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FINLAND ( TURKU )

WELCOME TO. FINLAND ( TURKU ). AMIT amit.thakur@students.turkuamk.fi Bachelors in Information Technology. ASIM asiimt@utu.fi GITM. Tervetuloa Turkuun. CONTENTS. Finland and Turku Finnish Culture Student benefits Finnish timings Holidays in Finland Turku Tour Cruising

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FINLAND ( TURKU )

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  1. WELCOME TO FINLAND(TURKU) AMIT amit.thakur@students.turkuamk.fi Bachelors in Information Technology ASIM asiimt@utu.fi GITM

  2. Tervetuloa Turkuun

  3. CONTENTS • Finland and Turku • Finnish Culture • Student benefits • Finnish timings • Holidays in Finland • Turku Tour • Cruising • Funny experiences

  4. FINLAND AND TURKU • Nordic country with 5.4 million population • Official language Finnish and swedish • Turku being third largest city of Finland • Turku is home to about 35,000 higher education students • Also named as capital of European culture(2011) • Situated by the Baltic Sea and sheltered by the islands of the Archipelago Sea, Turku has a humid continental climate

  5. FINNISH CULTURE • Finns , punctuality matters ! !! • Pre-inform if you can’t make it • Sauna, an important part of culture

  6. STUDENT BENEFITS • Travelling inside finland, transport means: • Roadways: • Onni bus http://www.onnibus.fi/ • Express bus • http://www.eb.fior http://www.expressbus.fi • Trains : • http://www.vr.fi • Student discounts apply on trains and buses • Airways: • Ryan air • Norwegian air • Air Baltic

  7. FINNISH TIMINGS Daylight Saving Time started on 31st March Daylight Saving Time ends on 27th Oct • Clocks are turned backward 1 hour • Clocks were turned forward 1 hour

  8. HOLIDAYS IN FINLAND • Finnish Independence Day • 6th December • Vappu Day • 1st May • Christmas and New Year’s Day • 24-25 December and 1st Jan • Epiphany, Easter, Ascension day, Pentecost, Midsummer Day, and All Saints' Day. • Shops and public transports are closed

  9. TURKU TOUR TURKU MUSEUM AND CASTLE TURKU SEASHORE AND BEACHES TURKU CATHEDRAL

  10. CRUISING • Due to its location, Turku is a notable commercial and passenger seaport with over three million passengers travelling through the port of Turku each year to Stockholm and Mariehamn • Crusing company Viking and Silja Line • Cheap to go cruise • Booking office at City centre , at Sea port or can book online http://www.vikingline.fi , http://www.tallinksilja.com/fi

  11. FUNNY EXPERIENCES • Buses routes • Deficiency of information can directly affect efficiency of work • Time changes twice, once in winter, and once in summer • Ticket validity • Sauna experience • Experience at Ryan Air

  12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE

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