Road signs in Finland
Names in Finnish and Swedish
Yellow warning triangles plus place names in two languages (Tampere / Tammerfors) mean Finland.
- Warning and give-way triangles have a yellow background.
- Many signs show names in Finnish and Swedish.
- Finnish words have double letters like aa and kk.
20 photos, grouped by the clue they show.
Key clue Yellow warning triangle 5
Key clue STOP sign 2
Key clue Yellow give-way triangle 5
Key clue Blue crossing square 6
Key clue Two-language sign 2
Finland: what its road signs look like
Finland's warning and give-way triangles are yellow inside with a red border.
Finland has two official languages, so many signs show place names in Finnish and Swedish, like Tampere and Tammerfors.
Two-language signs are most common along the coast and in towns with a Swedish-speaking community.
Look-alikes: how to tell them apart
Sweden
NorwaySweden and Norway also have yellow triangles, but their signs do not show two languages.
Questions about road signs in Finland
Why do Finnish signs show two names?
Finnish and Swedish are both official languages, so signs show the name in both where enough people speak each.
How can I recognise Finnish words?
Finnish has many double letters, like aa, ii and kk, and very few letters b, c or f.