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Introduction Espoo City, Finland

Espoo, a town in southern Finland. It is 17.7 kilometers west of the capital Helsinki. With a population of 245,000 (2010), Finland’s second largest city, it is located in a wide and flat river valley area, with low hills and large-scale granite quarries. Nokia headquarters is located here.

Introduction

The world famous driver Kimi Raikkonen is from Espoo. Espoo is the largest technology-intensive center in Finland and Scandinavia. Electronic communication, computer technology, engineering and software production are the leading industries in Egypt. The region is home to several renowned technical universities and research institutes such as Helsinki University of Technology, Finnish Technical Research Center and others.

In addition, there are more than 20 laboratories of various types, conducting research in various disciplines from wood processing to space technology. Of the 8,000 companies in Espoo, 500 are engaged in high-tech industries, and nearly 700 are mainly engaged in computers. The largest companies are Neste Energy Company, Nokia Electronic Communication Company, Orion Pharmaceutical Company and Qutokumpu Mineral Metal and Electronic Company.

Espoo is a commercial center that combines high-quality infrastructure with natural beauty. Environmental protection with the theme of clean land, air and water has always been the focus of the city’s municipal management.

Espoo is a Scandinavian leader in health and social services. Various educational and cultural institutions in Espoo are sufficient to provide various cultural and educational opportunities for the city. For example, the University of Helsinki, which has more than 12,000 students, trains an average of 1,000 engineering graduate students and 250 technical doctoral students every year.

Famous tourist sites

Espoo has polar night and polar day: Since most of Lapland in Finland is located in the Arctic Circle, you can see polar night and polar day. In polar day, the sky at midnight will not be dark. Even on the southern coast, there are 19 -20 hours of sunshine. Northern Lights: On cold, dry nights, the greater the latitude, the more opportunities to see the Northern Lights. In Utsjoki in the north, the date for viewing the Northern Lights is from November 25th to January 17th every year.

History and culture

There are many famous artists in Finland, where Espoo is located: the great musician Sibelius created a new era of national music and is known as the father of Finnish national music; the legendary national epic collected and compiled by linguist Lenlot “Kalevala” has become one of the great epics in the history of world literature for the Finns to greet Christmas; the famous architect Alvar Aalto is unique in the modernist architectural design trend with his design full of traditional Finnish romantic style.

Finland also has a group of world-class artists. In particular, Finland’s design style with its own national cultural characteristics makes many handicrafts and buildings decades ago still novel, unique and imaginative masterpieces in the eyes of modern people.

Most of the works from Finnish design masters are world-renowned for their simple and practical design style, high-quality materials and exquisite workmanship. Finland is also the hometown of Santa Claus. In 1927, Marcus, the king of Finnish children’s stories, told a story on the radio that Santa Claus and 20,000 reindeer lived together on the “Ear Mountain” in the Lapland province on the border between Finland and the Soviet Union.

It is because of his “ears” that Santa Claus can hear the voices of all the children in the world at the North Pole. His contagious romantic reasoning has been recognized by the world, and since then the “Ear Mountain” in the story has become the hometown of Santa Claus.

On Christmas Eve every year, children hang stockings by the fireplace before going to bed, and then fall asleep with eager anticipation. Santa Claus will ride a sleigh pulled by reindeer at night to distribute Christmas gifts from the chimney to the fireplace. In the children’s stockings.