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) |