University of Helsinki

[MizoB1]

Kuka tuo tyttö hyppykepin kanssa pellolla on?

[MizoB1]

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[LapinPete]

Oma kehu haisee!

[wafcake]

I'm American and I want to go to college in Finland now lol

[14981498]

See you helsinki in a month!

[jauffRINDIR]

Mina Rakastan Suomi!

From Australia.

[hurryupche]

blood pours from my soul, god bless you, Finland.

[marko57]

Kippis!!!!

[frankhu130]

I`m highly proud of my UNIVERSITY! : )



[tomsailas]

@frankhu130 im highly proud that we have a university like this. t. haaga helia

[guticolombia]

Seems like a great country and an even greater university. Seriously, what kind of university in the whole world will show you the image of the minute 3:44? They convinced me!

[LegendaryxEyes]

Showing only the good sides... But still a really well made video.

Yes, I'm a Finn.

[dinoston]

I love Finland!

from South Korea :)

[Nemesis816]

ebin spurdo spärde

[Vapetzi]

YLPEÄ ISÄM MAAM PUOLLUSTAJA !!!

[kanervatie]

@Vapetzi Sine olla vähä ceepee.

[AgapwThnEllada]

I feel so proud :))

[mannemax]

This is a very nice video!

[Densley612]

I love my university, I love Helsinki, I love Finland.

[pittysawamura]

Ihana!!

[ponhaus]

could someone study at the Univ of Helsinki for a couple years (maybe not actually graduate) and NOT speak Finnish?

[Likvor89]

@ponhaus At least in our faculty slides, books and exams(if you want to)are in english.

[VerityVulpes]

@ponhaus Totally depends on what you're studying.

[Merveilleux202]

@ponhaus yes, you can study in english or swedesh too

[Wildboring]

Wait, am I actually allowed to go?

[MarquiseErmia]

Here's a girl from Vienna, who would love to connect her profession as an architect and traditional artist with the love for this country! <3

[RealityResurge]

A little reserved would be a major understatement.

[myheroindisguise]

I happen to be Finnish and the opposite of silent.

[myheroindisguise]

I happen to be Finnish and the opposite of silent.

[Anninen1]

If people don't talk incessantly, it doesn't mean they would be passive.

[mandolinmle]

A beautiful promo, not only for the University of Helsinki, but of Finland, The Northern Paradise.

[xjoweix]

Beautiful video. But isn't Finland one of the leading nations in suicide rates? 

[Kazumaster]

@xjoweix 15th or something I think

[wigahiga500]

@xjoweix no but I think Lithuania

[jonik99999]

Great ad, and excellent choice of narrator (Jonathan Hutchings)!

By the way, I noticed there are two minor inaccuracies:

1) We Finns are not, in the strictest sense, Scandinavians

2) To get to Nuuksio national park from central Helsinki, you actually need a 4 € regional ticket!

;-)

[Giantmidget28]

@jonik99999 It will take 2€ if you are a child so it is partly true.

[PlatinumlBoy]

i'm from Morocco and i love Finland <3

[19Teleport92]

Winland. and by the way! We aren't so silent, if you see a pretty silent Fin, that means he doesn't speak so much english ...

[Soundiful]

At this moment, I don't see myself living my whole life in Finland. Finland just isn't my place in this world. So what do I do? Sit here making hateful and untrue comments about Finland or start looking at my possibilities for study or work in another country? Hmmm....

[lindstormORG]

Nice addition to the well made University presentation films from Finland, alongside the University of Lapland's last year released film "Me, You & Lapland".

[galaxigril]

this video is just another reason to love finland... i love finlad and i´m from México, i think finland is amazing and i hope one day to live in helsinki =) i like the video

[morzearo]

Finds it amusing how people get heated up by this video... :__D Seriously, I live in gthe States right now, and I can say, that this level of education that they have is nothing compared to Finland. I mean, I have better vocab and english grammar than they do, and it's not even my native language! And just to point out: the studies mentioned in the film are just that: studies. The represent the opinnion of a selected group of people. Perhaops not yours, but it's not their problem, is it?

[OlliJuntunen]

Foreigners should note that this is government propaganda full of lies. If this would really be true private citizens would make these videos. I don't think it is really any different than North Korea videos. There haven't ever been free health care in Finland. And Kristina was queen already 1640.

[TomValedro]

wtf is this?

[Itsmestevie333]

I want to leave America and move to Canada, then I want to move to Finland.

[tjlukkar]

Free healthcare? Not true. Cheap, but not free.

[ireallydonotlikeyou]

I just hate how negative some Finns are, every f****** time Finland is pictured as a good country, someone has to come here and moan about how much Finland sucks. Just stop it already! Is it so hard to accept that Finland infact is a good country? Things are so good in here compared to so many other countries so just stop bitching already, I'm tired of hearing it.

I'm proud to be a Finn.

[Hypoksia]

"I just hate how negative some Finns are"

Says someone whose nickname is "ireallydontlikeyou" :D

[ireallydonotlikeyou]

@Hypoksia haha, that was a good one! but i actually got inspired by those idiotic people to use that name.

[gombie]

Makes Finland look like a super nation. We're not, we're just a plain nation.

[VerityVulpes]

@gombie it's an ad! Should they have said: "We're an average OK country among others. We have good things and these are the bad things. If you want, you can come here, but you totally don't have to. Maybe you should go to Stockholm? I hear it's nice and probably prettier... Anyway, thanks for your time...Bye!"

[LeeBreaux]

@MrTJK86 calm your tits mate

[tiksa]

There is no such a thing than free education or free healthcare. There are just different ways of paying for those - and we selected to pay them through one of the highest tax rates in the world. Anyway, hard to see why those things need to be mentioned in the advertisement of a university.

[junsco]

@tiksa Because you live in the country of the university you attend and things like HEALTHCARE might interest you apart from other academic matters.

[Tracer2k]

@MrTJK86 get help my angry little friend! :)

[pinzpireta2]

Wonderful. I totally agree with the whole video. Helsinki, I'll be back!!!

[smokyislay]

@MrTJK86 Your message didn't make me depressed but you got my attention. What is peace of shit? Some kind of a historical peace treaty? I have never heard of it. Please answer, I want to know more.

[ProvokerEU]

0:43

[lurrinen]

@MrTJK86 "peace of shit"? well looks like this Finn INDEED had great education, and you could be more polite...

[alopmi]

If I were foreinger (im finn) and that age that were planning to place where to study, that would be Helsinki. So good that ad was.

[tvkivima]

@MrTJK86 rofl :D



[lovleystr69]

@MrTJK86 You seem pretty mad :P

[nerdCookbook]

Sorry - but health care is not free here. It's low cost. I pay a co-payment everytime I go to the health clinic or dentist.

[Tonailsprinkles]

=] I hope I get to make friends with a Finn.

[noppaa]

Video is good. If you still wanna see how it's like, have a trip over here, it ain't the best place where you can be , but it will be good. Rest it is up to you.

[ThorkilKowalski]

@JaDLB

Government is the illusion through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody.

[ThorkilKowalski]

@JaDLB

The True Finns and many of the right wing parties in Europe are the best guardians against totalitarianism. But as far as I believe, I think they support the welfare state. Unfortunately.

[Scandinavian92]

@ThorkilKowalski Of course they support the welfare state. What did you expect

[Nedduli]

part of it, proud of it! <3

[KalekkiOrg]

aika hyvin panostettu tähä videoon :>

[juippi]

1:33 <3

[JaDLB]

Sometimes it takes a foreigner to appreciate what others have that they take for granted! Finland is not heaven but it is as close as it gets!

[kirs2fish]

Finland, HELSINKI and the Uni ROCK!!! Helsingin yliopisto! Yesss!!!

[lintu8]

i am Mexican and i want to go to Finland

[TheCollector8]

I really wanna go to this University :P

[heimei]

HelSINki???

[misesfi]

Horrid propaganda. Don't buy it.

[kirs2fish]

@misesfi Do, because it's true.

[yourfilmindustry]

free health care, you say? not the last time i checked

[Thimmet]

Wtf is with the hairy chested man at 0:34 ??

[fonsinho]

Finns are great friends. I know because I’m lucky to have a couple of them (but mine are not silent at all!!) :)

Wonderful video BTW. I feel homesick about Finland, even if I’m Galician!

[jormaleppanen123]

education should be free for the most talented students but generally the students think they cannot wait too much from their teachers and professors as there is no such thing as a free lunch. you have to pay for quality and when you pay for it you can kick out poor quality. it is smart to bring foreigners to finland. if they are talented. they raise the level of education. if not, they should not get in. if they leave the country after their studies, they add to our foreign connections.

[fuksi85]

Education is free. It is normal for a state to provide free education to its citizens only. it is already amazing that education is free also for EU citizens. People in a state are paying taxes, as they explained in the video, to have free education (and services in general). Why people not paying taxes to a state (read foreigners) should have free services from that state? I find all the complains about tuition fees for non EU citizens quite stupid.

[latorlatorlator]

Looks like the people behind the video forgot the Finnish people's stubborn belief in their inferiority, which is quite well also displayed in the comments.

Try to tell a Finn that they actually live in very prosperous country, they will, without exception, try to debunk you with claims of poverty. Tell them Finland is one of the most equal places in the world, they will laugh in your face.

I hope this dissatiscaction (and quite frankly, lack of sense of proportion) also drives us forward.

[admiralzia]

Great video but education and healthcare is not free for all. And having silent friends is not a good idea as it sounds.

[CommandoReko]

@admiralzia Can you be silent with your friends?

[lumenfi]

@CommandoReko

if you're friends are real friends, they don't vanish, even if you don't talk continuously

[CommandoReko]

@lumenfi But most of the people feel awkward with their friends if they're not talking. Not Finns...

[abacate]

"Free education for all" - for now. And "all" of course referring only to those from Finland or the EU. Because, according to the rhetoric of those who are/were arguing for the introduction of tuition fees for international students, the said fees would promote internationality. Go figure.

[meitsimeitsi]

One other bit that was absolute crazy-talk was in the beginning, when the narrator praises the Finns' belief in the "welfare state". We believe in it! Right on! Good for us!

While, on the other hand, the Finnish governments have been very busy dismantling the welfare system over the last couple decades. Finland had a somewhat capable social security system -- in the 1980s.

I guess we do well if compared to N-Korea, but it's not like there's a non-stop celebration on the streets.

[dizablade]

@meitsimeitsi and while you're complaining about the welfare-service in Finland. Go live abroad for a while. Most of the people in this world have access to no reasonable healthcare at all, but lets for a while forget about rural india, china and the likes. Even in most western countries the healthcare system is not on par with the finnish one, maybe in most of the scandinavian countries it is, but this means that Finland is still in the top 5% in the world.

[meitsimeitsi]

@dizablade I was addressing the misinformation in the advertisement. Tell me, what do you think about these claims? Is health care in Finland _free_? Do Finns "believe in the welfare state", and more importantly -- is the Finnish government committed to the values of a welfare state? How well has it upheld these values during the last 20 years, in practical terms?

How is it a cause for jubilation if we do well when compared to rural India?

[meitsimeitsi]

Education in Finland is (currently) free-ish, in the sense of no tuition, but not free as in "we'll give you all these university books for free".

Seeing a public health care doctor is much less expensive than a private one, but it's not "free" in the sense that the health center won't charge you anything. And of course, depending on what ails you, you may have to pay for a private doctor anyway because you can't get an appointment soon enough. Like in 6 months or something.

[dizablade]

@meitsimeitsi You might want to remember that students in Finland are paid upto 500€ /month for studying (and covering expenses), are able to rent their books from libraries (for free) before you start trashing the system. In most universities that are in any way comparable to the Helsinki University you pay anywhere between $3000 - $30 000 per SEMESTER.

It's like you'd win a $50 000 car and would be complaining about having to buy a $2 Bus ticket to get to the store to redeem you price.

[fiigeli]

Yhtään helsingin ylitsepursuavaa erinomaisuutta väheksymättä, Kuningatar Kristiinalla ei ollut mitään tekoa helsingin yliopiston kanssa, vaan Kuninkaallisen Turun Akatemian. Akatemia sittemmin toki pakotettiin muuttamaan helsinkiin.

[Likvor89]

@fiigeli Sama yliopisto se on edelleen. Nimi on vain muuttunut... kahteenkin kertaan.

[astarliogluefe]

yet my ipod and wallet has been stolen when i was drunk last saturday. so its not as safe as you d think.

[Tienkou111]

@astarliogluefe Well, who is to blame about that? :) Nowhere is that safe, you *might* have been worse somewhere else...

[Minskyize]

This video is not for Helsinki, Finland is somethig else... I have born and grown Helsinki but you can feel this.... Great video of or country :)

[akuu193]

JOE SPEAKING

[GinGurifin]

Love the video... but too much wrong facts and making Helsinki too beatiful... buahahaa... I live in Helsinki, but I love Turku. Film makers should have research the facts, but still like it how it was done.

[michalich109]

finnland sucks, and has one of the biggest rate of suicide 

[Scandinavian92]

@michalich109 So do you in Czech Republic or Poland LOL

[jasckha97]

........okay.

[cemicaaliali]

Ahh, good old propaganda

[jarthos123]

what's with all the naked dudes?

[mannemax]

@jarthos123 You probably mean sauna?

[whouston8]

predominately white country!?

(gasp) they do exist.....

[Eriand89]

@whouston8

Finland has a very.... peculiar (I guess you could call it that) immigration policy...

[18OttO84]

@Eriand89

And hence its high standing :) Every nation has a right to choose its immigrants just as you have a right to choose who is welcome to your home.

[Eriand89]

@18OttO84

Never said it was wrong, only that it was peculiar/different in regards to other scandinavian countries (not that Finland is part of scandinavia, .. fully).

Sometimes I wish other countries would adapt the same policy, but. The poor sods need to go somewhere :)

[BrennyBlues]

Correction, The Finnish coat of arms shows a lion... WITH A SWORD!

[movezig1]

the nude guy was sexy as hell omg

[3510211]

Is tuition free for non-EU students?

[einomies]

@3510211 yes

[3510211]

@einomies Is this expected to change anytime soon? Sweden recently changed their policy and it seems like finland, norway, and iceland are the only european countries left offering free tuition.

[einomies]

@3510211 I believe the universities are talking about it already and some might start soonish

[sharpezor]

I want to leave Canada and to go Finland :(

[maxwelloo]

@sharpezor want to trade?

[haistapaska20]

@sharpezor I want the exact opposite

[sharpezor]

@haistapaska20 Then we shall trade passports 

[Skifff89]

@sharpezor I want to leave Finland and go to Canada. I am in Canada now and its sooo much better :))))

[3510211]

@Skifff89 Funny thing is that you could easily live/work in Canada whereas working in Europe is far more difficult for Canadians.

[Skifff89]

I have four words on this vid: Propaganda at its Best

[sharpezor]

@Skifff89 Propaganda is a benign term that is stained with negative connotations, it can be used for good. If they are proud of their policies and attitudes, then all the power to them to create art that expresses that. It's not a clearly defined line between propaganda and art but a spectrum of reasonability, truth and lies. I am glad to see the people who most oppose this video are fins.Never be satisfied, always question and never be proud of something like the dice roll of where you're born.

[lockynboycannen]

@sharpezor let's change places for a year or two! :)

[Daean80]

@sharpezor I want to leave Finland and to go Canada :(

[nordicgunpowder]

@sharpezor  Want to trade apartments?

[Z2theONA]

Too bad it isn't warmer there.

[wortelcake]

Are the coordinates on @3:50 suposted to lead me to a town in mexico?

[drrdragoss]

they're learning how to draw reddit aliens --->me gusta

[JQuabbe]

Except Melbourne, Australia was voted most livable for 2011... LIES!

[Wafflerue]

@JQuabbe it said most livelable country, not city.

[JQuabbe]

@Wafflerue it said "Best city to live in", as voted by some backwater Manacle magazine that I've never heard of.

Not my best friend of 20 years is a Finn...

[hriikka]

@JQuabbe It's Monocle....

[3510211]

@JQuabbe and Vancouver is usually #1 except for this year because of the riot.

[JQuabbe]

@3510211 LIES ;)

[Eriand89]

Anyone else think that the kid drew the reddit alien? @ 3:32? :P

[doobie7777]

@Eriand89 i am google this reddit you say and it such cool site!!!!!! thanks!!!!!

[Kynokeh]

Even the Finns don't know that they aren't Scandinavian.

[ComradeDelta]

i'm going because of DA BEAR.

[goldbonebillionaire]

i'm moving to helsinki

[faderklas]

Scandinavian?

[trickadaydavis]

for some reason i watched the whole thing..

[QustAEN]

aivan loistava video

[hyrman]

Suomi on kyllä aika mesta paikka kaikkine erikoisuuksineen.