Fact file
Population 5.4 million
Area 338,145 sq km
Language Finnish and Swedish
Currency Euro (€)
Capital Helsinki
International phone code 358
Time zone GMT + 2hr
Essentials
Everything you need to know before you set off.
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Planning your trip to Finland
Everything you need to plan where to go and what to do.
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Finland features
The latest articles, galleries, quizzes and videos.
In pictures: brushing shoulders with bears in Finland’s newest national park
In 2017, Hossa – an area of pristine wilderness with superb hiking near Finland’s eastern border – will become the country’s 40th national park. Photog…
19 Sep 2016 • George Turner
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Brave new world: the quirks of Finland’s saunas
To Finns, it is the most natural thing on the planet: disrobing, sweating it out naked in front of strangers in temperatures of 80°C, occasionally self-flagell…
11 Aug 2016 • Luke Waterson
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18 beautiful pictures of Finland
Professional travel photographer Tim Bird shares his love of photographing Finland. "I’ve been based in the Finnish capital Helsinki for more than thirty…
12 May 2015 • Tim Bird
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