Facts About Finland
Finland is a Northern European nation, its capital, Helsinki, occupies a peninsula and surrounding islands in the Baltic Sea. Helsinki is home to the 18th-century sea fortress Suomenlinna, the fashionable Design District and diverse museums. The Northern Lights can be seen from the country’s Arctic Lapland province, a vast wilderness with national parks and ski resorts.
Finland Facts
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The highest point in Finland is the Halti on the border to Norway in Lapland. It is 1 324m/ 4 344 ft high.
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The longest river in Finland is called Kemijoki.
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Helsinki is the northernmost capital city of continental Europe.
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Finland is among the most forested countries in the world. Finland is the most forested country in Europe.
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Every year, Finland increases in surface area by about 7 sq km (2.7 sq mi) per year because it is rebounding from the weight of ice-age glaciers and rising out of the sea.
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Finland has over 187,000 lakes.
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Individuals with a Finnish passport can access 171 countries around the world without a visa, making it the worlds 2nd strongest passport, as of 2020.
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Finland has the largest lake district in Europe.
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In Finland, almost 100% of the bottles are recycled while almost 90% of them are returned for recycling after use.
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Finland borders three countries: Norway, Sweden and Russia.
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The Sámi people are Finland’s indigenous people.
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The average Finn consumes 12 kg of coffee each year.
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Official languages are Finnish (spoken by 87.3%) and Swedish (5.2%). Sámi is the mother tongue of about 2,000 people, members of the indigenous Sámi people of northern Lapland.
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The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) are seen regularly in every season but summer in Lapland and other parts of Finland.
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There are over 3 million saunas in Finland.
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Finland has some of the world’s best “Freedom to Roam” opportunities.
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The Population of Finland is 5.5 million, as of 2019.
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Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to the 2019 World Happiness Report.
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The annual milk consumption per person in Finland is around 34.34 gallons, Making Finland the highest milk consuming nation.
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The Longest Palindromic Word ‘ saippuakivikauppias’ Comes From the Finnish Language.
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The Päijänne Water Tunnel is a 120 km long tunnel in Southern Finland, making it the worlds second longest tunnel.
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Finland Declared Independent on December 6th, 1917. Previously a grand duchy in the Russian empire for 108 years, and a part of Sweden for 600 years before that.
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Finland is part of Fennoscandia, not Scandinavia.
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In 2010, Finland became the first country in the world to make broadband access a legal right for every citizen.
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Finland is the uncontested world home of heavy metal. It has the heaviest metal bands per capita in the world.
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Finland is the eighth-largest country in Europe yet it is the European Union’s most sparsely populated country.
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Finland’s capital Helsinki lies higher north in the world than almost any other capital city, second only to Iceland’s Reykjavik.
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Finland has been a member of the European Union since 1995 and it’s the only Nordic state to join the euro single currency at its original launch in 1999.
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The world’s first graphical web browser was developed by four Finnish students in Helsinki in 1991. It was known as Erwise.
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In Finland, when someone earns their Ph.D., they are given a top hat and a sword.