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The Handbookon Finland
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GeographyThe republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe.There are about 5.4 million people in Finland, almost half of the country is covered by trees.
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Neighbours
Finland shares borders :
With Russia on the east side.
With Sweden on the northwest side.
With Norway on the north side.
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The Seas that surround Finland
The Baltic Sea is located on the southwest of Finland.
On the southeast is where the Gulf of Finland is located.
The Gulf of Bothnia is on the west side of the country.
The Arctic Ocean is on the north part of Finland just above the head
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MountainsThe highest mountain in Finland
is Haltitunturi.The mountain measures up to
1324 meters high. Haltitunturi is located in the
Scandinavian mountains.
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LakesFinland is known as the land of the thousand lakes.Almost 10% of the country surface is covered by water.
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Saimaa Lake Saimaa is the largest lake
in Finland.It is the fourth largest lake in
Europe.Saimaa covers up to 4377 km²
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Lappland is a territory in the north of Finland.
This territory is inhabited by the Sami tribes.
It is the least populated part of Finland.
The land of the midnight sun
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National parksin Finland
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Basic information
There are 37 national parks in Finland.They are all controlled and managed by Metsähallitus.
The NP‘s cover 2,7% of total land area.
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Map of NP‘s
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KoliNationalPark
The next one, there are bears who live here. Park has two ski resorts.
Eastern part of the country.30 square kilometres
There are forested hills, pine forests and siliceous rocks which created beautiful picturesque.
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Oulanka National ParkThe most beatiful
and the largest park in Finlandwithout human action for 100y.
There are mountains and nice Nordic nature, because it is located near the Arctic Circle.It‘s called Oulanka according to river which flows through the area and cutting into the rocks and creating a canyon valley.
Wolf, lynx, fox, brown bear live there.You can collect: strawberries, blackberries, blueberries...
Hiking trail: Bear‘s Ring is a tourist information center of University of Oulu. The visitors can get some interesting informations about a history and nature of this park.
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LemmenjokiNational Park
You can rent a boat for a trip along a dangerous river. It‘s a strong experience.Brown bear and golden eagle live there.
The bestdestinationfor peoplewho enjoy hiking. The biggest park in FinlandUninhabited and without roadsThere are marked trails, campfire places.You can rent a wilderness hut and enjoy trekking into the wilderness.
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Finnish language
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Some boring informations and definitions
About 5, 5 milion people use this language as an official language.
Finnish language is surprisingly the most usefull in Finland.
However you can even meet people speak in Finnish language in Sweden and places of russian Karelia.
It is Finno-Ugrian language and people say that it is one of the most difficult languages, but let's go find out they are kidding!
Our short Finnish lesson is coming :)
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How can we say hello to our friends?
JUST SAY MOI!!!
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How can we greet teachers?
Hyvää huomenta! Good morning!Hyvää päivää! Good afternoon!Hyvää iltaa! Good evening!
If we are in Finland, just say MOI, but in our country we should use this greetings for our teachers:
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How can we introduce ourself?
Mikä sun nimi on?Mun nimi on...
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Nice to meet you :))
Hauska tutustua!
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NO = eiYES = kyllä or just say JOO it's the same :) I've mentioned it, don't worry Finnish language is easier than do you
think :)
Do you wanna agree or disagree?
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Do you still think that Finnish language is so easy?
Try to say this:
Vesihiisi sihisi sinisessä hississä.
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Are you tired? Try to say this :)
Hyvää yötä! Good night!
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Do you remember anything?
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Don't worry, me neither! :))
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FINNISH HISTORY
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Prehistoric time in Finland The end of the ice age about 11, 000 years agoWas populated 8 900 BC.Sources of livelihood: hunting, fishing and seal hunting.
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Finland under Swedish rule1150-1809
Regions in Finland were captured by Sweden on crusades.Finnish people were circled by Catholic religion from west and Greek Catholic religion from east.The name ’’Finland’’ has been used since 15th centuryCatholic religion gave way to Lutheranism in the 16th century because of reformation.
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Finland under Russian rule1809-1917
Finland got the autonomy from the emperor of Russia, Aleksanteri. IJyväskylä was founded in 1837 by Nikolai I.During the years 1894-1917 Nikolai II tried to make Finnish people more like Russian people but Finns faught against it.Revolution began in Russia.
Edvard Isto 1899
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Independent FinlandFinland became independent on 6th of December in 1917.Civil war in 1918. During the Second World War there were three wars in Finland: Winter War (1939-1940), Continuation War (1941-1944) and Lapland War (1944-1945).Finland joined European Union in 1995 and Euro was put to use in 2002.
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Festivals in Finland
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Joulu = Christmas
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Christmas EveBreakfast - rice pudding with sugar, ciannamon and cold milkDecorating of the tree, cooking of lunch and dinnerPlaying games, singing carols
Dinner - starter - salmon or herring - christmas ham (kinkku) and carrot with turnip - desert - berry puding and gingerbread
Going to the cemetery, lighting candlesArrival of the Joulupukki
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Christmas Day and Boxing Day
●Visiting relatives●Sledging●Eating sweets●Reading books●Going to the church
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New Year
champagne and fireworks
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Vappu - 1st May
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festival of the studentsstudents wear white capslots of ballonsdrinking of simaeating of donuts
Vappu - 1st May
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Juhannus - Midsummer
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Saturday in the term of 20th - 26th JuneFly flags everywhereBarbecue, bonfires at visible places
Juhannus - Midsummer
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Independence day
celebrated on 6th Decemberpresident‘s speech in Helsinki
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FINNISH MUSIC
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DIVISION●FOLK MUSIC●CLASSICAL AND ART MUSIC●POPULAR MUSIC
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FOLK MUSICIs typically influenced by lyrics of the Kalevala.It‘s the purest expression of Finnish myths and beliefs.This type of singing was used to tell stories about heroes.
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CLASSICAL AND ART MUSICThe most famous Finnish composer is Jean Sibelius, who composed Finlandia, which played its important role in Finland gaining independence. He is a symbol of the nation.
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POPULAR MUSIC●Rock ●Heavy Metal ●Hip-Hop & rap ●Pop
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ROCK●arrived in Finland in the 1950s ●a lot of Finnish bands tend to write their lyrics in English now●Apulanta●Sunrise Avenue
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HEAVY METALFinland is known for its many heavy metal acts, including many from the death metal, black metal, folk metal, power metal, cello metal or symphonic metal sub-genres =D.NightwishLordiThe RasmusApocalyptica
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POP
Is very popular in Finland and they all primarily sing in Finnish.ChisuAnna PuuRobin
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Hip hop & rapRap music began to be produced in Finland in the 1980s.The lyrics are usually in Finnish.Petri NygårdCheekRuudolfAsa
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Finnish literature
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WritersTove Jansson (1914-2001)Artist, writer, author of comics Author of MoominsReceived an award of H. C. Andersen
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Aleksis Kivi● Finnish national writer● known as ”the father of Finnish literature”● his best-known books are ”Seitsemän veljestä”, ”Nummisuutarit”
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The Canine Kalevala (Dog´s village)
Long, Long time ago in a forest called Kalevala lived wild dogs and wolves. Among these groups lived a clan of small cats.They had a long-running fight because they wanted to rule the forest.
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Mika Waltari (1908-1979)
Writer, journalist, playwrightAuthor of Sinuhet (Sinuhe egyptiläinen)He is the most known finnish writer
"Rich is not he who has the gold and silver, but who is content with little.“
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Mauri Kunnas (*1950 till now)
Finnish cartoonist (Kalevala-national epos).
His wife is famous singer Tarja, she sang in metal group Nightwish.
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Finnish food
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What is typical for Finland? Healthy food!!!
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Karelian rice pasties
It is easy to do!And it is delicious snack...
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Rye dough
400 ml rye flour
150 ml plain flour
1 tsp salt
200 ml waterrye flour plain flour
salt water
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Rice mixture500 ml water
2 spoon of butter
250 ml rice
1 litre milk
1 1/2 tee spoon of salt
butter milk
rice
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Put the water, rice and butter into a saucepan. Boil for 10 minutes
10 min.
Add milk,salt and braise about 50 minutes
50 min.
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Mix flour, salt and water together. Roll the dough
Cut into circles of 8 cm Fill the crusts with rice.Turn 1 cm of the side
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Bake the pasties at 300°C for 15-20 minutes.
300°
15-20 min.
...and eat.
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