Welcome to Finland
We visited Finland for the day on both our 2014 and 2024 Baltic Cruises. While we didn’t get to see much of the country, other than Helsinki we did get to see some great views as we sailed into Helsinki on the 2014 cruise.
We had just one stop in Helsinki for the day.
- Officially the Kingdom of Finland
- Population of 5.5 million
- Dates back to 8000 BC
- Founded 1252
- First part of Sweden and then Russia
- Gained autonomy 1809
- Complete Independence 1917
- Helsinki is Capital
- Most sparsely populated country in Europe
- Official Languages Finish and Swedish
- English widely spoken
- Currency is Euro
- Drive on the right
- 7 hours ahead of east coast
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