Finland is flat, and the northern part of Lapland is the highest point in Finland at 1,328 meters above sea level, on the border between Finland and Norway. The longest river in the country is the Kemijoki River, which is 512 kilometers long. Most of the islands are in the south-west and on the southern coast of the Finnish peninsula, with the famous Åland Islands.

Finland is a highly industrialized, liberalized market economy, with per capita output exceeding that of established powers such as the United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, well above the EU average, and on par with its neighbor Sweden.

The main pillar of the economy is manufacturing, mainly in the wood, metal, engineering, telecommunications and electronics industries.

The telecommunications industry in Finland is represented by Nokia.

That's right, it is Nokia, which once dominated the mobile phone production industry for N years, and now it is in decline.

When Ye Chao was a student, he used a Nokia mobile phone.

In those days, there was Nokia everywhere, and there were mobile phone stores everywhere, unlike now, Apple, Huawei, ...... Occupy the mobile phone stores on the main streets......

Finland boasts the highest percentage of Internet access and mobile phone ownership per capita.

Trade is very important to Finland, with about one-third of its GDP coming from exports. With the exception of timber and a few minerals, Finland relies on imports for raw materials, energy and some industrial components.

Due to the weather, Finland's agriculture is only subsistence in basic agricultural products.

The forestry industry, as the main pillar of exports, provides a second job option for the rural population. Finland joined the euro system in 1999 and was the only Nordic country to use the euro as of 2013, and in the coming years it will integrate more quickly with Western European economies.

Finland joined the eurozone in 1999 and officially entered into circulation in 2002.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, the Finnish economy has been in trouble for a long time and shows no signs of coming out of the downturn. According to the European Commission, Finland's economy will grow by minus 0.4% in 2014. In 2012 and 2013, the Finnish economy contracted for two consecutive years.

Domestically, the tech giant Nokia is in decline and the population is aging, while abroad, the Ukraine crisis has escalated, and the sanctions and counter-sanctions war between Europe, the United States and Russia has intensified.

These factors have undoubtedly exacerbated the situation for the Finnish economy, which has not yet emerged from the shadow of the financial crisis and the European debt crisis. Ranked third in the World Economic Forum's annual competitiveness rankings 2013-2014.

Affected by the global economic situation and the European debt crisis, Finland's economic growth has slowed, business failures have increased, and unemployment has risen. What was once a happy country is no longer comfortable anymore......

It's really impermanent.

As for the Finns, most of them are reserved and unpretentious.

The severe climatic conditions, the beautiful natural environment, the special geographical location and historical reasons have made the Finns a very distinctive national character and culture. They like to use the word "sisu", which cannot be translated into other languages, to describe their national character, presumably referring to the Finns who are kind, honest, law-abiding, introverted, not good at talking, as well as tenacious and unusually patient.

In this regard, Ye Chao only looked at it with a smile.

The Chinese nation still describes itself as industrious, brave, and wise, but how did the 36 plans come about, eh...... Anyway, that's what it is.

In Finland, it is considered everyone's right to enjoy holidays, and there are relatively many holidays. On holidays (including Sundays), all shops are closed, and even buses are less than half as usual.

This is a wonder that does not exist in the country.

Domestically, what to enjoy the holidays?

Holidays are the days when Chinese businessmen make money, and it is impossible to let go of the drop easily......

Sauna is the quintessence of Finland, with around 1.92 million saunas in the country, with an average of one for every three people.

Finns go in and take off their shoes, don't ask about their privacy, don't take a shower after 8.9 p.m., make a loud noise to disturb others, try not to go to the bar, no matter where you are, it's annoying to come home so late and open and close the door.

The first time you go to someone's house to bring a gift, Finns don't pay attention to how much the gift is, you can buy some black tea (black tea is more common), and then you don't bring it from China, you can buy a bottle of wine or coffee from the local supermarket.

Others depend on their living habits, no leftovers for eating, as much as you want, how much you eat (water too), no matter how bad the food, if you put it on your plate, you will eat it. It's a very polite thing.

Here's the SISU spirit.

The SISU spirit is part of Finnish culture and is difficult to translate directly into other languages, but it can be understood as will, determination, and the word is also used by Finns to name other things, such as the Finnish car brand Sisu and a large Finnish icebreaker called SISU.

It is said that in the past, Finland was very poor, and its natural resources were not as good as those of its neighbors, which created a unique culture. Since there are not many resources to export, the only way to "turn gray matter into GDP" is to highlight the value of good people, and education has become an important part of Finnish society.

The Finns advertise themselves like this, uh, but they are well-known shy in Europe.

Actually, it's just sullen......

In Finland, women chase men, men can't say a word, and people don't understand what flirting and romance is.

Heck, Finnish men are really happy...... If it is in China, it is estimated that many men can't find a girlfriend, and they have a house, a car, and a deposit in these years, and they are not insured, so they have to have sweet words first.

Ye Chao remembers hearing a Finnish girl complaining on the street: "Oh, my friend has a German boyfriend who buys her flowers, it's impossible for a Finnish man to happen......"

What's going on?

Are Finnish men really that weak?

This is not absolutely, but of course part of the reason is also because Finland is a feminist country, and even women outnumber men in parliament.

The women's rights in the whole of Northern Europe are particularly famous, Ye Chao remembers once taking SAS Scandinavian Airlines and saw that the captains were all women.

Female Captain...... Very few in the country, right?

Every time you take the train, a Finnish man will not come to help you when he sees that your luggage can't fit in the luggage rack, no man will let a lady in first, and gentlemen don't exist in Finland.

may be because of such a social atmosphere of equality between men and women, which has created such a strange situation.

But there is one thing that Finnish men are extremely loyal, and they also inherit the Nordic tradition of good fathers, who are really good to their children, often watching the house, taking the children to swim and taking care of the children's breakfast.

Finns are also notoriously reticent, so much so that when you look at the streets, there are a bunch of poker faces, trains, buses, how quiet they are.

Ye Chao once learned that recently Finns have come up with a popular comic called Finnish nightmare in order to laugh at themselves, as shown in the picture, they don't have a small talk like Americans and other Europeans, and neighbors rarely talk when they meet.

They don't have a small talk like the Americans, as well as other Europeans, and the neighbors rarely talk when they meet.

All in all, they ...... Well, what a reserved people.

I remember a Finnish girl who said to Ye Chao that her parents were once in the United States, and "they hated the United States, which was a nightmare for them."

Ye Chao swept through the magic of his heart, and realized that maybe they felt that Americans were too much nonsense and too enthusiastic to stand it, they liked to be quiet, and they didn't like it for Americans who talked too much nonsense, and they weren't used to it......

However, Finns are not all so weird, but most of them are.

Finland has a very high forest cover, and the whole country has a population of only 5.5 million, with an average of 21 trees per Finn, and Finland is known as the land of a thousand lakes.