Marco Polo Finland: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips Experience all of Finland`s attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, complete with ` Best Of` recommendations. You`ll discover excellent hotels, restaurants, trendy places to go, plus shopping tips, suggestions for those on a tight budget, details of all the sports & activities on offer & ideas for Travel with Kids. Also contains: the Perfect Route, Festival & Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, Finnish phrasebook & a comprehensive index. Beware
- it could easily happen that you travel to Finland & end up not wanting to leave this stunning place. Suomi (that`s what Finns call Finland) has an extraordinary coastline with lots of rocky islands, a never ending blue-green patchwork of forest & water, vast expanses of moorland & tundra, silver midsummer nights & northern lights in winter. But a visit to the land of tango dancers, owners of summer cottages & the inventor of the mobile phone is more than just a trip to the countryside. With Marco Polo Finland you`ll embark on a journey of discovery. Immerse yourself in a very special lifestyle & discover the out-of-the-ordinary among its cultural variety & lively art scene, at its colourful festivals & while tasting Finnish specialities. Where else in the world can you pick berries & mushrooms in dense forests & dance tango in the streets at night? Or sweat in the typical smoke sauna & meet up to drink vodka afterwards? You`ll appreciate the tranquillity of the thousand lakes as much as the noisy evenings in karaoke bars. Celebrate the Finnish way
- you`ll love it. The Insider Tips reveal, amongst other things, where you can experience the variety of Finnish cuisine & how you can explore the fascinating world of Lapl&. Panels in each chapter suggest things to do if you`re on a tight budget & where to pick up some real bargains. Go cruising through the skerries, the most beautiful archipelago of the world, row around Lake Paijanne, & take a trip to the Arctic
- Trips & Tours showcase the country`s best destinations. Untouched, lonely & beautiful: Finland`s forests & lakes offer everything your heart desires. Go fishing, swimming in icy water & even dog sledding: you`ll find selected listings & tips in the Sports & Activities chapter. Finally, the Dos & Don`ts point out some of the things you need to be aware of & watch out for when visiting the country. Marco Polo Finland provides comprehensive coverage of the country. To help you get around there`s a detailed road atlas inside, a folding city map of Helsinki in the backcover, plus a handy pull-out map. Don`t go on holiday without a Marco Polo guide!


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Finland at 1:850, 000 from an indexed road map Marco Polo Travel Publishing with special features to aid route planning, plus street plans of central Helsinki, Lahti, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Tampere & Turku/ Abo. A fold-out extension of the map cover gives at-a-glance overview of the whole area covered by the map with the adjoining regions, highlighting main places of interest & making it much easier to find various localities on the main map and/or plan a route. A set of seven peel-on/peel-off stickers, removable without damaging the map, is provided to make routes or locations more prominent when navigating. Coverage

Includes:: large areas of Norwegian & Swedish Lapland &, along the eastern border, parts of Karelia with road & rail access St. Petersburg & road connections with Murmansk. Cartography is from the renowned German publishers Mair Dumont. Road network

Includes:: minor local roads & selected unsurfaced tracks, indicates motorway services, truck shops, toll stations, traffic or seasonal restrictions, etc. & gives driving distances on main & most secondary routes. Scenic routes & viewpoints are highlighted. Railway lines, ferry routes & local airports are included, as well as the country’s administrative divisions with names of the provinces. Locations of interest are prominently highlighted, with separate colouring for towns or villages & for natural sites. National parks & other protected areas are marked. Symbols highlight locations of campsites, youth hostels, isolated hotels, etc. Topography is shown by relief shading with spot heights, plus graphics for bogs & marshl&. Latitude & longitude lines are at 30’ intervals. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English.A booklet attached to the map cover has an extensive index of place names with post codes, a distance/driving times table, & basic driving regulations. Also provided are street plans at 1:20, 000 of central areas of Helsinki, Lahti, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Tampere & Turku/ Abo.





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The Michelin National road map of Finland at 1:1, 250, 000 scale is ideal for route planning. The map gives comprehensive coverage of national road networks showing all major motorways, dual carriageways, national & regional main roads & some single-lane roads. Also shows unsurfaced roads. The map is divided by grid showing latitude & longitude. Distances between major locations are marked along roads, with total distance & several intermediate distances shown. A quick-reference chart of distances & driving times between major locations is also included. The map also

Includes:: a grid-referenced index of principal place names. Clear, easy-to read cartography shows roads in reds, yellows & white with black outlines. Major topography is indicated with relief shading. Woodland & forest is marked with green shading. Built-up urban areas are clearly marked in yellow. Airports, ferries, railways, bridges are also marked. National & administrative divisions are marked, as are areas of tourist interest such as rock carvings, national parks & scenic routes. Also

Includes:: a quick reference panel giving national driving regulations, including speed limits, equipment requirements (e.g. bulb kits, warning triangles) & seatbelt rules for all countries principally shown. Town plans & regional enlargements:- Helsinki at 1:250, 000 scale



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Northern Finland at 1:400, 000 on a double-sided road map from Karttakeskus, the country’s national survey organization, with both topographic & extensive tourist information, including hotels, campsites, youth hostels, etc. Coverage starts just north of Oulu. Maps in this series have detailed road classification, from dual carriageways to unsurfaced tracks & privately maintained roads, & indicate the widths of the single carriageway roads. Service & petrol stations are marked, & driving distances are shown on main & secondary routes. Railways are shown with stations & ferry routes are marked, as well as internal administrative boundaries & restricted access areas. The maps also include selected hiking routes & snowmobile tracks. Topography is shown by contours at 20m intervals with spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics indicate fields, woods, & marshes. Boundaries of national parks, conservation areas & nature reserves are shown. Tourist information

Includes:: various types of accommodation (hotels, motels, youth hostels, campsites), sport & leisure centres, information offices, museums & places of interest, etc. The maps have both UTM & latitude/longitude grids. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Northern Finland at 1:400, 000 on a double-sided cycling map from Karttakeskus with both national & local cycling routes, plus extensive tourist information including different types of accommodation. Enlargements show the routes across Rovaniemi, Tornio & Kemi. Maps in this Outdoor series from Karttakeskus cover southern Finland at 1:250, 000, with the northern part of the country at 1:400, 000. An overprint prominently highlights both national & local waymarked cycling routes, indicating unsurfaced sections, intermediate distances & routes which are part of the Euro Velo network. Enlargements present in more detail the main urban areas. The maps also indicate mountain bike routes, plus selected nature trails & canoeing routes. Railway lines are shown with stations & ferry connections are marked. An extensive range of symbols provide additional information: tourist information offices; different types of accommodation (campsites, holiday villages, youth hostels, huts, shelters, etc), sport & recreational facilities & sites including horse riding, canoeing, bird-watching, etc. Topography is shown by contours at 20m intervals with spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics for marshl&, woodlands, etc. National parks & other protected areas are prominently marked. The maps also show which areas are currently covered by more detailed recreational maps published by Karttakeskus. The maps have both UTM & latitude/longitude grid lines. Each title also

Includes:: information of carrying cycles on public transport & notes on hiking, canoeing & snowmobile trails. Map legend & all the text include English. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Finland Road Atlas, 2013 edition, from Karttakeskus in an A4, spiral-bound format, with enlargements for environs of main cities, 50 street plans, road signs, etc. The south is covered at 1:200, 000 & the rest, roughly north of around Oulu, at 1:250, 000. Road classification indicates width of single carriageway roads &

Includes:: unsurfaced tracks & privately maintained roads. Intermediate distances are shown on main routes & on selected connecting roads, & locations of petrol stations are also marked. Railway lines are shown with stations, ferry routes are marked & for the Turku archipelago there is a separate map of ferry links & a list of routes & operating times. A wide range of symbols highlight various services & places of interest: tourist accommodation including campsites & youth hostels, sport & recreational facilities, bird watching towers, etc. Topography is shown by spot heights, with contour lines at 50m intervals & graphics for marshes & moors added on the 1:250, 000 maps covering the northern part of the country. Larger lakes show their altitude above the sea level. Protected & restricted entry areas are clearly marked. The maps also show internal administrative boundaries &, where appropriate, alternative Swedish & Lapp place names are also given. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Extensive index of place names

Includes:: lakes & protected areas. More detailed mapping at 1:100, 000 covers the environs of Helsinki, Turku, Tampere & Oulu. The atlas also

Includes:: 50 plans of towns & city centres at 1:40, 000, all annotated with services & places of interest. Also provided are four pages of information on traffic signs plus a distance table. Map legend & explanatory text include English.





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Finland Road Atlas from Karttakeskus in a glovebox size spiral-bound format, covering southern Finland at 1:650, 000 with the rest of the country, north of Oulu, at 1:800, 000. The atlas

Includes:: an enlargement for the Helsinki area, street plans of 12 main towns, plus a distance table. Main roads & connecting routes are very clearly presented & classified, but this glovebox version shows considerably fewer smaller local roads & tracks than the publishers’ larger A4 atlas at 200/400K. Intermediate distances are shown on main routes & on selected connecting roads; locations of petrol stations & border crossings are marked. The atlas also shows railway lines, ferry routes & local airports. Symbols mark various places of interest, including campsites & youth hostels. Topography is indicated by spot heights; national parks & other protected areas are prominently highlighted. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Extensive index

Includes:: names of topographic features & national parks. Map legend

Includes:: English. Current edition of this atlas was published in 2014. The Helsinki area is shown in more details; 12 main towns are presented on plans with names of main streets & symbols for information centres, car parks & petrol stations, plus selected hotels.





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Finland Road Atlas 2011 from Karttakeskus in an A4, spiral-bound format, with enlargements for environs of main cities, 50 street plans, road signs, etc. The south is covered at 1:200, 000 & the rest, roughly north of around Oulu, at 1:250, 000. Road classification indicates width of single carriageway roads &

Includes:: unsurfaced tracks & privately maintained roads. Intermediate distances are shown on main routes & on selected connecting roads, & locations of petrol stations are also marked. Railway lines are shown with stations, ferry routes are marked & for the Turku archipelago there is a separate map of ferry links & a list of routes & operating times. A wide range of symbols highlight various services & places of interest; tourist accommodation including campsites & youth hostels, sport & recreational facilities, bird watching towers, etc. Topography is shown by spot heights, with contour lines at 50m intervals & graphics for marshes & moors added on the 1:250, 000 maps covering the northern part of the country. Larger lakes show their altitude above the sea level. Protected & restricted entry areas are clearly marked. The maps also show internal administrative boundaries &, where appropriate, alternative Swedish & Lapp place names are also given. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Extensive index of place names

Includes:: lakes & protected areas. More detailed mapping at 1:100, 000 covers the environs of Helsinki, Turku, Tampere & Oulu. The atlas also

Includes:: 50 plans of towns & city centres at 1:40, 000, all annotated with services & places of interest. Also provided is detailed information on traffic signs plus a distance table. Map legend & explanatory text include English.





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Finland Road Atlas 2012 from Karttakeskus in an A4, spiral-bound format, with enlargements for environs of main cities, 50 street plans, road signs, etc. The south is covered at 1:200, 000 & the rest, roughly north of around Oulu, at 1:250, 000. Road classification indicates width of single carriageway roads &

Includes:: unsurfaced tracks & privately maintained roads. Intermediate distances are shown on main routes & on selected connecting roads, & locations of petrol stations are also marked. Railway lines are shown with stations, ferry routes are marked & for the Turku archipelago there is a separate map of ferry links & a list of routes & operating times. A wide range of symbols highlight various services & places of interest; tourist accommodation including campsites & youth hostels, sport & recreational facilities, bird watching towers, etc. Topography is shown by spot heights, with contour lines at 50m intervals & graphics for marshes & moors added on the 1:250, 000 maps covering the northern part of the country. Larger lakes show their altitude above the sea level. Protected & restricted entry areas are clearly marked. The maps also show internal administrative boundaries &, where appropriate, alternative Swedish & Lapp place names are also given. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Extensive index of place names

Includes:: lakes & protected areas. More detailed mapping at 1:100, 000 covers the environs of Helsinki, Turku, Tampere & Oulu. The atlas also

Includes:: 50 plans of towns & city centres at 1:40, 000, all annotated with services & places of interest. Also provided is detailed information on traffic signs plus a distance table. Map legend & explanatory text include English.





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Reise Know-How maps of Finland South at 1:500, 000 scale. The cardboard cover is detachable so that the card can easily be put into any pocket. A protective cover is not required. The cartographic representation focuses on the most important information for travelers & is particularly well readable. Instead of shading, coloured heights are used.
- Elevation lines with altitudes- Classed road network with distances- Attractions- Detailed local index- GPS accurate- lengths & widths- Five-language legend (German, English, French, Spanish, Russian). Printed on two sides.
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