> 55% of Finns visit libraries at least once a month.
Wait what? That seems insanely high even for a progressive society.
As a reference point UK is at 30% on YEARLY STATS NOT MONTHLY
>In England, 30% of adults aged 16 and over used a public library service at least once in the previous 12 months.
I moved to Finland, and starting when my child was about three years old I took him to Oodi every weekend.
The soft-play area was heaven for him, and he liked flicking through the donald-duck comic books.
Even now, when he's nine, I go every month or two with him for an afternoon. He has no shortage of books at home, but he gets to run around, look at books, and play with other kids. He enjoys himself enormously.
I live in Finland and even I am sceptical of this figure. Maybe that’s because I go once a year.
I will say it’s very very common for folks to use the library for its primary purpose of renting books - which of course requires a visit twice in a month - once to collect and once to return.
On the return trip, you collect another set of books, which you then also have to return in two weeks.
On the return trip, you collect another set of books, making it a habit.
The report is deliberately misleading by the red-green government. If you read between the lines it is a poll among the library visitors.