Norway May Gift Finland A Mountain

July 31, 2016 in Daily Bulletin

When most people are unsure about what to get someone for their birthday, they usually just give up and get them a gift card. Norway is considering going a slightly… different direction:

  • The 100th anniversary of Finland’s declaration of independence is coming up.
  • To commemorate the occasion, Norway is considering moving its border 40 meters inwards, so that the summit of a mountain the two countries share, will be in Finland’s side of the border.
  • While Norway has several, far more impressive mountains, Finland, as a country, is vertically challenged. The gift would become Finland’s highest point.

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Source: CNN