Finland is a European country which is near sweden. It is famous because of Nokia industry invented in Finland.
In winter Finland become more beautiful covered with white blanket, there are many snow activities performed in winter.
Also Finland has beautiful lakes, natural scenes, beaches, rivers, glaciers, mountains , forests, reindeers , Northern lights etc.
Nokia is multinational cooperation of Finland which was invented on 12th May of 1865.
All of us , means 19th and 20th century generations played 'snake' on Nokia phones, our first non touch phone at our time. Our many old memories were attached with Nokia.
And it's very intersting that Nokia was founded in small country named Finland.
Nokia is named after small town Nokia which is situated on Bank of river "Nokianvirta" . The name Nokia was accepted in 1871 because it was inspired from location of town Nokia.
Finland is a beautiful country situated in Northern Europe.
Neighbouring countries of Finland are sweden, Norway, Russia, Estonia.
Capital of Finland is Helsinki.
Finland is a land of lakes. There are about 168000 lakes. Therefore Finland is popular as land of thousand lakes.
Tourist places of Finland are :
1. Temppeliaukio church:
This is master piece of architecture building. This church is carved from rock with copper dome . Other famous name is " church in the rock " .
Inside photography is free. Entry fee is 5 Euro. It made circular. It has a unique design with upstairs balcony , that balcony is very good for photography. This church is easily accessible, approximately at 10-15 mins walk from main shopping area .
This beautiful church is worth watching tourist place near City Helsinki of Finland.
2. Helsinki cathedral:
This cathedral or church is located in centre of Helsinki city. It is a popular landmark of Finland. It was built from 1830 to 1852 . It was built to give tribute to Grand Duke of Finland. It is a part of Helsinki 's era . Earlier this church was famous as
St. Nicholas church and great church or great cathedral. There was no entry fee to visit this cathedral , but they ask for donation of 5 Euro which is not compulsory, only for donation . It's capacity is about 1300 seats.
3. Nuuksio National park : There are about 40 National parks in Finland. This is famous one of them. Nuuksio National park is located in Espoo . This park is close to capital Helsinki. It covered lakes and forests . It's popularity is because of Siberian flying squirrel.
Other animals are :
Moose, fox , eagles, hawks, owl , woodpeckers, lynx etc.
There are many beautiful lakes in this park. This park was established in 1994 , it covers area of 53 kilometres.
It has stunning landscape. You can do many recreational activities , adventure here.
4. Sibelius monument :
Sibelius is a National monument of Finland . It represents organ pipes suspended in air. It was made up of steel pipes. It has more than 300 pipes . It is most popular tourist attraction of Finland. It was made by Eila Hiltunen in 1967 who was famous Finnish sculptor. It give visual expression of music . It has bust of composer on one side. It is most popular statue of Helsinki.
5. Ranua zoo :
Ranua zoo is a famous zoo of Finland whose speciality is northern and arctic species . There are many tour packages including buffet, camping, bonefire , hiking etc. Ranua is a small village of Finland which is just below the Arctic Circle. Best time to visit during weekdays as there is crowd on weekends. Don't visit in day time . Try to visit on morning and evening, so you can see activities of animals during these cooler timings of day .
6. Olavinlinna :
Olavinlinna is located in city savonlinna of Finland. It is built on island that connects two lakes Haukivesi and pihlajavesi . It is three tower castle which was built in 15th century. It was founded in 1475. It was built to repel Russian attacks and protect the city. It is a popular tourist attraction of Finland.
7. Turku :
Turku is a city of Finland located on Bank of river Aura. It is a old and historic city of Finland. It has many architecture buildings, monuments, historical sites. It has many modern restaurants and cafes. It has famous tourist attraction of Turku cathedral which was once destroyed and rebuilt. Other tourist attractions include
Turku castle,
open air museum
Moomin world.
Aboa vetus Ars Nova.
Turku Art museum
Forum Marinum etc.
It is a clean and safe City that is close to nature. Also it was former capital of Finland.
8. Santa claus village :
Santa Claus village is a small village of Finland which is located in Rovaniemi . It was officially home town of Santa Claus. This village is close to Arctic Circle. Many chrismis secrets which are rooted at this place. It considers magical place. You can also do many adventure activities although activities are quite expensive yet they are worth to do. You can stay in glass igloo. Also you experience snow hotel that was entirely made from snow and ice. Christmas celebrated in different way in this part of Finland.
9. Lakes : Finland is a land of lakes. There are about 187888 lakes in the Finland. Most of these lakes are small lakes. Some lakes approximately 309 are large lakes like reservoirs which are larger than 10 kilometres.
Some famous lakes are :
1. Isojarvi lake
2. Lake lijarvi
3. Lake Saimaa
4. Lake Inari
5. Lake Haukivesi
6. Lake keitele
7. Kallavesi
8. Lake Paijanne
9. Finnish lakeland.
10. Pielinen etc.
10. Northern lights :
Finland has beautiful natural phenomenon of Northern lights. These Northern lights are beautifully aurora appear in the sky near North pole. Finland is the victim country of these Northern lights.
Tour operators organise Northern lights safaries, there are many tour packages for these safaries. You can book your trip for Northern lights along with dog , reindeer sliding adventure.
Best time to see these aurora is September to October and February to march when aurora activities are at peak.
