http://finlandtravel.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:42:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The southern coast of Finland extends west and east from Helsinki in two roughly equal stretches: one ending in a finger of land jutting into the Baltic towards Sweden, the other coming up short at the Russian border. For much of Finland’s history it was the arena for these ... http://finlandtravel.blogsome.com/2009/09/07/south-coast/ In between the Lakeland and Lapland, the central strip of Finland is a transitional regioncomprising the province of Oulu to the west, the wilderness area of Kainuu to the east,and Koillismaa in the northeast. Administratively, the entire region is called Oulu Province. Ouluitself is a vibrant, exciting city with a ... http://finlandtravel.blogsome.com/2009/07/20/oulu-kainuu-koillismaa/   Little is known of the earliest human settlement in Finland. As the glaciers receded at the end of the last Ice Age, the first permanent inhabitants of what is now Finland probably began arriving around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Around this time the Baltic Sea formed, flooding what was ... http://finlandtravel.blogsome.com/2009/05/27/prehistory/