The document provides information about several interesting places in Finland. It describes the autonomous region of Ahvenanmaa, including its population demographics and natural features. It also summarizes the Finnish Ice Hockey Museum, highlighting its exhibitions about famous players and the history of ice hockey in Finland. Finally, it briefly outlines several popular tourist destinations in Finland like Halti fell, Heureka science center, Korkeasaari zoo, and Linnanmäki amusement park.

1. Interesting Places in Finland
Oriveden Keskuskoulu
Class 6b

2. Ahvenanmaa - Aland
Finnish Archipelago

3. General facts
• Autonomous county in Finland
• About 28 000 people
• Governmental center in Mariehamn
• 91,2 % Swedish, 5,0 % Finnish and 3,8
% other languages
Nature
• Abundant coniferous forest
• Groves and meadows are typical

4. Teemu Selänne Jari Kurri
Finnish Ice Hockey Museum
The Finnish hockey hall of fame is one of the six
museums in the world that have specialized in the
history of the ice hockey.
Mikael Granlund
S.koivu Lehtinen jaPeltonen

5. The history of the Finnish ice
hockey from the end of the
1920s up to today is
introduced in the permanent
exhibition of the museum.
The best-known exhibition
objects are the Finnish
champions trophy, the Canada
Trophy and the world
Champions Trophy from 1995.

6. s
Halti is the highest fell in
Finland, at 1,324 meters
above sea level, and
thus the highest point in
the country.

7. Halti fell is located in the
municipality of Enontekiö in
the province of Lappland at
the border between Finland
and Norway.
Halti is a beautiful fell in the Lappland.

8. HEUREKA
Finnish Science Center
It was built 1988
Opening ceremony 28.4.1989

9. EXHIBITIONS
- Heureka classics
- Main exhibition
- Coin’s path
- Sciene park
- Stone park
BASKETBALL RATS
- Science change’s the world
- Murder in Heureka They are trained to put the ball into
basket. Then their trainer give them
- Science with planets
reward.
- Intelligent traffic

10. KORKEASAARI
The Zoo is on a rocky island in front of Helsinki.

11. Zoo Animals
Zoo animals from Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, South America
and North America

12. • Lapland is the
lapland northernmost region in
Finland.
• Lapland in Finland,
Russia, Swedish and
Norway.
• Lapland is the largest
county in Finland.
• Lapland is beautiful area.
Country: Finland
Capital: Rovaniemi
Area: 98,984 square km
Population: 184,000

13. Lapland´s animals
reindeer
Siberian jay
rabbit
Norway lemming wolf

14. Linnanmäki – Amusement park
• Linnanmäki is an • Linnanmäki´s oldest rides are
amusement park in Helsinki. the rollercoaster and ferris wheel.
• Linnanmäki was founded
1950. • They were built in 1951
• Linnanmäki has two • Linnanmäki has today 40 rides.
restaurants

15. SEA LIFE in Linnanmäki
SEA LIFE is the life under water park.
SEA LIFE was founded in Linnanmäki in 2002.
There are SEA LIFE exhibitions in Finland, United Kingdom,
Germany, Spain, Belgium, USA, France, Italy, Holland,
Denmark and Portugal.

16. Moomin World
Moomin World is a popular tourist attraction in south-west
Finland. In the year of 2006 there were 281 402 visitors.

17. • Moomin World was founded
in1993
• Moomin World´s sights are
Moomin House, Emma
Theatre and Nyyti Path
• In Moomin World you can
see people who live in
Moominvalley.
• Moomin World is in Naantali,
on the island of Kailo and
you can go there on a 250
meters long pontoon bridge
from Naantali´s old town.

18. SANTA PARK
Location: Finland,
Rovaniemi, Arctic Circle
Santa Claus’s home cave
Built inside a rock
Opened 28.11.1998
Santa Claus and elfs
Santa Claus gives presents to
kind kids at Christmas
Elfs watch who is kind and who
isn’t ... and then he tells that
to Santa Claus
Santa Claus lives in Santa Park

19. Santa Park
- In Santa Park you can see
Santa Claus and cookie
grandma and elfs
- Place fits adults and children
- You can find out about
Lapland’s culture
Ice gallery
- There are scuptures
made of ice
- Ice princess shows ice
scuptures

20. Finnish Sauna
For Finnish people the
sauna is a place to
relax in with friends
and family.
It’s a place for
physical and mental
relaxation.
Finns think of saunas
not as a luxury, but as
a necessity.

21. Different kinds of saunas
Smoke sauna
- Is one of the first forms of sauna
- No chimney
Electric stove sauna
- Nowadays the most common sauna type
- The stones are heated up and kept on
temperature using elements
Continuous fire sauna
- It’s a relatively recent invention
- Stones are placed in a compartment directly
above the firebox.

22. Suomenlinna
Finnish Fortress
Basic information:
•Consists of eight islands
•Area: 2,10 square miles
•Population: 798
•Suomenlinna is situated in front
of Helsinki.
•Its construction started in 1748.

23. • Its cultural value, is
highly significant.
• Its a strong part of
Helsinki’s identity.
• Suomenlinna is one of
Finland’s most popular
tourist destinations
• Each year there are
hundreds of thousands
visitors to the island.
• Finnish Fortress
hosts many conserts
and cultural events.
• On the islands there
are a wide range of
cafes and
restaurants.

24. Särkänniemi - Amusement Park
History
• Troika was the first ride on
Särkänniemi
• Särkänniemi was opened 1975
• Särkänniemi have today 35 rides

25. Yyteri Beach
• You can play many
games in Yyteri
• Including: golf,
horse riding, beach
volleyballand surfing
• About 6 kilometers long
• It is a good swimming place

26. Yyteri is located in Sea Pori, Finland
Yyteri spa
• There is a pool for kids, a
17 meters long pool, a
water slide, a cold pool
and a outdoor pool