Lakes of the EU

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senkora@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 3y (4 replies)

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

ickplant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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

boredtortoise@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

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@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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

boredtortoise@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

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

ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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

zefiax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

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@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Lisch

Hjulkula@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Lisch

darreninthenet@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

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