Darude - Sandstorm NYE 2016 countdown & fireworks in Helsinki, Finland

What an honor it was to usher in 2017 at the Suomi 100 opening party with 100K of my fellow Finns at Kansalaistori in Helsinki. I will remember this night for the rest of my life. ❤

Thank you #SuomiFinland100, YLE (Markku, Kristiina, Samuli & co), Helsingin kaupunki, Bright, Pete Eklund, Miko Virtanen, Robin, Sebastian Rejman, Suora Lähetys, Sonya Lindfors + Marko, Samppa, Adam, Inka & everyone else on tech & artist hospitality side.

Video used with permission from YLE.

My intro with dancers and visuals on YLE Areena:

Countdown & Sandstorm on YLE Areena:

[NK-phot]

I love the finnish anthem! It sounds so powerful and majestic

[gman]

This should happen every day at midnight

[gaganry]

Sometimes I forget that this artist name is Darude.

[VintageAbed]

2018 this becomes Finland official anthem. Just imagine watching the Olympics and Finland wins gold, and this is what you hear for the next 5 mins lol.

[Stayler]

I came back from this show and my friends asked me what was the opening new years song. I said Darude Sandstorm. They didn't believe me.

[rossflair]

This is 1, 000x better than anything ABC can pull together at Times Square. Nice work, Finland.

[madclowntapia]

i didn't know darude was from finland....

first nokia... now darude...

finland is my new favorite place

[thomasselvig]

Darude is straight up embracing the meme at this point

[cannedtuna]

Millions of years of human evolution has led to this moment.

[irou]

Just to remind you the event was free and organized by Finnish national television so basically the goverment funded a party with darude playing meme songs

[nat-wvhy]

i would love to go into 2020 like this

[MiguelAlessandro-fjrv]

This is literally the most European thing I've ever seen.

[GenAries]

I'm a simple man. I see Darude - Sandstorm, I click.

[farhanaan]

The whole world should do this when COVID gone

[ImGazu]

Seeing that clock count down to midnight sync perfectly with the drop got me hyped af

[chrros]

I'm not an overly emotional person but for some reason I almost tear up when I watch this. Something about electronic music being accepted and even put up there as a point of national pride.

[Neauvienne]

This is ABSOLUTELY one of those..."Why didnt I think of this" moments...And holy crap...I love it!!!! Seriously, this beat drop is THE BEST EVER!! Kudos to you for thinking it up!! (whoever that beautiful person was!)

[chuckyboy]

There’s a countdown to the drop that’s amazing

[Finkka]

Hahaha, best beat drop to start 2017!

[HassanSra]

I’ve never seen Finns standing so close to each other