Daily life of an expat in Finland
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2024
- Hello there ♥
I'm excited to share my new video with you! It's all about my everyday life in Finland.
Sending you much love and I hope you enjoy watching it 🤗❤️
My Instagram - / life.by.olia
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Happy to see you here and hope you enjoy watching this video. Sending you lots of love and warm wishes. Stay safe ❤
Olia: Winter is finally over.
Takatalvi: You'd be surprised. 😈🥶
Hahah 😂 oh no, I'm not ready for this 😭🥶
Kuinkas kävikään 😁
Don't worry, spring is almost here🌞😊❤
Can't wait for the warmer days 😊☀️ Thank you for your comment ❤
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights about your life 👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️
Creating these videos brings me joy, so thank you for watching and taking time to leave a comment ☺️❤️❤️
@@lifebyolia you’re welcome ☺️
What a warm video in a cold season!
Thank you! ❤️
That last piece of bread you made looks so good!
Thank you :)
The bookcase is beautiful and the focaccia amazing! Beautiful!
Thank you so much, Eve!
You have a wonderful day for yourself Olia!! I am not sue I would like to live in such cold places with so much snow. But it looks romantic on screen
Appreciate your kind words, thank you! Cold places like this do have their challenges, but there's also a lot of beauty, and I'm glad you could see that beauty through the video. Though, sometimes I do wonder what it's like to live in a place with milder winters😊
Great daily vlog from Finland.
Thank you so much!
Hei! Hauska tavata. I really like your videos. I'm studying the Finnish language because I want to study in Finland.
Hei! Kiitos paljon ja mukava tavata. Toivottavasti pääset opiskelemaan Suomessa pian 😊
Oliaaa, you're a kindred spirit. I can feel it 🥰🥰 We are so alike in many ways and it feels like I already know you. It would be so lovely if we could actually meet in real life one day 😊. I love your calm approach to things, you make everything look like a breeze and I enjoy watching your videos so much! Much love to you 🤗
Thank you so much, Karina 🤗 The feeling is mutual - your videos resonate with me and I would really love to meet you one day. Watching your videos makes me feel like I just talked to a friend🥰
Sending much love back to you and hope that our paths cross in real life one day 🥰🤗
Charming video!
Thank you!
MashAllah nice job mam keep it up you are strong I am always appreciate strong human in world
God bless you
Keep it up InshaAllah 🥰🥰🥰
There are not too many girls your age that can do that, from scratch, kind of cooking, I bet ( at least in the USA).
Though I never got to know my Croatian side of the family as much as I would have liked, one of the main things I remember were my grand ma's strudels and ziganzie ( not sure if that's spelled right). From what I can tell, you are the same kind of cook and because I never got to know them I missed out on their much closer to nature life style ( my uncle had a whole sale nursery business)
I remember the great Croatian community they lived in amongst up in Detroit Mich./ The great croatian picnics and the fantastic food.
My Oled really getz the color in 😁 your 4ks
Always great when you put out another video!
Someone needs to tell God that three feet of snow is a bit much!
I think that nowadays people, in general, cook less because it’s simply natural for our current lifestyle. Cooking from scratch isn’t something that our modern fast-paced world values. Nowadays people are measured by their productivity, and cooking from scratch isn't considered 'productive' since you can find almost everything in the nearest store. I personally have so much fun baking and cooking more complicated things. And I believe that more people would love to experiment with that kind of cooking if they had more time and energy left after their working day. When I was in an office job, I rarely had time to cook like this, only occasionally on weekends because it was kinda an escape for me. So yeah, it’s just the world we’re living in right now.
When you mentioned your grandma’s strudel, I immediately wanted to cook one right away 😁 I have no doubts that your grandma’s baking was the best. And honestly I’m so honored that my cooking reminds you of your Croatian roots. It’s a bit sad that you couldn’t spend as much time with them as you wanted. But it’s good that you have such warm memories of them.
I’m glad that you enjoyed this video, it's the best reward for me 🤗
@@lifebyolia Women want to be famous now in preference to the ho hum idea of b eing a housewife. We are being programmed to look at child rearing and house supervision as an area of life that offers no rewards or status.
This change is occurring as much thru media propaganda as through our own weighing of the facts our selves.
Fame is a relatively recent concept because until 125 years ago, only the very top elites could become well known thru magazines and newspapers.
Which is better Working in the mines or keeping house for the men working in the mines? One little better than the other.
Most jobs with the industrial revolution taught us how to be robots and were anything but spirit lifting
In fact there is a strong case to be made that progress is not necessarily a good thing.
Prior to that, all that most ppl were was subsistence farmers, bartering their handiwork with their neighbors to pay for stuff while raising the crops to feed themselves.
There is a reason why school wasn't mandatory till the 20th century and that is the elites didn't need the citizens to have that kind of knowledge so progress is and has always gone hand in hand with whatever the elites want at a given time and then providing the appropriate atmosphere to get it thru propaganda.
So it became our duty or "white man's burden" to educate the tribes out of ear shot of our Abrahamic preachers. Yes, it will hurt them now but everyone benefits in the long run, it was justified.
These arguments or justifications boil down to propaganda for the ppl in power.
Now white ppl are being blamed for every ill known to man which ignores the fact that 98% OF whites had little to do with the beginnings of racism and slavery, both elitist institutions forced first on the white man and then on the rest of mankind.
We are blamed cause the elites own all the various instruments used to message board the populations.
Whatever temporary success we are having with the independent media, the elites are preparing the way for it being scrubbed out of existence.
SHTF?
Any moment, this election psycle is crucial!
Thoughts?
Keep up the great work, Olia!
I have been also waiting warmer weather and i need try to your recipe , what you showed first❤❤
Fortunately, spring is almost here 🌸 Thank you for your comment ❤
We Finns enjoy february and the first signs of coming spring but be warned... typically it's possible to have freezing weather and snow still in April. It's possible that we can have super early spring in march but it's also possible to have snow in may or even early june in extreme cases. But do enjoy every possible spring day and do not worry tomorrow's weather.
Oh really, it's quite surprising to learn that it might snow even in June. But I think knowing that snow is possible until summer makes the warm spring days even more precious. Thank you for your comment, it’s much appreciated!
Someday i will visit Finland😊🍀
Hope your visit happens soon 🤗🍀
Thank you for sharing your story Olia. Me and my wife moved to Finland 1 year ago and I do realize since she doesn't yet have a job, that she is struggling to adapt. Would you be willing to share some of your tips & tricks over the years? I do think that hearing it from someone of a similar culture (we are Romanians), would greatly help her. Next time you pass Kluuvi mall (6:13) in Helsinki, you can come and say hi, I do work in the offices just above that mall
Well, that is an uneasy question 😅 because I still sometimes struggle with adaptation here. I'm a terrible introvert and it’s extremely difficult for me to connect with new people. But I’ve been thinking about what I can advise and I think I can share some tips that have helped me over these years.
The main thing that kept me going during the first time was exploring interesting places and different parts of Helsinki (my passion for photography drove me in this). It definitely helped me to feel more “at home”, as I got to know the city and chatted with local people. Later we got a car and started traveling around Finland. There’re a lot of campings with cozy cabins, they’re cheaper than hotels and mostly you don’t even need to book them in advance. It’s a great option to spend some time in the “Finnish way”.
Also, if possible, get to know your neighbors. We met ours at gatherings during spring work in our yard. If there's a similar event happening in your yard, don't skip it. It helps create a sense of little community here.
Oh, and a little insight, sometimes it gets really tough in winter, so be sure you live to the fullest in the warmer months and make the most of your summer.
Thank you for watching and sharing your experience. 😊 I remember your first comment before you moved to Finland. I genuinely hope everything goes as smoothly as possible for you and your wife here. And I’ll keep in mind that I have a fellow Romanian working in that area.
New subs here,. I really wanted to come in Finland soon, Enjoy 😀
Thank you for subscribing. Finland is great, hope you get to visit soon! 😊
Recipe, please!
never into snow... i dont know how it will feel....
Sometimes I wonder what it's like to live in a place without winter.
I hope one day you get the chance to experience snow and the full beauty of winter ❄️
Hei olla.Sinähän osaat tehdä vaikka mitä❤ Asutko pysyvästi suomessa
Kiitos paljon ❤
Hain hiljattain pysyvää oleskelulupaa ja odotan päätöstä. Toivottavasti se tapahtuu pian.
Kiitos kivasta videosta, Olia.
Mikähän kiva uutinen sillä nuorella parilla on tulossa?
Slava Ukraini. 🌻
Kiitos paljon! 😊🌻
Hyvä uutinen, jota odotamme, on pysyvä oleskelulupa. Nyt meillä on määräaikainen oleskelulupa, mikä tekee meistä haavoittuvampia mahdollisille muutoksille. Äskettäin haemme pysyvää oleskelulupaa ja odotamme päätöstä. Toivon, että se tapahtuu pian; olisi mukavaa saada lisää vakautta tulevaisuuden suuria askeleita varten. 😌
@@lifebyolia Toivotaan että pohjoiset epäjumalat ovat suotuisia ja tuuli on myötäinen. Varmasti oleskelulupa irtoaa. Onko YKI testit jo tehty jatkoa varten?
@@puhistagram Kiitos paljon!
Tällä hetkellä YKI testiä ei tarvita pysyvän oleskeluluvan hakemiseen, se vaaditaan vain kansalaisuutta haettaessa
if considerig to leave ukrain learn finnish!
Teen töitä sen parissa. Olen oppimassa suomea. Mutta minusta tuntuu, että puhutun suomenkieleni ei ole vielä saavuttanut sellaista tasoa, että olisin mukava puhua näissä videoissa. Joten olisin todella kiitollinen kärsivällisyydestäsi ja ymmärryksestäsi.
Wow......if you would have a " Grill/kitchen on wheels" and you would stand beside my working place....me and the other co-workers would come to you every day/every shift.....and you get rich in a very fast time😍😍😍😍😍very nice impressionens, the music fits perfect and .....i think it is a good idea for our livingroom to buy this kind of shelf too 👌👌👌🫶🫶🫶👍👍so....i must stop writing , because i gettin' hungry ....very 😍😍😍😂😂😂😂very good work ,enjoyed as always, thanks and greets ,tom😍
Thanks a million for your kind words, Tom! That idea with a kitchen on wheels sounds like so much fun 😌🥰 I'm glad you enjoyed the video and even found inspiration for your living room - that's awesome! Thank you and greetings to Germany! 🙌🤗
@@lifebyolia 😊🫶😍
Olia 💛
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