1. FINLAND(TURKU) FINLAND(TURKU) WELCOME TO AMITamit.thakur@students.turkuamk.fi Bachelors in Information Technology ASIMasiimt@utu.fiGITM

2. Tervetuloa Turkuun

3. CONTENTS  Finland and Turku  Finnish Culture  Student benefits  Finnish timings  Holidays in Finland  Turku Tour  Cruising  Funny experiences

4. 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

5. FINNISH CULTURE  Finns, punctuality matters ! !! Pre-inform if you can’t make it  Sauna, an important part of culture

6. STUDENT BENEFITS  Travelling inside finland, transport means: Roadways: Onni bus http://www.onnibus.fi/ http://www.onnibus.fi/ Express bus http://www.eb.fihttp://www.eb.fi or http://www.expressbus.fi http://www.expressbus.fi Trains : http://www.vr.fi Airways: Ryan air Norwegian air Air Baltic Student discounts apply on trains and buses

7. 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

8. 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.

9. TURKU TOUR TURKU MUSEUM AND CASTLE TURKU CATHEDRAL TURKU SEASHORE AND BEACHES

10. 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/fihttp://www.vikingline.fi http://www.tallinksilja.com/fi

11. 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

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