In Finland, children listen to dinosaurs playing 'heavy metal', mayors are thrown into water for good deeds, and students rent special rooms for parties. In this article, you will learn about Finland, which is not only famous for Land of Thousand Lakes, Nokia and Moomintroll, but also other things.
It's here 8 interesting things about Finland, which may excite you so much that you will want to visit this country.
1. Swords for doctors
On some Finnish universities still adhere to the tradition of awarding swords, when a student he is doing his doctorate. In addition to receiving a diploma, the student also receives a sword, which he must buy himself.
2. Dogs for reading
They exist dogs, which help blind children learn Finnish language.
3. The language of the elves
The Finnish language is one of the most difficult languages in the world. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was so impressed that the Finnish language taken as the basis for the language of the elves. He has a tongue 40 synonyms for the word snow, but it isn't no words, if you want to say please.
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4. Penalties for misdemeanors depend on income
The amount of the fine for speeding it depends on how much the person deserves. The higher the salary, the higher the fine. One of the executives of a large Finnish company had to pay the highest fine in history, i.e. 116,000 euros. He was driving 75 km/h where the maximum speed limit was 50 km/h.
5. Return bonus after vacation
With the aim of encouraged employees, Finnish companies to people when they return from vacation, they pay special bonus. No one hides how much they earn, because in Finland it's easy to find out, you just have to call a special number.
6. Houses for student parties
Almost every one a large university in Finland has houses with entertainment, which you have students can borrow for free, if they organize any event. They look like standard houses with huge living rooms rooms, bedrooms and saunas.
7. Saunas
5 million people live in Finland, the number of saunas is 2 million. Every large company and public institution has saunas for employees. Even prisoners in Finland can once a week they visit the sauna.
8. National Sleepiness Day
National Sleepiness Day it is a fun tradition in some Finnish families, where the one who wakes up the latest, thrown into the water. In Naantali this holiday is special, because it used to be the rule to throw a citizen who contributed a lot to the development of the city into the water, that's why they have been since 1950 all mayors so honored.
