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Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital as well as the largest city of Finland. It is located in the southern part of Finland on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of Helsinki is 564,643. The Helsinki region - or the Capital Region - also includes the neighboring cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen. This area has a total population of almost one million citizens. The Greater Helsinki area contains several more neighboring cities and has a population of approximately 1,3 million, meaning that one out of every four Finns lives in the Greater Helsinki area.

The University of Helsinki is the biggest university in Finland. Helsinki also has a large and varied collection of museums, galleries and performance spaces. Helsinki is on the coast, so many sightseeing ferries leave from the port of Helsinki. Many of Helsinki's main attractions are also related to the sea, including the Suomenlinna fortress (a UNESCO World Heritage site) and the Seurasaari island with its parks and open-air museum. Skiing and skating are popular sports at wintertime and there is a skating ring right next to the main railway station of Helsinki. The biggest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, Helsingin Sanomat, is published daily out of Helsinki.

The city has Finland's largest foreign population in numbers and percentage of population. There are over 130 nationalities resident in Helsinki. Of these, the largest groups include citizens from Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Somalia, Serbia, China, Iraq and Germany. Currently, Finland hosts the European Union's revolving EU presidency. Helsinki will also host the 52nd annual Eurovision Song Contest in May 2007.

City of Helsinki

Nurmijärvi

We will have a cottage weekend in Nurmijärvi about 40 kilometers north of Helsinki. A sauna and a lake are waiting.

Municipality of Nurmijärvi

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