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Satamakatu. Congratulations . Finland celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2017. Many events and fireworks will be organized for the anniversary. But what kind of Finland we had a hundred years ago? Respected female photographer Signe Brander saved views of the city Helsinki in her photos in the early 1900s. Today Helsinki is an urban city, but by that time our capital  was still poor, and the city had a lot of wooden houses. Here and there was valuable stone houses that still exist. Helsinki City Museum has saved nearly a thousand Signe Brander's photographs. You can see and feel what kind of city Helsinki was before the independence declaration and shortly thereafter. Photos Signe Brander Helsinki City Museum Bulevardi.   Wooden house Kaisaniemi park. Korkeavuorenkatu The statue of Runeberg. Esplanade park.

Karelian house, Bomba, Nurmes. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen Finland will celebrate its 100th birthday. Finland got independence 6 th December 1917. From late 12 th century Finland was an integral part of Sweden. In 1809 Finland was incorporated into the Russia Empire as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland. Following the 1917 Russian revolution Finland declared itself independent. Archipelago. So we’ll get a big celebration. What do foreigners usually know about Finland? We have thousands of lakes. In Lapland the sun will shine all night long in the summer, but in wintertime the darkness covers the country. If you are lucky you can see northern lights and they are amazing. Reindeer you’ll meet very likely and the Santa Clause in Lapland. That’s why children from all over the world love to travel to Lapland. You can also learn something about Finland by looking statistics from T he Statistics Center of Finland , Statistics Finland. Let’s see what we can find out. F...