A Guide to Finland
Capital:
Helsinki
Population:
5,249,000
Currency:
euro (EUR)
Religions:
Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003)
Government:
republic
Languages:
Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003)
Climate:
cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
Phone Code:
358
Photos of Finland
Photos of Finland courtesy of Observations of an Unimportant Man.
Festivals in Finland
Vappu [article]World Sauna Championships [snippet]
Wife Carrying Championships [snippet]
St. Patricks Day Parade - Helsinki [photo gallery]
Laskiainen - Sled Day [photo gallery]
Vappu [video]
Wife Carrying World Championships [video]
Helsinki Pride [web site]
Haapavesi Folk Music Festival [web site]
Check out more Finland festivals
Finland Hostels and Budget Hotels
Finland Hotels
An Aussie in London features hotels in a number of locations across Finland.
Finland Flights
Finnair (Finland) - Finland's national carrier flies to destinations in Europe, North America and the Middle East
An Aussie in London has scoured the web for airlines that fly to Finland. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to Finnair) through to airline sites that feature flights to Finland.
Finland Tours
Tours in FinlandEuropean Train Travel
Car Hire in Finland
easyCar - easyCar is one of the easy Group of companies owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet. easyCar is now represented in over 60 countries with 2,400 rental locations and access to a fleet of some 400,000 cars and like easyJet you'll have to go a long, long way to find a cheaper rate on or off the web.
Further Finland Resources
Photos of Finland [web site]Visit Finland [web site]
Check out more Finland web sites








