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Exploring trails in Finland? Know the forest fire warning
Do you know what forest fire warning in Finland means? As the sun sets and the cool evening breeze wraps around you after a day of hiking, there's something undeniably enchanting about the idea of…
Protected Martimoaapa mire reserve is bird watchers’ paradise
There are a variety of mire types at Martimoaapa, Lumiaapa and Penikat mire reserve to explore. This nature reserve offers nice duckboard trails with several wilderness huts, lean-to shelters, and birdwatching towers along the way.…
Historical Ox Road of Häme between Turku and Hämeenlinna
The famous Ox Road of Häme in Finland combined the historical trading places and castles of Turku and Häme to each other. The Ox Road of Häme, Hämeen Härkätie in Finnish, also known as the…
Lean-to etiquette and Mieliö’s shelter in Urjala
Lean-to etiquette is useful to know when travelling in nature destinations in Finland as there are lean-to shelter literally everywhere. Mieliö's lean-to shelter was our daytrip destination while we were in Urjala with my dog…
Trekking at Urho Kekkonen National Park, part 2
”It’s a chilly morning when I rise up from the depths of my tent. Our morning routine functions perfectly with you. I know it works because we’ve been working for so long together. You walk…
Overnight visit to Isojärvi National Park in winter
I was driving down a jagged gravel road, on my way to a cabin at Heretty, which is located in Isojärvi National Park near the petrol station at Länkipohja. The road was in rough shape,…
First snow at Leivonmäki National Park in Finland
Leivonmäki National Park in Joutsa municipality is a lovely nature destination, which is easy to reach from highway 4. There are 28 kilometers of marked trails at Leivonmäki. The national park can be visited any…
Trekking at Urho Kekkonen National Park, part 1
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…
Piilolammi is a gate to ravishing Kytäjä-Usmi
Piilolammi recreational area is part of Kytäjä-Usmi, which is an exceptionally large forested area in Hyvinkää in southern Finland. We met at Piilolammi this summer to spent a day outdoors exploring some trails and catch…