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About Finland
Finland - Land of the Midnight Sun
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Finland - Land of the Midnight Sun / Here in the far north, we have some exotic lighting effects. Around Midsummer in northern Finland, the sun does not set for several weeks. This may cause wakefulness, and a desire to stay out past your normal bedtime. In Utsjoki, for example, a single summer day lasts for over two months. Most people fall asleep long before the sun goes down.
Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights
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Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights / How do the Northern Lights come about? Sami legend says the fox runs across the night sky, lighting it up with sparks flying from its tail that sweeps the heavens. The modern Finnish term "revontulet", the fires of the fox, derives from this myth.
Santa comes from Finland
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Santa comes from Finland
Hymn for the Cottage
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Hymn for the Cottage
Silence please
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Silence please
Cultural Beat
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Cultural Beat / Contrast is the main ingredient in Finnish cultural life, probably because everything looks and sounds different from our northern perspective. This may explain heavy metal music played on cellos and films almost completely without dialogue.
Wild & Free
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Wild & Free
Helsinki - Finland
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Helsinki - Finland / Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is a vibrant seaside city of beautiful islands and great green parks. The city’s rhythm is laid back yet at the same time refreshingly active in terms of both the number and quality of restaurants and nightclubs.
Lakeland - Finland
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Lakeland - Finland / A blue labyrinth of lakes, islands, rivers and canals, interspersed with forests and ridges, stretching for hundreds of kilometres in a placid and staggeringly beautiful expanse. Welcome to the largest lake district in Europe. This is Finnish Lakeland.
Lapland - Finland
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Lapland - Finland / Finnish Lapland is as close as reality gets to those who dream of a winter wonderland. Contrasts are a key factor in the allure of Lapland where 24-hour sunlight in the summer replaces the dark winter days. The hustle and bustle of towns and ski resorts is just minutes away from the peace and quiet of the wild wilderness.
Coast & Archipelago
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Coast & Archipelago / Finland’s coast boasts the world’s largest archipelago. Old wooden towns, lighthouses, historical manors and stone churches, large national parks stretching over land and sea – this all sums up Coastal Finland in a nutshell.
Finnish Sauna
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Finnish Sauna / If you want to understand Finland and its people, getting familiar with sauna is a good starting point. Sauna is such a big part of Finnish culture it can’t be compared to anything else. For Finns, it is a must at regular intervals, and if they go too long without sauna, they’ll start feeling incomplete.
Eat & Drink in Finland
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Eat & Drink in Finland
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Article Meet Paula – the Bengtskär Lighthouse Keeper

Visiting Bengtskär lighthouse is something every Finn has to do at some point in their lives. Paula Wilson, the lighthouse keeper there explains the magic.

Article Meet Paula – the Bengtskär Lighthouse Keeper

Visiting Bengtskär lighthouse is something every Finn has to do at some point in their lives. Paula Wilson, the lighthouse keeper there explains the magic.

Oulanko National Park in Kuusamo is one of the most popular Finnish national parks. I guess you can see why? Photo by @dansmoe from Oulanka National Park #visitfinland #ourfinland #ruska by ourfinland
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Look to the stars. If you notice that the night sky is clear and starry, your chances of seeing the northern lights are good.
Good Deeds Christmas is time of good deeds. Finns often put out oats or seeds for little birds to help them survive the cold winter. The magic of Christmas is undeniable. It’s a time of goodwill and spending time with your family and friends. Santa also enjoys the simple Yuletide pleasures, such as eating tasty ginger bread biscuits freshly baked by Mrs. Claus.

There’s no place like Rovaniemi, the Official Hometown of Santa Claus, for genuine Christmas experiences. See here for some Rovaniemi Christmas magic.

That lovely, lovely dunes of Yyteri in Pori, Finland. The Finnish west coast is just beautiful.
The Official Travel Guide of Finland — VisitFinland.com
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Article Call of the Wild – Meet Tinja and Her Dogs
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Porvoo, Finland. http://reversehomesickness.com/europe/places-visit-in-finland-helsinki/