Finland is a country in Scandinavia. It borders with Sweden, Norway, Russia and at sea with Estonia. The capital city is Helsinki. In Lapland, northern Finland, the temperature is around -15 degrees celsius, but it was ussualy also -40 degrees celsius. Finland has about 188,000 lakes. More than 1,100 tree and other plant species grow in Finland. Finland has a population of 5,535,227.In Finland lives Finns, Swedish and Sami in Lapland. The Protestant religion is the most widespread, and there are also Orthodox minorities in the east of the country.聽 Lahti is the capital of the region of P盲ij盲nne Tavastia. It is located on the bay at the southern end of Lake Vesij盲rvi about 100 kilometers north of the Helsinki. Lahti is the economic center of the region. The city has a population of 120,000 people and is the eighth largest city in Finland. Lahti is very famous for winter sports. Every year is competition of ski jump an biathlon in Lahti.
