Finland's population of five million has adapted to life under peripheral conditions in northern Europe. Finns make up 35% of the world's population north of latitude 60ºN. Finland is sparsely populated, with only 17 people per km².

http://finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25785

It's so bloody cold and dark for so long that the few who live there are in no mood to go out even for a fun crime - and partly because they're recovering from the latest alcoholic binge - including the police :-)


Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.