Finland in Marshall Cavendish's Culture Shock! Series; comprising a range of guides that inform visitors of the finer points & details relating to social etiquette, traditions & customs; bringing visitors to a sensitive yet substantial understanding of the country or city in question. The series targets those who are planning long stays in the destination or extended periods of residence. The guides are written by authors who have experienced the joys & pitfalls of cultural adaptation, & so are ideally placed to provide informative & relevant advice. Each title contains insights into local culture & traditions, guidance on adapting to the local environment, linguistic help & lots of general advice about local culture & idiosyncrasies to help prepare readers for their visit. Each title is structured similarly, beginning with the first impressions a visitor might expect to have. The guides aim to help readers understand the local culture through first appreciating the motivations, beliefs & attitudes of the local people. Practical advice on settling in is provided, with focused sections on accommodation, utilities, health, education & telecommunications. There is also extensive information on the destination ...

Finland Baedeker is divided into four main categories
- background, practicalities, tours & A-Z of sites. The guide is introduced
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Eastern Finland at 1:250, 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. 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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Double-sided map dividing the country in two sections — north & south. It combines clear road details with subtle hillshading & peak heights. Eight different types of roads are shown, with road names, distances between junctions & gradients. Railways & cable railways, car-ferries, administrative boundaries, border crossings & military areas are also marked, alongside national parks & places of interest. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30` intervals. The Legend is in 10 different languages including English. An index of place names is in an attached booklet. ...

Indexed general road map of Finl&, extending across the Gulf of Bothnia to cover eastern & northern Sweden & northern Norway. The map shows seven different kind of roads plus foothpaths, with road names, intermediate driving distances in km, petrol stations, restaurants & motels along main roads. Railways, mountain/cable railways, ferry lines & airports are also marked alongside mountain passes, national boundaries & prohibited areas. A number of symbols also indicates places of interests, notable buildings & ruins, monuments & churches, campsites, lighthouses & detached houses. All texts are in six different European languages including English. ...

Reproduction of a map of Finland published by the country’s survey organization in 1933, showing its border with Russia before Karelia, Salla & Patsamo were ceded to Russia in 1944 after the Continuation War. Road & rail networks are presented on a base with bold altitude colouring indicating the topography. Map legend is in Finnish & Swedish. ...

Finland in the Compact Guide series from Insight is an accessible & handy reference guide, describing main sites & cultural highlights. Each illustrated guide

Includes:: an introductory chapter with a selection of the top ten things to do & gives visitors an insight into history, culture & geography. An extensive

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Finland at 1:750, 000 on an indexed, double-sided map from ITMB with insets providing a street plan of central Helsinki plus more detailed mapping of the capital’s environs. The map is double-sided with an overlap between the sides. Road network shows driving distances on main & on selected local roads. Railway lines & ferry links are included & local airports are marked. The map highlights selected national parks & other protected areas, & symbols indicate various places of interest. ...

A double-sided map useful for picking out the national parks, which are shown fairly clearly
- as are restricted areas. Motorways
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Road Atlas of Finl&, 2017 edition in an A4 spiral-bound format covering the southern & central parts of the country at 1:200, 000, with the north at 1:250, 000, plus city maps of 50 towns, enlargements showing in more details the environs of Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere & Turku, examples of traffic signs, etc. Over 2800 places of interest & 2000 accommodation options are highlighted. The atlas covers the country at two scales: 1:200, 000 up to just north of Pudasjärvi, & 1:250, 000 for the north. Finely graded road network

Includes:: unsurfaced roads & privately maintained local roads, shows distances on main routes, locations of petrol stations, etc. Railway lines are shown with stations; local airports & coastal ferry are marked. Symbols show campsites, youth hostels, holiday villages, recreational facilities, cultural or nature places of interest, etc. Mapping at 250K for the northern part of Finland also has contours at 50m intervals plus colouring and/or graphics for marshl&, etc. National parks & other protected areas are highlighted. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Extensive index

Includes:: names of protected areas & topographic features. The atlas also provides: enlargements at 1:100, 000 showing in greater detail the environs of Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere & Turku; 50 city maps at 1:40, 000 annotated with tourist accommodation including hotels, places of interest, etc; four pages with examples of the country’s traffic signs; plus a comprehensive distance table. Map legend & the text include English.



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