The Finnish culture can be seen as part of the Western culture which is strongly influenced by Catholic and Protestant Christian tradition. Although it is thought that the Finnish people and Finnish-speakers have lived in the geographical area of Finland for at least 5000 years, the impact of German and Swedish culture is very big in Finland, probably because Finland belonged to Sweden for 700 years between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Russian influence has ...

 The islands of Åland, Ahvenanmaa in Finnish, form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden, which belongs to the Republic of Finland with the status of autonomous province. Åland has a little over 28,000 inhabitants of whom almost half live in the capital Mariehamn, which is the only city ...

The conservative candidate for the Finnish presidency Sauli Niinistö was chosen tonight as the 12. president of the Republic of Finland. The difference was clear between the two candidates in the last round of the elections; Niinistö received  62,6% of all votes, whereas Pekka Haavisto, the Green Party's candidate, got 37,4 ...

Nokia is Beginning to collect the fruits of STI alliance with Windows in the smartphone business. The Finnish company's shares go up more than 5% after-selling 19.6 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, instead of 18.5 million that was the number expected by experts. Nokia began selling Lumia 800 in Europe ...

The Finnish Presidential Elections candidates: Pekka Haavisto and Sauli Niinistö   Yesterday, January 22 was held in Finland the first round of the Finnish Presidential Elections. The leading candidates in the first round, and therefore chosen for the second round, have been Sauli Niinistö of the Kokoomus Conservative Party with 37% of the votes, and the candidate of the Greens, Pekka Haavisto, with 18.8% of all votes. Despite the big ...

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Probably the easiest way to fly to Finland is to fly to the capital Helsinki in the south of Finland, although it is possible you may find a direct flight to some other cities, including the northern town of Rovaniemi in the Finnish Lapland. The Finnish airline Finnair has direct flights ...

Finland is a perfect destination for any traveller looking for a beautiful nature, a nature that is green in summer, white in winter and multicolor in autumn. Because of its northern location, Finland is a land of big contrasts, cold in winter and warm and welcoming in summer. Specially in ...

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