Okay, sooo.. I'm at home, sick, drinking tea... aka I'm obviously bored - what to do about it? Well, I already did the one billion things to do when you're bored (posts [here] and [here]) soo, I went on Google :D annddd google-d ''funny finland facts'' and this came up:
BUT!! the site is SO not normal:
:O facts about Finland on an I ♥ India-site FREAKY!
I mean, this is just plain weird... and the weirdness/haahaa-we-fooled-you goes on;
The ''funny'' facts and ''interesting'' facts were NOT funny, and NOT interesting (unless you happen to like boring and normal things... or maybe this was for tourists :P)
If you became interested; [site here]
Leaving the lappy... naahh still here :D stay tuned ;)
Seems pretty normal, right? |
:O facts about Finland on an I ♥ India-site FREAKY!
I mean, this is just plain weird... and the weirdness/haahaa-we-fooled-you goes on;
The ''funny'' facts and ''interesting'' facts were NOT funny, and NOT interesting (unless you happen to like boring and normal things... or maybe this was for tourists :P)
Fun & Interesting Facts about Finland
- Finland is situated in northern Europe and shares its borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia.
- Finland is a constitutional republic and became a member of the European Union in the year 1995.
- The capital of Finland is Helsinki. A quarter of the country’s total area lies north of the Arctic Circle.
- Forest covers about 75 per cent of Finland and water bodies, around 188,000 lakes, make about 10 percent of the country.
- The principal archipelago and the self-governing province of the Ă…land Islands lie off the south-west coast, while the main lake district of Finland is in the east.
- Finland is the seventh largest country in Europe, in terms of area, but has a very low population density.
- Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. However, majority of the people in the country have Finnish as their native language.
- The majority of people in Finland belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church and a fraction of them follow Finnish Orthodoxy.
- Initially a part of Sweden, Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire, in 1809. The country declared independence from Russia in 1917 and became a republic in 1919.
- Finland joined the United Nations in 1955 and the Nordic Council in 1956.
- There are as many as 180,000 islands in Finland.
- The Finnish currency is euro (EUR), divided into 100 cents (sentti).
- Finland is the home of the Santa Claus. He also has an office in the North of Finland, on the Arctic Circle.
- Finland was one of the last regions in Europe to adopt Christianity.
- According to the World Audit study of 2006, Finland is the least corrupt and most democratic country in the world.
- Finland ranked 1st at the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report Index Ranking in 2006 and 2nd in terms of Growth Competitiveness Index.
- Nokia Corporation, a Finnish company, is amongst the largest mobile manufacturers of the world.
- Finland is the only country in the world which broadcasts news in Latin.
- Halti, 1,327 m high Artic hill in Northern Finland, forms the highest point in the country.
- There are 1.8 million saunas in Finland, of which approximately 500 are traditional smoke saunas
If you became interested; [site here]
Leaving the lappy... naahh still here :D stay tuned ;)
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