A country of vast evergreen forests, myriad ice-covered lakes, huge swathes of snow-covered wilderness and the mesemric Northern Lights, Finland remains the archetypal arctic land.

Capital city: Helsinki
Population: 5,400,000 (2014)
Size of country: 338,145 sq km
Currency: Euro
Power supply: 230 volts AC are standard
Sockets: European two-pin plugs
Language: Finnish
Time difference: GMT + 3 hours
Visas: British nationals may enter Finland for up to 3 months as a visitor without a visa
Religion:Evangelical Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy
Popular dishes: Fish
Popular drink: Koskenkorva (distilled grain alcohol)
Did you know :There are exactly 187,888 lakes (larger than 500 m²) and 179,584 islands in Finland. Both are world records.
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