Finland Stats

Capital City - Helsinki (pop: 892,000)

Population - 5,191,000

Languages - Finnish, Swedish, Sámi; English is very widely spoken

Religion - Lutheran & Orthodox

Currency - Euro (Euro)

Electricity - 230V 50HzHz

Geography - Finland is the seventh largest country in Europe . Lakes and forest are the main features of the landscape, with two-thirds of the country covered by forest, and water covering another 10%.

There are an incredible 187,888 lakes, 5,100 rapids and 179,584 islands in the lakes and off the sea coast! The archipelago off the south-west coast is Europe 's largest.

Finland is generally flat, the highest point being 'Halti' at 1328m (4357ft) above sea level.