finland, n.Trivia

In Finland there are "open prisons" where you can work for $8 an hour, own cell phones, can do your own grocery shopping and get three days of vacation every couple of months while serving your sentence

Finland has been rated as the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row, according to the 2020 UN World Happiness Report.

In Finland, city planners visit parks immediately after the first snowfall to show the paths people naturally choose ('desire paths') which can help guide them in building permanent paths.

Finland has more saunas than cars.

Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)

Finland has the lowest population density in the EU with about 18 people per sq km.

Mobile phone throwing is an official sport in Finland.

In Finland, fines are based on income. In 2002, a Nokia executive was fined with a US$103,000 speeding ticket.

North Korea and Finland are technically separated by only one country.

More than 150 million trees are planted in Finland every year. They've prohibited forest destruction since 1886, and have roughly ten trees for every person in the world.

Finland was a part of Sweden from the Middle Ages up to 1809

Metal music is so popular in Finnish Culture, there's a metal band in Finland targeted towards children.

Finland became the first country in the world to make Internet access a legal right in 2010

Norway is north, south, east, and west of Finland.

Finland is the strictest country in the world in terms of driving lessons, requiring two tests, one in the summer and another in the winter.

In Finland, PhD recipients are given a doctoral top hat and a doctoral sword