Hm, I think Finland is nice, no big cities except for Helsinki area but lots of nice smaller cities and quite a bit of rural area. I may be biased as I live here, though.
109 RC planes are available from hobby shops, for example GWS makes a cheap easy styrofoam electric 109. However, I think the one you're referring to is not even a controlled plane, it just flies on with its battery until it hits the ground
