it’s a whole lot more than just the land
of a thousand lakes welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 facts
people from Finland want you to know
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at fun and interesting facts
about this Nordic country in honor of
the 100th anniversary of their
independence which was declared on
December 6 1917 number 10 finns can time
travel don’t believe us here so finland
operates 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
Time while neighboring Sweden is only
one hour ahead of GMT you following that
means that on New Year’s Eve finns can
do their countdown twice if they quickly
cross the border into sweden after
celebrating at home and because travel
between countries is much simpler in
europe you won’t have to worry about
making declarations to any pesky border
guards while you’re travelling through
time and no time machine required number
9 the finnish monarchy was short-lived
like we said Finland gained independence
from Russia on December 6 1917 but after
that they had to figure out how they
were going to rule themselves initially
they decided to function as a republic
but some members of parliament were
still monarchists and a civil war ensued
after the Social Democratic Party was
ousted a monarchy was established but
since there was no line of succession a
king had to be voted in they chose the
German Prince Frederick Charles of HESA
on October 9th 1918 but by December of
that same year without ever having set
foot in Finland he stepped down number 8
Finn’s love their coffee you think you
need coffee to get out of bed in the
morning well no one on earth is as
hooked on caffeine as the Finns
they rank first in terms of coffee
drinking countries worldwide you’d think
that places that famously produce coffee
beans like Colombia or Brazil would beat
them or even countries like Italy that
have become synonymous with espresso
based beverages in 2017
the International coffee organization
because apparently that’s a thing
establish that on average every Finnish
citizen goes through 12 kilograms of
coffee per person per year that’s
roughly twenty six and a half pounds
plus other Scandinavian countries come
in right behind Finland with Norway
Iceland and Denmark ranking second third
and fourth number seven Finns have a
great view of the Northern Lights
Lapland the northern region of Finland
is one of the best places in the world
to view the aurora borealis or Northern
Lights on clear nights from late August
to April you can get a spectacular view
of the beautifully lit night sky oh and
you know those glass roofed igloos that
you’ve probably seen on every Travel
bucket list ever made since the advent
of the Internet yep those are in Finland
staying in one is pretty pricey but it’s
undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime
experience
also if you visit in the summer make
sure to stay up to see The Midnight Sun
number six Finns take pride in their
gaming industry the Finns specialize in
many things and one of them is gaming in
fact per capita Finland has produced
more successful video games than any
other country in the world they’re
responsible for giving us mega hits like
the Max Payne franchise clash of clans
and boom Beach as well as the crazy
popular Angry Birds
some of the industry’s biggest gaming
studios are situated in Finland with
many focusing specifically on mobile
games that have topped the charts for
iPhone and iPad you’ll regret the day
you crossed angry knees
number five finns are serious about
heavy metal
another way fins are topping the charts
with their heavy metal bands website GIS
lounge created a world map that charts
the density of metal bands from every
country and established that Finland
boasts a shocking 53.2 heavy metal bands
per 100,000 residents fans like Children
of Bodom him and before the dawn all
hail from Finland and in fact the
country more than doubles the number of
metal bands per capita of the runners-up
Sweden and Norway geez why does
Scandinavian countries produce such dark
music maybe it’s the cold and lack of
sunlight
number four fins play some weird sports
sure they’re not bad at ice hockey and
some pretty good formula one and rally
drivers have come out of the country but
the Finns don’t always like to compete
on other people’s playing fields in fact
they’re pretty good with coming up with
games and sports on their own and that
suits them just fine in Finland you can
compete in a good old fashioned swamped
soccer game or if your act with your
iphone sign up for the mobile phone
throwing competition but don’t get too
tuckered out before prepping for your
wife carrying race and of course the air
guitar world championships also take
place in Finland did you expect anything
less
[Music]
number three Finnish sauna culture is
for real in America saunas are a luxury
you partake in at a spa or maybe your
friends rich and quirky parents have one
in their house it’s certainly not
something that’s used with any
regularity in Finland however saunas are
pretty much a way of life the numbers
may have changed slightly but as of 2013
the population of Finland was 5.3
million people and there were 3.3
million saunas that means that there was
essentially a sauna for every household
in fact the word sauna is actually
finished and it’s the only word from
their language to be used regularly in
English
number two the Finnish education system
is awesome for years now Finnish
students have been topping global
rankings in terms of academic success
and the rest of the world has taken
notice the education system in Finland
was reformed decades ago and ever since
their students results have been
skyrocketing so what are their secrets
kids don’t start going to school until
they’re seven and until they’re
teenagers they’re given essentially zero
homework standardized testing isn’t
really a thing either with only one
major test taken at the age of 16
private schools are nearly non-existent
which means that all students are
integrated together regardless of their
family income all of this makes for a
higher quality education that every
citizen can benefit from number one
Finland performs among the best in many
global rankings we’ve already talked
about their crazy sports their education
system and their metal bands but this
Nordic country is the best at so many
other things Finland was ranked among
the least corrupt countries in the world
by the corruption perception index and
it’s also considered the best country in
which to be a mother making headlines
with their popular baby box concept all
of this contributes to overall quality
of life and year after year Finland has
ranked among the happiest countries in
the world alongside their Scandinavian
neighbours
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
of a thousand lakes welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 facts
people from Finland want you to know
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at fun and interesting facts
about this Nordic country in honor of
the 100th anniversary of their
independence which was declared on
December 6 1917 number 10 finns can time
travel don’t believe us here so finland
operates 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
Time while neighboring Sweden is only
one hour ahead of GMT you following that
means that on New Year’s Eve finns can
do their countdown twice if they quickly
cross the border into sweden after
celebrating at home and because travel
between countries is much simpler in
europe you won’t have to worry about
making declarations to any pesky border
guards while you’re travelling through
time and no time machine required number
9 the finnish monarchy was short-lived
like we said Finland gained independence
from Russia on December 6 1917 but after
that they had to figure out how they
were going to rule themselves initially
they decided to function as a republic
but some members of parliament were
still monarchists and a civil war ensued
after the Social Democratic Party was
ousted a monarchy was established but
since there was no line of succession a
king had to be voted in they chose the
German Prince Frederick Charles of HESA
on October 9th 1918 but by December of
that same year without ever having set
foot in Finland he stepped down number 8
Finn’s love their coffee you think you
need coffee to get out of bed in the
morning well no one on earth is as
hooked on caffeine as the Finns
they rank first in terms of coffee
drinking countries worldwide you’d think
that places that famously produce coffee
beans like Colombia or Brazil would beat
them or even countries like Italy that
have become synonymous with espresso
based beverages in 2017
the International coffee organization
because apparently that’s a thing
establish that on average every Finnish
citizen goes through 12 kilograms of
coffee per person per year that’s
roughly twenty six and a half pounds
plus other Scandinavian countries come
in right behind Finland with Norway
Iceland and Denmark ranking second third
and fourth number seven Finns have a
great view of the Northern Lights
Lapland the northern region of Finland
is one of the best places in the world
to view the aurora borealis or Northern
Lights on clear nights from late August
to April you can get a spectacular view
of the beautifully lit night sky oh and
you know those glass roofed igloos that
you’ve probably seen on every Travel
bucket list ever made since the advent
of the Internet yep those are in Finland
staying in one is pretty pricey but it’s
undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime
experience
also if you visit in the summer make
sure to stay up to see The Midnight Sun
number six Finns take pride in their
gaming industry the Finns specialize in
many things and one of them is gaming in
fact per capita Finland has produced
more successful video games than any
other country in the world they’re
responsible for giving us mega hits like
the Max Payne franchise clash of clans
and boom Beach as well as the crazy
popular Angry Birds
some of the industry’s biggest gaming
studios are situated in Finland with
many focusing specifically on mobile
games that have topped the charts for
iPhone and iPad you’ll regret the day
you crossed angry knees
number five finns are serious about
heavy metal
another way fins are topping the charts
with their heavy metal bands website GIS
lounge created a world map that charts
the density of metal bands from every
country and established that Finland
boasts a shocking 53.2 heavy metal bands
per 100,000 residents fans like Children
of Bodom him and before the dawn all
hail from Finland and in fact the
country more than doubles the number of
metal bands per capita of the runners-up
Sweden and Norway geez why does
Scandinavian countries produce such dark
music maybe it’s the cold and lack of
sunlight
number four fins play some weird sports
sure they’re not bad at ice hockey and
some pretty good formula one and rally
drivers have come out of the country but
the Finns don’t always like to compete
on other people’s playing fields in fact
they’re pretty good with coming up with
games and sports on their own and that
suits them just fine in Finland you can
compete in a good old fashioned swamped
soccer game or if your act with your
iphone sign up for the mobile phone
throwing competition but don’t get too
tuckered out before prepping for your
wife carrying race and of course the air
guitar world championships also take
place in Finland did you expect anything
less
[Music]
number three Finnish sauna culture is
for real in America saunas are a luxury
you partake in at a spa or maybe your
friends rich and quirky parents have one
in their house it’s certainly not
something that’s used with any
regularity in Finland however saunas are
pretty much a way of life the numbers
may have changed slightly but as of 2013
the population of Finland was 5.3
million people and there were 3.3
million saunas that means that there was
essentially a sauna for every household
in fact the word sauna is actually
finished and it’s the only word from
their language to be used regularly in
English
number two the Finnish education system
is awesome for years now Finnish
students have been topping global
rankings in terms of academic success
and the rest of the world has taken
notice the education system in Finland
was reformed decades ago and ever since
their students results have been
skyrocketing so what are their secrets
kids don’t start going to school until
they’re seven and until they’re
teenagers they’re given essentially zero
homework standardized testing isn’t
really a thing either with only one
major test taken at the age of 16
private schools are nearly non-existent
which means that all students are
integrated together regardless of their
family income all of this makes for a
higher quality education that every
citizen can benefit from number one
Finland performs among the best in many
global rankings we’ve already talked
about their crazy sports their education
system and their metal bands but this
Nordic country is the best at so many
other things Finland was ranked among
the least corrupt countries in the world
by the corruption perception index and
it’s also considered the best country in
which to be a mother making headlines
with their popular baby box concept all
of this contributes to overall quality
of life and year after year Finland has
ranked among the happiest countries in
the world alongside their Scandinavian
neighbours
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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