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Helsinki

Country: Finland.

Helsinki by the Numbers:

Population: 559,716 ( city ); 1,224,107 ( metropolitan area ).
Telephone area code: 09
Country dialing code: 358.
Average January temp: - 5°C ( 23°F ).
Average July temp: 18°C ( 64°F ).
Annual rainfall: 600mm ( 23.6 inches ).
Area: 71 square miles of land.
Islands: 315

Quick reference:

Ethnic mix: 87.6% Finnish, 6.4% Swedish, 6% other.
Religion: 86% Lutheran, 13% other, 1% Orthodox.
Time zone: GMT +2 ( GMT +3 during daylight savings ).
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz; two-pin plugs are standard.
Animal: Squirrel.
Languages: Finnish and Swedish
Nickname: White Daughter of the Baltic.
Emergency #:112.

Did you know?

Finland had some 2 million saunas
Helsinki has an average of 121 rainy days.

Orientation:

Spanning more than 300 islands connected by a maze of bridges greater Helsinki wanders along the northern shores of shores of the Gulf of Finland stretching out on jutting peninsula and winding inland along numerous craggy inlets and heading off into the lake filled interior flatlands. Besides serving as the capital of Finland it also ranks as the Northernmost European capital.