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Includes online maps, links to map collections, flags, climate, weather, natural resources. For information about maps and other geographical resources at the Library of Congress, consult its Geography and Map Reading Room site.
CNN.com Weather (http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp)
From "Find Weather Around the World" --select Europe, the Finland, and click on a list of cities.
Geographical
Society of Finland (http://www.helsinki.fi/maantiede/geofi/geosofi.html)
A community of geographers and those interested in geography, founded in 1888. In 1921 the original Geographical Society of Finland and Finnish Geographical Association were united into a single organization, which aims to promote research in geography and related sciences at home and abroad. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.
Helsinki.fi (http://www.helsinki.fi/en/)
Services of the City of Helsinki, of the University of Helsinki and of the entire Helsinki region through the city's and the university's common portal. Useful and current information about the city and the university. Links to maps. Seachable. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.
National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
Search on Finland.
University of Texas
at Austin. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. Finland Maps (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/finland.html)
Links to country and thematic maps as well as city and county maps on other sites.
Virtual Finland (http://virtual.finland.fi)
Enter "maps" in the search box for links to nearly 50 Finnish maps on various topics. In English.
Virtual Finland:
Nature & the Environment (http://virtual.finland.fi/Nature_Environment/)
Information about nature and environment to include national parks, forests and Finnish culture, biodiversity, climate, birds and butterflies, and related ministries and institutes. Searchable
Ymparisto (http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=67&lan=fi)
Ministry of the Environment. Information about the ministry, regional environment centers, goals and activities, publications and press releases, and more. Searchable. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.
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