In a nutshell

• Official language: Finnish & Swedish
  • English is widely used.
• Currency: Euro (€)
• Weather:
  • In Helsinki, the summers are comfortable, sunny and partly cloudy. The daytime are long, there are even ‘white nights’ in the middle of summertime. The winters are long, freezing, snowy, mostly cloudy, with short daytime. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from -8°C to 21°C and is rarely below -19°C or above 26°C.
• Fun facts:
  • Finland was ranked as the happiest country in the world for 6th year in a row.
• Map:

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In numbers (nationwide)

• Population: 5,5 million (2023)
• GDP per capita: 50,5 thousand USD (2022)
• No. of unicorns: 7 (2022)
• No. of exits (Exit count): 122 (2022, FiBAN)
• VC funding: $402M (2022, Finnish Venture Capital Association)

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