The Helsinki City Marathon is Finland's biggest running event, attracting around 6000 runners from around the world. The course is particularly beautiful, following the coast of helsinki. Younger family members can run in the Disney Mini Marathon.
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Helsinki City Marathon
IMPORTANT: Please note that the details of the event are subject to change.
We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers
before making any travel arrangements.
Helsinki City Marathon Radiokatu 20, FIN-00240 Helsinki Phone: 358 9 3481 2405 Fax: 358 9 3481 2367
Admission fee:
Free for spectators. Participation fee 55-70 eur
Finland -
background and overview:
Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, the Finns made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.
Finland details
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia.
Languages:
Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003).
Climate:
Cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes.
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