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Fell Lapland Visitor Centre & nature trails in Hetta

June 11th, 2019Jenni0 Comments

Hetta is the main village in Enontekiö municipality, which is known for reindeer husbandry. Located in Lapland, Enontekiö occupies a large and very sparsely populated area near Swedish and Norwegian borders. Hetta hosts the Fell Lapland Visitor Centre, which presents the genuine Nomadic Sámi Culture, the diversity of northern nature and the history of tourism in Enontekiö. The Visitor Centre is also a starting point for many hiking and skiing trails in the...

Rhododendron park is a hidden haven in Helsinki

June 5th, 2019Tarja2 Comments

Rhododendron flowers at Haaga park in Helsinki

Even if summer makes you wait for it, a certain sign of summer is the explosion of colours at the Haaga rhododendron park in Helsinki. The splendour only lasts for a few weeks in June, and this destination is definitely worth visiting even if your knowledge of flowers is limited only to "Oh, look how pretty they are!".

One way to get to the park is by train to Huopalahti train station from where you can walk to...

Rumavaara and devil’s field in Pudasjärvi

June 3rd, 2019Jenni0 Comments

Rumavaara is a hill that overlooks Korentojärvi lake in Pudasjärvi municipality in the province of Oulu. Pudasjärvi is famous for its nature, and it is home to Syöte, the southernmost fell area in Finland. In order to reach Rumavaara, you have to cross the devil's field first!

Rumavaara literally means ugly hill, and earlier it used to be called dick hill. Perhaps people thought, that the devil's field makes...

Rissla waterfall and forest trail at Fiskars village

May 27th, 2019Jenni0 Comments

Rissla forest trail is located at Fiskars village in Raseborg municipality, approximately one-hour drive west of Helsinki. Fiskars is a thriving, 600-strong community of artists and craftspeople in a beautiful setting by a river Fiskarså. The Rissla forest trail departs from the village and leads you to an old Rissla dam and beautiful waterfall in Risslaån river.

Fiskars village is historically significant as it was developed around ironworks of Fiskars...

Clear-water Lake Iso-Melkutin is hikers and divers’ treasure

May 22nd, 2019Jenni0 Comments

Lake Iso-Melkutin is a popular scuba-diving destination in Southern Finland because of its clear water and underwater ridge. It's also a beautiful hiking and trekking area where I like to go at least once every summer. The trail around the lake is about 7 kilometers long and easy to follow.

The Iso-Melkutin is located in Räyskälä village in the municipality of Loppi. It has been created at the end of ice age...

Lähteelä – seascapes and saunas

May 17th, 2019Patrik0 Comments

The Lähteelä
recreation area in Kirkkonummi offers a great variety of activities in a compact
scale. The area, owned by the City of Helsinki, covers 134 hectares of land and
992 hectares of waters. The small-boat harbour and services supporting it play
a key role in Lähteelä, but it is open for all. It is also very accessible for
disabled visitors.

Beautiful
seascape from the Sunds Tower

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Kalaja trail at Southern Konnevesi National Park

May 9th, 2019Elina0 Comments

First sunny and warm day of spring blessed our trip to the Southern Konnevesi National Park in Rautalampi in the beginning of April. It took less than 1½ hours to drive from Jyväskylä on spring roads. Before the trip we checked beforehand how the Kalaja trail and road conditions will be like. It was still early spring and we thought there might be plenty of snow on the trail and that we might have difficulties accessing the parking lot.

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Cherry blossom celebration in Roihuvuori

May 7th, 2019Tarja0 Comments

You might not expect to see a Japanese-style cherry tree park in Finland. However, this curiosity does exist in the middle of an otherwise non-descript suburb in East Helsinki called Roihuvuori, and every May the glorious pink foliage magically appears after months of snow. It vanishes almost as quickly as it has appeared so you have to be prepared.

As weather in Finland varies anywhere from snow and sleet to...

The mysteries of Saari Folk Park in Tammela

May 2nd, 2019Jenni0 Comments

The Saari Folk Park is located in Tammela in Häme Lake Uplands region and known for its ridges, lakes and sandy shores. The Folk Park was founded in 1932 as a public recreation and leisure area by Southwest Häme Local Heritage and Museums Association. It is a popular place especially for swimming and picnic, but it has many interesting and historical sights too.

I was passing by Tammela and decided to strech my...

Spring flowers at Vaisakko Nature Reserve in Salo

April 25th, 2019Jenni0 Comments

This is the perfect time of the year to head out in the nature to Vaisakko Nature Reserve in Salo municipality. I don't think I have seen so many flowers blooming in April in Finland ever before! I had a business meeting in Salo, and I was thinking about combining some nature travels to my trip. It was sunny and +21C, the warmest day so far this year, so it was a perfect weather for a little afternoon walk. I had heard about Vaisakko before, my friends had been...