The Finlandia Hall, designed by Alvar Aalto, where the president Urho Kekkonen hosted the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe in 1975. (Source)
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Northern lights are most common in Lapland in winter time. (Source)
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There are some 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 500 square metres and 75,818 islands of over 0,5 km2 area, leading to the denomination "the land of a thousand lakes".[13] Picture of Lake Pielinen in North Karelia. (Source)
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Old Rauma, the wooden centre of the town of Rauma (Source)
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Helsinki Central Library Oodi was chosen as the best new public library in the world in 2019.[256] (Source)
Sanomatalo houses several offices of newspapers and radio stations. (Source)
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Now lying within Helsinki, Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of an inhabited 18th-century sea fortress built on six islands. It is one of Finland's most popular tourist attractions. (Source)
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In Finland, reindeer graze in Lapland area and on the fells. (Source)
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The Evangelical Lutheran Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki (Source)
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Linus Torvalds, the Finnish software engineer best known for creating the popular open-source kernel Linux (Source)
Karelian pasty (karjalanpiirakka) is a traditional Finnish dish made from a thin rye crust with a filling of rice. (Source)
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Finnish military leader and statesman C. G. E. Mannerheim as general officer leading the White Victory Parade at the end of the Finnish Civil War in Helsinki, 1918 (Source)
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The brown bear is Finland's national animal.[103] It is also the largest carnivore in Finland. (Source)
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela, The Defense of the Sampo, 1896, Turku Art Museum (Source)
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Paavo Nurmi lights the 1952 Summer Olympics flame. (Source)
The kantele is Finland's national and traditional instrument. (Source)
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Finland's men's national ice hockey team is ranked as one of the best in the world. The team has won four world championships (1995, 2011, 2019 and 2022) and one Olympic gold medal (2022).[325][326] (Source)
Martti Ahtisaari receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 (Source)
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Sisu Nasu NA-110 tracked transport vehicle of the Finnish Army. Most conscripts receive training for warfare in winter, and transport vehicles such as this give mobility in heavy snow. (Source)
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People gathering at the Senate Square, Helsinki, right before the 2011 Helsinki Pride parade started (Source)
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The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant. Finland has five commercial nuclear reactors.[159] (Source)
