Tourism is an expanding industry in Finland. In 2005 the income of Finnish tourism exceeded over € 6.7 billion. The sudden growth is the result of the globalisation of the country and also the rise in positive publicity. Finland has many attractions, which attracted over 4 million tourists in 2005. Finland has a huge transport network, including over 78 000 kilometres of public roads, a railway network and many airports and ports. Cities have also their own bus lines, and in Helsinki a light rail system and metro, which is still under construction. Finland’s national railway company is VR as "Valtion Rautatiet" (State Railways). With international trains you can travel to St. Petersburg, Moscow and Sweden. The biggest airport in Finland is Helsinki-Vantaa airport, and the second largest is Oulu airport. Helsinki-Vantaa airport has three runways.

Population of Finland is 5,3 million. About 97% of them are Finns. The density of population is just about 16 per square kilometre. Most of the people live in the southern part of Finland.
  Finland is a bilinqual country, which means that it has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. About 91.7% speak Finnish as their native language and Swedish about 5,5%. 62% of Finns live in southern Finland that means about 3,3 million people.
 Mainly Finnish people are Christians (85%). But  there are also many other religions. Even some of the laws of Finland are based on the Holy Bible.

Because of the northern climate, agricultural development is limited to maintaining self-sufficiency. About 5% of all Finnish people work on agriculture. Forestry, an important export earner, provides a secondary occupation for the rural population.
Finland needs a lot of energy because of its cold climate. But energy isn’t produced from fossil fuel because Finland doesn’t have any fossil fuel resources. Until the 1960s, Finnish energy policy relied on the electricity produced by hydropower stations and extensive decentralised use of wood for energy.
Finland started planning the introduction of nuclear power in the 1950s. In 2001, eighteen per cent of all electricity consumed in Finland was produced by the country's four nuclear power plants.

Kalevala - the national epic of Finland, and Finnish mythology in general

Kantele - traditional musical instrument

Mämmi - traditional Easter food

Kalakukko - traditional Savonian food

Karelian pasties - traditional pasties from the region of Karelia. “Karjalan piirakat”

Sauna - traditional hot room

Sisu - will, determination, perseverance, mental fortitude, also a Finish pastil

Perkele - swear word (see Finnish profanity) also god of thunder in Finish mythology

Puukko - traditional Finnish style woodcraft belt-knife

Ice swimming - swimming in a body of water with a frozen crust of ice

Nordic walking - a recreational sport first popularized in Finland, you walk with sking sticks

Salmiakki - salty liquorice

Sahti - traditional homemade alcoholic drink

Koskenkorva - strong Finnish vodka

Reilu meininki - fair dealing very rare in Finland :)