Finland - General
Introducing Finland
Finland! All kinds of information on Finland and Finnish Public Services. Available in English also however, the English content is rather limited.
Finland for you! Another site telling how wonderful Finland is! Lots of information and links to things finnish.
Many of the Towns and Cities of Finland have their own web sites. Most of these web sites are of a high standard and are maintained by the town or city councils. Some include excellent features such as zoomable maps with the facility to locate a specific address. This is a directory of some of them which ranges from the largest of cities to the smallest of towns.
The map on the right has presents a flavour of Finland in the form of links to a range of its town and city web sites. Some of these are not included in the directory above.
Website of Haukipudas, a town in northern Finland.
Helsinki web site.
Tampere web site.
Tampere University web site
Finnish Newspapers A directory of newspapers' web sites in Finnish.
Finnish news in English from Helsingin Sanomat
google.fi Search the web in Finnish.
Learn Finnish...
Ymmärräsuomea Understand Finnish
One of the best on-line resources for those of us who are interested in learning Finnish. This web site is 84 MB in extent and includes sound files.
Some Finnish grammar for those in need. Quite a good web site, hosted on the Tampere University server.
Who's afraid of the finnish language...?!
We're not, are we!
A basic on-line Finnish to English dictionary can be found here.
The Sandford Language Institute is currently running courses in Finnish
Some other Finnish Societies and Organisations
The Finnish-Irish Society, in Finland
Suomi-Seura - Finland-Society Organisation for ex-patriate Finns
Finnish Institute in London
The Finnish Tram Society A web site about the history of trams in Helsinki, Viipuri and Turku, and about current light rail transport in Finland. Presented in English and in Finnish.
Official
Finnish Dept. of Labour home page jobs, education etc.
Advice on moving to Finland and living and working there.
Advice on rights, recognition of degrees, etc.
Website for ex-patriate Finns
Ulkosuomalaisparlamentti A web site on the Finnish ex-patriate parliament.
Radio Finland
Some Other Sites of Interest
A web site with information on the winter war against Russia
Pentik Manufacturers of cool mugs and the like.
Order a letter from Santa Claus in Finland.
Summer camps for ex-pat Finnish children and adults.
Some information about sauna, in the proper Finnish style.
Finland's oldest pub
A web walk through the Kevo National Park in the very northern most part of Finland.
There are many excellent web sites offering maps of Finland. Here are a few of them.
Zoomable Maps of the Oulu area and northern Finland
Maps of Finland's towns and cities
Multimap.com A web site containing maps of many places in the world.
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