Finland presentation

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FINLAND - 5.4 million people - 188,000 lakes - 1 sauna per household -  70 consecutive days of Sun in Summer -  10:1 reindeer to people -  37 national parks -  Helsinki is the capital


LAPLAND - Where Santa Lives -  Can go to Elf school -  Snow Hotel -  See the Northern Lights - No Sun during Winter - Reindeer park -  Snow sports


MOOMINS - Created by Tove Jansson - Started as a comic strip - Wrote 8 books - Turned into TV series -  Moomin Valley themepark - Set in idyllic valley - Characters featured here: Sniff, Snorkmaiden, Moomintroll and Snufkin


SNOW AND ICE -  Snow hotel - Ice chapel -  Snow maze -  Ice bar -  Art gallery -  Snow sauna -  Ice sculptures -  Snow castle


DESIGN - Helsinki Design Capital 2012 -  Design District -  Helsinki Design Week -  Design Museum -  Marimekko -  Designer: Sanna Annukka -  Design Agency: Werklig


ARCHITECTURE - Art Nouveau - Kallio Church -  Railway Station - Ice architecture -  Museum of Finnish Architecture -  Finland’s Museum of Contemporary Art


SAUNAS - Over 2 million saunas -  Usually dark and no music - Can take alcohol in -  Common for women to give birth in them - Types: wood, smoke, electric and ice


FOODIES - Restaurant Day - Restaurant with menu based entirely around garlic -  Restaurant with a laundrette - Restaurant with tractors and stuffed animals as décor - Design Forum: restaurant which also sells art and design


SILLY EVENTS - Air Guitar Championships - Wife Carrying Championships - Berry Picking Championships - Mobile Phone Throwing Championships - Mosquito Squashing -  Milking Stool Throwing


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