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1. Nokia worlds leading manufacturer in mobile phones are based in Espoo and generate an annual turnover of 50.7 billion euros of
2. Despite the country having a population of just over 5 million, there are two million firearms in Finland
3. Tampere is twinned with Kiev, Ukraine and Syracuse in the United States, among other
4. Finland was considered the second most stable country in the world
5. Tap water in Helsinki is of such quality that is sold to countries like Saudi Arabia
6. There are 248 species birds in Finland
7. Helsinki, was part of Sweden
8. From north to south of Finland is approximately 900 miles long
9. It is a myth that Finland banned Donald Duck because he does not wear pants
10. Turku is the word 'Turgu "sense of place market and was the first capital of Finland
11. 25% of the country lies within the Arctic Circle
12. The Saimaa ringed seal is one of three species of seals from the lake in the world
13. Helsinki has 121 rainy days per year
14. 15% of the population died of famine between 1866-68 Finnish
15. Tampere is the most populated of all the inland city in Scandinavia
16. There are 187,888 lakes in Finland
17. In 1996, Turku became as the official Christmas city of Finland
18. Molotov cocktail, a glass bottle containing petrol was named by the Finns after that former Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, Vyacheslav Molotov
19. There are 1.8 million sauna in Finland
20. Tampere Asteroid 1497 was named after the city by the astronomer Yrjo Vaisala 1938
21. Lake Saimaa, which has an area of 4400 square km is the fifth largest lake in Europe
22. Santa Claus comes from Finland
23. Finland hosts Championships the world such as chasing the mosquito carrying woman, mobile phone throwing, throwing and start Swamp Soccer
24. 3 million passengers to travel through the port of Turku annually
25. Helsinki is the only city in Finland to have trams and metros,
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