Some specific features of life in Finland
It is not surprising that in the country where more than 180 000 lakes, people consume a lot of fish, especially salmon, iridescent trout, pikes, and also a perch and a version of a small cod – muikku.
Meat dishes, except for the venison and game, reflect the influence of European (basically, French) cuisine. As to desserts, dishes from northern berries and fruit such as cranberries, cloudberries prevail. The batch uses Great popularity.
Have your breakfast in Finland early at 7 o’clock in the morning. A breakfast usually easy: some prefer porridge or muesli with milk, but basically coffee or a glass of milk with sandwiches are limited to a cup of tea.
At 11-12 o’clock there comes a lunch break. In small towns people prefer to have their dinner at home, and in capital they do it in restaurants or cafes. For a dinner, as a rule, they eat one dish – either “first”, or “second”. More often, it is dense soup or potato with meat. At dinner they eat bread and butter and drink milk. 
At 14 o’clock they drink tea.
The working day comes to an end at 4-5 o’clock, and at 5 to 6 o’clock Finns have supper. The supper is similar to a dinner, only on the contrary – if for example for the dinner there was a liquid dish prepared, then for supper there is a baked pudding in the evening. And if they eat beefsteaks with potato for supper they submit soup in the afternoon.
Puddings, and also soups are very popular. From them are extended pea soup, vegetable with set of grasses.
From drinks the most popular in Finland are beer and coffee. If beer is pertinent for evening or the days off, coffee is drunk at any time. At each office or house a coffee-maker is always on call. The business meeting or negotiations begin with a cup of coffee. Finns make it hardly more strong, than Americans, but are much weaker, than Italians, therefore, if you want some rather strong coffee, order “espresso”. Coffee they always submit with milk or cream, sugar and any batch, offer cognac or a brandy in the evening.
Finnish transport
Sea transport plays a considerable role in transportations of passengers and cargoes of Finland. In view of an extensive ozerno-river network and extended sea coasts, it is possible to reach “on water” practically any point of the country, and also in the nearby countries.
The network of internal airlines is the most dense in the world. The center of the international and local cheapest flights is the airport of Helsinki is Vantaa.
The network of the Finnish railways densely covers the whole country. Capital suburbs also are served by suburban trains. Trips to city boundaries stand 1,5 euros for one trip. Children till 6 years follow free of charge, children from 6 till 17 years use the right of 50 % of the discount. The family from 3 and more persons (including 1-2 adults), traveling together, uses a discount of 20 %, passengers who are more senior (65 years) – 50 %.
The ticket for a train and the bus is valid on routes of through service without the change right. Tickets are got at offices of the Finnish Railway.
The dense network of bus routes connects almost all Finnish settlements, forms a basis of intracity transport and connects the country to Russia, Norway and Sweden. The public transport is presented to Helsinki by buses, trams and the underground. Cost of tickets is identical to all types of transport. For journey it is necessary to get in news-stands or in the vehicle. The ticket for one trip costs 1,1-1,5 euros or the ticket for 10 trips costs 12 euros. Tickets are usually necessary for punching during a trip. Those passengers who don’t have travel cards, should enter into a forward door and get tickets at the driver. In Turku journey is carried out by cards. The underground works last from 5.25 till, on Sundays the movement interval is increased.
Widespread taxis are also convenient. The initial price for journey is 5 euros, further – on a taximeter (depending on time of day of the quotation are various). Tip isn’t obligatory, often simply approximates the sum on the counter to an integer.
In Finland there is right-hand movement. The network of highways of excellent quality covers all territory of the country.
