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Vacatiions in Finland.

Republic of Finland.

Regions in Finland : Åland, Souht Coast, Karelien / Savo, Southeast Finland, Central Finland, Oulu / Kainuu and Lapland.

Provinces in Finland : Ahvenanmaa, Hame, Keski-Suomi, Kuopio, Kymi, Lappi, Mikkeli, Oulu, Pohjois-Karjala, Turku ja Pori, Uusimaa and Vaasa.

Capital City of Finland: Helsinki


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Car Rental Finland

 Ebookers.com 

Hotels in Finland

 Booking - Hotels in Finland 
Hotels in Helsinki, Helsinki Vantaa, Rovaniemi and Vasa.
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels. Bookings is a dedicated hotel and accommodation reservation website.

 Expedia.com
 Hotels.com 
 Cumulus Hotels
 Fontana Hotels
 Haikko Hotel
 Holiday Club Finland
 Riekko Hotels
 Sokos Hotels

Hostels

 Hostelbookers.com  -  Great Hostels, Free booking
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.
 IYHF  -  International Youth Hostel Federation

Language

Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language, related to Estonian and Saami language and more distantly to Hungarian. Its grammatical structure differs widely from that of Indo-European languages, but it has its own logic. There are 15 cases, suffixes on the ends of words, most of which correspond to prepositions in some other languages.

iso tuoppi = a big pint of beer
pysäyttäkää lumikelkkani = stop my snowmobile

 Studying Finnish

Travel Agents / Tour Operator

 Rail Europe  -  Rail Passes, Train Tickets & Schedules 
 Select Travel
 Topdeck Tours
They take you to the most amazing places in Europe, their experienced tour leaders are the best in the business, and will help create the perfect atmosphere for a great holiday. Topdeck Tours encourage individuality, and the fun just flows naturally.



 Helsinki Expert  -  incoming tour operator
Helsinki Card, Helsinki This Week, Helsinki City Tours, Hotel Booking, Guide Booking & Incoming Services and Tour Shop.

Travel Guides Finland / Related books

 Amazon.com - Books about Finland

Lonely Planet Finland -  by Andy Symington (Author)
Paperback: 384 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 5th edition (April 2006); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-1740597913
Insight Pocket Guide Helsinki 
This 96-page book offers an experts guide to Helsinki, with seven walking tours of the city and three excursions to attractions further afield. In Helsinki, almost every corner reveals another intriguing detail: an elegantly carved facade, a statue, a curved window, or a figurine so full of humour it makes you burst out laughing. This guidebook describes seven walking tours of Finlands coastal capital, followed by three excursions by train or car to interesting towns in southern Finland, plus a day-trip to Talinn, the capital of Estonia, just a short hop across the bay from Helsinki. It also includes a chapter detailing Finland's history and culture, as well as leisure-time suggestions and an information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus dozens of full-colour photographs and maps, including a pull-out map that clearly shows all the tours and excursions.
Paperback: 96 pages; Publisher: Insight Guides; Pap/Map edition (August 30, 2005); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-9812581372

Transport / How do I travel to Finland

 Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Also the website for Enontekio Airport, Jyväskylä Airport, Kittilä Airport, Kuopio Airport, Lappeenranta Airport, Rovaniemi Airport, Savonlinna Airport, Tampere-Pirkkala Airport and Vakaus Airport

 Finnair - Flights to Finland - Flight tickets Helsinki

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Finnish Railways

 Silja Bootdienste - Silja Line - Ferry Service
The leading Passenger Shipping Company on the Baltic Sea with daily departures all the year round between Finland and Sweden and Finland and Estonia and periodical roundtrip cruises between Helsinki and St Petersburg. Silja furthermore offers regular traffic from end April to mid September on the Rostock - Tallinn - St Petersburg route.

 Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council - Public Transport & Journey Planner
YTV door-to-door Journey Planner gives You advice on the best public transport connection to your destination within the Helsinki region. Also for PDA.

 Online Maps [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection Europe  ]


Links 

 Travel Insurance - travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Finland Tourism - official site

 Helsinki - Capital City of Finland - Helsinki Tourism
One of the city's top tourist attractions is Suomenlinna, which was once a fortress but today is home to museums, galleries, parks and restaurants. The arts are well served in Helsinki, with a new Opera House and a museum of contemporary art – Kiasma. Temppeliaukio Church, otherwise known as the Church in the Rock, is rather unique.
The Helsinki Region: City of Espoo, City of Vantaa, City of Kauniainen, Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council and Uusimaa Regional Council

 Åland
 South Coast of Finland
 Karelien / Savo
 Southeast Finland
 Central Finland
 Oulu / Kainuu
 Lapland

 Ahvenanmaa
 Hame
 Keski-Suomi
 Kuopio
 Kymi
 Lappi
 Mikkeli
 Oulu
 Pohjois-Karjala
 Turku ja Pori
 Uusimaa Regional Council - most populated area in Finland
Wonderful landscape with inland ridges and magnificent archipelago is combined with a rich and fascinating cultural history. Consists of Helsinki Metropolitan Area [ a triangle of four towns: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen ], Western Uusimaa [ still has many reminders both of the influence of Sweden and of Finland's history and growth as a nation ] and Northern Uusimaa
To experience as much as possible during your visit to Uusimaa, you should travel the King's Road , an ancient highway of historical, cultural and touristic interest which follows the medieval mail coach route. It links the Nordic capitals Oslo and Stockholm with Turku and Helsinki in Finland, and continues directly on to St. Petersburg in Russia. Already in active use in the 14th century, the King's Road has for centuries been travelled by Kings and commoners alike, all making wide use of churches, estates and inns along the way. The medieval churches and 18th century manufacturing communities are well worth exploring.
 Vaasa

 Espoo - Government - Espootravel - Tourism
City of Espoo, the second largest city in Finland, Espoo is well known as a centre for high technology, as well as a vital, cultural city. It is also a metropolis surrounded by nature.
 Kauniainen - City of Kauniainen
Kauniainen is one of the four towns in the metropolitan region. It is situated 15 kilometers west of the capital Helsinki and surrounded by the neighboring town Espoo.
 Vantaa - City of Vantaa

 Ski Resorts in Finish Lapland
Centres: Levi, Puhä, Ruka, Saariselkä und Ylläs
 St Thomas Christmas Market - Esplanade Park Helsinki
The Esplanade Park is filled with over 120 booths selling Christmas treats, gifts and handicraft. You can even catch a glimpse of Santa Claus.

Cuisine - Finnish cooking

 The Best of Finnish Cooking - by Taimi Previdi
Two hundred easy to follow recipes covering all courses of the meal, along with menu suggestions and cultural background for major holidays and festivities such as Mayday and Midsummer. Simple natural ingredients are favored by the Finns. Includes a Bilingual index.
Paperback 242 pages (January 1, 1995); Publisher: Hippocrene Books, Inc
 Finnish Cooking 
Presents recipes for both simple dishes and gourmet specialties that reflect traditional as well as modern Finnish cooking.

History of Finland

Independence: 6 December 1917 [ from Russia ].

Old Scandinavian sagas and some historians like Denmark's Saxo Grammaticus and the Arab Al Idrisi tell that there were Finnish kings before Sweden conquered Finland. According to Fundinn Noregr (the founding of Norway) saga one of Finnish kings, Norr, was a founder of Norwegian kingdom and a forefather of kings of Norway and England. Egils saga tells about Faravid, a king of Finland and Kvenland, who was in military co-operation with Norway against the invading Karelians.

 Finland's History  - WikipediA
Pre-history, Part of Sweden, Russian Grand Duchy, Nationalism, Russification, Independence and Civil War, Successful independence, Finland in the inter-war era, Finland in World War II, Finland's friendship with the Soviet Union, Finland in the post-Soviet era
 Short History of Finland - by Fred Singleton
This is a second edition of the successful study of Finland in the English language. A Short History of Finland traces the historical development of the country from its settlement by the Finns in the first millennium AD to the present time, exploring Finland's earlier connection with Sweden, the complex relationship with Russia that has dominated Finnish history in the past two centuries, and the postwar achievements of the second republic. This second edition has been revised and updated by Emeritus Professor A. F. Upton, a leading scholar of Scandinavian history. It covers the impact of the break-up of the Soviet Union and brings events up to Finland's admission to the European Union in 1995.
Paperback 221 pages (October 1, 1998); Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Music, Culture & Entertainment

 Finland - Culture Smart!  -  By Terttu Leney
The best-selling Culture Smart! series continues where other guides leave off. Whether you are travelling on business or pleasure, long-term or short, Culture Smart! is your pocket-sized cultural roadmap that never goes out of date, highlighting key country customs, etiquette, and how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about.
Local knowledge is vital for peace of mind and personal safety when travelling, providing invaluable insights on every page on what to expect, how to behave and how to get along with the locals.
Culture Smart! has become "as essential as remembering to pack your passport" (Stanfords Travel Bookshop).
Be a responsible traveller with Culture Smart!, the smarter way to travel.
Paperback 168 pages (October 29, 2004); Publisher: Kuperard
 Cultural Office Helsinki  -  theaters, events, tickets
 Helsinki City Library
Helsinki City Library provides a fundamental civic service available to everyone. As a part of the worldwide network of libraries, they offer customers unrestricted access to sources of culture and information.
 National Library of Finland [ Helsinki University Library ]
 Ticketservice Finland [ Lippupalvelu ] - search for an event in Finland & Book

Web Portal / Finish Search Engine / Directory

 Travel in Finland
 Schneeland
 Suomi  -  Search Engine [ Finnish and English language ]

 Explore North  -  all the information you need to explore the circumpolar North.
The regions they cover are Alaska, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Faroe Islands and the northern parts of the Russian Federation.


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