THE BASICS
Language: Finnish and Swedish
Currency: Euro
Capital: Helsinki - population 590,000
FUN FACTS
Finland has:
The least corrupt Government in the world
The most heavy metal bands per capita - 54 per 100,000 people
The best education system in the world
The highest coffee consumption in the world - 12kg per person per year
The most saunas per capita - 3.3 million for 5.5 million people
Drinks the most milk per capita - 1 litre per person per day
The most liveable and honest city in the world
The best mobile games in the world - think angry birds
The title of second happiest country - after Denmark
No payphones, in the whole country, but they did give us Nokia
The Wife Carrying world Championship and the Air Guitar World Championship
Expensive speeding tickets - they are based on the drivers annual income
Helsinki is one of the coldest cities in the world. It does not receive sunshine for around 51 straight days in winter, has around 101 days of snow and an average of 169 days that the temperature is below zero
Helsinki's symbols are: Plant - Maple, Animal - Squirrel
Helsinki is full of islands - 315 of them
Helsinki was founded by Sweden's King Gustavus Vasa in 1550 as a new trading port to compete with Tallinn, then called the Hanseatic town of Reval.
INVENTED BY FINNS
The first internet browser for the public
The rescue toboggan
the heart-rate monitor
Salty licorice
Ice skates
Angry Birds
The Molotov cocktail
The SMS
The Sauna
ELECTRICITY
Power plugs and sockets:
Finland uses 2 round pins (see picture)
so an adaptor is required, but it is the same plug for Morocco, Spain and Italy
