The republic of Finland is a country in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe, bordering Sweden and Norway to the west and Russia to the east. The territory of Finland is mostly flat with only some mountains in the northeast of the country. Finland has a large number of lakes and islands (187888 lakes larger than 500 sqm and 179584 islands). With just 5.4 million inhabitants spread over an area of 338000 sq km Finland is a very sparsely populated country. Its capital is Helsinki. Other important cities include Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio and Lahti. Finland has been settled at least since 8500 BC and achieved independence for the first time in 1917. Nowadays Finland has a highly advanced economy and one of the world's highest GDP.
01 Rautatientori square 02 Post office 03 Side view of railway station 04 Side view of railway station
05 Statues holding spherical lamps 06 Statues holding spherical lamps 07 Statues holding spherical lamps 08 Frontal view of railway station 09 Tower
10 Main entrance 11 Illuminated buildings on Rautatientori square at night 12 Rautatientori square at night
13 Rautatientori square at night 01 Pyhan Kolminaisuuden orthodox church 02 Helsinki Lutheran cathedral 03 Helsinki Lutheran cathedral
04 Helsinki Lutheran cathedral 05 Helsinki Lutheran cathedral 06 Helsinki Lutheran cathedral 07 Cathedral interior 08 Cathedral interior - cupola
09 Cathedral interior - organ pipes 10 Cathedral interior 11 Uspenski Eastern Orthodox cathedral 12 Uspenski Eastern Orthodox cathedral 13 Uspenski Eastern Orthodox cathedral
14 Uspenski Eastern Orthodox cathedral 15 Uspenski Eastern Orthodox cathedral 16 Uspenski Eastern Orthodox cathedral 17 Helsinki Lutheran cathedral 18 Helsinki Lutheran cathedral at night
19 Helsinki cathedral and Senate square 20 Uspenski Eastern Orthodox cathedral at night 01 Finnish national theatre 02 Finnish national theatre
03 Ateneum classical art museum 04 Finnish national theatre 05 Vilhelmsgatan street 06 Pond and fountain in Kaisaniemi park 07 Elk sculpture
08 Pavement and street 09 Church spire 10 Church spire 11 Helsinki university and library 12 Unionsgatan street
13 Eurovision music festival on Senaatintori square 14 Government palace 15 Decorations on Senaatintori square
16 Eurovision music festival on Senaatintori square 17 Eurovision music festival on Senaatintori square 18 House of the Estates building 19 House of the Estates building
20 House of the Estates building 21 Tram 22 Music band 23 Esplanade street 24 Vespa cafe
25 Government building at night 26 Fabian street 01 Vegetable sellers on Kauppatori market square 02 Choir singing on Kauppatori market square
03 Flag poles on waterfront 04 Young girls sitting on pedestal 05 Boat ticket booking offices 06 Boats docked at the waterfront 07 Kauppatori market square 08 Kauppatori market square
09 Skerry coast near Helsinki 10 Skerry coast near Helsinki 11 Suomenlinna ferry staff 12 Finnish coast guard ship
13 Viking line ferry 14 Viking line ferry 15 Naval academy
16 Helsinki waterfront 01 Airport building
02 Bus and taxi terminal 03 Hall with Stockmann duty free shop 04 Finnair airplane and containers 05 Plane wing at sunset
06 Plane wing at sunset 07 Itis shopping centre 08 Itis shopping centre 09 Itis shopping centre 10 MS Finnsky ship in Vuosaari harbour
11 Vuosaari harbour 12 Helicopter deck on ferry
13 Skerry islands
14 Helicopter deck on ferry 15 Skerry islands
01 Wooden house on market square 02 Market hall 03 Toripolliisi policeman statue on market square 04 Toripolliisi policeman statue
05 Beijing Chinese restaurant 06 Beijing Chinese restaurant 07 Oulu city theatre
08 Oulu city theatre 09 Old wooden warehouse buildings 10 Old wooden warehouse buildings
11 Wooden house with restaurant 12 Yellow building on market square
13 Houses on market square 14 Pink wooden building near market square 15 Pink wooden building near market square
16 Restaurants in wooden houses on market square 17 Uusi Seurahuone restaurant 18 Uusi Seurahuone restaurant 01 Bicycle stand near Sokos hotel 02 Square
03 Stockman store 04 Suomalainen Kirjakauppa bookstore 05 Jeweller shop 06 Pharmacy
07 Commercial complex 08 Shops and restaurants 09 Pharmacy 10 Escalators in shopping mall 11 Pedestrian area with shops at dusk
12 Pedestrian area with shops at dusk 13 Turun Kultaseppa jewelry and optician shop 01 Oulu cathedral 02 Oulu cathedral 03 Street
04 Holiday Inn hotel 05 Wooden house 06 Oulu town hall 07 Oulu town hall windows 08 Versatile cultural centre Valve building
09 Versatile cultural centre Valve building 10 Scandic hotel 01 Finnair airplane on runway 02 Finnair airplane on runway 03 Airport terminal
04 Arrivals hall 05 Finnair airplane on runway 06 Departure hall 07 Departure hall 08 Control tower
09 Entrance to airport 01 Business centre 02 Bus station 03 Bus station
04 Russian orthodox church 05 Russian orthodox church 06 Russian orthodox church 07 Town centre with shops 08 Town centre with shops
09 Town centre with shops 10 Shopping mall with Christmas decorations 11 Shopping mall with Christmas decorations 12 Shopping mall interior 13 Koskikeskus shopping mall
01 Suomenlinna 02 Fortification
03 Coastal wall 04 Wooden bridge
05 Suomenlinna 06 Bay
07 Fortification 08 Suomenlinna
09 Bay 10 Fortification
11 Fortress 12 King gate 13 Stone wall 14 Cannon 15 Street
16 Fortress 17 Fortification 18 Fortification
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