| Finland Guide | ALAND ISLAND |
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The Aland Islands group, comprising over 6000 islands, is located in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. The main language is Swedish, dating back from the 13th ce... |
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| Finland Guide | ESPOO |
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Espoo is Finland’s second largest city and quite original in urban structure. The city consists of five district centres, all of them as large as a normal Finnish town, c... |
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| Finland Guide | HELSINKI |
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Helsinki is often regarded as the economical capital of Scandinavia, with important wordwide businesses, such as Nokia and Laponia Jewellery, having based their headquart... |
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| Finland Guide | LOHJA |
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Lohja is a city of about 36,000 inhabitants by the Lohjanjärvi lake. The city prides in being famous for its apples and appletrees can indeed be found in almost every gar... |
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UK VISITOR NUMBERES UP BY 26% IN FINLAND |
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Christmas traffic in Northern Finland clearly revived after a quieter year in 2005. There were 17% more passengers in December than in December 2005. ... |
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SANTA MOVES TO BIGGER OFFICES AS CHRISTAMAS VISITS BOOM |
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Due to the recent growth in passenger numbers to Rovaniemi, the Santa Claus Office will be renovated and expanded fourfold by Christmas 2007. This exp... |
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| CULTURE OF FINLAND |
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Buffeted by its neighbors for centuries and absorbing influences from west, east and south, Finnish culture as a distinct identity was only born in th... |
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| FINLAND TOURIST INFORMATION |
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Stable and secure Finland, nestled between Sweden and Norway to the west and Russia to the east, has all the attributes of a hot vacation spot.... |
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About Finland
Finland is a northern European country of four seasons for the discerning traveler, not a land of mass tourism. Summer season in Helsinki, winter at the skiing centers in Lapland and few happenings all year round temp enough people to make it a crowd, otherwise you can enjoy the space and silence in the pure northern nature. During the winter months you can have a skiing holiday or visit the Santa Claus and take a reindeer tour. Summer offers you a wide variety of activity from trekking to urban holidays, or you can simply relax at a hidden summer cottage with a sauna near a lake. Besides the mainland with vast forests and thousands of lakes separated by few agricultural and urban areas, the Baltic Sea with wid...
