Nice to know before your holiday in Finland

Entry requirements

You have to show a valid passport or indentity card. Children should have their own passports or at least be listed in the parent's passport.

Currency

Finland is part of the Eurozone and the Euro is the main currency. The smallest coins are not in circulation (1-, 2- and 5-cents). All prices are rounded up or down to the nearest 5-cent.

Telephone

The international country prefix for Finland is 00358.

Climate and clothing

Finland offers moderate climate with warm, light summers and a fresh, clean, clear and invigorating air all year around. The humidity is low and therefore the temperature during winter is sensed higher than the thermometre shows.

Lovely beaches in Finland

The beach Hietsu is well known in Helsinki, but the best beaches are the golden beaches near Hanko in the southwestern and Yyter in the western part of the country.

The lovely Finnish cuisine

Local fish delicacies and a Scandinavian and Russian influence on cooking, characterises Finish cuisine. Fish dishes dominate the menu, with main focus on culinary specialities of salmon(lohi), rainbow trout (kirjolohi), powan (siika), pike (hauki), Baltic herring (silakka), perch (ahven) and whitefish (muikku). Apart from dishes made of reindeer or game, the continental influence on meat dishes is dominant. Dessert are unique for Finland.

Good advice for visitors to Helsinki

A Helsinki-card offers free entrance to appox. 50 museums and sights of interests in Helsinki and free public transport. Furthermore there discounts on rental cars, restaurants, at sports events, saunas and shopping.

Advice on restaurant visits in Helsinki

Don't forget to sail to the authentic summer estaurant Klippan on a idyllic summer evening. The restaurant is located in a old villa in the archipelago. As a speciality you can try grilled powan, panfried trout and reindeer sirloin in a uique atmosphere.