FINLAND(TURKU)WELCOME TO

AMITamit.thakur@students.turkuamk.fiBachelors in Information Technology

ASIMasiimt@utu.fiGITM

Tervetuloa Turkuun

CONTENTS

Finland and Turku

Finnish Culture

Student benefits

Finnish timings

Holidays in Finland

Turku Tour

Cruising

Funny experiences

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 bushttp://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

Clocks were turned forward 1 hour

Daylight Saving Time started on 31st March

Clocks are turned backward 1 hour

Daylight Saving Time ends on 27th Oct

HOLIDAYS IN FINLAND

Finnish Independence Day 6th December

Vappu Day 1st May

Christmas and New Year’s Day 24-25 December and 1st Jan

Shops and public transports are closed

Epiphany, Easter, Ascension day, Pentecost, Midsummer Day, and All Saints' Day.

TURKU TOUR

TURKU MUSEUM AND CASTLE

TURKU CATHEDRAL

TURKU SEASHORE AND BEACHES

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

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE