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SUOMI - FINLAND

SUOMI - FINLAND. F unloving I independent N atural L ively A uthentic N utritious D etermined. Facts. Population : 5,2 million Total area : 338 144 km 2 Official languages : Finnish and Swedish . Sami is spoken in Lapland . Independent republic since

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SUOMI - FINLAND

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  1. SUOMI - FINLAND

  2. F unloving I independent N atural L ively A uthentic N utritious D etermined

  3. Facts Population: 5,2 million Total area: 338 144 km2 Officiallanguages: Finnish and Swedish. Sami is spoken in Lapland. Independentrepublicsince 6th of December 1917 Mrsauli Niinistö as President of the republicsince2012 Member of European Union since 1995 Country of hightechnology Highlevel of education Goodquality of healthcare

  4. Familiar?

  5. Land of Northernlights and thousands of lakes (178 888) Morethan 3 millionsaunas Home of Nokia, Santa Claus, Moomin, Kone, Marimekko and Mika Häkkinen Crazysportslike ice swimming, swampfootball,WorldChampionship of throwing a mobilephone and playing Air guitar

  6. Finns “People are so relaxed, take care, here. We can go to the lake and play football and speak..enjoying the weather but..without problems. Relaxing and that’s all.” (Exchange student 2009) ”I think a typical Finn is really shy at the beginning, even afraid about something strange. And polite, really polite, quiet.“ (Exchange student 2009) Calm Polite Honest Quiet Ownterritory, ”bubble” Life definedby the seasons Takestime to get to know a Finn

  7. FinnishFlavours Freshfrom the Nature Differentkind of berries, mushrooms, fish, gameanimalslikemoose and reindeer Ryebread (darkbread) CarelianPie Salmiakki Mämmi (FinnishEasterpudding)

  8. Things to see and to do Lapland is a greatplace for hiking in itsbeautifulfellscenery Townsworthvisiting for: Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Jyväskylä, Oulu Lots of beautiful national parksallaround Finland withvaryingnaturetypes Biggestlakesare Saimaa (Eastern Finland) and Päijänne (Central Finland) Europe's largest archipelago, including the autonomous Ahvenanmaa (Åland)

  9. During the winter the snowcovers almost the whole country The averagetemperature in January is -10 °C Becausemost of the lakesare coveredwith ice for at leastfour months(depending on the place), it’sperfecttime for ice-fishing, skatingand cross-countryskiing Winter in Finland

  10. Althoughwinter is the time of Kaamos (polarnight) in the northern Finland, it’snotall the timesodark. And luckilysnowreflects the lightwhichmakes the lighthoursevenbrighter!

  11. Spring in Finland Once the darkestwinterdaysaregone and sunhasreturned to northernsky, the springmaycome!Finnsgettotallynuts oncetheystart to havesunny and warmdays againafter the long winter.

  12. SpringTrivia Finnsreallylove Vappu, the Labour Day Party on 1st of May Birdsreturn to Finland and the animals and naturestart to wakeup The daysaregettinglonger

  13. Summer in Finland

  14. Summer Trivia The averagetemperature in July is +17 °C Finnish summer is full of festivals and concerts During the Midsummer the sundoesen’t set at all Eventhoughsummersareusuallyhot, Finnsstilllove to grillthemselves in sauna.

  15. Autumn in Finland When the light is disappearing again, it’stime to harvest. Apples, lingonberries and mushroomsarewaiting for eagergatherers!

  16. The city of Mikkeli is the capital of the Province of Eastern Finland and it is situated by the Lake Saimaa Population 48 835, 16th largest municipality in Finland Good connections to eastern, southern and central Finland give great opportunities to local business and travelling Diverse business in Mikkeli is based on forest and timber, information technology, food products, metal and tourism

  17. EnjoyMikkeli!!

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