17 pr km2 is of course only an average. Half the population of Finland lives in the Helsinki Metropolitan area. 80% of the rest in the 5 other main cities.

There are many, many countries that consume more per cap annually than Finns. I will grant you one anecdotal fact though - most of the Finnish cops I know are very fond of a tipple. The Chief of the Fraud squad lives in the next road and we have had many discussions on single malts ;-)

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