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Six acts are competing to represent Finland in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. They range from alt-pop to metalcore. A steaming hot sauna, softly illuminated and filled with the fragrant aroma of birch leaves, is a centuries-old Finnish tradition intended to …
A guide to Finnish customs and manners - thisisFINLAND
A Finn’s mother tongue is either Finnish, Swedish (5.6% of the population are Swedish speakers) or Saami (some 8,000 native speakers). Finnish belongs to the small Finno-Ugrian language group; outside Finland it is understood (and to some extent spoken) in Estonia.
Newsroom - thisisFINLAND
Newsroom Breaking news from Finland by Yle News - Finland’s English-language news desk
Shine with facts about Finland - thisisFINLAND
Area: 338,462 km² (131,991 square miles), the fifth-largest country in Western Europe; Greatest length from north to south: 1,157 km (717 miles); Greatest width from east to west: 542 km (336 miles); Capital: Helsinki (1.4 million inhabitants in metropolitan area); Climate: Great contrasts – cold winters and fairly warm summers (2019 extremes: coldest day in Utsjoki …
About us - thisisFINLAND
ThisisFINLAND forms an attractive window on Finland for everyone interested in our country, its culture and its people. We cover anything related to Finland and Finnish society.
FINFO - Education in Finland - Finland Toolbox
FINFO – Education in Finland Education and know-how. An updated brochure on Finland‘s education system explained from early childhood education and care to universities and liberal adult education, life-long learning in mind.
Nature in Finland - thisisFINLAND
Finland is Europe’s most forested country. About 70% of the land is covered with trees. Most forests are coniferous, as the country lies at the western edge of the coniferous taiga forest zone that stretched off eastwards through Russia and Siberia.
Take a tour of Finland, region by region - thisisFINLAND
Whether they feature nature, history, culture or events, all 19 regions of Finland take pride in their own unique characteristics. The map below shows how the regions are divided – the grey lines indicate the borders of the historical provinces of Finland.
Finns celebrate freedom every December - thisisFINLAND
Finns are generally in a good mood on this day, and like to eat a festive meal with family or friends. On my first Finnish Independence Day, I went to a nice restaurant with some fellow students and ate delicious Finnish cuisine.
Finland tops World Happiness Report for fifth time in a row, …
Three years of data go into the calculations – the 2022 edition uses answers gathered between 2019 and 2021 to calculate the rankings. The report also studies other related matters beyond the Gallup question, trying to explain how happiness works and what societal factors contribute to it.