Our first time FINLAND! (Helsinki blew our minds) 🇫🇮

We are finally in Finland!
It's our first time in the happiest country in the world!
Check out our first impressions of Helsinki, Finland.

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JetLagWarriors is a Canadian couple -- Steve and Ivana. After travelling here and there for a few years, mostly during Canadian winter, we fully caught the travel bug and decided to travel INDEFINITELY! Subscribe to keep up with our journey. Thanks!

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - 3 AM flight to Helsinki (connect in Istanbul)
1:03 - WENT BROKE ON THE WAY TO ISTANBUL
1:22 - Turkey is one of our favorites to transit through
1:56 - REDEMPTION FOR THE MONOPOLY DEBACLE
2:15 - Finnish immigration was very thorough
2:50 - Grocery store in Helsinki airport?
3:29 - The taxis in Finland are TESLA (first time)
4:17 - THE BEST COUNTRIES HAVE HOCKEY AND SNOW, there I said it
5:12 - SO NICE! 57 euro accommodation tour
7:20 - FIRST EYES ON FINLAND (very excited to be here)
8:34 - We have a lot to learn about FINLAND (stay tuned!!)
9:54 - SWIMMING IN THE FROZEN HARBOR? (we must do this!!)
11:56 - CANADA X JAPAN = FINLAND (am I crazy?)

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[moonliteX]

Lots of Japanese people have always visited Finland.

We have lots of similarities, from ski-jumping to bathing to respecting rules and quietness

[Lahiss]

That airport grocery store is really handy when you arrive and just go grab whatever you need on your way home, whenever you happen to arrive.

[tinke]

Since you are a hockey guy, Tampere is a good place to visit. It´s considered to be the home of finnish hockey. The largest arena in the country, 2 high level teams, ice hockey museum/hall of fame. The town itself is an oldtime industrial town with a nice lakeside location and nice restaurants(try the black sausage) and pubs. Tampere also has some intresting museums like the Spy Museum and the Gaming museum, of course there are more traditional ones too. The CanadaxJapan=Finland is kinda on the money :)

[nizefg]

Since nobody else commented so far: Finland in WW2:
Round 1, the Winter War: Soviet Union invaded on November 30, 1939, thought it would be easy and got bitten really hard. Eventually they reorganized and made some progress. The conflict lasted for 105 days and ended with Finland losing around 10% of the land but the soviets had to pay a high price: 130.000-170.000 KIA and 190.000 wounded. The Soviets also lost 521 planes and roughly the same amount of tanks. The battle of Suomussalmi is a military history classic, where 10.000 Finns on skis destroyed two full Soviet divisions. Another remarkable thing: the deadliest sniper in the history, Simo Häyhä, managed to get 505 confirmed kills in just under 100 days.
Round 2, the Continuation War, June 1941- September 1944, Finland fought alongside the Axis powers to regain lost territory. The attack continued all the way to the river Svir. It was a long war where the numbers counted in the end. Even then the Soviets lost at least 200.000 KIA, 60.000 POW and 400.000 wounded. Their material loss was also high: some 2.500 planes and almost as many tanks. In the aftermath, Finland lost roughly 12% of the territory (compared to pre war borders) but remained a sovereign country. Finland also had to drive out the German troops (the Lapland War 1944-1945) as part of the peace deal with the Soviets. Out of all the European participants in WW2, to my knowledge there were only 3 capitals that never were conquered/occupied: London, Moscow and Helsinki.

[JanneValkama]

Canada x Japan + metal = Finland
You understand us really well! Brilliant... just absolutely brilliant. I'm a Finn and you explained it better than we do.

[riku-aleksipalonen]

You should definitely go to Tampere. Number one and two teams in regular season, best arena and finnish hockey hall of fame

[Itsarmas]

Hey guys, you should visit a city called Porvoo which is only 25 miles from Helsinki. Its old town is very beautiful and unique.❤

[KalleKilponen]

@3:08 The airport is not only in the outskirts, but actually in a different city (Vantaa), which is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, but still very much a different city. I doubt anyone actually goes to the airport to do grocery shopping if they're not passing through the airport. The store is there for passenger convenience.

[unicornns]

Cant wait to see this whole series of videos in Finland. Love from Serbia

[unknownentity]

12:52 I agree with you, and I'm a Finn.
One thing socially that is way different about Finns and Japanese people is that we don't beat around the bush we are very straight to the point and it's not considered rude if for example we tell a mistake someone did.

[PyroSuomi]

You should visit Tampere! Its called the Hockey capital of Finland, there is two big hockey teams and an amazing arena 🔥 And the city is beautiful 🤝

[Rafu]

Tampere has the nicest hockey arena. Amazing athmosphere in Tappara vs Ilves local games. Train from Helsinki is about 2 hours and arena is next to trainstation. Also best burgwrs in Hämptown restaurant next to train station.

[brunosegretti]

Awesome!
Been to Finland last year, surely my favorite country in the world! The cold weather, beautiful landscapes, nice people, even the food that many people says it's terrible, in fact it's not! Sure it is an expensive country, but it's worth it.
Try to visit Tampere, less than 2h by train from Helsinki. Surely you can go waaay north till Lapland, but it will be a lot colder!

Foods: you must try mämmi now that is Easter time.
If you go to Tampere, definitely try the buffalo wings at Siipiweikot

Greetings from Brazil!

[zatramander]

Tampere is the #1 place to visit. A beautiful inland city with good public transport, plus a fancy new hockey arena (located right next to the train station too) with not one but two top-league teams -- and they both made it to the playoffs.

[Garbox]

Here's a fun tip; check out the latitude Helsinki is on and then see how far up north it would be in Canada. There are lots of other factors affecting the weather of course, but when you realise how south Toronto actually is (again, compared to Europe) you might be surprised.

[Palilalia]

Tampere is the most beautiful cities in Finland, summertime is the best time to come!

[dianegreig]

Looking forward to seeing Finland through your lens!! Keep safe, healthy and happy.

[gozamite]

The most obvious city to Visit is Tallinn (in Estonia) The boat takes you there in 2 hours and you can easily spend the day in the old town of Tallinn (one of the best preserved medieval towns in whole Europe). In Finland maybe Porvoo (older than Helsinki) or the Nuuksio National Park in Espoo (but the problem there might be the early spring and very slippery -only ice- walking paths.
Turku is the oldest town in Finland and it has a special vibe with huge old cathedral and medieval stone castle. Both of these are beside the river that flows through the city...

[Kake-nzto]

Try visiting Tampere or Turku! Specially Tampere, they have the coolest and newest ice hockey arena in Europe right now

[finnishculturalchannel]

Yeah, that Wayne Gretzky, who was paired with Jari Kurri and played with Finnish Titan stick, and also with Esa Tikkanen in the 1985 Stanley Cup finals. As told by Gretzky; first time he played with Tikkanen, he gave Tikkanen some advice where to be on ice. Tikkanen answered something. Gretzky asked Kurri what Tikkanen had said. Kurri said he has no idea. Toronto City Hall was designed by a Finnish architect Viljo Revell. In Helsinki Lasipalatsi ("Glass Palace") and Palace Hotel are his design. There's a military museum in Suomenlinna Sea Fortress. You filmed the ferry, which goes there. Recommended day trip cities to visit from Helsinki: Tampere, Turku, Porvoo and Tallinn in Estonia. Finland and Japan do have similarities. Daiki Yoshikawa is a Japanese Youtuber living in Finland: "5 Similarities Between Finnish and Japanese". Also: "Japan's Gift to Finland: The Helsinki Cherry Blossom Park". Notable Ivana started speaking Finnish right away after arrival.