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Welcome to Finland!

Capital: Helsinki

Official languages: Finnish and Swedish

Member of EU: since 1995

Population: 5,56 million

Area: 338,145 square km

Currency: Euro

President: Sauli Niinistö, elected in 2018 (2012 the first term)

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Lake Oulujärvi

Interesting facts about Finland:

1.  FINLAND IS RANKED #1 AS THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

2. IT CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO DRIVE FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT

3. UNIQUE FINNISH SPORTS: wife-carrying, air guitar contest, swamp football, mosquito hunting, mobile phone throwing

4.THERE ARE 187,888 LAKES WITHIN FINNISH TERRITORY

5. THE AVERAGE FINN CONSUMES 12 KILOS OF COFFEE EACH YEAR

6. HEAVY METAL IS HUGE IN FINLAND

7. FINLAND HAS FREE EDUCATION, EVEN AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL

If you want to know more interesting facts, click: https://www.swedishnomad.com/facts-about-finland/

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Hepoköngäs in Puolanka

Cathedral in Helsinki

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