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”.

56 reasons you should move to Finland imediately: http://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/reasons-you-should-never-leave-finland

Finland on YouTube (videos): http://www.youtube.com/user/thisisFINLANDtube

Accessible Travelling (barrier free travelling for disabled and elderly people): http://www.finlandforall.fi/

Bugbog: http://www.bugbog.com/european_countries/finland_travel.html

Countryside holidays in Finland: http://sites.google.com/site/finlandtravelclub/countryside

Enjoy Europe: http://www.enjoy-europe.com/cds/finland.htm

Enjoy Finland: http://www.enjoyfinland.fi/

Finland4you videos: http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=178504&nodeid=41818&culture=en-US

Finland - This is Finland: http://finland.fi

Finland Channel: http://finlandchannel.com

Finland Diary by the Washington Post: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/finlanddiary/

Finland Insider: http://finlandinsider.com/en/

Finnish Pumpkin: http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/index.html

Finnish Tourist Board: http://www.visitfinland.com

Genealogical Society (hundreads of links): http://www.genealogia.fi/finnlinks/

Getting Away with Jim Bruner: http://www.gettingaway.com/directory/europe/Finland/main.htm

Good News from Finland: http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/

Helsinki Times: http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/

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

Hiekkasärkät Sand Dune Area (Kalajoki): http://www.hiekkasarkat.com/in-english and http://www.visitkalajoki.fi/en?set_language=en

Honeymoons: http://honeymoons.about.com/od/finlandforromant/

I bet you didn't know this about Finland: http://travellerstree.net/2015/01/11/bet-didnt-know-finland-infographic/

Important Finland Facts: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/8c73/83/

Infopankki (for immigrants): http://www.infopankki.fi

I wish I was in Finland: https://www.facebook.com/visitfinland

Jämi (Jämijärvi, near the city of Pori): http://www.jami.fi/eng/

Kontiki Finland - Finland Holidays, Helsinki Stop Overs and Guided Helsinki Day Trips: http://www.kontikifinland.com/

Lapland, Santa's home: http://santa.shorturl.com

Lonely Planet: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/finland

Mihin.fi Travel Portal: http://www.mihin.fi/en

Pahkaparatiisi - The Gnarl Paradise - Knorrenparadis (the collection of gnarled wood, over 4000 gnarls in Huittinen): http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi, http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi/panoraama.html (the panorama), http://www.pahkaparatiisi.fi/galleria/index.htm (the photo gallery)