Moi! This time I have a super long video, but you can just listen to this while running or working or cleaning at home. :D Enjoy!

Oh damn the day a Finn didn't switch to English when speaking with me (trying to buy specific concert tickets) I was so proud. Then I realised she had, mid conversation, started to speak in a very standardised way with less cutoff words, less murre accent and more like a TV presenter and I was a bit bummed out but heeey ! Concert tickets bought entirely in Finnish ! It counts !

No small talk? Honest reactions? Finland sounds like a pretty good place.

When I clicked on the video I thought ugh, it's so long, I'm not gonna finish this, but here I am over 40 minutes later. Very good and interesting interview.

Because of Lauri and Anni we think Finns are super cool. I love the sound of Finns speaking English. I'd happily listen to my favorite Finn, Anni, read an English phone book. The best videos are the ones that have Anni saying sushi. Never change that, Anni. Cheers from Canada.

Good interview. Anni is a good talk show host (Finnish version). American version: Anni is an awsome talk show host! The best ever! Wow! Super interesting interview, the best!

Anni is a great talk show host!

Pretty good video! Now I want to visit Finland even more.... Honest people, no stupid smalltalk, beautiful nature. What else do you need to be happy

Josh: I hate when Finnish people shove strange food in my face Anni: *tRy tHis tYrKiSk PeBer*

Another American here- great interview. I mean that literally- you asked all the right questions, and getting his reaction to Turkish Pepper was priceless. For those Finns tempted to be apologetic about your English- just remember, it's almost certainly better than the Finnish of whoever you're talking with.

Now I want to visit Finland even more.

Finally Finland has opened the borders to Norway :) Now I can again go shopping for dark rye-bread and other food that is impossible to get here in Norway. It also cuts down the driving time to Tromsø from 12 hours to 9 - 10 hours because the roads are much better in Finland with 100km/h speed limit large parts of the way.

Moi, Anni. I have really enjoyed coming across your and Laurri's vlogs. Your interview with Josh brought back many memories of my stay in Pietarsaari from April through June 1980. I was there to pick up a yacht built by Nautor. I had the good fortune to find a room in a student hotel and soon had many friends there. Sauna twice a week .An active social life in town. Rented a bicycle, had a library card, too. My stay in Finland was not my first European experience. I had been a student in Vienna in 1967, I had also lived for extended periods in France and the UK. Also time in South America. I also grew up around Finns in Massachusetts and Maine. My wife is 100% Finnish-American, family name is Laurila. KZfaq has allowed people to meet other people in another culture and finding out we are more alike than different. I watch a lot of European vloggers and am impressed with their world views. Keep up the good work! Moi, moi! Alden Cole

This was fantastic!...and I mean that honestly. Hands down the BEST interview I have ever seen about what it is like to be an American in Finland. The Tykisk Peber segment alone had me crying laughing. I love the stuff but I have tried it on my friends here in the US and his reaction was pretty much spot on for how my friends reacted. The fact that the entire country pretty much is introverted and doesn't do small talk is one of my all time favorite things about Finland.

Neat video! I really enjoy your Finnish Friday videos and hearing the comparisons of our cultures was quite interesting. Thank you both for sharing your time and thoughts.

An excellent interview - thank you! You seemed to have more honest discussion between the two of you than in normal media circumstances.

Kiitos Anni and Josh! Another great Vlog.

My favorite Finnish brand is Tikka/Sako. They make rifles, and it worked and shot great right out of the box. Edit: Also, I love an indy computer game called UnReal World that is set in ancient Finnland. Edit #2: On the point of Americans learning languages. The average American does not live close to a country that speaks another language. Maybe learning French to go to French Canada makes sense, but teaching Americans to speak Russian (for example) just wouldnt make sense. "But there are so many Hispanic people in America" you might say. I worked with Mexican immigrants (legal and illegal) at a job for 15 years and they pick up English very quickly. They might want you to learn Spanish, but that is only so that they can get you to teach them English faster. LOL. They want to learn English, in general, and it is seen as an accomplishment for them. Needless to say I speak Spanish, but now that I left that job I no longer use it. I also wanted to mention distances in America. When I was younger, my parents sold their small business and decided to move to another state. While everything was packed in storage and they basically didnt own a house, they planned a massive family trip across the country to the other coast. I plotted some waypoints in google maps to measure the rough distance and it came out to 5701 miles (9175 km). That is just straight line measuring, the road distance was so much more. That was just to see part of America. I think that I have only been to about 35 out of 50 States. The average American could travel their whole lives and never leave the US. And still they wouldnt see it all.

Finland is awesome! I moved here 1 year ago and loved the summer. Got a bit depressed in the winter and was expecting more snow but so happy now that it is summer again

Moi Anni! Always excited for a new Finland Friday video. Watching this now and this is such a good and interesting idea!

What a lucky coincidence for Josh to move to Tampere, so close to Anni & Lauri! For already liking HPC before the moving.

After watching this now I want to live in Finland 🇫🇮!!

I like the insight this video brought. Thanks for making it!

By his appearance, he makes a pretty convincinng Finn.

What a fun interview! It really gave me a new perspective on my American culture. Josh now has a new follower on TikTok 😀

Enjoyed the entire interview, found it very interesting especially as an American. Josh needs to work on his small chat laughter, other than that he’s a pleasure to listen to. As for Anni she’s freakin always a pleasure to listen & watch, such a awesome person!

Being an American who needs to travel more, this was very informative for me, and Josh seems like a cool guy 👍🏽 Thanks for doing this video Anni! 😁

Josh is a great guy! Always enjoy his videos on TikTok.Thanks for having him on your show!

Here I am going on 65 years old, and I just learned a couple of weeks ago that Fiskars is a Finnish company even though I've known of the name for many years. Quality stuff for sure! I enjoyed your interview and appreciate the fact that you speak English very well.

Two of the most important Finnish words a non-Finn should know...Nightwish, and Wintersun :) \m/

I love this interview! Great questions! Anni is a great host!

I have gone down I seriously deep rabbit hole with you guys, I started watching hpc, then I went to btp. And then I heard on btp that anni had a channel and had to check it out. You guys are seriously one of my favorite KZfaqrs.

Awesome interview with fantastic insights! ... oh, wait. Pretty good interview, I think. Many thanks Anni and Josh!

This video was "Okay", haha. I clicked on video thinking no way i'll watch this whole video but ended up watching whole thing. The most interesting part being American was how much longer your daylight is in summer and shorter in winter. I always thought only people living much closer to the north/south pole experienced that or people in northern Alaska but i see now Finland is basically as far north as our Alaska, so that makes sense. But i never been that far north to experience those long or shorter days. I live in Florida so there isn't much difference between winter and summer for daylight.

Wow Anni, this was a beautiful video! I so much appreciated it, “good” job.

really interesting to hear his perspective about finland 👍🏻

This was great and the questions were really thoughtful 👍

Great understanding of the Finns and their cultural differences. Loved this.

Lol every time a new Anni video I just can't help but smile she's so sweet and energetic it's aweso..... it's good. Lol but furthermore this was a really neat video as an American as well I love to learn about people from other countries and how they feel about foreigners and Americans and vice versa. It's really cool to see this perspective from both sides. Keep it up Anni :)

Rally English is fucking great, I think you and Lauri speak just fine, and I love your accent, don't lose it.

Before you guys my only knowledge of Finland was from The Dudesons, lol. But Since I've discovered you guys, I've really grown to admire Finland. I hope we see more interviews like this in the future!

31:30 Finnish rally English is the most beautiful accent ever! Greetings from fellow rally English speaker ;)

That was an AWESOME video!

Small talk with cashiers *Tonnin seteli*

Moi! Anni, that's a very interesting video! Especially for me being an expat it's nice to know about other countries in such a practical way with another expat and a native. Thank you very much.

I must say that when I saw how long it was when I started I didn't think I would watch the whole thing. Anni you did a good job. I watched the entire video and I thought it was interesting to learn a little bit about the Finish people.

Moi Anni! Very interesting on Josh's views of Finland! Nicely done Anni! Thanks for sharing! Moi moi!!

Anni; this was super awesome great!!!! And as Finn I mean: Hyvä video, mä pidin siitä :):). Thanks to Josh too - great sense of humor and way to express his thoughts. Anni & Lauri; keep going and never changes your style --> be always yourself as you have been so far; that's make your videos to be great entertainment and enjoyable to watch!

Well done Annie! Great video.

Well now I'm worried about sounding too impressed 😂😂 but I really enjoyed this video! It's fun to learn about Finland, especially with the viewpoint of someone who understands American culture. It would be great to break down the topics you two covered, and make a separate video on each! Finnish food, Finnish language, Finnish customs, etc. I watched one of y'all's videos on Finnish holidays (I want to say I loved it but I'll just say it was pretty good Haha). Overall, I really do enjoy watching your videos! I hope you're enjoying all the sunshine!

Really enjoyed this! Good.

Great Job Anni. Very good interview. Gives us Americans , a very good insight on Finish culture.

Great video concept. Great guest. Great host. Great job. 👍😀

I can relate to this so much 😂 good interview!

Anni I would love to visit Finland someday when it's okay to travel again..🙂

This was a good interview

Anni I LOVED watching this as an American. Fantastic insight into what it’s like living in Finland and you were a great host!

23:33 "they wanna just go and eat mushrooms in the woods" - don't see anything wrong there! :D

Anni and Josh: your conversation at the end about American "over-the-top" speech reminded me of when I once acted perhaps more like a Finnish person would at a big American chain restaurant. We were served our food, and it was fine, I had no complaints at all. But the server came back and asked "So is everything exceeding your expectations this evening?!" and like a fool I answered honestly, "well, no, I wouldn't say that, but it MEETS my expectations, it's good, thanks." And then the staff absolutely would NOT leave us alone. They asked how they could improve things, really wanted me to tell them what was wrong. Eventually the manager came over and started the whole line of questions and apologies again, and I really regretted being that honest. I feel bad for anyone from an honest and reserved society like Finland who has to deal with that kind of over-the-top, annoying attention.

Great video. We need more Josh.. :P

What a GREAT interview! This was AMAZING! Okay, maybe I’ve live in US a a little too long 😂😍😜 Seriously though, this was very interesting ✊

Damn fastest forty minutes that I have experienced! Think I'll watch it again tomorrow during lunch!

Cool that Seth Rogan is living in Finland

Can you do an interview with Ismo Leikola? We saw him because I speak German and my partner speaks Italian and we really enjoy European humor. He is with us here in California now and he is totally hilarious.

Thanks, this was interesing. I am a finn and I have watched a lot videos where Americans tells something about Finland and this was great video. There was a lot new and interesting things what I have not heard before.

Nice, interesting, thank you for sharing, i am new friend here, from Philipines but living more than 20yrs already here in Finland (Kotka), Funland, a secretary by profession, but cos of Finn language when i just moved here, wasnt able to practice my secretarial skill, but now happy being a cook and physical fitness also pilates instructor and proudly doing all my sessions and lessons in finnish language. Brgds, have a pleasant summer.

Very interesting. Great job Anni

I have relatives far north is Alaska, and I went to stay with them for three years as my grandfather was definitely passing away. Only difference between Finland and Alaska is that I had to hunt and fish for food for the entire family. It was great fun trying to service machines and take care of the huskies.

Awesome Job.. Great Guys.. Just the Best..!

Very interesting. I enjoyed it. Especially when he ate the candy.

My favourite thing about summer daylight in Finland was entering the club for a night of dancing at 11pm it looks like it's 4pm outside and getting out of the club at 3 and it looks like it's 10am. It helped that I'd also be jet lagged from France being an hour behind so I'd often wake up like late anyway.

That was a great video!

Thank you Anni!..very good..im from Canada and enjoyed an American point of view..much love!!

Anni, I watched the whole thing start to finish, I really liked it. (really! If I had just "liked" it I would have put it on in the background lol) I've been to other countries but never Finland. I liked the questions you asked, and learned a lot. Thanks! (or should I just say - "thanks" - no exclamation : )

Well done Anni, you're a very good host. You asked all of the questions I was thinking of and were relaxed doing it. The 40 minutes went so quickly. It's hard to imagine Finn's being so reserved when you, Lauri, Sari, Henka etc are all so engaging :)

I was just in Philadelphia today!

This was almost really amazing.

Good interview.

I was in finland last summer, mainly Helsinki and Kuusamo, and learned some basic Finnish phrases to say if I ever needed them. Which I didn't as everyone spoke English well enough to be understood. The only non-english language I spoke was German, and that is because an elderly German lady on vacation there didn't speak english, so to help her, I translated her German to English to tell people what she wanted to say at the hotel until her husband came down from their room to help her.

Very interesting to get one American’s perspective on living in a different country. I spent two weeks in Japan and it was rather obvious I was not a local. I had red hair and beard, sort of like Josh’s and I was in an industrial area. Very few English signs anywhere. The local school kids thought it was great to practice their English chatting with me. It was quite an interesting adventure. Keep making “good” videos. ❤️👍

that was interesting thank you.

This was an 'AMAZING' interview! :> (If you get the reference then you also watched the entire thing). #PrettyGood ^^ I'd like to see more like this at some point in the future.

I noticed and find it interesting that even though he's lived in Finland a few years he still pronounces sauna as sawna instead of sowna. I live in upper Michigan and even we pronounce it right.

Interesting and very alive interview! Best regards from Russia

I think small talk is more of a Midwest/Eastern U.S construct. I moved from Michigan to Arizona, people in Arizona did not small talk very much. Also I have lived in many Asian and African countries and many times when people know you speak English, they want to speak English to practice with a native speaker. I would just tell people I want to practice their language. I want to visit Finland next summer. Thanks for the great interview Anni and Josh!

Greetings from the international space station!

Anni. u are a Wonderful interviewer!! You should be in the News!

This was pretty good! :-)

it's funny opposed to speaking Finnish to Finnish speakers, when speaking Spanish to Spanish speakers, if you make a mistake, they will correct you right away, sometimes before you finish the sentence! I hadn't considered people not correcting someone out out of politeness!

I would love to visit Finland some day. I legit know nothing of the country history, culture and nothing would please me more than to learn more.

Philadelphia!Daaaamn LET'S GO FLYERS!🧡🧡

Great video.

As a born and bred Minnesotan, we don’t typically say everything is fabulous, awesome, etc. That’s mostly because the state was settled by Germans, Norwegians and Finns. And to be more exact- we’ve retained the cultural norms from the 1800s which are not at all those of Europe today. For example, If you ask someone if they liked something, a typical response here would be “It’s not bad.” I find it interesting that often people from either U.S. coast have a tendency to characterize “American” culture as only one way of being when everyone knows there are regional and multi-cultural differences. I see Europeans making the same generalizations because they either have met Americans who travelled to their country or they visited some popular tourist areas in the U.S.

those 40 minutes flew by

Wish I could give a like every time I like a moment in this video, there are so many! :)))

as an introvert, finland would be the best country for me. no small talk! :)

Hell yeah! That's my uncle!

I was just waiting on him to say he stayed for love! I called it lol!

Very interesting!

The Turkish pepper treat sounds delicious! I love pepper and spicy stuff!