station at some point, so no need to "go" there.
Have an awesome trip! \,,/
Hienoa, mahtavaa!! 🖤🤘🤘
Suomenlinna Finland. It is one of the finnish Castles (1748) . There is also Olavinlinna (1400) and some others. Check pictures.
Damn these are so fun to watch even if it's old now video. Finnish language is hard for english speaking people, because we pronounce letters differently and have Ä Ö in our alphabet which many times confuse totally people.
Hilarious conversation!
Actually it was the lighter version (Kevyt) of Sininen Lenkki that had no meat in it, so technically it had to be considered as a pastry.
As a non-Finnish guy who can speak some Finnish it was pretty cool to find out I knew quite a lot, about the traditions as well (been there a couple of times). So how did you meet these Finns?
And one way how you get more respect is that you read the book called Tuntematon Sotilas, Unkown Soldier by Väinö Linna 1954. Or/also "Seitsemän veljestä" "seven brothers" by Aleksis Kivi 1870. There is sure english versions.
As a non native speaker I don't really notice the different dialects and accents, mostly what sets them appart imo is some people tend to use different wordings for the same meaning.
Finnish is hard for a swede
The guys were right nothing to see in Helsinki except heavy metal/rock bars and massiv partying - "Lonkero" as drink as someone said before in the comments is the best drink in the world beside beer :D I gave it to almost half of the earth population everybody loved it except one of my collegues (we fired him he has no clue *hahaha)->tip for sightseeing there is a Island in front of Helsinki and there is a submarine laying on the beach on this Island and you can drink there. In Finland it was allowed to drive a water vehicle with 1.5 alcohol in the blood not sure if this is still valid ? :D
If you want finnish drink you must go for salmiakki kossu! Its a shot not a drink but thats a finnish thing anyway.
Written language is ok to use when spoken. It's official Finnish. The reason you don't hear it is that everyone uses their local dialect. Mä is only used in one third (although the most populated third) of Finland. Other parts (Northern and Eastern) use mie.
You guys have a really nice backyard! 🤘
It's our Finnish friends house
A&P-REACTS Oh, well i bet you guys have a nice backyard too lol! Great video, as always! 🤘
1st of all, Sauna drink should be drank in and after sauna. And forgot to say that ONLY water into the kiuas / saunaheater
Hi guys! Love your videos! You are awesome! Here are some songs from finland that you should check out! :
Battle Beast - Touch In the night
Turmion Kätilöt - Faster than god
Brother Firetribe - Heart full of fire
Dreamtale - Tides of war
Raaka aine - Miehen työ
2 Times Terror - ikävässä paikassa
See you guys In tuska!
You need to try Salmiakki Kossu a.k.a. Salmari and Long Drink. Long Drink is grapefruit soda and gin in a can or bottle.
hello guys!! i believe there is sauna in TUSKA =D
go to suomenlinna,linnanmäki,tennispalatsi and visit kuopio and meet the turmion kätilöt guys there :D
Just use Duolingo!
But still great vid
Finnish is a tough language to learn so good luck
Normally you need a tovel if you go to sauna. They are speaking private saunas not public ones. Also it is nowdays common everywhere. But you should not use swimsuit in Sauna.
I second (Or however many times it has been recommended) the idea that you go see Suomenlinna. It is basically an entire island (Or four) full of medieval fortifications (Most of which are hollow), and you can of course explore the tunnels inside the walls (There's no chance of getting lost but you can walk hundreds of meters while remaining underground the entire time). The tunnels do not have lights in them so take a flashlight with you.
I really liked the video. To answer one of your questions, I certainly appreciate it when foreigners try to speak Finnish. My tip to pronouncing Finnish would be to over pronounce every single letter as there are no silent letters in Finnish (And there is always a distinct difference between, say, "a" and "aa", so always remember to stretch the word whenever there are two vowels in a row).
My reaction requests:
Blind Guardian - And then there was Silence (Coming Soon I hear ;) )
Twilight Force - Twilight Horizon
Crystal Eyes - Panic
That island sounds epic. We love historic sites
To someone who lives less than 10km from Helsinki (That would be me), it is certainly the coolest place in the city.
Note that the s-sound is long in "vessa", because "Vesa" is actually a first name, so somebody could think you are looking for a person :D
You should visit Suomenlinna in Helsinki.
Okey, so these guys didn't gave you the obvious place; Suomen Linna / Finnish Castle. If were talking about where to go...Bring your beers and Wintersun and you're good to go. :-)
If you get a chance for fishing using a boat. I recommend try.
Tuska fact: there is a sauna also at the tuska festival area🙂
I almost forgot greetings from Puerto Rico.
go to Helsinki fishing harbor= kala satama to try finis foods and dish......
Check out "Löyly Sauna Helsinki" Google pictures. Its public Sauna in Helsinki.
In the old days people gave birth in saunas. And sick people wore also in saunas to get better.
Too much is not enough.
Kossu is not a vodka, it has added sugar in it.
To get 'y', say 'e' like in set and round your lips like 'o' in socks . The tongue position is of e's and lip position of o's