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Tourism

Finland changes requirements for Russian visitors

The Nomad Today 8/1/19

As of 1 September 2019, Finland will apply the common EU visa policy regarding supporting documents to visa applications, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced. Tourists, property owners and…

Tourism

Tourism

Venäjä ei tule! Nights spent by Russian tourists in Finland drop in January-April

The Nomad Today 5/29/19

In the first four months of 2019 the number of overnight stays in Finland by non-resident tourists decreased by 0.4% year-on-year. Nights spent by Russians, by far the largest group of visitors,…

Finland

Russia, China and Iran take over most applications for startup residence permits

The Nomad Today 4/3/19

The Finnish Immigration Service granted 23 of those special permits for entrepreneurs during the last year. More than half of the business ideas presented in the applications involve digital…

Tourism

The birthplace of the Soviet Union is not in Russia but in Tampere

The Nomad Today 3/14/19

The Lenin Museum in Tampere is the only place of its kind that still exists outside Russia and is located in the same rooms where Lenin and Stalin met each other for the first time in 1905

Finland

Russians, Somalis and Iraqis, the most benefited by concessions of Finnish citizenship

The Nomad Today 12/6/18

The number of persons that received this honour marked a new record in 2017 and is the highest since the Finnish independence.

Finland

Independence Day

Finland celebrates its freedom

The Nomad Today 12/5/18

Finns celebrate every December 6 their Independence from Russia. This is a date full of symbolism for this small and young nation that after conquering liberty has amazed the world with its…