Explore the nature of Finland
Peukaloinen trail, Peukaloisen polku, is a 4 kilometers long circle trail in LiesjĂ€rvi National Park. The trail departs from Peukalonlamminkangas parking area and leads you to Peukalonlammi lean-to shelter, Kaksvetinen barbecue hut, Tittilammi cooking shelter,…
Hyypiö trail is 2,8 kilometers long and versatile trail in LiesjĂ€rvi National Park. It introduces different habitats within the national park from beaches and lakes to rocky hills, ancient spruce forests, and heaths covered with…
EvijĂ€rvi municipality has built a lovely 4km nature path at JokikylĂ€, which runs alongside a former log driving river called Tervareitti (Tar route). This easy nature path goes by two names: the JokikylĂ€ nature path…
Do you know how to identify milkcaps? Milkcaps are easily identified by droplets of milky liquid they exude when they are cut. Foraging season for the milkcaps in Finland falls between July and October. You…
What better way to spend a misty autumn day than walking through the forest at SuurijĂ€rvi lake? Through the web we found a circle walk around lake SuurjĂ€rvi which would be 7 km in total.…
It's time for another fun mushroom quiz! The best mushroom season in Finland is usually from August to October. It is when you can find chanterelles, boletes, and many other delicious mushrooms in Finnish forests. In Finland,…
Do you know how to tell chanterelle and false chanterelle apart? It is quite easy if you compare them side by side, but it's important to identify them also when you are foraging mushrooms and…
Crowberry, Empetrum nigrum, has been overlooked in many countries and sometimes even believed to be unedible. In Finnish, the crowberry can be called variksenmarja, harakanmarja, sianmustikka, or kaarnikka. In south of the country, I grew…
Here are some tips on how to identify edible boletes when you are foraging mushrooms in Finland. There are 70-80 different boletes growing in Finland, plus hundreds of other types of mushrooms, so in this…
Nuuksio National Park is still the most visited national park in Finland. It stretches across the municipalities of Espoo, Kirkkonummi, and Vihti. Klassarinkierros circle trail is located in the northwestern corner of the park at…