Finland operates on Eastern European Time (EET) during winter months, which is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2). During daylight saving time, observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, Finland switches to Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), which is UTC+3.
All of Finland follows the same timezone. Major cities including Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Oulu, and Turku all observe the same time. Finland is 1 hour ahead of its Nordic neighbors Sweden and Norway.
Finland is home to Rovaniemi, the official hometown of Santa Claus. The country has been ranked as the happiest country in the world for several consecutive years. Finns are famous for their sauna culture—there are over 3 million saunas in Finland for a population of 5.5 million. In Lapland, the sun doesn't set for about 70 days during summer.