| Capital City | Helsinki | 
| What time is it? | +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October | 
| Capital location | 60 10 N, 24 56 E | 
| Capital - history | The name may derive from the Swedish helsing, an archaic name for "neck" (hals), and which may refer to a narrowing of the Vantaa River that flows into the Gulf of Finland at Helsinki; fors refers to "rapids," so helsing fors meaning becomes "the narrows' rapids" | 
| Capital - time difference | UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |