12 Reasons Homes Are Better in Finland

The harsh winter environment in Finland means homes have to be carefully constructed for comfortable living. Join my apartment tour in North Finland to discover some surprising features unique to Arctic countries.
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[@TeeFunkable]

Just have to clarify a couple of things:
The double door is indeed primarily for sound insulation, but naturally helps with thermals too if someone leaves to corridor outside door open for too long. You are also correct with the dishwasher valve. It's simply extra step of leak protection and leaving it open will just have it be like it is in most other countries. You know, if you are a bit of a wild child and like to live dangerously.
It's indeed very typical to have a washing machine in the bathroom, as it's seen as the only logical place in a smaller apartment. Big apartments and houses typically come with a laundry room and that is seen as the optimal solution. On occasion you can find older (pre 1950's) apartments where the laundry washing machine is in the kitchen as they often have even tinier bathrooms. The kitchen solution is generally hated and seen as a massive negative as 1) possibility of leaks and the annoyance of having to setup some janky system to possibly empty the machine via the bottom tap instead of just letting it all run to the bathroom floor drain 2) the unnecessary noise a machine would make if it wasn't behind at least one more door 3) Nobody wants their dusty laundry in a space where food is prepared so it's seen as unhygienic. Point being, barring a dedicated laundry room, you would have a hard time arguing with stubborn finns about the next best option being anything but the bathroom :)
And yeah, that top loading machine is common sight in older small apartments, mostly because those are 45 cm wide, whereas standard front loading machines are wider. More modern construction typically plans for full size machine in the bathroom.
And I really don't think that is a Finnish way of bedmaking, most people would just spread out the duvets. I've never seen a bed made like that in anyones home, but I've seen it in motels and rental cabins. I guess it's more of an airbnb thing.

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

Fairly similar to Sweden. Insulation has gotten a lot better since around the year 2000. Modern homes typically have very thick walls to accommodate a lot of insulation. We also use ventilation that uses the heat in the exhaust to heat up the intake air with a heat exchanger which can save up to 90% of the heat normally lost via ventilation. Windows have gotten thicker and with more layers of glass over the years as well. Older houses can be very costly to heat up during winter though as they tend to not have very good insulation. Especially homes from before the 1960s that haven’t received extra insulation. Before the oil crisis in the 70s oil was so cheap it was used to heat homes and you didn’t worry much about insulation but after the prices of energy skyrocketed insulation became important.

[@tapio_m6861]

In urban areas the heating is done through district heating, so it costs next to nothing to heat up a home. For rental apartments, the district heating is generally *always* part of the rent.

[@tomgoesnomad]

Very interesting. So the water is heated elsewhere and pumped under the streets to the apartment?

[@Swatninja82]

Big apartments have their own big hot water boilers in the basement that usually use district heating to heat up the water and the radiators. For the residents the water and heating (that includes both hot and cold water) usually costs about 15-20 euros/month per person @@tomgoesnomad

[@Tupsuu]

@@tomgoesnomad Yeah correct. We have pretty big heating grids in smaller cities too.

[@SuomiNomad]

Hey, nice video. Where in Finland is this and how much is the rent.?

[@tomgoesnomad]

It's in a town called Oulu. The apartment is short-term Airbnb accommodation and I'm paying £415 for a week.