Interesting facts about Finland - Finland facts

Interesting facts about Finland - Finland facts

Finland, What an amazing Country

Finland Facts you will read in this article will certainly blow your mind like they do with me. If your more for a video than reading facts : Here is a video assembling all these crazy facts about Finland. Details and sources are in this article.

Number Ten : Income-Based fines

In Finland traffic fines are based on two factors : how severe the offenses and the drivers annual income, it is believed that the most expensive ticket ever given was 20 wealthy businessman named Yossi Solanoya. He was fine one hundred seventy thousand Euros which in today's standards is the equivalent to about two hundred thirty-five thousand US dollars.

Number nine : Summer Olympic warriors

Finish athletes have one more summer Olympic medals per square capita then any other country in the world
at a rate of one medal per eighteen thousand citizens, they also have the most gold medals per capita
at a rate of one gold medal per 53,000 citizens. As a the Last Summer Games in 2012 Fenlon has won a total of three hundred two medals 101 at them being gold.

Number eight : Finland wildlife

Finland is about three times the size of Ohio and is heavily forested containing nearly two hundred thousand lakes numerous rivers am vast areas of marshland. Of the southwest coast are the Olin Islands which are heavily populated by people love Swedish descent, pictures and words alone cannot do Finland's immense beauty justice has the old saying goes yet gotta see it to believe it.

Number seven : Least Corrupted

Since 1998 Fenlon has been said to be the world's who least corrupt country according to the yearly survey by the organization transparency international. In April 2003 Finland appointed its first female Prime Minister making it the only country in Europe to have both the female president and Prime Minister. A short two months later Anneli Jaeaetteenmaeki step down from the office when it was revealed that she had leaked classified information against the rival opponent in the election earlier that year, shortly after she was acquitted of all charges.

Number six : Father Christmas

Most countries have some former or other of what we like to call Father Christmas or Santa Claus, Finland
is the same way, they call him "Joulupukki" which can also be translated to "Yule Goat". It is said that he resides in a house built on top of the Arctic Circle in the northern province of Lapland Finland's Joulupukki received more than seven hundred thousand letters from children across the globe according to a study by the Finnish Broadcasting Company in 2006.

Number five : Coffee Fanciers

Do you think you like coffee? chances are you don't drink 26 pounds or 12 kilograms of coffee annually, that's right, the fence are the world's biggest drinkers up that black substance which some attics believe fell from the heavens. That's three times more than the amount of coffee drink by a typical American according to a 2008 study by chartsbeen.com. The fans will enjoy roughly 4.7 cups of coffee per day, that's consuming more on a daily basis then Americans, Canadians an Russians put together.

Number four : Education

Children living in Finland do not attend school until they are at least seven years of age. It's not mandatory for students to receive marks until they're in the eighth-grade, because of this the country has gained a reputation for being mean quite relax when it comes to education. Teachers generally spend only four hours a day in the classroom and are paid to spend two hours a week creating lesson plans
and assessing student progress.

Number Three : The polar nights

There's a reason Finland is often called the land up the Midnight Sun. It because during the months of June and July the Sun shines all day and night not once does it rest and fade away below the horizon as we are so accustomed to, the exact opposite also occurs during mid-winter there are days in parts in northern Finland when the Sun is barely visible. Everything is paid in an eerie blue light referred to as comatose these events are called polar nights.

Number Two : Chill out

The Finnish take relaxation seriously up to 5 million citizens who reside in Finland, there are roughly two million saunas giving the country about a 2 to 1 ratio of humans to saunas. Most Finnish think of a sauna as a light necessity and not a luxury .It's also not uncommon for Finnish mothers to give birth in them. Considering Finland has one of the highest life expectancy in the world perhaps they're on to something.

Number one : Ice Swimming

The Finnish are known to love two extremes freezing cold and better warm. Ice swimming is one of the most popular pastimes in the country. Both young and old participate in this activity so many others would look down upon as being foolish. Ice swimming is known in D in Finland and Estonia. Swimming holes are also maintained by other groups such as the finish skiing Association.