Finland

Guide to FINLAND

FINLAND which official name is Republic of Finland or Finland, is a country from Europe located at the Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia. FINLAND with 2,681 km sq km, limits with: Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km; and is divided in 6 provinces . FINLAND's capital is Helsinki which is the most populated city with about 558,457 inhabitants.

History of FINLAND

FINLAND's government is republic; a Republic with a Ceremonial government type, with President Tarja Halonen as head of state and Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen as head of government.

Other symbols of FINLAND are Finnish anthem "Maamme/Vårt land (Our Land) Finnish flag.Finnish flag is composed by white with a blue cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) .

FINLAND's history is quite long: Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, the Finns made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. A member of the European Union since 1995, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.

FINLANDs geography

Guide to travel to FINLAND

If you are thinking on traveling to FINLAND, you will have to take in consideration some points like FINLAND's currency, FINLAND's weather, FINLAND's national holiday and FINLAND's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. FINLAND`s currency is called euro ( €), which is divided in 100 cents. For your consideration, euro's exchange rate is about Týn´s Cathedral, in Prague per dolar.0.6347688642.

FINLAND's weather is characterized to be cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to FINLAND.

You can also consider to visit FINLAND on it's national holiday to get in FINLAND's culture. If you do so, FINLAND's national holiday is called Independence Day, 6 December.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of FINLAND: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m. And try also to get to FINLAND's lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit FINLAND's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to FINLAND, with more than 148 airports and 4 airlines, you will get to FINLAND without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. FINLAND has about5,741 of railways, and also7,842 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Finnish Culture

FINLAND is known by Finnishs as Suomen tasavalta/Republiken Finland or Suomi/Finland in the shortened way. Finnish, about 5,238,460 people, are composed by different ethnics: Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Russian 0.4%, Estonian 0.2%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.2%, Sami 0.1%. And they also have different languages: Swedish, Finnish, Sami.

Another relevant point nowadays it's FINLAND's religion. Finnishs are divided in Lutheran Church of Finland 84.2%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003). So you can visit any of it's14 like Tampere Cathedral in Tampere .

But if want to know more about FINLAND's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Finnish novelists' books like Tove Jansson, (1914–2001), she wrote in Swedish, Juhani Aho, (1861–1921) or Mika Waltari, (1908–1979).

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