That "salted liquorice" always bothers me. Salmiakki in itself has nothing to do with liquorice, but is often mixed with liquorice to get rid of the chalkiness as it's just powder when in pure form. And don't think table salt on the salted part. That's natriumchloride and salmiakki is ammoniumchloride. Still salt, but a different kind.

Fun fact about the museum. There is a bullet hole in the front door from the year 1918. Civil war of Finland.

I hope you tried Finnish rye bread. I've never actually been to Finland but my aunt brings it back to the US from finland all the time and it is literally the best bread I've ever had. Toasted with butter or cheese is the best 👌

3:19 Potato pie. It is much more delicious, when the potato is replaced with rice. Then it is called "Carelian pie" or just "rice pie".

I love the info and history in your videos! It's not just: "Look at this, it's cool!" but you give us info and background to really get to know the things you see and the places you travel to. I like that a lot.

Oh no, the karjalanpiirakka with rice in it is way better than the one with potato, hope you tried that too :) I´m from Helsinki (although living in Australia at the moment) and I actually learned some new facts about the history. Hahah guess I never paid much attention in history class :) Hope you´ll have a chance to explore more of the country some day!

Finland is definitely on my bucket list. It looks so interesting & beautiful Greetings from Port Elizabeth, South Africa

I love living vicariously through you and your travel videos! So impressed you can accomplish such amazing goals and travel so much land. Can't wait to see where you go next!

Loving your DNA related videos and vlogs, must be so cool to visit these places after learning all about your heritage!!

Finland looks beautiful, I would love to go there one day.

I went to Kauppahalli to taste that candy and I have to say it's much more liquorice than salmiakki. There is salmiakki without liquorice too.

Thank you for this video. I'm part Finnish as well, so Finland is on my list of places to visit and I had no idea where to start. It's nice to see some of it through your trip.

Welcome to Finland! Southern Finland and the capital is great, but you should definately go to Eastern Finland to see the lakes and nature, and of course to Lapland. That part of the country is truly worth seeing, especially in winter!

Great video! Thanks for sharing this is now on my to do list. 🤗🤗🤗

3:34: Finland is not part of Scandinavia.

Ohh welcome to Finland! Hope you'll have a great time here :)

I recently went to Helsinki too (in mid July) as I'm half Finnish and visited all the places you went to in this vlog. Really enjoyed seeing a small part of the world that few people know much about represented in one of your videos! X

karelian pie with spread made of butter and hard boiled eggs is so freaking gooood!

WTF Welcome To Finland

That intro sequence was awesome. Welcome to Finland, Nadine :)

your montage clips are crazy amazing!

Nice video, but I hate when vloggers put music in the background when they are speaking. Its fine when you show shots without any speech.

Finally you did it! glad to hear, you had finnish roots also. have to check that DNA results video too! :-)

What an amazing video as always! I live and explore my dream international trips through your videos, until I can actually travel myself! Thank you! 💛

Looking so happy and healthy Nadine! 🤗

Your hair and makeup looks SO good! You're naturally so beautiful! I can't wait to meet you at the LTA summit!!!

I'm so f****ng proud to be a Finn.

Well done...Great video. I'll be visiting Helsinki this year. It seems a beautiful capital.

Love love love your videos!! It's cool that you're visiting the countries of your bloodline :)

This is a high quality presentation of Helsinki. give it six stars out of five. And great thanks for the great work in the video cut, otherwise it is of high quality. I think this should be quoted as a tourist guide. Also, you will have to reward it appreciably, at least 50,000€

Have you been to Iceland ? Because if not you should go it's gorgeous ❤️it's one of my favorites

so good, watching from hd tv in an all surround; full of bass setup. also kept my interest. so much info. :- )

how many times do we finnish people have to tell you that finland is NOT a part of scandinavia.

Love u Nadine , I luv ur adventurous vids

Omg Finland looks amazing!! We want to go there soooo bad!

Nadine, thank you for posting a video that started an intelligent discussion in the comment section. I learned that people are now thinking in geographical boundaries. When I traveled Europe there were only political boundaries. That was during the cold war and their was only east and west alignment and a wall splitting Europe. I have now come to think of Scandinavia as a political entity and Nordic as a cultural or ethnic entity, or maybe the other way around. Anyway thank you for starting up a good discussion in the comments, even though it may have been inadvertent.

I love your yellow Tee and those aviators. 😍❤️

We love to eat a haring in Holland, but just one or two at the time, but twelve? But it looks like he 'finished' his dish 😂.

I think you would test mustamakkara, it is a specialty from Tampere, my hometown of my parents... :-)

Next time you go to Finland you gotta try the vendace. And you have to visit the Karl Fazer and Moomin cafés.

So no. Finland gained it independency 1917 when we also got the fortess of Suomenlinna (previously named Viapori (Russian time) and Sveaborg (Swedish time)) In 1918 during Civil war and after it Suomenlinna was used as warprison camp. Lack of food and hygiene cost many life. There were held not only men but also women and children.

It´s quite interesting, and a bit weird, to see your home town through a tourists eyes. I´ve wondered many times about what is it that the foreign visitors go and see here - you sure have now seen more museums and sights here than i have. Man, i just live here..

Pronounced karyaalan peerraka or something like that! Karelian Pies! Originally from the east of Finland> Karelia region with potato filling but as soon as rice was a thing, it’s been a traditional filling of Karjalan Piirakka.

I'm in Finland at the moment too!

you are awesome Nadine....!

Thnks a lot for your great vedeo..👍👍👍love finland amazing country 💖💖💖

Hello folks im from finland.ill tell you a few things.first you missed the whole point with the karjalan piirakka you are supposed to eat it with eggbutter..look it upp..and if you want salmiakki you go to the salmiakki kiosk they have over 90 diferent types of salt liqurice salmiakki.fishplates.salmonsuop .combos salmon herring.karjalanpaisti, peasuop..

usually its easily 25+ celcius degrees in july and august but this is litterally the worst summer ever

Nice! I was in Helsinki in May!

I ate reindeer and herring in Finland. Very interesting food!

Hey Nadine, you are sooooo AMAZING !!!!)))

Poro snack League of Legends mentioned, see you at howling abyss!

Btw Finland does not belong to Scandinavia, only Denmark, Norway and Sweden do. It mostly has to do with language, the 3 counties speak Germanic languages, the Finns speak a finno-ugrik language like in Hungary. Technically Denmark should not belong either because they own Faroe Island and it's too south. But when I was in school (born '80) I think it was thought to us that Scandinavia and the Nordic Countries (these 4 and Iceland) were synonyms.

3:15 That is "Karjalanpiirakka", "Karelian pie" in English. It's a pasty from Karelia that is usually filled with rice but also potato. Sadly Karelia was occupied by the Soviet Union during the winter war 1939-1940 but Karjalanpiirakka still lives on in Finland :D

lol that must have been the most hilarious pronunciation of karjalanpiirakka I've ever heard at 3:19. If it wasn't for the context I would've had no idea what she was saying xD

I want to go to Finland. Looks so beautiful

Loved the intro!!

Hey Nadine, do you bring neck pillow for travelling on the plane? If yes, please review/how to pick the right nect pillow. Thanks.

Nice stuff 😊

I was there 3 days before this video was published. Feels so strange now...and cool. P.S. We didnt get the rain and the fruits from Market Square were simply amazing.

Okay maybe he wasn't Scandinavian enough. Many Scandinavians love salty "licorice" (salmiakki) as well. It's up to how your tatse nerves are wired. You either LOVE the taste or you HATE it, and you know it with first try. Most Finns seem to have nerves wired the way salmiakki is delicious. - Suomenlinna was not conquered. It surrendered. Actually it was a victory with propaganda. The Russians and the Finns & Swedes wined and dined together, and the Russians spread propaganda. There had been an independence movement in Finland, and Russians promised all things fine (and actually kept promises after Finland became autonomic duchy in Russia) to seduce the Finnic independence people. And they claimed that Sweden had capitulate. As Suomenlinna did not get answers from Stockhom, the Swedish commander of the army decided to surrender.

If you really want to see Finland I suggest you go out of the capital region. Northern Finland looks amazing in winter and autumn, and in summer the sun never sets there, Eastern Finland has a LOT of lakes, Western Finland is more flat than other parts of Finland and it's beautiful too. Lol never heard that we got Suomenlinna in the civil war...

I'm going to Finland in winter time! I'm not crazy, I want to feel how cold is gonna be compare to Canada!

In the restaurant... Waiter: "Are you finished?" Me: "No, I'm german"

Did you go to Riga Latvia? That's where I'm from! it's small but lovely

I'm going there this summer since this is where my Mom's side of the family is from!

My Finnish friend used to tell me you could get tinned bear in Finland. I always thought she was having me on...

Forgot to mention I really like your videos.

Can we get 'What to pack for Scotland'? And fast? I'm going soon and I have no idea. Are non-waterproof low hiking shoes ok? Is non-waterproof jacket ok? Should I bring quick drying hiking pants? What thickness? I am clueless.

I like your videos, greeting from Colombia.

SAATANA SUOMI VIHDOINKIN!!

I love the jacket u were wearing!

Haha, I'm Swedish but don't like liquorice either. Some people love it though.

HI NADINE!!!!! quick question, if you want to explore the Mediterranean and get to as many places as possible would you recommend a cruise? I'm trying to save money and it seems to be the most bang for your buck. Wanted to see what you thought!

Went to Finland in 1974 , Helsinki for two weeks then I went to Vassa for one week.Would have liked to have got up to Kokkola but never made it what a shame.

mano, eu literalmente não sei se morro de chorar ou de rir com vocês, véi 😂😂😂

I think that is vendace, not baltic herring, they are usually bigger @ 8:00

Welcome to FINLAND!❤️

Northernmost populated city with one million plus people? Well technically Helsinki has 639 222 citizens. Helsinki Metropolitan Area has 1.4 million people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Helsinki

Try apotek salmiak ( haganol salmiak ) its real stuf or if you wanna drink it Koskenkorva Salmiakki !

That herring dish was everyone's least favorite school food but now that I am almost 40 I just love it. :)

We got our independence in 1917, not 1918.

That music at 8:54 got me so littttt!!!!!!!!

Im hoping some lovely person from Finland can help me out with a question. I've never been and Im coming in December for the Christmas season. My question is about transportation. Can someone tell me how much it would be for 2 helsinki region cards with unlimited use? Thank you in advance and I cant wait to visit your beautiful country.

You should come to North Karelia.

3:54 oh well that is NOT a salmiakki :D

what's the style name of these sunglasses you're wearing Nadine?

next time visit turku or hanko in the summer

Reindeer is a caribou, similar to elk.

what camera do you film your videos with?

Woo i live in Suomenlinna!!!

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH !!!!!💜😊. You should visit Ireland it has gorgeous scenic views!!

Can't wait to go here and explore this culture and sample all their foods

Probably maternal ancestor, unless the DNA test you mentioned was hecking expensive. That's the most common and cheapest way to track your ancestry.

Helsinki is in Finland but luckily Finland isn't just Helsinki 'cause there is so much more and better in around country.

Lol my house in the background

Have you tried Ancestry DNA I want to do both not sure which first though?

Finland isnt part of Scandinavia :P

I kinda similar feeling when I stayed six month in US. Candies was like Russian Nucklear bomb to teeth. (Finland says hi)

Named (Soomanlina) Suomenlinna. Sounds really funny!