You will be wondering
to know why Finland is called, The Land of Thousand Lakes. Adding to this, you
will be more surprised to know that Finland has approximately 187,888 lakes
within its borders. That’s a lot of water for a country that is only 130,128
square miles! Most of lakes stretches from north to south of Finland. The fresh
water resource can only take care of 10% of its land area. Finland is consisted
by 179,584 islands.
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| Helsinki, Capital of Finland |
Earlier Finland
was part of Sweden, Finland emerged as independent nation after First World War.
Even now Swedish is also an official language. The population of Finland is
five million. The population density of Finland is 18 people per sq km, which
is lowest in entire European Union. It is believed that there is one lake every
26 people. Most of lakes stretches from north to south of Finland.
Some of the
interesting facts of Finland are:
There is a unique
golf club, Green Zone Golf Club on the borders of Sweden and Finland. Half of
the holes are in Sweden and other half in Finland.
In Finland, out
of 10 plastic bottles, 9 are returned for recycling. And almost 100% of glass
bottles are recycled.
There is cruise
ship that runs between Stockholm (Sweden) and Helsinki (Finland) which is
especially for purchase of cheap alcohol.
In Finland, if
someone earns their Ph.D., They are felicitated with Top Hat and a Sword.
Finland universities
are tuition free. Even Austria, Norway, Germany and Sweden also have same kind.
Finland is the
first country in the world to make internet access a legal right. It was in
2010.
A resort in
Finland, called ‘Hotel Kakslauttanen’ offers you to sleep in a glass igloo
cabin, so that you can watch northern lights.
An official
sport of Finland is ‘Mobile phone’ throwing.
The national
animal of Finland is Brown Bear. Along with Finland, Siberians also consider
Bear as the ‘spirit’ of one’s forefathers.
Finland
celebrates ‘’National Sleepy Head Day’’ where the last person in the house to
wake up, is thrown into water by the early risers.
Passports issued
by UK, Sweden and Finland offer visa-free travel to more countries than any
other passports.
There are 2
million saunas in Finland for a population of 5 million. 99% of Finns take
sauna at least once a week.
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