Tervetuloa! Welcome! This is the website of the Manchesterin suomikoulu - the Manchester Finnish School . On these pages you can find background information about the School and its classes and activities, directions to its base in Sale on the South side of Manchester, and its opening times (in general, Saturday mornings). For the most up-to-date information, look up our Facebook pages . This may be your idea of Finland. And maybe also the country's endless forests , and the famous 'thousand lakes' (actually, 188,000 or so!) Perhaps you've found this site because you're planning a trip to Finland to enjoy the cross country skiing , or simply to see Santa in Lapland . Most travellers and holidaymakers wonder about the language of the country they're visiting; so how can we help you?  Helsinki has so much to see and do, and is constantly changing; here's one of the latest big attractions, the hugely popular  Oodi  - a public library with a differen...

School group did a big work to find out all the secrets of life. We started from the birth and followed the whole path and different states of human's life. What a venture. Children really enjoyed to tell their own experiences, ideas and thoughts about the life itself. And what the most wonderful thing was that all children thought that life has to be full of happiness and it has to be lived fully with lots of fun, excitements, make lots of good memories with friends and family. Runeberg torte on Runeberg's Day "Runeberg torte is a Finnish pastry flavored with almonds and arrack or rum and weighing about 100 grams. It usually has rasberry jam encircled by a ring of icin on top. The torte is named after the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg who, according to legend, regularly enjoyed the torte with punsch for breakfast. Fairwell to Ambassador of Finland Ms Päivi Luostarinen in London. New Ambassador of Finland is Mr Markku Keinänen from the beging of...

20th January 2019 Satu Oldendorff, vice-chairman of the Finnish Expatriate Parliament, Cenral Europe Region was thanked for her long-term work. At the same time, Kari Henrik Tumelius, the head teacher of Manchester's Finnish school, was selected in London to continue as new vice-chairman. In the picture, Kari-Henrik Tumelius, Satu Oldendirff and Kati Hognes,  the chairman of the area.