Finland Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Helsinki (See more on ITYPEJOB.COM)
Official language: Finnish
Currency: Euro (exchange rates)
Continent: Northern Europe
Land of a thousand lakes
A holiday in Finland has a lot to offer. In, you suddenly come across a herd of reindeer. In the Archipelago or one of the 1,000 lakes in the Lake District in Eastern Finland, you sail through archipelagos and islands. The endless summer days and winter nights offer 24 hours day or night, depending on the season.
Finland landmarks
The sights of Finland often have to do with nature, such as the archipelago in front of Turku, the national landscape on Mount Koli, the sand dunes of Kalajoki, the steamboat waterway of Heinävesi or the bare peaks of the mountains in Lapland. The castles of Turku, Hämeenlinna and Savonlinna are stone witnesses to the eventful history of Finland. When you come to the old wooden house districts of Porvoo, Naantali and Rauma, you think you are in the middle of a fairy tale. Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is located by the sea and is ideal for walks and shopping. Finnish summers offer many events such as music festivals, fairs and sports competitions. In winter, especially in Lapland, there is endless cross-country skiing.
Suomenlinna Sea Fortress – Gibraltar of the North
The Suomenlinna sea fortress, built on several interconnected islands off Helsinki, is a national monument and one of Finland’s cultural treasures. The granite fortress is also known as the Gibraltar of the North. Suomenlinna was considered invincible, but had to surrender in 1808 after a Russian siege and was then annexed to the Russian Empire.
Holidays in Mökki (log cabin)
During a holiday in Finland, peaceful quiet days in a log cabin (Mökki) on the lakeshore of a lake should not be missing. The rustling of the woods, the warmth of the sauna and the smell of grilled food are part of it. Thousands of lakes offer the opportunity to swim after the sauna. Boating and fishing can be enjoyed in summer. National parks invite you to go hiking.
Finland geography
According to Countryaah, Finland borders Sweden, Norway, Russia and the Baltic Sea. A quarter of the country’s area is north of the Arctic Circle. The area of Finland is only slightly smaller than that of Germany. Nevertheless, only around 5.3 million people live in Finland, making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe, which is compounded in individual regions by the fact that a large part of the population lives in the south of the country, around the capital Helsinki. Finland has two national languages: Finnish and Swedish. The Swedish-speaking archipelago of Åland has a far-reaching autonomous status.
Finland – climate – travel time
Finnish is characterized by cold winters and warm summers. The mean annual temperature in Helsinki is 5.3 degrees Celsius, although it can reach 30 degrees on the warmest days in summer in southern Finland. In winter, temperatures of around -20 ºC are not unusual, which is why a sauna is almost a fixed feature in every Finnish house, but it can be found in a Mökki (holiday home, log cabin). In the far north of Finland, beyond the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set for 73 days in summer. The counterpart to the midnight sun is the polar night in winter (Kaamos in Finnish). During this time, the sun remains hidden for 51 days.
Finnish cuisine
Finnish cuisine is rich in directly sourced ingredients such as salmon, whitefish, arctic char, duck, ptarmigan, reindeer, elk, blueberries, lingonberries and cloudberries. Whenever you are on holiday in Finland, try the local specialties, which are called “Lappi a la carte” and “Savo a la carte”. Hyvää ruokahalua! (Good Appetite!)
Important facts
Capital: Helsinki
Official language: Finnish
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
Euro (100 cents)
ISO 4217 code
EUR / 978
Geography
Continent: Europe
Region: North
Geo coordinates: N 61 ° 55 ‘26.8 ” E 25 ° 44’ 53.3″
Highest mountain: Haltiatunturi (1,328 m)
Total area: 337,030 km²
Mainland: 305,470 km²
National border: 2,628 km
Coastline: 1,126 km
Politics
Dependency: Russia until 1917
UN member since: 1955
Other political affiliation: European Union since 1995
Form of government: Parliamentary republic
Houses of Parliament: unicameral
Party system: Multi-party system
State building: centralized
Political culture: Subject culture with a tendency towards civil culture
Particularities: Autonomy of Aland
Economy
Export goods: Wood, pulp, paper
BSP: $ 196.127 billion
GDP: $ 200.097 billion
GDP purchasing power parity: $ 167.7 billion
Economic growth: 2.6%
GDP share of agriculture: 3%
GDP share of industry: 29.4%
GDP share of services: 67.6%
Inflation rate: 0.8%
Unemployment: 8.1%
State budget revenue: $ 4294967295
State budget expenditure: $ 4294967295
National debt: 37.1%
Export: $ 74,022,000,000
Import: $ 63.730 billion
Foreign debt: $ 221.9 billion
Gold and currency reserves: $ 11,540,000,000
Electricity consumption: 80,610 million KWh
Gas consumption: 5,210 million m³
Oil production: 9,000 million m³
Oil consumption: 223,500 million m³
Cultivation area: 6.51%
Bovine: 954,000 pieces
Pigs: 1,261,000 pieces
Fishing: 51,000 t
Demographic data
Residents: 5,231,400
Residents in cities: 4,430,500
Minorities: Swedes, Sami, Russians
Average age: 41.3 years
0-14 years: 17.1%
15-64 years: 66.7%
> 65 years: 16.2%
Population growth: 0.14%
Birth rate: 10.5 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 9.86 / 1,000 residents
Migration: 0.84 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 0.96
Fertility: 1.73 children / woman
Infant mortality: 3.55 ‰
Life expectancy men: 74.99 years
Life expectancy women: 82.17 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: FI
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: FIN
ISO 3166 numeric: 246
Top Level Domain: fi
IOC country code: FIN
UN / LOCODE: FI
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Communication
Telephone connections: 2,907,000
Cell Phones: 4,640,000
Radios: 8,488,000
TV: 4,070,000
Computer: 2,790,000
Internet users: 3,597,000
Transportation
Railway lines: 5,677 km
Paved roads: 50,633 km
of which expressways: 653 km
Cars: 2,470,000
Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 87
Pipelines: 694
Health
Number of doctors: 16,810
Daily food intake: 3,270 kcal / resident
HIV- infected people: 1,800
Education
History
Foundation: 1917
Last sovereign since: 1917
Religion
Main religious group: Christians
Distribution of religions: evang.-luth., greek-orth.
Crime
Prison inmates: 3,700
Military
Armed forces (troop strength): 25,000
Main battle tank: 250
Warplanes: 90
Helicopter: 10
Defense Spending: $ 2,724,000,000