annels are broadcast digitally, both terrestrially and on cable. A commercial television channel, MTV3, and a commercial radio channel, Radio Nova, are owned by Nordic Broadcasting (Bonnier and Proventus Industrier).
Around 79% of the population use the Internet. Finland had around 1.52 million broadband Internet connections by the end of June 2007 or around 287 per 1,000 inhabitants. All Finnish schools and public libraries have Internet connections and computers. Most residents have a mobile phone. It's used mostly for contact and value-added services are rare. In October 2009, Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications committed to ensuring that every person in Finland will be able to access the internet at a minimum speed of one megabit-per-second beginning July 2010.
Cuisine
Public holidays
All official holidays in Finland are established by acts of parliament. The official holidays can be divided into Christian and secular holidays. The main Christian holidays are Christmas, New Year's Day, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Midsummer Day (St. John's Day) and All Saints' Day. The secular holidays are May Day and the Independence Day, while New Year's Day and Midsummer also have a secular character. Christmas is the most extensively celebrated holiday: usually at least December 24 to 26 are holidays.
Sports
Finland's men's national ice hockey team is ranked as one of the best in the world. The team has won two world championship titles and five Olympic medals.
Various sporting events are popular in Finland. Pesäpallo (a reminiscent of baseball) is the national sport of Finland, although the most popular sports in terms of spectator interest are ice hockey, athletics, cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Formula One.
In terms of medals and gold medals won per capita, Finland is the best performing country in the Olympic history. Finland first participated at the
