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2 days ago · The Monumental Flag, Hamina. This pleasant live view comes to you from the waterfront town of Hamina, situated in southern Finland. In the foreground, it is shown the Monumental Flag of Finland located at the memorial park of the Flag World of Hamina. It has the tallest flagpole in Europe, with 100 metres in height!
5 days ago · Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since its debut in 1961. Finland won the contest for the first – and to date only – time in 2006 with Lordi and their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The country's best result before then was achieved by Marion Rung with the song "Tom Tom Tom" in 1973, which placed sixth.
4 days ago · Flag of Finland See also: List of Finnish flags: It was officially adopted on 29 May 1918. The off-centred blue cross is based on the Nordic Cross, widely used on Nordic national flags. The blue colour is symbolic of blue skies, and the thousands of lakes in Finland. The white represents the winter snows. 1794–1814 1830– Flag of France
3 days ago · The Finnish Civil War [a] [b] was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition from a grand duchy ruled by the Russian Empire to a fully independent state.
14 hours ago · Helsinki 7 day weather forecast including weather warnings, temperature, rain, wind, visibility, humidity and UV
2 days ago · Turku was Finland's most populous city until the late 1840s and remains the regional capital, an important business and cultural centre, and a port. Due to its long history, Turku has been the site of many important events and, as a former capital, has had a major influence on Finnish history. Together with Tallinn, the capital of Estonia ...
1 day ago · Naval Jack of Egypt. Egypt (air force ensign) Presidential Flag of Estonia (on land) Presidential Flag of Estonia (at sea) Eswatini (Swaziland) Finland (state flag and ensign) Finland (war flag and naval ensign) Presidential Flag of Finland. Flores Department.
