Did you know, that...?
- Finland and Iceland are both the northernmost countries in the world by average latitude
- Finland is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe
- Finland has been a member of the European Union since 1995
- About one-third of Finland lies above the Arctic Circle
- The northernmost town in Finland sees the midnight sun for more than 40 days every summer.
- Finland is also known as the “Land of a thousand lakes”, which is highly an understatement
- Finland shares land borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia. Estonia is just across the Gulf of Finland
- Finland in the 7th largest country by land mass in Europe
- The population of the country is just over 5 million
- Helsinki is the capital and largest city with a population of just over half a million
- The sun does not set in the northernmost part of Finland from May 16-July 27
- Midsummer in late June is the longest day of the year. In the south, it stays fairly light throughout the whole night, and in the north the sun does not set at all
- Every winter in Northern Finland there is a hotel built which is made out of ice
- Finnish is completely unrelated to any Scandinavian language
- Finland is officially a bilingual country-with both Finnish and Swedish as the two official languages
- One of the closest linguistic relatives of the Finns are the Estonians
- The world's longest palindrome is a Finnish word – saippuakivikauppias
- There are also minorities of Lappish and Russian speaking people
- Finland has the most saunas per capita than any other country
- Finns consume the most coffee per capita
- Finland has one of the highest standards of living in the world
- Finland is among the wealthiest and least corrupt countries in the world
- Finland is one of the leading countries of internet usage
- Finland is one of the leading countries of mobile (cellular) phone usage
- The famous electronics company Nokia, is based and was established in Finland
- Santa Clause lives in Finland
- Most Finns have never seen a polar bear, because they don’t have any
- There is a annual wife-carrying competition (in the literal sense) arranged in Finland where the winning husband gets his wife’s weight in beer
- The cartoons called the “Muumins” are originally from Finland