芬兰属于传统的北欧国家,它有四分之一的区域处于北极圈以内,与冰岛同属世界上最北的国家之一。芬兰东部与俄罗斯为邻,南临波罗的海和芬兰湾,西边是波斯尼亚湾及瑞典,西北部以及北边则与挪威接壤。星罗棋布的18.8万个大小湖泊点缀着美丽的芬兰,故芬兰有“千湖之国”的美誉。 Finland is a traditional Nordic country with a quarter of its area within the Arctic Circle, and Iceland, both one of the most northern countries in the world. Finland is adjacent to Russia to the east, to the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland to the south, to the Gulf of Bosnia and Sweden to the west, to Norway to the north-west and to the north. There are 188,000 large and small lakes dotted with beautiful Finland, so Finland has the reputation of “the country of thousand lakes”.