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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had no idea that a lake could even look like Saimaa.

[–] ickplant 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if Finnish children have to map it by hand in school...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Luckily no.

It's like an ancient eldritch horror. We are not to look at it, lest we lose our minds, but just show respect in it's presence.

[–] ickplant 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finland and it lakes are clearly to be feared and respected. Stay safe, friend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Did you know we track how many drown every midsummer celebration? All as a reminder of the ancient powers

[–] ArchmageAzor 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I visited Vänern once. It's like standing at the beach, the lake stretches past the horizon.

[–] zefiax 2 points 2 years ago

As someone living in the great lakes in North America, this is the thing that I find most difficult to explain to people not from here, the concept that a lake can be similar to a sea.

[–] Logical 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Hjulkula 1 points 2 years ago
[–] darreninthenet 1 points 2 years ago

Pedant mode - UK is, sadly, not in the EU anymore