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WEBSpending an idyllic week in a Finnish national park, on a shepherding holiday. In several of Finland’s national parks, grazing sheep and cows help maintain traditional landscapes. Holiday-goers can enjoy a week surrounded by natural beauty while looking after the animals. Tagged in Animals Environment National park Nature Sustainability Travel.
A guide to Finnish customs and manners - thisisFINLAND
WEBFinnish customs and manners are clearly European, with only a few national variations, and attitudes are liberal. There is very little chance of a visitor committing fundamental social gaffes or breaches of etiquette that would fatally damage relations between himself and his hosts. Such breaches are viewed by Finns with equanimity if committed ...
Newsroom - thisisFINLAND
WEBHelsinki power utility plans to build small nuclear plant by 2035. The city-owned energy firm's CEO suggested that safety regulations could make the project "extremely expensive". Read more. 9/9/2024.
Finland tops World Happiness Report for fifth time in a row, …
WEBFor five years straight, starting in 2018, the World Happiness Report has singled out Finland as the happiest country on the planet. The 2022 edition notes that Finland has “a score significantly ahead of the other countries in the top ten.”
Shine with facts about Finland - thisisFINLAND
WEBLife expectancy: Men 79 years, women 85 years. Languages: Official languages are Finnish (spoken by 85.9%) and Swedish (5.2%). Sámi is the mother tongue of about 2,000 people, members of the indigenous Sámi people of northern Lapland. Religion: Christianity; 65.2% Lutheran and about 1.1% Orthodox. In practice society is fairly secularised.
Nature in Finland - thisisFINLAND
WEBFinland is reputed to be the Land of a Thousand Lakes, but in fact the country has tens of thousands of lakes. Most of these lakes are small and shallow. Lakes have an average depth of about seven metres. Even in the largest lakes, like Saimaa in the southeast, open waters are broken up by many islands and peninsulas.
Sanna Marin, 34, Finland’s new prime minister, heads
WEBWhile Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said she prefers to be judged by what she accomplishes in office, it is nonetheless significant that she is the youngest prime minister currently in office in the world and that she is leading a government coalition together with four other women.
Environmental protection in Finland - thisisFINLAND
WEBThe Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) was set up to co-ordinate both the implementation of the convention and related improvements in environmental protection around the Baltic Sea. Thanks to national and international actions, the amounts of toxic chemicals entering the Baltic Sea have been radically reduced.
Finland in facts - thisisFINLAND
WEBVisualise a few main facts about Finland at a glance. Updated in May 2023. Finland Geography Language Society.
Facts, stats and info - thisisFINLAND
WEBThe Finnish flag. The banner showing “the blue of our lakes and the white snow of our winters” was made official in 1918, shortly after independence. Tagged in Symbols. Facts, stats and info Work.
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