Friday, October 22, 2010

Finland


Did you know Finland has:

5.3 million people
1.8 million saunas (approx 500 are traditional smoke saunas)
5.2 million mobile phones (Nokia is a Finnish brand)

188.000 lakes (accounts for 10% of the total area)
180.000 islands
475.000 summer cottages

203.000 reindeer
200.000 salmon

35 national parks

and...

1 Santa Claus - the real one! [Editor's note: So they claim!]

Oh, yeah. Finland ranks the best country in the world in the 2010 Newsweek survey based on health, economic dynamism, education, political environment and quality of life. Finland has been ranked the second most stable country in the world.


1 comment:

Sank said...

Hey Michael- I'm sitting in Houghton Michigan at the moment, surrounded by Finns. Theres a lot of vowels around here.

I'm not surprised.