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WELCOME TO FINLAND
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TURKU
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AMIT [email protected]
Bachelors in Information Technology ASIM [email protected]
GITM
Tervetuloa Turkuun
Finland and Turku
Finnish Culture
Student benefits
Finnish timings
Holidays in Finland
Turku Tour
Cruising
Funny experiences
CONTENTS
FINLAND AND TURKU
Nordic country with 5.4 million population
Official language Finnish and swedish
Turku being third largest city of Finland
Turku is home to about 35,000 higher education students
Also named as capital of European culture(2011)
Situated by the Baltic Sea and sheltered by the islands of the Archipelago Sea, Turku has a humid continental climate
FINNISH CULTURE
Finns , punctuality matters ! !!
• Pre-inform if you can’t make it Sauna, an important part of culture
STUDENT BENEFITS
• Travelling inside finland, transport means: • Roadways: • Onni bus http://www.onnibus.fi/ • Express bus http://www.eb.fi
or http://www.expressbus.fi
Trains : http://www.vr.fi
• Airways: • • • Ryan air Norwegian air Air Baltic Student discounts apply on trains and buses
FINNISH TIMINGS
Daylight Saving Time started on 31st March Daylight Saving Time ends on 27th Oct Clocks were turned forward 1 hour Clocks are turned backward 1 hour
HOLIDAYS IN FINLAND
Finnish Independence Day 6th December Vappu Day 1st May Christmas and New Year’s Day 24-25 December and 1st Jan Epiphany, Easter, Ascension day, Pentecost, Midsummer Day, and All Saints' Day. Shops and public transports are closed
TURKU TOUR
TURKU MUSEUM AND CASTLE TURKU SEASHORE AND BEACHES TURKU CATHEDRAL
CRUISING
Due to its location, Turku is a notable commercial and passenger seaport with over three million passengers travelling through the port of Turku each year to Stockholm and Mariehamn Crusing company Viking and Silja Line Cheap to go cruise Booking office at City centre , at Sea port or can book online http://www.vikingline.fi
, http://www.tallinksilja.com/fi
FUNNY EXPERIENCES
Buses routes Deficiency of information can directly affect efficiency of work Time changes twice, once in winter, and once in summer Ticket validity Sauna experience Experience at Ryan Air