Finland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country in Northern Europe
About Finland
—attributed to Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Finnish national ideologist Not much is known about Finland's early history, with archaeologists still debating when and where a tribe of Finno-Ugric speakers cropped up. The earliest certain evidence of human settlement is from 8900 BC. Roman historian Tacitus mentions a primitive and savage hunter tribe calledFenniin 100 AD, though there is no unanimity whether this means Finns orSami. Even theVikingschose not to settle, fearing the famed shamans of the area, and instead traded and plundered along the coasts. In the mid-1100s Sweden started out to conquer and Christianise the Finnish pagans in earnest, with Birger jarl extending its rule from Finland Proper to Tavastia in the 13th century. The expansion continued, competing with the Orthodox ofNovgoro
Top Attractions in Finland
Explore the best things to see and do in Finland:
- ★Air Guitar World Championships
- ★Finncon
- ★Flow
- ★Ilosaarirock
- ★International Grand Markets
- ★Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
- ★Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
- ★Kuopiorock
Finland Travel Guide Sections
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