Quick Facts - Finland

Capital	Helsinki
Government	Republic
Currency	euro (EUR)
Area	total: 337,030 km2 water: 0 km2 land: 337,030 km2
Population	5.23 millions
Language	Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.5% (official), small Sámi- and Russian-speaking minorities
Religion	Evangelical Lutheran 82.5%, Russian Orthodox 1.1%, other 1.2%, none 15.1%
Electricity	230V/50Hz (European plug)
Calling Code	+358
Internet TLD	.fi
Time Zone	UTC +2

Background

Finland is in Northern Europe and has borders with Russia to the East, Norway to the North and Sweden to the West. The country is thoroughly modern with well-planned and comfortable small towns and cities, but still offers vast areas of unspoiled nature. Finland has approximately 188,000 lakes (about 10% of the country) and a similar number of islands. In the northernmost part of the country the Northern Lights can be seen in the winter and midnight sun in the summer. Finns also claim the mythical mountain of Korvatunturi as the home of Santa Claus, and a burgeoning tourist industry in Lapland caters to Santa fans. Despite living in one of the most technologically developed countries in the world, the Finns love to head to their summer cottages in the warmer months to enjoy all manner of relaxing pastimes including sauna, swimming, fishing and barbecuing.

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COUNTRY EXIT CODE + 852 + CITY AREA CODE + NUMBER

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