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Visit Finland
Things to Do
If you want to relax and recharge your batteries in Finland, you’ve come to the right place. But if you are looking for a more active holiday, this is also the perfect destination, whether you opt for every conceivable form of winter sports, cycling, boating, fishing, hiking, art shows and performances, or simply sightseeing.
Attractions
From the major museums and galleries of Helsinki and the other cities to handsome manors, splendid medieval castles in romantic lakeland settings and picturesque stone and wooden churches, Finland has an extraordinary choice of exciting and unique attractions.
Culture and Lifestyle
As one of the world’s best-educated nations, Finns enjoy a high standard of living and hold cultural expression of all kinds in high regard. Innovative high technology infiltrates every Finnish home, but an appreciation of the simple joys of the unspoilt natural environment is equally widespread
Gastronomy
Think of Finland and you may not think of superb cuisine: think again. The seasonal bounty of Finland’s lakes, rivers, sea and forest is sufficient incentive in itself for a visit. Salmon, rainbow trout, Arctic char, vendace, perch and pike-perch grace the menus of the country’s restaurants, along with an exotic range of game meat such as elk, duck and snow grouse. Visitors to Lapland are treated with steaks or stew of reindeer, a lean and tasty meat. New potatoes and other fresh vegetables, chanterelle and boletus mushrooms and berries of every description – strawberries, cloudberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, lingonberries, redcurrants, raspberries, sea buckthorn berries – supplement the selection.
Most restaurants are concentrated in the Helsinki capital area, but Finland’s other big towns – Tampere and Turku, for example – also boast excellent restaurants. Make Finnish cuisine the focus of your visit to Finland and experience an unforgettable festival of flavour!
Summer Activities
Summer in Finland is a frenzy of activity, with festivals of song and dance staged across the country that make the most of the long light evenings.The Finnish summer is a magical and energizing time, whether you fancy quietly communing with nature or enjoying the feverish cultural life of the towns and cities. Finland’s vast, meandering waterways of lake, coast and river lend themselves to more actively exciting pursuits, such as canoeing and sailing, while the network of quiet and scenic coastal and country roads are inspiring routes for cyclists.
Winter Activities
Finland has more of the white stuff than just about anywhere else in Europe, and nobody knows better than Finns how to make the most of this annual asset. From the Alpine ski slopes of Arctic Lapland to the well-marked cross country tracks in every part of the country, from the reindeer and snowmobile safari adventures to snowboarding and ice hotels, when it comes to snow, Finland is as cool as it gets.
Practical Information
Where to change money, where to buy maps, when the shops are open (and closed), how much you should expect to pay for a cab, restaurant opening times, what clothes to wear at different times of the year: a wealth of practical information for day-to-day survival in Finland.
Transportation
There are number of airlines offering regular scheduled service from the UK. Flying time on a non-stop flight from the U.K. is under three hours. It is a long way to drive from the U.K. or Ireland to Finland. To save as many precious days of holiday as possible to be spent at the destination it is clever to combine the speed of air travel to the convenience of being one's own timekeeper after arrival in Finland. Finland may be in the most northerly corner of Europe, but reaching it is easy - and less expensive with each passing year.
And once you do arrive, getting out and about to explore is simple. Thanks to an extensive road, rail and ferry network there are a range of transport options to carry you to every corner of the country and experience the country's intriguing mix of beautiful landscapes, lively towns and cities, and its wealth of history, attractions and events.
Finland has one of the densest airline networks in Europe, with 24 airports throughout the country, including in the far north. For domestic flights there are several kinds of discount tickets. These five airlines fly domestic: Blue1, European Executive Express, Finnair, FinnComm Airlines and Golden Air.
Jetflite, in case you need to hire an aircraft with crew or need an air ambulance.
You can travel to Finland by ferry from Sweden, Estonia and Germany throughout the year.
Not only do the vessels sailing between Finland and its neighbouring countries offer pleasant and comfortable transport, but they provide an abundance of refreshing and relaxing services as well. The wide selection of on-board restaurants ranges from gourmet quality to fast food. The ferries also have bars, discos and excellent shopping opportunities along with fun-filled playrooms for the little ones, while the bigger vessels provide spas and excellent conference facilities.
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