> What's the largest city with the highest latitude, meaning it's the northernmostcity with over 500,000 people?And the answer: Helsinki. Photo credit: Alvesgaspar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alvesgaspar].With over 1.2 million people in its metropolitan area, Finland's capital city ofHelsinki is the world's largest city with the highest latitude. Located near theGulf of Finland, Helsinki has picturesque islands and green urban areas, despiteits cold winters. Helsinki is actually a part of an archipelago of around 300 islands— a feat mostunlike other nation's capitals. Many of the islands are only accessible by boat,making the capital city highly dependent upon water travel. In fact, Helsinkiwas actually shifted about three miles in 1640 to its present day location sothat the city could be closer to the water. Today, the design of the city boastseasily navigable streets with pedestrian friendly travel and extensive publictransit. Did you know?As the largest, northernmost city, Helsinki winters get pretty darn cold. Assuch, the government has installed heated granite sidewalks throughout the cityto prevent slipping on accumulations of snow or ice. Helsinki's infrastructure also promotes extremely clean drinking water. Most ofthe raw water for the Helsinki metropolitan area comes from Lake Päijännethrough a tunnel which runs over more than 74 miles. As such, Helsinki isactually a large exporter of bottled water!Helsinki boasts one of the highest standards of urban living in the world. Fromarts to cuisine to natural landscapes, learn more about Helsinki's history andculture here [http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-helsinki/].