The municipality of Kauniainen (located in the Helsinki sub-region) has a squirrel on its coat of arms. The Finnish coat of arms is indeed a lion.

Among the capitals Helsinki is one of the coldest in the world, but Helsinki is not one of the coldest cities in the world. Not even among the coldest in Finland since it's located on the south coast of Finland. Darkness is relative, but Polar night occurs on the Arctic Circle, not in Helsinki. And there's sunlight also in the Polar Circle, even though the sun doesn't rise above the horizon. There's 11 cm of snow in Helsinki at the moment. The most snow Helsinki gets during the winters is probably around 50 cm. Usually there's a discussion about, if there will be white Christmas in Helsinki. Those frequent thunderstorms during the summer didn't sound familiar either. In general the storms originate from the Atlantic Ocean, and they calm down before they reach Finland. There are some islands you need boat to get to, but you don't need boats to get around in Helsinki. There's a small fenced nude beach on that island mentioned. The main center has some heated sidewalks, a small portion of all sidewalks in Helsinki. In 1996 squirrel and maple were elected through public voting to represent Helsinki. Helsinki's coat of arms has a boat and crown on it. Flocking Canada Geese has been taking over the parks the recent years in Helsinki, but he failed to bring that up. Lake Päijänne is located in the southern Finland, not "way up north". The tunnel is 120 km long, as where Finland is 1 157 km long. Tap water is drinkable everywhere in Finland. Some videos to awoke curiosity towards Finland's history: "The Last Deglaciation in Europe : Every year", "Wallenbergstiftelserna Where do the Scandinavians come from?", "JÄTINKIRKKO - Mitä nämä on ja miksi ne rakennettiin?", "The ski-going people - Early history" and "The Seal Hunters - the linguistic traces of ancient Scandinavia". Usually the videos on Finland's history start from the Swedish Crusades, but on his channel, Antti Palosaari, has gone through some of Finland's history from the prehistoric times onward. Here's the first episode of his series: "Suomalainen mytologia - Antti Palosaari Suomen historia 1: kivikausi - animaatio".

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unfortunately most sidewalks are not actually heated in helsinki and other places, this winter i slipped on a sidewalk 4 times and many people break their hands and legs. Slippery sidewalks and paths are probably the most acute danger you have in finland. In the very center of the city they are heated tho which is very nice if you want to go there

Even i who has lived in Helsinki his whole life, didnt know about heated sidewalks