Geography

Which country is known as the Land of a Thousand Lakes?

Finland

Background

Finland has more than 188,000 lakes, way more than a thousand. So the nickname is almost an understatement. Many Finns own a little wooden cabin right by the water. In summer they swim, in winter they walk on the ice.

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