One popular legend is about the creation of Finland by a giant called Kaleva, who shaped the land by hurling rocks into the sea. Another myth involves the mysterious creature called the "menninkäinen," a gnome-like being believed to live in the forests and guard hidden treasures. Additionally, the story of the "Kalevala," Finland's national epic, features tales of ancient heroes and mythical creatures.
In Finland, Father Christmas is said to ride on a sleigh pulled by reindeer to deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. This tradition is similar to the one associated with Santa Claus in other countries.
Santa Claus is traditionally said to live at the North Pole, but in Finland, there is a town called Rovaniemi that is known as the "official" home of Santa Claus. Many tourists visit Rovaniemi to experience the Christmas spirit and meet Santa.
Finnish is considered complex mainly due to its morphology, which involves a complex system of noun cases, verb conjugations, and extensive vowel harmony rules. Additionally, the language has a different structure and vocabulary compared to many other languages, making it challenging for speakers of other languages to learn.
In Finland, during mid-winter in December, the sun sets around 3-4 PM and rises around 9-10 AM, leading to long periods of darkness. In the northernmost parts of Finland, the sun does not rise above the horizon for several weeks, resulting in a period commonly referred to as "polar night."
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Isoäiti, iso being grand and äiti mother. "ä" is pronounced like you pronounce the "a" in the word that.
There are also less formal words for grandmother, like "mummo", "mummu" or "mummi".
The word for 'Finland' in Finnish is Suomi. This word made also be user to refer to the language itself, Finnish.
Please see the related links below if you're interested in hearing a native speaker's pronunciation of 'Suomi'.
Hyvin, entä sinulla?
Remember that this is a hard language...
Mitä sinä teet? (Sounds a bit like you're suspicious of what someone is doing)
More natural: Mitä teet? or Mitä puuhaat.
But you should try to find a proper way to pronounce it. Otherwise it's going to sound odd.
dl is short for deciliter. One deciliter is one tenth of a liter.
If one liter consists of a thousand milliliters (ml), that means one deciliter must be a hundred milliliters. Your measuring jug will probably have ml markings. If not, one deciliter is about 0.4 cups.
Example:
500 ml = 5 dl = 0,5 L
Using dl for cooking is common in Europe. If you in any rare occasions stumble upon cl, centiliters, this means one hundredth of a liter. The rest of the world will probably use liters and milliliters.
Estonia is country code +372. There are no city codes or area codes. The local number is 7 or 8 digits.
(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)
2 PM Eastern European Time (EET; Finland-winter)
= 3 PM Eastern European Summer Time [EEST; Finland-summer (Mar-Oct)]
= 9:30 PM Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; Adelaide-winter)
= 10:30 PM Australian Central Daylight Saving Time [ACDT; Adelaide-summer (Oct-Apr)]
Toomas Hendrik Ilves is the president of Estonia, the head of state. Andrus Ansip is the prime minister, the head of government.
Western Europe.
Eastern Europe is used to denote those countries that fell under the influence, or were part of the Soviet Union after the second world war. Finland managed to keep its independence, and is thus considered part of western Europe.
Though i would like to note that the boundaries of eastern and western Europe have started to fade.
Finland is in Western Europe, it is a border country of Eastern and Western.
The ave. temp. in Helsinki, Finland in January; is 99.0 F
It is a northern neighbor of Russia. I went to Russia this summer and wanted to visit Helsinki for the day, but that was impossible. I would have had to take a train between St. Petersburg and Helsinki and it would have taken at least 14 hours. I couldn't find a ship or ferry that went between the two that was faster. There was no way. I was surprised to see that no ferry ran. I loved St. Petersburg.
There are several small bodies of water between Sweden and Russia. They are all connected, but have different names. The Gulf of Bothnia separates Sweden and Finland- it is located to the east of Sweden. To get to Russia from there, you must travel through the Gulf of Finland- you will land in St. Petersburg. Both of these gulfs are smaller bodies of water contained in the Baltic Sea.
New Zealand is made up of two main islands, the North Island and the South Island. In addition there is Stewart Island to the far south, and hundreds more smaller islands, some of which are inhabited. They include the Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands.