Welcome to the city of Helsinki the
Capital of Finland that is an urban core
Home to many hard-working and traditional people and is one of the world's most northern capitals a place of economic power
Entertainment and a place that has a warm heart even against the skin piercing northern winds of winter
Hey, everybody what's going on Dave Walpole here and welcome to FTD facts the channel
We usually talk about people cultures and places from all around the world and we do some cool top 10 lists as well
Now here on the channel today. We are gonna
Talk about Helsinki because well in our previous episode on
Finland a lot of you guys had some really nice things to say about the country, so we're like hey
Let's just continue to dive more into
Finland culture and with that in mind considering a lot of you guys want us to keep talking about culture and places we're gonna talk
about
Helsinki
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Let me know down there in the comments section below me I've always loved Boston. It's just a really cool City so today
We are looking at Helsinki and first of all
Helsinki is a very unique city because it is one of the coldest cities in the world as a matter of fact
it is considered one of the coldest capitals in the world as it bounces between Ottawa of Canada and
Elon Betar of Mongolia and on top of that it's also
Considered one of the darkest capitols on the planet now what I mean dark
I don't mean like people are going around the city being like I hate life
I'm so depressed by the
Minima no what I mean is like it is actually physically one of the darkest places on the planet
first of all it's yearly average temperature for
2017 equalled 6.6
Degrees and for 51 days of the year it received little to no sunlight and although it is cold keep in mind in the summer
Seasons it'll get an average of 120 to 180 to rainy days a year and on top of that during the summer seasons
Thunderstorms also happen quite frequently and as for the winter seasons
They have a yearly average snowfall of approximately 72 centimeters deep now
let's jump in to talk about the population and its density and of course the land size of
Helsinki because it's pretty interesting first of all for a city quite north it actually has a pretty big population
equaling six hundred forty two thousand forty five people approximately
However, if you included its metro population which is Helsinki and the surrounding area?
They have approximately one point four million people in the region and of course
This is stretched out over a land size of two hundred and fourteen point two one kilometers and for its population density
it's it's roughly at three thousand people per kilometer square and that makes it the most populated city in all of
Finland now if we're going to talk about land size we should probably mention that Helsinki is a city just like Mumbai or even
Copenhagen, it's built on a bunch of different islands located in an archipelago
Helsinki has approximately
315 islands which definitely makes it a great place for people to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city life now when
It comes to these islands some of them have different forms of entertainment
That would be liked by many different people for example the island of cork Astoria has the largest zoo in the country
And the island of Peleus Ori is an island that is good for nudists. That's right. They have nudist colonies on that Island, it's
pretty revealing
but overall about two-thirds of the city is pretty much considered the Baltic Sea and
One-third of it is actual physical land and with a combination of all the islands the shoreline equals a roughly
123 kilometers long now of course that means if there's so many
Islands you have to get around these islands and because of that there are so many boats in the city as a matter of fact
There is approximately 11,000 places to park your boat. Just keep in mind throwing an anchor onto pavement is not really a good idea
It's not gonna work now. Let's dive into some history because Helsinki was originally founded in
1550 and most of the people of Finland will know that it was originally founded by the Swedes
Now the reason for this is because King Gustav, Vasa
Founded this city as a trade port to compete with estonia's capital Tallinn in order to own the trade of the Baltic Sea
however
it wasn't until 1812 that Helsinki became the capital of Finland when Alexander the first of Russia moved the capital from Turko to
Helsinki and in today's world it is one booming city as a matter of fact
It is the only city in Finland that has trains and subways
With 25 stations much too long in over 70 kilometer track with four subway lines
It is considered the most northern subway system and most northern metro system in the world
now if we're detect with the winter in Helsinki if you were to go there during those months you may notice that on walkways and
Sidewalks, there is no snow at all now you may wonder to yourself
Well is this due to the fact that people get out there and shovel well actually no. It's because in Helsinki
It has a heated system for its sidewalks, which I find amazing because up here in Canada. I haven't seen any heated sidewalks
I'm like man
I really wish we could have these so then we don't have to shovel at all and
Because of this this makes Helsinki one of the few capitals in the world that actually has heated sidewalk systems now
Here's something that threw me off quite a bit because when I read about it
I was like I didn't know that cities actually have animals and even plants as their city symbols
I knew countries did but I wasn't really like hmm
Wait a minute a city does that's kind of weird however in Helsinki
It has a plant symbol of a maple tree
Which is really cool for me because I'm Canadian the maple leaf is like our you know image right, but however
I will have to give it to them because as for their animal it is a
Squirrel and maybe the people of Finland just loves squirrels because they're always gathering nuts for winter and one of the common thought
Reasons of why the squirrel is the image of the city is because the island cirrus ori is actually known as
Squirrel island where you will generally see the common red school that lives within the region now, okay?
We've talked a little bit about the history some cool facts about Helsinki
But what about its population well we already know how many people live there?
But my question is who are the people that are living within this city when it comes to its
Demographics Helsinki has more average woman than the entire country with a population equaling
53.4% woman and of this whole population eighty 1.9 percent of them are considered Finnish of descent
5.9. Percent are Swedish and
12.2% of them speaking native languages and of course. It's not just people that live in Helsinki as a matter of fact
They have a problem of a very familiar animal. This is because
Helsinki has a problem with bunnies
That's right Helsinki has an overpopulation issue of bunnies and although
They are shy you'll see them running around the streets quite frequently and they've tried many different ways to get rid of these animals
They're like. It's pretty much useless. Where's pretty much stuck with him because these things just mate all the time however
It's not just bunnies because Helsinki is located in an archipelago
it is home to many different species for example it has over 1,000 species of plants and
approximately a hundred and sixty-four species of birds and one thing to know about
Helsinki is it is a place that has clean water as a matter of fact
They boast of having the cleanest water of any capital in the world for example in
2017 the inhabitants drank approximately
225 liters of water per person now the reason their tap water is so good and pure is it actually comes from way up north
Going through the pion tunnel and this tunnel is considered the world's second longest water tunnel next to one in the United States
but for this particular
Tunnel it equals approximately a hundred and twenty kilometers in length and as I said all this water starts way up north
Coming from Lake PI an which is also the second largest lake in all of Finland
And they say that the water is so clean and so pure that it doesn't need any
Processing although they do process the water there and because of the purity of this water
It is exported to many countries like Saudi Arabia and much more and to finish it all off guys
Helsinki is a huge financial center for the country as a matter of fact it brings in approximately one-third of Finland's
GDP and is home to 83 of the top 100 most successful businesses in Finland and as for the gross value
Added per capita, which is the measurement of goods and services provided in an area it is approximately 200 percent higher than?
27 European capitals being equal to places like
Stockholm and Paris so there you have it guys that is just a small look at
Helsinki a fascinating city that is growing every minute and every day my name is Dave waffle guys
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But this is Helsinki a city that may be different from your very own
City or may be a place that is familiar to you home to many people who have
traditional roots that have gone the miles and made the distance this is the Sadie people and culture of
Helsinki where home is always as pure as its crisp clear waters
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