Links

Forests & forestry

• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Metsähallitus (about national parks etc)
• Finnish Forest Industries Federation
• WWF Finland
• General information on Finnish forests:
  http://www.forest.fi/
  http://www.environment.fi/
• Lusto- Finnish Forest Museum
• Forest Academy Finland
• Hunting in Finland

Nature

• Natural heritage services - Finnish nature

Culture and leisure

• Public services in Finland - Culture and hobbies
• Virtual Finland - Arts and entertainment
• Culture and leisure
• Discover Finland
• Finnish newspapers in English

Finnish cuisine

• Finnish - English Food Glossary
• Virtual Finland - The gastronomy of Finland

Other good links for a foreigner in Finland

• Virtual Finland
• Suomi.fi - Public Services in Finland
• Information on Permits, Accommondation, Finnish language, Work, Education etc.
• A gateway to Finnish Culture on the Net
• Cimo's guide for living in Finland - A brief guide for international students and trainees (pdf)

Studying

Finnish Education System

• Adult education organisations in Finland
• Ministry of Education in Finland

Higher Education: Other

• Finnish ENIC/NARIC (European Network of National Information Centres on Academic Recognition and mobility / Network of National Academic Recognition Information Centres)
• Open University courses in English

Higher Education: Exchange Programmes

• European Union’s Erasmus Exchange Programme
• European Union’s Erasmus Mundus Programme
• European Union’s Leonardo da Vinci Programme for vocational training
• ISEP (The International Student Exchange Program)
• North-South: Exchange Programme between Finland and sub-Saharan African countries, Egypt and Peru (> Scholarships > Read more about NORTH-SOUTH...)
• north2north: student exchange program exclusively for students of the North, studying the North
• CIMO: Scholarships, Trainee exchange, EU programmes

Research

• Academy of Finland
• Researcher's Mobility Portal Finland

Scholarships

• European Researcher’s Mobility Portal
• European Researcher’s Mobility Portal Finland
• Academy of Finland
• Finnish Cultural Foundation
• Fulbright Centre Grant Information
• Grants for foreign students in Finland - (The National Union of Finnish Students, SYL)
• NordForsk

Employment information

• EURES - The European Job Mobility Portal
• Finnish Ministry of Labour/Employment Services

EU and International Programmes

• Maire Curie Fellowship Association

Voluntary Work

• Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations
• Association of Voluntary Service Organisations AVSO
• International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE)
• Service Civil International
• United Nations Volunteers
• Volunteers for Peace