Russians: about Finland

brought to you by Daniil Orain 🧍‍♂️

[rlcg]

I think this is the happiest video on this whole channel. Look how people's eyes light up. I wish the world was more like this.

[whereisyourmind_]

Finland is a wonderful country with a beautiful nature and hospitable people.The land of great athletes: Teemu Selanne, Kaisa Makarainen and etc.Greetings from Azerbaijan !

[danydaniel]

I'm Russian and I would like to travel there but sadly it's impossible now Suomi on tosi kaunis maa. Minä osaan puhua suomeksi vain vähän! Toivon etta kaikki olla hyvin jonain päivänä

[davidkasquare]

Finland here 🇫🇮 I enjoyed watching this video with these open minded and intelligent people. Thanks!

[williamsmeds]

Surprisingly kimda and educated about our country. Even tough there are lots of terrible political issues that cannot be ignored, it's still refreshing and heartwarming to see this.
I hope for a peaceful future, with no dictators or wars.
🇫🇮🇺🇦🇷🇺

[Jenkkimie]

Finn here. This was really nice and heartwarming. I know plenty of Russians who are such nice people. Few months ago I was graduating from my university and I met a fellow student from Russia. It was awkward at first but she was super nice, beautiful as heck and smart fellow engineering student like myself. I didn't want to harass her too much so I did not ask her number, but I kind of wish I did.

My father died February 2022, but back when he was healthy, he travelled to Russia many times. He had even found a letter-friend Russian family during his travels and they send each other gifts all the time. When I learnt to speak, read and write some Russian, reading trough the letters the genuine warmth and friendship they had was heartwarming to read about. I still wonder how the family is doing all these years since then. The best I can wish for is for the world to find peace and move on from the past. Let's make a better tomorrow for all of us. Not as adversaries and distrust in our hearts, but as humans with shared interest in shared prosperity for all us around the globe.

[stRECONspt]

As a Finn, this is a very comforting video. More finns should see this not to forget that there can be a great difference between the "people of a country" and the "leadership of a country".

[hcholm]

I like how they smile and look happy when they talk about Finland.

[LionCoupleenRoute]

As a Finn I'm happy to hear these comments. Nothing about the tensions that politicians speak of. If only things could be as they were!

[minerran]

Wow, three videos posted today in the last 12 hours! 1420 has been quite busy! Thanks for your hard work in educating us about the opinions and thoughts of Russian people!

[МатвейДьячук-ик]

As for Russian, for me Finland is HIM, The Rasmus, Kimi Räikkönen, Tommi Mäkinen, Remedy Entertainment, Poets of the Fall, Valtteri Bottas, Nokia, Finn Flare, cold and vodka of course) Stay strong, Suomi

[Nothingbutdust_]

Well, as a Finn I must say this was refreshing. Thank you all ❤️

[taijat]

As a Finn, this made me smile. I did recognise many of these points they were talking about - even the funny stereotypes😄

[mobeltass]

As a Swede, I'm very grateful to have Finland between me and Russia.

[theserberus]

As a Russian who grew up in Murmansk, city next to the borders of Finland and Norway, I really love these countries. My father was a sailor and worked quite often with the Norwegians, often visited Tromsø. He always spoke well of them both as persons and as professionals. As a child, I also visited Norway and Finland. It seems that at that time there was some kind of simplified visa regime for Murmansk residents and riding there regularly was not a problem.

In Finland, we have been to Saariselka, Rovaniemi, Oulu and Helsinki. I remember especially well the trips to Rovaniemi and Helsinki. Rovaniemi gave the impression of a nice small town, somewhat similar to my hometown Murmansk but smaller, much more well-maintained and without a port. We went there during Christmas season and obviously visited the residence of Joulupukki, there really was a festive atmosphere and everyone around seemed very friendly. Yeah, I know that it is their job to be friendly with tourists, but dunno, it seemed sincere. It also seems that it was the then when I tasted pipparkakur for the first time. Since then, every New year and Christmas, we went to the Finnish goods store and bought these cookies. Over time, I began to notice that this has become a kind of tradition not only in our family but also in the families of my many friends. A lot of people from my circle generally fell in love with all sorts of sweet and not-so-sweet things from Finland/Norway, like salmiakki, Marabou and Fazer chocolates, Sørlandsis ice cream. All of it was much tastier than Russian analogues.

Helsinki reminded me of St. Petersburg with its architecture, but with completely different mood. Helsinki is not a boring place as many think. It's just more for vibes, not for parties, for me at least. Like walking around in a some cloudy day in October, visiting churches, libraries, embankments, chilling with a cup of coffee.

In Norway I've been to Kirkeness and Tromsø. The people there were really chill and friendly. The centre of Tromsø, the Arctic Cathedral, the montains, the see, hot-dogs and sandwiches in Circle-K, all of these is something beautiful. Hope one day I'll get to Ålesund and Oslo.
Also, my school cooperated with school in Tromsø so we often hosted guests from Norway, had some events tied to Norway and every year in March students from Tromsø came for a week to our school and our students went to Tromsø. You could choose to learn Norwegian from 7th till 9th grade. We even had additional Russian-Norwegian 12th grade where kids from both countries studied together. My friend moved to Oslo after 12th grade and now studies at the uni there. It was a common practice before the war as I know.

It hurts me that today all of those ties are being torn. I love these countries and I want our peoples to be friends and partners. So sending love and wishing peace to all my nordic bros, you guys are great

upd : could anybody recommend some Finnish/Norwegian music???

[fortuna]

As a Finn I wish that Russia would transform into a free, democratic, peaceful, non-corrupt and prosperous country. We would love to have a decent and happy neighbor like that! Young Russians give me hope. We are living a very difficult phase now, but we must persevere. I am so very sad and angry about the war in Ukraine, but nevertheless started learning Russian and one day when this nightmare is over, hope to travel to St. Petersburg, Moscow and go hiking in the beautiful Ural mountains, and make friends with our neighbors. Slava Ukraini!

[russo.phobicu]

The contrast between this and some of your other videos is huge.

[MILFPV]

Finn here. Great video, nice neighbours indeed. I studied in Leningr----St Petersburg in the nineteens, in the winter. What a beautiful city, but also huge and harsh. Just like the people. Lot of sharp edges, but a big warm heart inside.

[qlesue]

The best video I’ve seen in a while on this channel. Спасибо, Даниил 🤍🩹

[stevemchadd]

A surprising contrast, thanks for that Daniil it brightened my day.