Other Resources

Local Media

There are no English-language homegrown papers, but both UK and American newspapers are available, and Helsingin Sanomat (the Helsinki daily) has some English-language pages. Local-language papers include:

  • Aamulehti
  • Demari
  • Hufvudstadsbladet (Swedish-language)
  • Iltalehti
  • Ilta-Sanomat
  • Kansan Uutiset
  • Kauppalehti
  • Taloussanomat
  • Turun Sanomat

Yleisradio Oy (YLE), the public broadcaster operates several television and radio channels in Finnish, Swedish and Sa'mi (Lappish), along with the external service Radio Finland. Private television broadcasters include Nelonen (Channel 4) and MTV3. There are a number of commercial radio stations, such as Classic FM, NRJ, Radio Nova and The Voice.

Tourist Boards in UK

Finnish Tourist Board, PO Box 33213, London W6 8JX, tel (020) 7365 2512, fax (020) 8600 5681.