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Finland has a tiny Finland-shaped lake called Neitokainen

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Oct 03, 2025
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Finland built a tiny Finland-shaped lake in Finland and then kind of just… left it there. This artificial pond is called Neitokainen, and was built in Vesikkovaara in 1991. It’s famous for being shaped like the cartographic form of Finland.

Neitokainen was conceived when a Finnish tourism company had a dream. They wanted to b…

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