Finland Backpackers' Guide
Finland Facts
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 that we found just lying about the web so we decided to pilfer from Observations of an Unimportant Man.
Festivals in Finland
Festivals in Finland courtesy of 2camels Festivals.
Swamp Soccer World Championships article
Snow Soccer World Championships article
World Sauna Championships snippet
Wife Carrying Championships snippet
Sauna Open Air Festival photos
Wife Carrying photos
Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships video
Vappu video
Kivenlahti Rock web site
Hammer Open Air Metal Festival web siteCheck out more festivals in Finland
Or take a look at festivals in these cities in Finland:
Finland Hostels and Budget Hotels
Finland Hotels
An Aussie in London features hotels in a number of locations across Finland.
Finland Flights
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.
European Train Travel
An Aussie in London has teamed up with Rail Europe to provide our readers with fabulous fares on all European rail passes - EuRail, BritRail, ScanRail, France, German, Swiss and Eastern Europe rail passes and more - as well as individual train tickets spanning Europe from Norway to Greece.
Finland Car Hire
- Holiday Autos, the world's leading leisure car rental company providing low cost car rental in over 4,000 locations worldwide through quality providers. Prices start from just £8 per day and they monitor competitor prices daily to ensure lowest prices in all European "low cost" flight destinations and the USA.
Further Finland Resources
Helsinki Photos
Photos of Finland
Visit FinlandCheck out more Finland web sites












