Notice how at 2:51 when that man enters the railway station and hears Finlandia performed he immediately takes his hat off

For some reason I always get something in my eye when I hear the Finlandia performed like this 😊

My brother was one of singers there 😀and yes, it is the main railway station in Helsinki. The singers were from several choirs, mainly student choirs afaik. I’ve performed this song countless times, all over the world. Usually gets good reception when we sing it in a restaurant while having dinner 😂and hearing it always brings a tear in my eye

The performers said that they were astonished how well this train station built in the early 1900s was designed acoustically, because the hall resonated just perfectly.

Flash mob, Finnish style. Loved it!

This was Finlandia hymn, it always makes me cry. Our granparents have been in the war and this is the song to gave them a gredit for that.

This is still the best version of Finlandia I've heard. Sung with so much feeling, but still accurately, with good technique. And the acoustics are great, wouldn't guess that a railway station works that well for performing.

I like how the gentleman at 2:50 takes his hat off instantly when coming out of the store. It's considered as a good behavior in Finland to take your hat off when in inside or when eating at table.

This song should be our national anthem! Just SO POWERFUL!

Around five percent of Finns sing in choirs, so it's pretty popular hobby. Finlandia itself was written before Finland's independence during a period of Russification. Those lyrics they sang were added to the piece after Winter War, and the building they performed was bombed during the war, so there's a lot of history and emotion in that performance. Here's Sibelius' Christmas hymn 'Give Me Neither Power Nor Splendour': "15/19: En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Jean Sibelius) [Advent Concert 2013]".

I actually watch that video every now and then, just because it is so beautiful and powerful at the same time. No matter what kind of state of mind I am in, whenever I hear this I get goosebumps and tears in my eyes and it just makes me so proud. I cannot sing Finlandia myself, because when singing along I get so emotional every time, that I simply cannot make it through. At the latest in the "kuin itse taivahan kansi sois" my voice just crumbles and I start crying. Might sound weird, but this combination of the beautiful melody and the words that carry so much meaning, it just activates something very deep in my heart.

When russia invaded Ukraine Feb 2022, this song was sung all over Finland but we changed the word "Finlandia" to the word "Ukraina". It was sung for example in front of russian embassy in Helsinki.

Just beautiful.

Every time goosebumbs. Just one of those songs that i loved from the start

My dad was there. It was part of Pekka Haavisto's presidental election campaing back in 2012. Haavisto ended up in the second place.

Crying, again 😅 We are ready for whatever the future brings 💪

Wow that was something else!!!

I love it - at Helsinki main station. I have watched/listened a hundred times! Glad you found it!

Perfect acoustics for that

Kiitos!

chills

That was just stunning.

Thanks for these vids

*Every* *F*@**#ing* *Time* This song brings me to tears. I absolutely love that you've featured this performance on your channel. Thank you for that. (I know my name suggests that I am Finnish and that, perhaps, I was born and raised there. But, I was born and raised in Canada. My roots to Finland run deep, though. Once again, thank you for featuring this performance on your channel.)

I first saw and heard this particular video of the Helsinki flash mob over a year ago. I was moved by it then and still play it again. The singing is beautiful and definitely the best version of it.

It is flashmob to support Pekka Haavistos presidents campaign (number 2) in the last presidential election. Obviously he didn’t win but he’s running again this year.

Finlandia Finland, behold, thy daylight now is dawning, the threat of night has now been driven away. The skylark calls across the light of morning, the blue of heaven lets it have its sound, and now the day the powers of night is scorning: thy daylight dawns, O Finland of ours! Finland, arise, and raise towards the highest thy head now crowned with mighty memory. Finland, arise, for to the world thou criest that thou hast thrown off thy slavery, beneath oppression's yoke thou never liest. Thy morning's come, O Finland of ours!

This is powerful. Jean Sibelius; Finlandia.

Finlandia. Just so beautifull and bowerfull. I love it!

The song makes us Finns proud of our veterans, fathers, and grandfathers, and makes us proud to be Finnish. 🇫🇮

Best Finnish song ever

This is a song with intention to unite Finland and celebrate that Finns are finally freed from slavery . I really don’t like that some people have hijacked it and made it about peace or religion. Yes , sure it is about peace, but it’s so personal. Every time I hear This song I cry because my parents, , my relatives and all finnish people fought so hard in the war War and oppression affects people, for generations Love Finland , the strongest , hard working , smartest, Loving people in the world , SISU Forever !❤

Finlandia. The essence of finns. SISU and all the history 💪

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One special version of the hymn of Finlandia is the version that the oldest choir in Finland, Akademiska Sångföreningen, perfomed as it turned 185 years this year. For me personally it was very special as my 97 years old father sings in the anniversary choir together with all his four sons. This same choir also sang our national anthem the first time in 1848 as the choir was only 10 years of age. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntR3iteLnLfHnWg.html

I just got goosebumps…

We do are proud to be independent. It was powerful performance, it is the most meaningful song for us loaded with our deepest love

I am from finland, but living Basil.. and still.. all w do fin. aöll over world..

The choir leader is my cousin. He can sing, I can't at all 😞

i love it impindetly yeang man enter and hear song he take his hat off.. ty for nice vidio and hope u have nice x-mas

The acoustics is just great there! I had to go India to really appreciate being a Finn, but I'm proud of it even though I didn't get to choose where I'll born in this life. It's a silly, but I'm still proud of it.

Haha, MieskuoroPekka, my favorite choir. 😅👍

Most of them where pro chore guys, but there where few guys who just did know the song from school etc and joined in... Like if something like that would happen and I would be there, I would join to it, mostly bebacause I think Finlandia hymn is great song AND it should be our national hymn! As current one is basicly German tavern song picked up from Estonia by drunken Swedish students 200 years ago... At least Finlandia is made by Finnish for the Finnish....

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6mImd2Y3rnQj6s.htmlsi=GNSQjOGTKniSABPf Here is a link to one the greatest military songs in Finland, these one is with subtitles. The choir that is singing is all war veterans, video on the veterans singing it is very moving and you find it by just searching the song name…but that ofcourse don`t have the subtitles. Song name: Veteraanin iltahuuto

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcl2p9t-xrjTmZ8.htmlsi=bIvrEYG-RPPnm90E This one is performed in the mall of Valkea by Oulu Symphony and Madetoja music high school's choir

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I am not a singer, but I would have sang if I had been there. December 2017?

When hot wings video?

Ah. I do not know if you are aware that there is strong historical connection between Finland and Ireland. Irish copy some NOT so nice part of our battle toward independecy. I mean terrorism and other violence against political opponents. Irish were inspired about some Finnish steam head independency folk whom commit murders and bomb strikes against their real and imaginary opponents. It is OK to like your country but nationlism and patriotism is very problematic ideology too. But Finlandia is nice piece and I recommend to study Sibelius other composings too, 5th symphony is amazing.

Its Be Still My Soul... and your welcome

This flashmob actually launched by a gay men's choir Out n'Loud member to promote the president candidate Pekka Haavisto, a candidate now and prime minister, openly gay. His number was then 2. Idea might be a collective innovation.

Incredible. 🥲

To me, this fills me with fuel. How about "sole mikhään" reaction?