Finland Travel Club

General Information

Basic facts and link directories
 
The Lonely Planet Blue List writes that Finland is among ”the Top Ten Nations in the World to Visit in 2007”: ”Cool zone of design in Helsinki, surrounded by remote wilderness areas – Finland is a breath of fresh air on a European adventure”.
The Kemi SnowCastle, the Mammut Snow Hotel", in Northern Finland is listed as ”the Most Eccentric Place to Stay in the World”. Besides, Aurora Borealis, the northern lights, were described as ”the World's Most Amazing Natural Phenomenon”.
 
For more details we especially recommend The Tourism Expert site with many categories and dozens of links about Finland: http://www.tte.ch/finland (in 10 languages)!
 
Accessible Travelling (barrier free travelling for disabled and elderly people): http://www.accessibletravelling.fi
 
A collection and fashion show inspired by the Finnish forest: http://www.treeyourmind.com
 
 
 
BizarreOne (guiding services especially for young people, fantasy tours, rent a party guide, visit a Finnish home or sauna, shopping with Santa, ice-fishing): http://www.bizarreone.fi
 
Boreal Tours (Beartrail hiking, Nordic walking, loghouse holidays, crosscountry skiing, Pure Finland package etc.): http://www.boreal-tours.com
 
 
 
 
 
FindFinland.com (links to Finland directory resources and information websites): http://www.findfinland.com
 
Finland - This is Finland: http://finland.fi
 
Finland Channel: http://finlandchannel.com
 
Finland Diary by the Washington Post: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/finlanddiary/
 
Finland for you - Enchanting Finland: http://www.finlandforyou.com
 
 
Finland Start 4 All: http://finland.start4all.com
 
Finland Travel Guide: http://www.finlandtravelguide.com
 
Finland Travel Site: http://finland.com
 
 
 
 
 
Finnish Tourist Board: http://www.visitfinland.com
 
Fonecta maps from Finland with aerial view (search sites, addresses and routes): http://en.02.fi/map-search
 
Genealogical Society (hundreads of links): http://www.genealogia.fi/finnlinks/
 
 
Go Finland (events, special offers, packages, search etc.): http://www.gofinland.fi/gfcp/gftp?language=en and http://www.gofinland.net
 
 
 
Helsingin Sanomat: http://www.hs.fi/english/
 
Helsinki Airport - the straightest way between Europe (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Kiev, Krakow, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Nuremberg, Oslo, Paris, Pisa, Prague, Riga, Rome, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tallinn, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zurich) and Asia (Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Nagoya, Osaka, Shanghai, Tokyo), compare flight times and travel lengths or book flights: http://www.viahelsinki.com
 
 
Holidays.fi (accommodation, ski resorts, car rental etc.): http://www.suomenlomapalvelu.fi, http://www.holidays.fi
 
 
 
Infopankki (for immigrants): http://www.infopankki.fi
 
Jämi (Jämijärvi, near the city of Pori): http://www.jami.fi/eng/
 
 
Lapland, Santa's home: http://santa.shorturl.com
 
 
Matkasivut - Travel Pages for Finland (accommodation, cinemas, theatres, museums, transport guide): http://www.matkasivut.com/en/
 
 
 
Pahkaparatiisi - The Gnarl Paradise - Knorrenparadis (the collection of gnarled wood, over 4000 gnarls in Huittinen): http://www.satakuntatourist.fi/index.php?id=544, http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi, http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi/panoraama.html (the panorama), http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi/galleria/index.htm (the photo gallery) 
 
Photostories: Around the World, Focus on Finland: http://tilhi.com/photostories/finland/
 
Pohjanmaa - Ostrobotnia - Österbotten (Western Finland): http://www.matkailupohjanmaa.fi
 
 
Pori Regional Tourist Office: http://www.maisa.fi/eng/index.html
 
Route planner and additional information: http://www.journey.fi/en/
 
Rudolf's Travel Experiences: http://www.rudolfexperience.com
 
Ruokolahti region: http://www.ruokolahti.fi/
 
 
Santa's Lapland and Christmas Club: http://sites.google.com/site/laplandclub
 
 
 
South Karelia (Lappeenranta & Imatra): http://travel.ekarjala.fi/
 
 
Summer in Finland (slide show by Jari Kolehmainen): http://www.slide.com/r/9JgG0hcR6D8DFNmOEXW5Z-0ieYhJRfs2?view=original
 
Surf Finland - Finnish cities and municipalities: http://www.netek.fi/surf
 
 
 
The Tourism Expert TTE: http://www.tte.ch/finland
 
Travel for all: http://www.travel4all.fi
 
Travel in Finland: http://www.travel.fi
 
 
Uralic family home page: http://uralica.com/
 
Virtual Finland: http://finland.fi