The republic of Finland is the most eastern of the West-European countries. More than 70 percent of the country is covered with woods, 8 percent is put to agricultural use and 10 percent consists of water. Finland has more than 60,000 lakes and there are more than 20,000 small islands along its coast. A third of the country lies north of the arctic circle.
The landscape in Finland slowly changes from the flat (sometimes a bit sloping) and lake rich south (of which one doesn't see much from the roads) to the higher hills and vast woods in the north. In the extreme north of Finland there are tundras and the woodless highlands of Lapland. In the northwest there is a mountainous area.
Finish people speak Swedish (as it is an official language) however, for the most part (93%) the population speaks finish as their first language. There are also a lot of loanwords from Swedish and the last years more and more from English which have been absorbed by the Finnish language. There are a lot of vowels in comparison to the amount of constantans, because the letters b, c, f, q, w, x and z don't exist in the authentic Finnish alphabet (they do in words with a Swedish origin).
Finnish cultural life is very lively and active compared to the size of the country. According to statistics, the most common hobbies of Finns …show more content…
Milk in this state is used as an ingredient in a number of foods such as: broths used for soups, stews, puddings and especially in a traditional cheese bread called juustoleipä .Even though different parts of Finald (namely the eastern and western part) make the same breads, the techniques are different for souring milk. A meal prepared by housewives at midday is fish baked in the fresh bread or rye loaf, this is called leipäkukko, this meal can be served with potatoes, barley bread ,cheese ,pickled beets, cloudberries in sauce, milk, and
The landscape in Finland slowly changes from the flat (sometimes a bit sloping) and lake rich south (of which one doesn't see much from the roads) to the higher hills and vast woods in the north. In the extreme north of Finland there are tundras and the woodless highlands of Lapland. In the northwest there is a mountainous area.
Finish people speak Swedish (as it is an official language) however, for the most part (93%) the population speaks finish as their first language. There are also a lot of loanwords from Swedish and the last years more and more from English which have been absorbed by the Finnish language. There are a lot of vowels in comparison to the amount of constantans, because the letters b, c, f, q, w, x and z don't exist in the authentic Finnish alphabet (they do in words with a Swedish origin).
Finnish cultural life is very lively and active compared to the size of the country. According to statistics, the most common hobbies of Finns …show more content…
Milk in this state is used as an ingredient in a number of foods such as: broths used for soups, stews, puddings and especially in a traditional cheese bread called juustoleipä .Even though different parts of Finald (namely the eastern and western part) make the same breads, the techniques are different for souring milk. A meal prepared by housewives at midday is fish baked in the fresh bread or rye loaf, this is called leipäkukko, this meal can be served with potatoes, barley bread ,cheese ,pickled beets, cloudberries in sauce, milk, and