Reaction To 20 Weird Things Finnish People Do

This is my Honest Reaction To 20 Weird Things Finnish People Do

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[Paltse]

The mixed family sauna is a thing until the kids start to reach puberty and after that it is each gender on their own with maybe a period of time allotted for the mother and the father alone.

[paulakuljunlahti]

Hello and greetings from Finland. I can assure you that all 20 statements are true. Most of us Finns love silence and peace. It seems even funnier when you look at how many rock and metal bands there are in Finland (more than 7000). Finland is considered the home of metal music.
We actually take our shoes off when we come inside. There are two reasons for this. First of all, sand and other loose dirt do not spread throughout the home. secondly, the floor material is often wood, parquet or wood-patterned plastic carpet. they get scratched and look dirty quickly, so it's much more pleasant not having to spend so much time cleaning. besides, even if it is very cold outside, there is no frost inside because the houses are well insulated.
In Finland, it is very natural to go to the sauna with your family so that nudity does not disturb you. even friends can visit the sauna without any ulterior motives. We are born naked so why make a big deal out of it? this is how many people think here in Finland.
It's true, we Finns are very curious about what others think of us😂.

[Yavanna]

She forgot to mention that we also have a dry but sometimes wicked sense of humour. :D

[rosmu]

16:46 It's true, I remember being in sauna all naked with my mom and dad as a kid while growing.
And same goes with my cousins when we were kids, be it girls or boys. And same goes to grandparents.
Sure, now that I'm and adult, without a partner or kids, it's just same gender sauna visits for me at the public swimming hall sauna.
But as this inclines, there meets the babies all the way to the elderly ladies, everyone being in their natural state.

If you're interested, I would like to recommend you to take a look at a video by:
UNESCO - Sauna culture of Finland

[juhatuomikoski]

The main prize in the wife-carrying competition is the wife's weight in beer. =)

[MilaMan]

We always go to sauna naked. Swimming halls, we have sections for men and women but also there we go naked. It has nothing to do with sexuality, we just enjoy heat and that steam and silence in there. Just get youself pure and after sauna...nice shower. Winter time I like go out snow swimming at my backyard and then back to warm sauna. I was in north Finland..Lapland some years ago with my nephew and we even had portable sauna with us and had that kiuas (I don't know English word for that, you can google it). Put some wood burning inside that kiuas, collected a lot of stones on top of that kiuas and had nice sauna time in the middle of bright night (nightless night) when sun never goes down :)

[Ville-ug]

Since you always say you are super exited, you should do a reaction to Ismo "Super exited"

[Ortti]

I might be weird Finn because i like to tell my name and my nickname

[Songfugel]

If you are a foreigner in Finland, always double and triple check that milk is lactose free! Most Finns are NOT lactose intolerant, so most dairy products ARE NOT lactose free by default like in most non-Nordic countries. Especially if you are from Asia, South America or especially from Africa (where almost ALL people are lactose intolerant), make sure you you select/request the lactose free options (which are pretty much always available as well, but not the default). Especially if you are experiencing stomach problems in Finland, this should be your first thing to check!

One reason why the note thing is very understandable, is that you usually don't know who is doing things wrong in an apartment building, but you can see the end result, however you really don't want to accuse someone innocent of it. That is when people usually leave notes like "The one who is not recycling their garbage at all, please do better or I will contact the owner" and more commonly these days "There has been a very strong smell of weed coming in to apartments stairs lately, please remember smoking weed is illegal and there are small children living in this building, so at least do it somewhere else"

In the "olden days" people in Finland didn't celebrate their birthdays (and often didn't even know them exactly), so name days were the more important celebration equivalent to birthdays. Since a lot of people from that era are still alive, or their parents kept up the tradition of celebrating of the name day (since that is what they themselves celebrated), even when it started to be replaced by birthday celebrations, they are still highly valued and celebrated by older people in Finland. *There are also a lot of regional differences in this one.*

That is why especially younger people might claim the name days are not celebrated or important (I saw some in the comments), but that is only for them. For example, my mothers generation still value name days way more than birthdays between themselves, and they celebrate each others name days (long calls and go out to restaurants or cafeterias), even though they mainly celebrate their children's birthday, and not their name day. However, when I was young, name days were still almost as valued as birthdays, but without parties, it was usually only among close relatives

On the Sauna thing, there are regional differences inside Finland if parents and children stop going into sauna together during puberty or not, mostly not, but some do. Also, while we don't *usually* go naked into public mixed saunas, there are some exceptions to this. Especially in parties and university student parties this does happen quite a lot. Especially when alcohol is involved, all of these "rules" become very situational and "optional" to some people. Especially when people celebrating wildly, expect to see men and even some women naked in public. Although in the past few years, some politicians/officers have started to make changes in events that have "officially banned" these sort of things, when they used to be just expected to happen. For example, in my hometown's university, just a few years ago (or was it even last year?) they degreed that any university student events can no longer have any activities that allow or promote being naked

*However, * even apart from sauna, Finns are very openly naked in front of people from the same gender. If you are in a public bath, gym, dressing room or sauna, expect everyone from your own sex to change clothes, shower and go to sauna right in front of you without any shame

[Mayhem-pvcc]

I have never understood the name day thing. As a child, I liked it 'cos of the presents, but I have never liked my name that was given to me, so it almost felt more like a curse than a blessing.
Naked in a sauna is a normal thing with a family. I guess it teaches us that there is every type of bodies, and nakedness has nothing to do with sexuality, but naturalness.
The problems arise when nakedness is made taboo. That is what I think. It does not have any research background.

[juhal]

Nudity in sauna is an odd thing, now that I think of it. I, for one, prefer to go naked. No big deal, because, well it is sauna. Somehow the nudity taboo does not apply in that very particular situation. Go figure. 🤗

[Mojova]

She thinking that only job in the world is an office job. She says everything stops at 4 pm. As a Chef I can say that I work 10 to 12 hours a day during the weekend. Greetings from Finland. :)