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The Republic of Finland (in the Finnish Suomi) is located in Northern Europe in Scandinavia. Finland has 5.5 million inhabitants. Neighboring countries are Russia, Norway and Sweden. On the other side of the Finnish golf is Estonia. Finland is located at the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea. The capital of Finland is Helsinki. The nickname of Finland is the land of a thousand lakes, because it contains 180,000 lakes. The lakes are at least 5 months per year frozen. Finland is mainly known for the intensive use of saunas: 1.7 million saunas at 5.5 million inhabitants. After Iceland Finland is the most northern state of Europe. A third of Finland lies above the Arctic Circle. Lapland (Lappi) is the largest province of Finland. Finland has 1.2 million hectares of protected area including 27 accessible national parks ( "kansallispuisto '). Not accessable are 19 regional nature reserves (luonnonpuisto '). Finland can be visited during the whole year: winter is popular as a winter sports destination and in the summer there are many open-air theatres and festivals in Finland.

The easy and low cost way of travelling. Hostels do not only provide sleeping but new friendships as well. Hostels, also called youth hostels, provide short-term accommodation to travellers or backpackers, particularly encouraging outdoor activities and cultural exchange for the young. Hostels are also often called backpackers' hostels (or backpackers' for short), particularly in Australia and New Zealand. In a hostel guests often rent a bed (sometimes a bunk bed) in a dormitory and share common bathroom, kitchen, and lounge rooms. Private rooms are often available. The main benefits of a hostel are firstly the low cost of the accommodation compared to alternatives such as hotels, and that one gets to meet other travellers from all over the world. Hostels are usually less formal and less expensive than hotels. They are most frequently used by young travellers. In the past many hostels imposed age limits, but today it is more common for hostels to accept guests of all ages. Despite the openness of modern hostels, the majority of guests are traditionally and overwhelmingly between the ages of 18 and 26.

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