Helsinki Travel Resources

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Here's a little information related to travel in the city of Helsinki to guide you before or while you journey; learn the currency before you go and a little language knowledge will improve your cultural immersion as a tourist; information on the main religions found in Finland is also included for your interest.

Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent; Copper Coins 1, 2 and 5 cent; Gold Coins 10, 20 and 50 cent; Silver and Gold Coins 1 and 2 euro; Bank Notes 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 euro - conversion

Religions: Predominately Evangelical Lutheran.

Languages: Finnish and Swedish with Lapp and Russian speaking minorities.

Helsinki Tourist Office [http://www.hel.fi/] - official website of the Helsinki Tourist Office.

Art Goes Kapakka [http://www.artgoeskapakka.fi/ ] - summertime performing arts throughout the city's pubs and clubs.

Finnish National Gallery [http://www.fng.fi/] - the Ateneum Art Museum, Sinebrychoff Art Museum and Kiasma.

Helsinki Festival [http://www.helsinkifestival.fi] - major arts festival.

Porvoo [http://www.porvoo.fi/] - mediaeval town a short road or ferry ride away from Helsinki.

Museum of Contemporary Art [http://www.kiasma.fi/] - Kiasma contemporary gallery and performance hall.

National Board of Antiquities [http://www.nba.fi/] - for information on the Seurasaari Open-Air Museum of traditional Finnish life.

Suomenlinna [http://www.suomenlinna.fi/] - the sea fortress of Suomenlinna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, get there by ferry.