Five minutes of pure Finnish euphoria that will make you cry over sports you don't understand.
The Tampere-based VipVision production company recorded the scenes of jubilation at the Tampere Central Square in the spring of 1995 when the Finnish national ice hockey team celebrated after winning the World Championships. The fight song Den glider in rings out more than once, and Pate Mustajärvi works the crowd into a singing frenzy.
Direction
Captures pure documentary gold in unscripted chaos.
Sound
Den glider in will live rent-free in your brain.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Finland's first ever ice hockey world title after 44 years of near-misses. The 'Den glider in' meme became so iconic that Swedes still resent it.
Raimo Helminen, seen crying here, would play until age 43 and become the most capped player in world championship history. This was his moment.
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