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Midsummer Eve Celebration
(Seurasaari island Helsinki)
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When:
Jun 19, 2009
Where: Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, Helsinki, Finland
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The celebration of "Mid Summer" in Helsinki is a festive show that combines fire, water, music and dance. These traditional events are celebrated all over Finland. The most beautiful and known event is held, yearly, in the open museum on Seurasaari Island near Helsinki. Music shows and traditional Finnish dance shows are held. The visitors can, also, enjoy the bazaar of hand made traditional crafts and the fires that symbol the arrival of Mid Summer.
Thousands of local and tourists visit and enjoy, every year, the colorful event.
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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.
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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.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
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 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. |
Capital:
Helsinki |
Time Zone:
UTC+2 , (Summer UTC +3) |
Currency (code):
euro (EUR) |
Call Code:
+358 |
Electric Power:
230V 50 Hz |
Tourist office:
Matkailun Edist?miskeskus (Finnish Tourist Board) |
Tourist website:
Click Here |
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