Finland is a country not many people really know much about. I was very lucky to have spent about a week in Helsinki, Finland after my college graduation. It was interesting, beautiful and the people were very friendly. Not to mention all the delish seafood!
Not long ago I saw Confessions of a Shopaholic where the main character claimed that she was fluent in Finnish (she obviously was not!). Later that night my friend and I crashed a party and met some Finnish documentarians (that's a whole other story!). Recently, that same friend sent me a list of unique competitions in Finland. They are:
1. Wife Carrying World Championships
2. World Cell Phone Throwing Championships
3. Air Guitar World Championship
4. Mosquito Swatting Championships
5. Ant-Nest Sitting Competition
6. Ice Swimming Events
7. World Cup in Snowshoe Football
8. Finnish Sauna World Championships
9. Kutemajarvi Sex Festival & Matchmaking Festival
10. Swamp Soccer World Championships
11. Finnish Cattle Calling Championships
12. Finnish Dialect Speaking Championships
13. Milking Stool Throwing Contests
And if you are there and none of these events are happening the just call up one of my favorite Finnish-Pamela Anderson!
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