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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 08:52 |
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The year in Finland is distinctively divided into four seasons: winter, spring, summer, and autumn. We are just overcoming winter, which was much warmer than usual. The winter temperatures have been recorded for a hundred years, and only one winter, in 1924-5, was warmer than now. This winter was 4 - 6,5 centigrades warmer than the average (-20 to 0 centigrades, depending on the latitude) in more than 30 years. In practice, this means that Southern Finland and the coastal areas have been snowless, and children there do not learn to ski. |
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 08:30 |
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 The number of sauna is twice than number of house in Finland. This prefers to the popular hobby among Finns.
Sauna plays an important role in Finns’ life. From the statistic, there are today an estimated 2 million saunas in Finland, 1.2 million of which are in private apartments and the rest in summer cottages, hotels and public swimming pools. It is quite something for a population of about 5 million. Therefore, sauna can be seen as a popular hobby among Finns. Sauna is separated into many kinds of depending on how it operates. - In student building, they normally have electric sauna. As its name, it uses electric to heat up the rock and water pouring on the hot rocks is the essential ingredient. - The second type of sauna that I have experienced myself is wooden sauna. This is exactly the same as electric except about 6 hours wood burning. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 August 2008 09:12 )
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 08:49 |
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 About the history of Finland, it could be defined in three stages. First period was named The Swedish Reign. It gets that name as a result of Swedish domination. Consequently, the Swedish legal and social system took root in Finland. And Turku used to be the most important town in Finland as a form capital also.
In the 16th century, Catholic Church was lost out to the Lutheran when the reformation started by Luther in both Sweden and Finland. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 10 August 2008 09:16 )
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 08:24 |
(i) Religion: About 83% Finns belong to the Evangelical-Lutheran Church. However, Finns who are performing religion or going to church is not as much as the number. And The Lutheran Church accepts women priest. (ii) Conversing: 
Finns are not used to talk to strangers especially old person. However, when you need help they will help you unexpectedly. For example, once day I ask a person to go to my school, they did not only show me the way to go there, but also go |
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 08:20 |
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 In 1995, Finland joined the European Union and has one of the best-performing economies.
In January 1999, It also joined the single European currency and has been a strong supporter of further European integration. Finland boasts a modern, competitive, transparent economy (0.8 % inflation) with vibrant information and communications technology sectors. Therefore, Finland is a capital intensive country. As a result, it remains relatively high unemployment rate 8.4%. Finland is a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace program but has not pursued full membership because of its neutral military status. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 10 August 2008 09:17 )
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