finland

Search Engines

• Suomi24.fi
• Fennica.net
• Keltaiset Sivut (Yellow Pages)

Travel

• Travelling in Finnland
• Region of Central Finland
• Matkahuolto (Bus)
• VR (Railway)
• Finnair
• Silja Line
• Viking Line

• Lippupalvelu (Ticket service)
• Finnkino
• the Finnish Film Archive
• Cultural links
  
  Media
  
  
  • Helsingin Sanomat (international edition)
  • YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company)
  • The Washington Post, Finnish section
  
  Museums, art
  
  
  • Museums in Finland
    • Finnish National Gallery
    • The National Museum of Finland
  • Museum of Central Finland
  • Alvar Aalto Museum
  
  Music, dance
  
  
  • Symphony Orchestras
  • Opera
  • Savonlinna Opera Festivals
  • Kuopio Dance Festival
    
    
• Festivals in Finland
• Jyväskylä
  • Calendar of Events in Jyväskylä

3. CULTURE

Maps:

• Finland

Government:

• President of Finland
• Government
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Life and Culture:

• Finland links
  
• Virtual Finland
• Finland at a glance
• Factsheet Finland
• Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Weather Service
• Finnish customs and manners
• What makes a Finn happy?
• Way of life
• Finnish culture
• Information for Immigrants in Finland



• Are you a Finn?
• How to become a Finn
• Finnish sauna
• Sauna dictionary
• "Everyman's rights"

4. OTHER E-PROGRAMMES SUPPORTING LANGUAGE LEARNING

• DIALANG (diagnostic languagetest for 14 languages)
  
  Finnish:
  • Finnish for travellers
  • A chance to speak Finnish
  • Finnish names
  • Conjugation of Finnish verbs
  • Finnish for foreigners (Language course)
  • Ilmainensanakirja.fi
  • E-tasks for immigrants
  • Freedict.com

National Agencies

• National Agencies: list by country
• SOCRATES/Lingua 2 Agencies in partner countries:
  • Germany, BIBB (Nationale Agentur beim Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung)
  • Finland
  • Great Britain (except Erasmus)
    • Erasmus
  • Hungary

• EU's language actions
• Socrates programmes
  • Lingua
    • Lingua Products
  • Erasmus
    • Erasmus Student Network
  • Comenius
• Tempus Public Foundation, Co-ordination of Education & Training Programmes