Reilly+P.+-+Finland

Facts Contents:

 * 1) ===10 Useful Phrases===
 * 2) ===Government===
 * 3) ===School System===
 * 4) ===Tourism===
 * 5) ===Transportation===
 * 6) ===Main Industries===
 * 7) ===Historical Events===
 * 8) ===How to Get a Passport===
 * 9) ===Clothing===
 * 10) ===Food===
 * 11) ===What to Bring===
 * 12) ===What You Can't Find===
 * 13) ===Bibliography===

1. 10 Useful Phrases:

 * ===Where's the bathroom? Missä vessa?===
 * ===Do you have the time? Onko sinulla aikaa?===
 * ===Can you help me? Voilteko auttaa minua?===
 * ===Thank you. Kiitos.===
 * ===Hello! How are you? Hei! Miten menee?===
 * ===I'm lost. Will you help me find... Olen eksynyt. Autatko minua löytämään ...===
 * ===Can you speak slower? Voitko puhua hitaammin?===
 * ===How much money is this? Kuinka paljon rahaa on?===
 * ===Can you get me a doctor? Saatko minulle lääkäri?===
 * ===How does this work? Miten tämä toimii?===

Finland is a republic government. That means that the people have control over government.
=== Finland there is a president and a prime minister. They elect a president every six years, and the elected president picks the prime minister. Currently, the president is Tarja Halonen. Tarja Halonen is the first woman president in Finland. She was elected in 2000, and reelected in 2006. The current prime minister is Mari Kiviniemi. She is the second woman prime minister. ===

===In Finland, the schooling system is a little different than ours. They offer free preschool, public or private. You must go to preschool for at least one year. Then, you go to primary school. After primary school, kids choose if they want to trade, as in you can cooking or something like that. If you don't choose to trade, you go to high school. When you go to college in Finland, it's free! Why is preschool and college free? Well, school is very important to Finns.===

===There are some good places to go to in Finland. One is Turku. People go to Turku because that was the capital of Finland until 1812. A good place to visit in Turku is the Turku Castle. Another place to visit in Finland is Lake Saimaa. People go there because it's just really cool and fun. People also like going to Yyteri Beach. It's a really good beach to go to in Finland. It's fun to go to Kuopio. A cool fact about Kuopio is it has 14 twin towns. Another fun place in Finland is the capital, Helsinki. Why? There's so much to do there!===

===Finns have different ways to get to places. If you live in a big city like, Helsinki, you take the subway or the clean buses or trains. Each family throughout Finland owns one car. People like riding ferries across the waters. In the summertime, Finns ride their bikes so they stay healthy.===

===Finland has a couple main industries. One is electronics, and a big electronic company in Finland is Nokia. Another is metal, engineering, manufacturing, and others that fall in that category. About 400,000 people in Finland work in these kinds of companies. In the energy industries, the types of energy was divided into the supplied of how much Finland has, nuclear power - 26%, net imports - 20%, hydroelectric power - 16%, combined production district heat - 18%, combined production industry - 13%, condensing power - 6%. Additional industries include, the pulp and paper industry, and the chemical industry. ===

(online)

 * 1) ===Go on to www.uspassport123.com.===
 * 2) ===Click New Passport if you're an adult, or Child Passport if you're a child.===
 * 3) ===Choose your price of your passport.===
 * 4) ===Then fill out your personal application.===
 * 5) ===Ta-da! Your finished!===

===Most Finnish people are more on the fashionable side. The traditional female style is a skirt, shirt, and vest. The men usually wear pants, shirt, and vest, if they also dress traditional. Now, Finns wear trousers, skirts, scarfs, jackets, aprons, wool vests, cotton blouses, and a head pieces, usually headbands or hats. Finns wear warm clothes, since it's cold there.===

This will be your menu of your typical meals in Finland.

 * ===Breakfast:===

Adults will just have coffee and tea. Kids have milk or hot chocolate. They usually have pancakes, which they make differently than us. Finns also make egg butter spread.

 * ===Lunch:===

Finns like having a large dinner, so lunch can include salad, steamed veggies, or fish. You would only have one of the three.

 * ===Dinner:===

They love to have potatoes, cheese, sausage, and fish. A favorite dinner is meatloaf with a lingonberry sauce.

 * ===Dessert:===

Finnish dessert is different then what we have. They like to have berries like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, or lingonberies.

 * ===Specialty:===

Everyone:

 * ===You'll need to bring a coat. It's cold!===
 * ===You'll need your passport.===
 * ===It's a good idea to bring a Finnish to English translator book.===
 * ===Bring walking shoes.===
 * ===You need money, of course!===
 * ===Warm clothing is good.===

Movers:

 * ===Your furniture!===
 * ===Credit Card to access all of your money.===
 * ===Cooking supplies would be good.===
 * ===Any others personal belongings.===


 * ===Hedgehogs as pets :..(===
 * ===Donald Duck Comics===
 * ===Warm Temperatures===
 * ===King Kong Movies===
 * ===A Camel===
 * ===A Kangaroo===

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