The Joys and Frustrations of Living and Working in Finland

Often rated as the happiest country in the world, but what makes it tick and is it all a bed of roses?

A Beautiful Country

70% Forest, 10% lakes, rivers, 20% for roads, farms, cities and towns.

Super Summers

  • June to August, 20 – 25 degrees celcius, in the South.
  • Sometimes over 25 degrees for weeks at a time.
  • 24 hour daylight mid-summer.

Proper Winters

  • A period of snow and ice.
  • In the South temperatures hover around freezing December – March.
  • Dropping to minus 26 degrees celcius occasionally.

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