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Report: Alcohol abuse a "big problem" in Finland, main cause of preventable deaths. Alcohol was found to be the biggest cause of preventable deaths in 15 welfare regions across Finland, suicide was the biggest factor in 5 regions and ischemic heart disease in three.

Finland among the best in the world
Finland is a small country on a global scale. The population of Finland makes up just 0.07 per cent of the world's population and its area as much of the total world area. But even a small country can jump to the top of the world, and this is what Finland has done: in international country comparisons of positive things Finland is often among the top countries next to other Nordic countries.

In honour of Finland's centenary celebrations, we collected a list of comparisons in which Finland is one of the best in the world. The list below was last time updated on 5 December 2018, when Finland was for the last day one hundred years old. An updated list is available at Independence Day 2019.

Society
Finland is the most stable country in the world.
The Fund for Peace, Fragile States Index 2018You are moving to another service.

Finland is the freest country in the world together with Sweden and Norway.
Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2018You are moving to another service.

Finland is the safest country in the world.
World Economic Forum, The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017

Paid Time Off (PTO) in Finland
Vacation Quota (Annual Leave)
5 weeks (usually 4 weeks of summer vacation and 1 week of winter vacation)

Employees in Finland are entitled to paid vacation of 2.5 days per month after a full year of employment. This comes to 5 full weeks of paid vacation, or 25 days annually.

Nota Bene: Officially, employees will actually receive 30 days of paid vacation, because Saturday is also calculated as a workday, even for employees who don’t regularly work on Saturday. Employees accrue and take vacation based on weekdays. A weekday is considered to be any day other than Sunday or a public holiday. Therefore, a complete week of vacation includes 6 days (including Saturday), even for employees with a regular 5-day week. A similar calculation exists in France as well.

On top of that, employees have 13 days off on public holidays.

2dimes wrote:Eventually you don't even notice the scent of herring entrails. Which is good, since you'll probably never get it off your hands.

Pack Rat wrote:

2dimes wrote:Eventually you don't even notice the scent of herring entrails. Which is good, since you'll probably never get it off your hands.

The only thing that would improve Finland is establishing a Buc'ees. I finally visited a Buc-ees in Texas and enjoyed their delicious pulled pork sandwich. Buc-ees business model is second to none!

2dimes wrote:Might suck next time Russia shows up looking to take over the fish pickling operations and fur hat industries.

Lonous wrote:

2dimes wrote:Might suck next time Russia shows up looking to take over the fish pickling operations and fur hat industries.

My wife ordered me a fox Ushanka hat and herself some matryoshka dolls from Russia some years back.
We were placed on a watch list for the order.
I wish I was exaggerating.

Lonous wrote:

2dimes wrote:Might suck next time Russia shows up looking to take over the fish pickling operations and fur hat industries.

My wife ordered me a fox Ushanka hat and herself some matryoshka dolls from Russia some years back.
We were placed on a watch list for the order.
I wish I was exaggerating.

Pack Rat wrote:How did you find out that your wife and you were on some type of watch list? Black helicopters flying above your house?

riskllama wrote:and lastly, Varusteleka - their Sarma brand makes excellent outdoor gear & clothing.