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Out in the Nature

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Explore the nature of Finland

  • Destination
    • Eastern Finland
    • The Oulu region and Kainuu
    • Southern Finland
    • Western Finland
    • Lapland
  • See
    • Curiosities
    • National parks
    • Outdoors but indoors
    • Recreation areas
    • Viewpoints
    • Wilderness areas
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    • Bird watching
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Category: Wilderness skills

All you need to know about deer hunting in Finland

January 19th, 2021Jenni0 Comments
Deer hunting in Finland

Deer hunting in Finland is a common hobby as there are large populations of fallow deers, white tailed deers and roe deers roaming in our forests. The deer hunting season is almost over, but here's…

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FILED UNDER: Food and restaurants, Nature, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Animals

Catching grayling in Lapland

October 31st, 2020Jenni16 Comments
Grayling

Catching grayling in Lapland is an unforgettable experience. Grayling is common in most rivers and many lakes in Lapland, northern Finland. The best places to catch the grayling are located in the remote wilderness areas.…

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FILED UNDER: Lapland, Water activities, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Fishing, Inari, Lake, River

Trekking at Urho Kekkonen National Park, part 1

October 27th, 2020Ella3 Comments
Urho Kekkonen National Park

Urho Kekkonen National Park, also known simply as UKK, was founded in 1983 and covers an area of 2,550 square kilometers. It is Finland's second largest national park so there is plenty to see and…

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FILED UNDER: Accommodation, Camping, Lapland, National parks, Trekking, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Inari, Lean-to shelter, Protected area, Sodankylä, Urho Kekkonen National Park, Wilderness hut

Out in the Nature Quiz – Can you match the autumn leaves to the trees?

October 13th, 2020Jenni & Tarja0 Comments
Autumn leaves quiz

Autumn leaves are falling down. What a month ago was beautiful fall foliage is now turning to bare trees as deciduous trees are shaking off their leaves and getting ready for winter. Walking on a…

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FILED UNDER: Nature, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Autumn, Quiz

Foraging for the most common mushrooms in Finland

August 24th, 2020Jenni4 Comments
The most common mushrooms in Finland

The most common mushrooms in Finland to harvest include chanterelles and boletes. We Finns are crazy about mushrooms, and we even pick many poisonous mushrooms. Consuming poisonous mushrooms is safe only if you know your…

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FILED UNDER: Berry and mushroom picking, Food and restaurants, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Autumn

Fishing from the bridge

May 2nd, 2020Patrik0 Comments
Boys fishing from a bridge

Have you seen people fishing on bridges in the spring and the autumn? They are probably fishing Baltic Herring, which on good days can be a really good catch! This type of fishing is also…

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FILED UNDER: Gear, Nature, Southern Finland, Water activities, Western Finland, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Autumn, Child-friendly, Fishing, Spring, Summer

Building an insect hotel for the garden

April 29th, 2020Jenni0 Comments
Insect hotel

Building an insect hotel was my next little construction project. If you have a garden, now is the perfect time to build your insect hotel or bee hotel for the summer. We are still missing…

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FILED UNDER: Nature, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Garden, Spring

Building a proper lean-to shelter

April 9th, 2020Jenni0 Comments
Lean-to shelter

Building a lean-to shelter has been a fun construction project that took the entire spring last year. It was a priviledge to take part in this, and I hope the lean-to shelter will serve its…

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FILED UNDER: Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Lean-to shelter

Duckboards show you the way to nature

March 23rd, 2020Jenni0 Comments
Torronsuo National Park in Tammela

Duckboards are wooden walkways that help you to walk in bogs or over muddy areas along nature trails. There are about 500 kilometers of duckboards in public nature trails in Finland. Duckboards can be exciting…

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FILED UNDER: Bird watching, Nature, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Child-friendly, Duckboards

Out in the Nature Quiz – How well do you recognize traces of ice age?

March 13th, 2020Jenni2 Comments
Traces of ice age

Finnish nature is full of traces of the ice age. During the last great glacial period Finland was situated at the centre of the area covered by the Scandinavian ice sheet. This local glaciation is…

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FILED UNDER: Nature, Wilderness skillsTAGGED WITH: Finnish mythology, Historical site, Ice age, Quiz

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