It has very few trees (so I'm told)
It has very few trees (so I'm told)
"We're not Iron Maiden
We're not from England
We are Sonata
And we are from Finland!!!"
- singer for Sonata Arctica changed the lyrics at the beginning of 'Black Sheep' for their For the Sake of Revenge Live album.
Great music, not the native language but some of artists are really great like Lovex
The king of Finland.
I love Finland, but it's just as shit expensive as The Netherlands which is why i prefer Sweden.
Yes in fact just as I left for work I realised that I was thinking of IcelandOriginally Posted by Autumn
It has very few trees (so I'm told)
No, there's shit loads of trees in Finland and hence we got big paper production. Almost the whole country is covered in trees and lakes.
I really should learn to engage my brain before typing.
I just found out Nightwish are from Finland.
I had no idea.
+1 internets for you, sir!
What I know about Finland:
-Vittu
-The Winter War
-Finland was occupied by the Nazis during WWII but it was more a means to an end. Once the Winter War was over, the Finnish army turned around and kicked the Nazis out of the country.
-Also there was a synagogue set up in Lapland on the Finnish front (the only one on the Nazi front) and Jews who were able to made pilgrimage. Said synagogue was also set up 2 km away from Nazi command. They weren't happy.
-Rovio and Angry Birds which are slowly taking over the world.
-Lots of heavy metal, a lot of power metal seems to get exported more than the others.
-"Y" is pronounced like "u" except when it's not.
-Written Finnish and spoken Finnish are almost two different languages.
-Tarja Halonen looks like Conan O'Brien.
-Reindeer sausage.
-Salmiakki.
-Vodka. Lots of vodka.
I may or may not have a desire to visit Finland some day. :x
That fabric softener teddy bear...oooh I'm 'a hunt that little bitch down.
Uhm. Linux?
The greatest and the most influential Finnish gift to humanity.
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Fins are great drivers!! I saw this on Top Gear where they gave all the Great Fin racing lineage and how your driving test is vert intensive. Mika Hakkinen is one of my favortie F1 drivers. Also you guys seem to be very good at WoW and raiding in particular. So I'm going to say you guys must really be anally retentive (this is a godd thing!).
It used to belong to sweden and finland have one of the most ugliest language in the world
Pekka Haavisto
I know they kicked Russia's ass in the Winter War even though they had to cede land.
I certainly wouldn't wanna fight them.
Oh, and Simo Häyhä
That you have HP Sauce, but fuck all to put it on. Also Oulun Kärpät are awesome.
Nokia
Kimi Raikkonen
Mika Hakkinen
Tommi Makkinen
Paragon
Nightwish
Lordi
and my last proper girlfriend! Something about Finnish girls.
Probably running on a Pentium 4