Interesting facts about Finland

When you arrive in Finland, you will not only be surprised about the beauty and civilization here, but also the exciting experiences about Finland, the country, the culture and people.

1. The amount of fines for speeding will depend on your income

In Finland, traffic violations will be sanctioned based on the following two factors: the severity of the violation and the driver's income. Jussi Salonoja in Helsinki was the heaviest penalty due to speeding in 2003. Jussi was fined 170,000 euros when driving at a speed of 80km / h in a designated area with a maximum speed of 40km / hour.

2. Land of thousands of lakes

187,888 is the exact number of lakes (larger than 500m2) and 179,584 islands, large and small in the territory of Finland.

3. Land of white nights

Finland is known as "white night country" because the sun does not dive under the horizon in June and July every year. That means that the sun will shine day and night at this time.

4. No public phones

It is unbelievable that no public phone booth will be found in Finland. However, more than 5 million mobile phones are used in this country of 5.4 million people.

5. Copper 1 cent and 2 cents are not used in Finland

Finland complies with "rounding rules", so when paying cash, it will round up to 5 cents. Accordingly, VND 1 cent and 2 cents are not widely used. Although VND 1 and 2 cents are legally circulated here, stores often won't accept this currency.

6. Finland is the world leader in organizing championships

It can be said that Finland is the cradle of many strange competitions in the world. Many competitions originate or are held annually in Finland such as piggybacking, throwing phones, catching mosquitoes, mud football, throwing boots, steam baths and air guitars (playing guitar without guitar).

7. For sauna, go to Finland

There are about 2.2 million saunas here. Thus, on average every 2.5 people will have a sauna.

8. When driving in Finland, headlights must always be turned on

Car headlights are always turned on when traveling on the road whether in winter or summer, day or night, even on white nights and nights in Finland.

9. Finland is the least corrupt country in the world

According to a research report of Business Insider magazine in 2012, Finland, Denmark and New Zealand are the top ranked countries. These countries are countries that have " high GDP per capita, low inequality, guaranteed human rights issues, gender equality and freedom of speech, press also guaranteed." ". A country where government is not corrupt is a place to start right?

10. This is the hometown of Rock music, the bands that play heavy metal

Is it hard to believe? What made this miracle? It is said that because the dark and prolonged winter here makes people a little rebellious. Statistics show that there are 54 metal bands for every 100,000 people compared to Sweden and Norway for 27 bands. To know what is heavy metal or death metal, please listen to the song Children of Bodom . Or Rock music, Finland has the famous Nightwish band .

11. The country has the best education system in the world

This doesn't need to be mentioned anymore, because for anyone who knows Finland, this is what everyone knows first.

12. Finland is the most coffee consuming country in the world

You know what to do if only a few hours a day there is sunshine? What do you do when it's dark and cold? What to do to face the harsh reality of winter weather here? - Drink coffee. Statistics show that in the world, an average of only 1.3 kg of coffee per person per year, while Finnish people use 12kg of coffee a year. Too shocked!

13. The best country in the world for you to be a Mother

Since you registered with the health facility where you live about being pregnant, they will give you a routine check-up to check your baby's health. They will let you do the necessary tests to make sure everything is good. If you have problems just call and ask for an appointment with the doctor. They have registered your name at the hospital where you will be born on the day and all information about you has been updated on the system. In addition to medical care, if you have psychological problems, stress, anxiety, etc., it is impossible to relieve or tell anyone who has advice for you. There are also infant care classes for parents too. Everything is free. You will not have any worries, just stay healthy until the day you give birth. When it is near the birth, the state also gives you a gift box that includes clothes, diapers . everything needed for a newborn child or you can choose to take the amount of 140euro.

14. Finland is the country that consumes the most milk

Milk is almost a Finnish drink during the meal. On average, a person drinks a liter of milk a day. Sweden is second and then the Netherlands.

15. Helsinki is one of the most livable cities in the world

According to Britain's Economist magazine, Helsinki ranked eighth among the top ten most liveable cities in the world. This vote is based on criteria for security order, health care services, cultural, environmental, educational and infrastructure activities.

16. Helsinki is the most honest city in the world

An experiment was conducted as follows: Leaving 12 wallets in different parts of Lisbon, only one wallet was picked up by a Dutch couple traveling and returned. In the same experiment in Helsinki, 11 purses were returned. And there are many more things about the honesty of Finnish people that you have to experience yourself to find interesting.

17. Finland is the best place to produce video games for phones in the world

Supercell, the Finnish game maker, is the first and second place for software applications for iPad and iPhone in the US. Other popular software are Badlands and Oceanhorn. A craze for games that can't be missed is Finland's most famous Angry Birds , the only one behind the Nokia phone for two billion downloads.

18. In Finland everyone loves reading books

The percentage of borrowers at the library is very high, 18 per person per year, compared to 8 for New York; Berlin 6.8; London 4.8; Paris 4 and Shanghai 2.5. This means that if a family has five people, each year the family borrowed about 100 books from the library. In fact, if you are here, you will find the Finnish library system extremely good and convenient. The university has a library and the city also has a library system. You just need to make a free card, go to the library website and ask for the book you want, they will transfer it to the library you requested. When you return a book, you just need to go out of any system library to pay it. Everything is automatic. Very simple and handy.

19. Finland is the home of Santa Claus or Santa Claus

Lapland is the northernmost land of Finland, accounting for one third of Finland's mainland area, surrounded by Sweden, Norway and Russia. Compared to the Nordic countries thought to be the origin of Santa Claus, Finland seems to be most well known. Santa is also a cultural tourism symbol of Finland. The city of Rovaniemi, the capital of the Lapland region, is considered the capital of Santa Claus. Located right on the Arctic Circle is the famous village of Old Tuyet, about 8km from Rovaniemi.

You do not have to wait until Christmas to meet Snowman because here you can meet the Old Lady in the flesh with a crimson scarf, white hair that always appears like a dream in this village regardless of the day of the year.