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Practical links

What is the number for emergency services, where and when to do shopping, how to find your way in Finland, to keep informed about world events? These are only some of the practical questions you may have remaining. The following links aim to provide answers to them.

Emergency

112, General Emergency Number. An emergency call can be made free of charge from any phone. Calls to 112 will always be directed to the nearest emergency response centre.

The  Police

Department for Rescue Services (Brochures / Eng)

Embassies In Finland

Embassies in Finland and Finnish embassies

General links

'Your Window on Finland' from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland offers a lot of information about Finland and very good links to other websites.

Finland at Governments on the WWW -site. 

The Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) has two portals with useful links.

Info Bank by International Cultural Centre Caisa.

Finland Travel Guide by Finnish Tourist Board

Religion and churches in Finland

Public holidays

Banks and money

Bank of Finland

Finnish Bankers' Association

Shops, opening times

Contact Finland, the Central Chamber of Commerce

Federation of Finnish Commerce and Trade

Post and mail services

Finland Post Corporation

Travelling and transportation

Finnish Vehicle Administration

Finnish Road Administration

Finnish roadsigns (pdf)

VR, national rail

ExpressBus, consortium of 30 express bus companies

Matkahuolto, a private service and marketing enterprise in the bus and coach transport business

Finnair

Airports in Finland

Importation of removal goods including private motor vehicles to Finland (pdf), bringing your car. Information on temporary use of vehicle in Finland (pdf). Registration is performed at registration centres, insurance companies, automotive dealerships and financing companies.

Public sector

Customs

A portal for public sector services in Finland

National Electronic Library

Libraries.fi, The Finnish Library Services 

Gateway to Finnish Research Libraries

Ministry of Justice / elections: Voting in Finland.

News

STT, news from a Finnish news agency

Finnish broadcasting company

Capital FM airs YLE broadcasts about Finland in English and Russian.

Finnish newspapers

SixDegrees, free English language magazine which is published monthly.