Olavinlinna Castle (Olofsborg) is the most beautiful castle in Finland — a magnificent 15th-century medieval fortress built on a rocky island in the middle of Lake Saimaa in the town of Savonlinna, whose three sturdy round towers and atmospheric stone walls rising directly from the water create one of northern Europe’s most romantic castle settings. […]
Lemmenjoki National Park is Finland’s largest national park and one of the most extensive wilderness areas in Europe — a 2,850 km² expanse of pristine boreal forest, vast open fells, and the wild Lemmenjoki River valley in Finnish Lapland that has been home to Sámi reindeer herders for centuries and remains one of the best […]
Finland is the Nordic wonderland of extremes — the land of the midnight sun and the polar night, of sauna culture and Sibelius, of Europe’s densest forests and its most spectacular Northern Lights displays. Regularly ranked as the world’s happiest country, Finland offers travellers an extraordinary combination of pristine nature, cutting-edge design, and genuine wilderness […]
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