Finland { Some facts about
In Finland, the cleanest water 80% of the water in Finland is classified as extremely clean, the Finnish water from under the crane and of the highest quality you can drink it throughout the country. A few years ago, the UN Water Committee recognized tap water in Finland as the cleanest in the world. • Finns occupy the first place in coffee consumption according to statistics Finns consume 14 kg of ground coffee person per year it is 9 cups per day, which makes Finland the country with the highest consumption of coffee in the world In Lapland lives the same Santa Claus, in Finnish Joulupukki, really lives in Lapland, in Corvatunturi, where he has his office and mail, which work all year round. He even has a Finnish passport. Where in the column "Year of birth" it is written: "Long ago"Santa Claus in Finnish Joulupukki, in translation - the Christmas goat And it does, the name is derived from the old Finnish tragedy, when people dressed in goat's costumes and went from house to house eating the rest after Christmas meal In Finland, deer walking the streets on the streets of northern cities in Finland do sometimes you can meet deer Finns are born in the sauna on the old belief Finns were born and died in the sauna
Finns go with ski poles in the summer In Finland, walking with sticks is very popular at any time of the year, sticks give more weight to the whole body and are specially designed for walking, this kind of sport is called Nordic walking, All Finns are blond with blue eyes Most Finns really have blonde hair, fair skin and eyes, but very often you can meet Finns and with dark hair, and sometimes even with dark skin
In Finland you can see the northern lights The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis can most often be seen in the north of Finland, closer to the north pole, but occasionally it happens in the southern regions of the country, even in Helsinki Finns love everything Finnish Finns are very patriotic, and they trust Finnish producers more than others On average, three people in Finland have one sauna According to statistics, an average of three people have one sauna, in Finland there are more than 2 million saunas, with a population of more than 5 million. In Finland, the woman president From 6 February 2000 and to this day in the second term, the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen
Jackie Kennedy dressed in Finnish designers In the 60 th year, Jacqueline Kennedy bought 7 dresses and costumes from unknown Bohemian Finnish firm Marrimekko, on the eve of the presidential elections where the main candidates were John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, which earned a huge amount of praise for her mundane tastes for clothes, so Marrimekko entered the world Arena, and John Kennedy won the election Finland was the leader of design in the 50 s The world fame of Finnish design was born in the post-war years, at that time famous Finnish brands were created, which to this day are very popular Finland is the only country where its own money appeared before independence While Finland was part of Sweden, Swedish money was used, in 1860 by the decree of Emperor Alexander II, in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Finland was introduced its own currency - a mark, in 1917 Finland gained its independence
In Finland, same-sex marriages are allowed From March 1, 2002, the law came into force, according to which citizens of the country who have reached the age of 18 have the right to officially join same-sex conjugal unions. At the same time, such couples receive the same rights as ordinary families in the sphere of inheritance of partner property and in cases of divorce In Finland there are 1001 lakes In Finland there approx. 190 thousand lakes, occupying 9% of the total area of the country Nokia is a Japanese company Nokia is a Finnish company founded in 1865 on the banks of the river (Nokianvirta) in the small Finnish town of Nokia, which gave the name to the world-famous brand - Nokia
In Finland there are two official languages There are two official languages in Finland: Finnish and Swedish The Finnish economy is one of the three most competitive economies in the world For the second consecutive year, Finland ranks second in the annual list of the most competitive economies of the world, and in 2003 and in 2004 Finland was in first place Hares live in cities In cities, indeed, you can often see a variety of hares, they are not afraid of people, in sizes slightly larger than standard ones In Finland, the higher the salary, the more taxes In Finland there is a progressive tax, the more you get, the more you pay the tax, the biggest tax is 52. 5%
Most of the Finns are Catholics 85% of the population are Lutherans, 1. 1% belong to the Finnish Orthodox Church, 1% representatives of other faiths (Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, etc. ) about 13% of the population do not consider themselves to be one of the existing religious communities The train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg is 3. 5 hours Trains from Helsinki to St. Petersburg are 5 hours and 15 minutes, Finnish and Russian officials have set the task that by the end of 2008 the travel time will be reduced to 3 hours The Åland Islands are part of Sweden Under an agreement concluded in Hamina in 1809 on peace, the Aland Islands were taken over by the Russian Empire as part of the Grand Principality of the Findlany
Finland gained independence in December 1917. Prior to that, the country's territory was ruled by the first Sweden and then Russia. During the first few decades of the existence of a young country went through a civil war, three wars with the Soviet Union, and then entered the Second World War. The population of Finland as of January 31, 2015 was 5, 475, 450 people.
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