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Finnish
Culture
Experiencing Culture
There are many cultural opportunities in
this vast country, including theatre, cinemas
and museums. There are approximately 1,000
museums in Finland, though 700 of them are open
only in the summer. A museum’s focus can be art,
history, nature, a certain individual or a speciality
field. During the summer, people have the
opportunity to visit the country’s many open-air
museums and more expansive museum areas that
include entire buildings, like a traditional Finnish
farm house.
Saunas are a way of life in Finland, where
they were invented over 2000 years ago. They can
be found in apartments and summer houses, in
public swimming pools, gyms and hotels, on boats
and buses ... even inside Parliament. There are
more saunas than cars in Finland.
Trust and Respect
Finland has one of the lowest levels of corruption in the world. It has a high degree of social
trust, and respect for agreements and keeping one’s word are deeply rooted in the culture.
Words cannot express how much we learned both personally and professionally through this
trip. We were especially impressed by the importance of Trust, Respect and Peace in Finland.
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