Hello, there! Turku (Åbo) burned down on September 4, 1827. It's considered as the biggest city fire ever in the Nordic countries. The city was founded in the 1280's. As you know, in the olden days most old towns and cities burned down more than once. The big London fire in 1666 comes to mind. Then there is the big Chicago fire in 1871...

@bettyhappschatt3467

7 ай бұрын

And it was an accident.

It's rare to see a bear! We finns spend time in the forest all the time, if you make enough noise you should be fine, the bears want to avoid people! national parks are super safe, but it's also best to stay on the trails because you can easily get lost in the forest, that's a bigger risk than seeing a bear haha!

@NightBlado

9 ай бұрын

Maybe during the hunting season (=Autumn) some odd (drunken?) hunters miss-identify nature going people to birds or deer so wear bright orange during those times.

@Janiturpeinen

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it's never a 0% chance that you'll see a bear or a wolf in the nature in Finland. But I'm 29 years old, lived in Central-Finland countryside up until 20 years old and I've never seen a bear or a wolf in the wild. During that time I was in the nature a decent amount. They can smell and hear you way before you and they'll stay back, pretty much quaranteed.

@Garbox80

9 ай бұрын

​@@Janiturpeinen Yeah. If you spend a lot of time in the woods, it's likely that a bear or a wolf or a bobcat/lynx has seen YOU at some point, but you had no idea they were there 😂 And yes, usually they hear or smell you from a distance and leave the area well before you get there.

@guanoapes771

8 ай бұрын

Yea ive never seen a bear in the nature, however they say wolves are roaming in my neighbourhood but never seen one, only wild predator ive seen is a supikoira (racoon/fox type of thing)

@Garbox80

8 ай бұрын

Btw a related unralated question to my fellow Finns: is the badger population exeptionally big this year or what? I've seen three dead ones on road side (two adults, one smaller one) this summer, and the last time I remember seeing one about 35 years ago 😂

Lot of buildings in Finland in the old days were made of wood (forests=wood), so we had a "few" of what are called 'The Great fires', the city of Oulu for example burned down several times, not because of war or such, but because some idiot didn't look after their fire.

@oh2mp

9 ай бұрын

Actually there are only two old wooden towns in the Nordic countries that haven't ever destroyed in a great fire. Kristiinankaupunki in Finland and Røros in Norway. All others have burned in some phase.

Moominworld and Moomins in general are for everybody, age doesn´t matter! And if you ever visit Tampere we also have Moominmuseum :D

There is a bear somewhere in the woods in Finland saying to its friends that don't go on the trails. There might be a human.

Turku was the capital of Finland untill under russian occupation Russia decided they wanted the capitol more close to russia indstead of sweden. So they changed it. Turku has burned town several times throughout history. At that time in history buildings were built very close to each other, they were all made out of wood and everything was wood heated, so. One thing let to another often. Turku ferires go to Stockholm, Sweden at least. I have never seen a bear or a wolf in the wild in Finland, they want to avoid you :D My mom has seen a wolf though where we live. And a lynx. But only bear poops. Yes, if you come at june, you will have very much sun light. Not really dark at all. You can drive from Finland to Norway! Amazing scenery in Lapland. 12 hours straight driving from Tampere to the border of Norway. Or you can fly, from Helsinki or Tampere to several cities of Norway. I recommend the north. But you really should see the far Lapland of Finland too. Like Kilpisjärvi. AMAZING

We have bears, wolves and locats in Sweden too.

Those ferries are more like ships. 200m long and quite nice party and food places with nice cabins.

Fly to Stockholm, stay there few days and take a ferry to Turku. Stay there 3-4 days and do daytrip to Helsinki and back to Stockholm. You can pack a lot for a week and a bit. If more time, you could take trip to Estonia and Tallinn. You will love it.

The ferry Stockholm-Mariehamn-Turkku is very popular.

Moomin world is for all, regardless of age. When my sister turned 30, we went moomin world. Yes, small group of 26-32 yo adults. There is always certain amount of couples without kids and adult friend groups. And if you are still thinking it's maybe not your thing, there is a moomin museo in the city of Tampere that could we a day trip from Turku aswell.

I've been about 10 times in Kurjenrahka and never seen a bear or wolf. I wish I had!

I would definitely recommend taking either Viking line or Silja line cruse (or ferry not sure on terminology) to Stockholm from Turku. Also for example June 1st there was daylight 04:16 am - 10:42 pm and rest of day was twilight. Between late April and late August there are no truly dark nights even in southern Finland.

I would recommed taking Turku-course, if you are taking ferry mini-cruise to Stockholm. It's more beatiful to be around land, rather than just Sea. Both cruises still take the same time.

Hi, Dwayne! The ferry goes from and to Stockholm. Another ferry goes between Helsinki and Stockholm. These big ferries have nothing in common with the ferries from England and France. The Finnish ferries are more like mini cruise ships. Although they are first class, the ferry rides are VERY affortable. Take a look on the web at the Finnish ferries to and from Stockholm to get an idea of what these ferries look like inside. There's a huge promenade, for instance, in the Silja Line ferries that you wouldn't expect to find in a ferry, buffet spreads are "all you can eat", and you can buy taxfree goods, as well. (I hope that this still is true - it's been a while since I took a ferry to and from Stockholm to Helsingfors (Helsinki). There was one part of the old Åbo (Turku) that did not burn down and is now an outdoor museum with lots of old wooden houses from before the big fire. You can visit the authentic shops and workshops in these houses. This part of the town was where workers and tradesmen lived with their families. In an old house on the river bank right in the center of Åbo there's a delightful museum of an old apothecary, that acted as the family home, as well. At the back of the building, there's an alley way closed on three sides, which has an outdoor café. The noise of the city is kind of muffled in the alley. I hope that the alley and café are still there... If your timetable holds, you'll be here right before Midsummer, so at the time when the days are the longest. The inhabiitants will all be away from town at their summer cottages or sailing in the archipelago outside of Åbo. It's one of the biggest (by the number of islands and skerries) and most beautiful archipelagos in the world. Now, really, the bit about meeting a bear in the Åbo area falls under the category of joke. It's more likely that you'd meet a moose. When it comes to food and drink, Sweden and Finland, especially the coastal regions, share the same traditional dishes, which is perfectly understandable in view of the long, shared history. Cinnamon buns, meatballs, salmon soup, pea soup, blueberry pie, lingonberries, mushrooms, pickled herring, new potatoes, crayfish parties, meed, preferably home-made, cabbage rolls (dolmas), Fazer and Marabou chocolates. Midsummer bonfires, Lucia and Christmas traditions... Every city and town in Finland has a tourist office where you'll get maps and advice on where to go and what to see. Distances are short in the center of Åbo (Turku). Actually, my father's family are from Åbo and our family grave is located in the old graveyard outside town. Many towns and counties are named after Swedish queens and prominent persons in Swedish history. So, the two countries are very close. My great great grandfather moved to the westcoast town of Björneborg (Pori) ("Bear Fortress) in the 18th century, when Finland still was an integral part of the Swedish Kingdom. He was given the official position of 'provincial doctor'. Later the family moved to Åbo. At one point in Swedish history, Åbo was even the second largest town in the Kingdom of Sweden right behind Stockholm!

somewhere in Lapland the sun doesn't set for the whole of June, in southern Finland the sun is not in the sky all night, but the sun is still in the sky for a long time.

I would not worry about bears or wolves. They are shy animals and don't want to have anything to do with humans. They can smell and hear you long before you can see them so they will stay away from your path and i don't think there is significant bear and wolf populations near Turku anyway. They are mostly concentrated in eastern and northern Finland.

Turku-Helsinki- Turku daytrip sounds good. In beginning of june it might be little colder than in the end of june and beginning of july( my favourite time of summer is july-august). But it is beautiful in the start of june also 👍

I'm 18, lived my whole life in a rural area in area wich is mostly forest. I've never seen a bear. You can go to a national park near Turku, especially as the brown bears are usually afraid of people.

Turkku shares a lot of history with our Swedish medevial history. For example the famous Swedish queen Karin Månsdotter (1568) moved to Turkku and stayed in the region the rest of her life. She is buried in the cathedral of Turkku (Åbo in Swedish). Some villages ouside Turkku still have swedish as first language. And in Turkku city the street signs are both in finnish and in swedish.

In Turku, there is so many ways to go to archipelago. You dont need your own ship or boat.. there is many ferries/ boats which is going etc to vepsä island and 2 steamships to go to Naantali, and so many ferries all around archipelago to go to world nicest islands called saaristomeri. Nauvo, Korppoo, Iniö and so on.

from turku it's also an easy day trip to rauma, another medieval town with two unesco world heritage sites: the old town & sammallahti bronze age burial cairns. and a 'language' of its own.

I do a lot of hiking in national parks and wilderness areas in Finland and I've never seen a bear or a wolf. And even if I did see one, I'm not sure if staying on the trail would make a difference :)

the bear is not that big of a deal in Finland, in the last hundred years it has killed one person, not that it is not dangerous at all, but it usually avoids people.

When going from Turku to Naantali and you're looking to spend a bit more money than the price of bus ticket then I would recommend taking a trip on SS Ukko Pekka, a steam ship. It docks at the rive Aura close to the center of of the city. It is a super nice trip along the coast line and in around the finnish archipelago. You can use it to get back to Turku too or take the bus if one way trip on the steam ship is enough.

If you want to visit the old parts of Turku, you have to go to Luostarimäki. It´s one of the oldest parts of Turku and one of the only districts that survived the fire of 1827. Every year during the summer holidays, it celebrates the days of craftsmanship, when there are people dressed in traditional Finnish clothes to guide and demonstrate traditional craftsmanship, such as the steps of making a comb, hat or other everyday objects.

Of corse in northern finland.....i have saw near my cottige....

If you like old historical buildings, you should visit Rauma for a day or two. It's a small town between Turku and Pori, about a hours drive by car. There is the old rauma area that is a remarkably well preserved wood house area.

About the fire in Turku: like many medieval towns, Turku has had more than one serious fire, but the last one was in 1827. A spark from a chimney landed on dry hay at a nearby cowshed and the fire soon went out of control, burning down 3/4 of the buildings of the city. Similar things have happened in many European cities through history; the fire hose wasn't invented until the 17th century, and organized fire departments have existed only since the 18th century or so. Before that, there wasn't much people were able to do when a fire got too big. About the prices of train tickets: the video you watched was made some years ago and since then, the train company has changed their pricing system. Nowadays they use a dynamic system which takes into account how much demand there is for tickets, and also uses AI-based forecasts about how much demand there is going to be. Because of this, the price of a train trip can vary widely even during the same day. The national broadcasting company here did a comparison of prices some time ago; they didn't have prices for trips between Helsinki and Turku, but they had prices for Helsinki-Vaasa (which is a much longer trip though). The cheapest train ticket during the day was 13,90 euros, but the most expensive was 197,80 euros. Meaning that the price for the same train ticket can vary widely depending on what time and weekday it is, and when you buy the ticket. It is difficult to give any certain advise about how to get cheap tickets, but generally, tickets are cheaper when you buy them several weeks in advance rather than at the last minute. Trains during weekdays are cheaper than trains during the weekend, but those trains that people use to commute to work (early morning & afternoon trains) may be more expensive that those that go during other times. I'd like to be able to give more specific advise but heck, the system is still new and so confusing that even no-one here quite understands it yet :D

Former capital city of England is actually Winchester! I lived there three years before I moved back to Finland :) it is really beautiful place, recommend visiting!

From Helsinki to Turku road trip takes only 1 hour with Finnish driver.

2:32 "No forest fires, it's too cold" 😁In the summertime +30°C or 86°F is too cold for forest fires? Where do you think Finland is? In the north pole?

In turku i would suggest go walk somewhere in Ruissalo island, 15min bus ride… You get the feeling of the archipelago and really beautiful nature, would really suggest a daytrip from Helsinki to Turku and while the trip to Turku take a 1-2h walk in Ruissala national park island:))❤

Come at Juhannus... our mid summer festival when sun dont basicly set at all in whole country ;)

Yes, June has the most light of all months. July is not mentionably darker. Only few hours of dark at night. It could still be colder than July though, especially at the beginning of month, so don't expect constant heatvawe and you'll be fine. Beginning of June is great time to visit though since us Finns like to spend our holidays at the hottest time from around 25th of June until end of July and flee to countryside, so there will likely be more people around than at the hottest summer time. Except for the family attractions like Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki for excample.

Dont worry about bears too much - well yea it does happen sometimes but its pretty rare even for ones whos lived here all their lives.

you can do train trip to helsinki and tampere too, both are close

Oh you are from Leeds Dwayine how Nice good fish and chips i try it and love it ❤😊

@dwaynesview

8 ай бұрын

Haha yeah I'm from Leeds. Great Fish and Chips I agree lol

You should go to Stockholm and you can take a Ferry from there to Turku. Then Hop on a train to Helsinki and you can take a Ferry to Tallinn If you want.

@Babesinthewood97

9 ай бұрын

Stop at Åland on the way to Finland :)

Finnish pronunciation is pretty straightforward since it's a phonetic language. The first U in Turku is pronounced like the last U (and every U you'll see), so it starts like the English word 'to'. The only vowel sound that doesn't have English counterpart is Y. Consonants will be a bit harder since we don't have aspirant K, P, T. In English they're pronounced like they had an H sound accompanying them but Finnish doesn't have that.

If you plan on visiting a lot of museums, there is a thing called Museokortti (museum card). With that you get a free entrance to most museums. Typically the entrance to one is 15-20€, so if going to four or more then it is likely the Museokortti is cheaper. Turun linna is (or at least used to be) also a location for Museokortti

we have moustly rivers here tath river what go trought turku is call Aurajoki

Yes, when you got to nature, there might be nature there....bears are a part of the forests of Finland. Not a lot of them (thanks to humans and stuff), but theyre a part, humans used to be too.

That was awesome that the guy told so much and told in that vid how you can get to Stockholm and there to Helsinki too :) nice to learn new stuff for me too :) even though i'm finnish :D I've only visited few times at Turku so it's not that familiar place, I would like to see you watch some vids of Finnish Savo stuff :D how we Savolaiset talk and stuff :D great to always see your reaction! thanks for another awesome vid!

It was a huge fire in Turkku 1827. 75 % of the buildings burnt down. At that time Turkku was the lagest city in Finland. The fire started on one farm and spread easy from house to house because of narrow streets. After this Turkku lost its status as the capital city

The Great Fire of Turku 1827

You can compare history of Turku to the history of London in a sense. Cause London also has had major fires in it's historic past. The old cathedral of Turku dates to medieval times.... In comparison Helsinki is a youthful city.

uddevalla on the west coast of sweden got burned down six times on the wars between sweden norway and denmark

Oh btw, if you have a cinnamon roll in Sweden, go to Gateau or Fabrique, or anyone that has a stone bakery.

We have bears i Sweden too mind you

with a quick google search, sunrise 4am sunset 11 pm around june 10th this year. ferry between turku and stockholm is about 11 hours, helsinki stockholm about 16 hours.

I'm swedish and have some finish relatives. Believe me when I tell you that they all have had bear ecounters and crazy stories. They always carry bear-maze and have to be careful when they go out, their house got bear-visits regularly. But they live in the woods of course.

It's very, very rare to see a bear in a Finnish forest. I'm a Finnish person, enjoy outdoors as often I can, and I've never seen a bear in nature. Never. Not even in Lapland. Also, none of my friends have ever seen a bear in nature. I've seen a lone wolf quite nearby, but they pose no threat whatsoever to adult humans. They avoid people, just like bears. That's why it's very rare to see bears or wolves in the nature. They usually hear or smell people coming and walk away before people have a chance to even see them. However, If by some miracle you happen to encounter a bear, please remember; #1 Don't run. Bears have a natural instinct to chase fleeing animals (people included) and running away is an open invitation to a bear into "catch me if you can" game. And bear will catch you if you try to run away. They can run over 50km/h so there's no way a human can outrun a bear. So don't challenge a bear to a running contest. #2 If a bear charges towards you - don't run away. If bear runs and charges towards you, it's almost always a false attack in order to scare you. So don't run. Remember, you can't outrun a bear anyway. Here's a video clip of how a bear's false attack looks like (pay attention how that person does not panic, but stands his ground): kzread.info/dash/bejne/fW2EpKqypcrNdJs.html #3 Don't turn your back to a bear. While bears almost always avoid humans, turning your back at a bear, might make it attack. So don't do it. #4 Don't shout or act aggressively. Bear might interpret that as a threat, and respond by attacking. So what should you do, if you encounter a bear in a forest? One simple rule; Calmly and quietly walk back into the direction where you came from - without turning your back to the bear. So walk sort of backwards or strafe, but be of course careful not to trip over - so watch your feet.

If you can, recommend staying at least 1 full night & day in each place. Also a tip if you might stay longer in Helsinki; daytrips to Tallinn, Estonia via boat.

The feries go between Turku and Stocholm Sweden.

U dont need to worry about bears(or wolfs).i live in the rural area where are both,but never even seen one(even i go few times a day with my dog to the forrest)

Could you watch a video on finnish pronunciation one day, it's very interesting!

You should also travel north to vaasa where there is a unesco world heritage, also vaasa was very involved in the liberation of finland from russia, so much history there. You might also hear alot more swedish there than in turku, thats for sure 😂

Ha. Another Turku local reporting in (sure there's a lot of us in the comments already). Stockholm; the ferries come from Stockholm - so, perfect if planning to travel both Finland and Sweden.

Oh, and ferries between Finland and Sweden are very cheap. Maybe the prices are different today? But 10 years ago they were about 100 sek.

Depending on how much time you have, I wouldn't cram too many destinations into one trip. Take Norway and Denmark next trip, alternatively northern Sweden, northern Norway and Oslo next trip. Then you have time to appreciate each place. With that in mind the boat takes a lot of time, so if you don't particularly enjoy riding the big boat (google the boat) I think you should compare the price and time to what it takes to fly, as you save time on that

Im 38 and still watch Moomins🙂

How long will your stay be in June next year? If it is a shorter stay, you may choose to visit 'capitols' ? Start vid Turku/Åbo, go on to Stockholm, take the train to Gothenburg, and from there up to Oslo in Norway?

And from Stockholm go by ferro to Denmark

When you come in June, don't get scared because the city might be empty. People are just on their summer vacation. And if you come on mid June, then you might enjoy the Midsummer celebration (20.-25.6)

My school is next to the church : )

Stockholm to Turku….but just a day in Turku so you`ll have time for Tampere😂

you definitely can sail from stockholm to turku

Not only Finland . Look the map . Yes next is Siberian forrest. Bears on Finland and wolfs many in Estonia. . Yes in Europa is wolf under protection but here are some reasons like lambs and dogs who get food of wolfs = hunting of wolfs are allowed by some limits what every schek Envirvoment Minstry .

I would rather stay in Helsinki and make a day trip to Turku 😊

There can be Bear, wolf and then me. And i'm deadliest of them all. I hope you enjoy your stay in Finland. And there can be moose, huge animal. Oh and little kitten called Bobcat, don't pet it. They don't like that, they bite you.

Turku is a nice city and definetly worth visiting, but I would highly recommend spending even a little bit more time in Helsinki (and maybe Nuuksio nationalpark in Espoo), since there is so much more to see and do. Daytrip to Helsinki is too short imo. Helsinki needs atleast 2-3 days for a proper experiense, Turku is much more of a daytrip city. Love your Finland videos bro, keep it up!

@bettyhappschatt3467

7 ай бұрын

You are from Helsinki?

you can sneak to Norway just by walking there from Lapland.

There just not might be a bear, there most definitely is, but trust me, you are safe, bear attacks are very rare in Finland, and it's also very rare to even see a bear, they know you are there and they will most likely avoid contact with humans. I've personally have encountered many bears in wild in Finland, and still here. You just need to remember basic safety rules with these animals and you will be okay. I would be more "worried" about mosquitoes 😅 Also I would say that stay in Lahti or Tampere, while in Finland. Lahti is probably cheapest to stay from these four (Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Lahti).

Today no one knows what a train ticket cost to anywhere. Someone mess the whole system. 0:55 That wasn't bad. If you see a wild bear inFinland, you're lucky. The most predatorian carnivore in Finland is the shru! 2:37 It wasn't because forest fire and not because it was too cold. A candle flame is around 600-800°C and thats is just the flame. Tip of the flame is near 1k°C

that ferry come from sweden

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hG2s0KyKprncm7w.html Here a link to one of the ferry's going betreen sweeden and finland. You can also get a cabin to sleep in. Im from kent in the 6k butbern living now in kaarina near Turku Finlanld since december 2006 when I move here from England to live with my partner who now is my husband we have 14 old daughter. Therd so much to do and see here in and around turku.

Turku burned allmoust to the ground beginning of 19th century. 1827 Capital moved from Turku to Helsinki .

Pronouncing 'Turku' might be easier if you think of it like "turk(ey)-ooh!" 😂 And yes, in national parks there 'might be a bear'. That is what comes of about 80% of our country being forested, aka wild! Don't worry, you won't die, or get mauled. Just keep your eyes open. And yes, the best cinnamon rolls are in Finland. 😎 Also yes, do DAY TRIPS to Hki. Stay in Turku, maybe visit Tampere as well and come see this 'working class capital' with lots of old industrial and cotton milling spaces converted to museums and more?

Lol. No need to afraid of bears. They are afraid of people. If they hear you coming, they run away. Maybe they are more aggressive elsewhere, if people have not hunted them enough.

Every time you see a bear, just walk the opposite direction. Bear cubs, walk the opposite direction twice as fast. Wolves, if you see one looking straight at you, then two or more are about to attack you from behind. Its not the bears. Don't let your guard down.

don't worry, you are tourist so you definately aren't too old to visit moominworld, nobody is too old to visit moominworld, plenty adults visit there too

1827 Turku .

Dont worry about the bears, if they hear you coming they stay clear. Beware of the wolfs.

@Babesinthewood97

9 ай бұрын

I’ve never met a wolf in the woods. But I’ve met an elk. We just looked at each other in disbelief for a few moments before the elk bolted.

@NightBlado

9 ай бұрын

Fear of wolfs is unnecessary fear mongering.

I have to admit I should probably have visited Turku more in my life just because of it's history. I just can't stand the dialect they speak 😂

@bettyhappschatt3467

7 ай бұрын

I see you are Hämäläinen. We can re-peat slow-ly e-ve-ry sen-ten-ce.

Helsinki is much bigger than Turku and Stockholm is much bigger than Helsinki.

turku burn down 3 times badly made buildings

Turku is Åbo in swedish, and York is Jorvik when the Vikings/Danelaw ruled GB! Åbo was the major city when Finnland was a part of sweden.. not the capitol, one of the moste importante city in swedish east part! In anyway, visiting scandinavia and Finnland, I hope you get a three monts payd vacation, becuse its still this that finnland/Suomi is on the other side of the Baltic sea! You can get a ferry frome Stockholm to Åbo/Turku its only take 12 hours! The best cinnamon buns is those that your mother make! It goes for the meatballs to!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Turku

Turku has burned down several times I think. Not because of riots etc.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Turku

You can also take a train to Tampere from Turku, it's about the same time as to Helsinki. A little less than two hours. The you get to see the 3 most important cities in Finland that are actually quite different from each other. A few days in each :) I can show you around Turku