Finland : Where the beauty meets peace

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 Finland :  Where the beauty meets peace 





     Can you imagine a country with over 180k lakes ? Yes, there exists a country with such a number of lakes. The beautiful finland. Finland is also nicknamed as 'The land of a thousand lakes'. This post is all about finland. The 'lapland' area in the country is world wide famous for its natural beauty which we will discuss ahead. First let us have a background and introduction about Finland. 

Finland



Finland : An introduction


Finland is a european country bordering sweden, russia and norway. This nordic country is one of the happiest country in the world. Finland is a nicely developed country known for northern lights, architecture and museum. Helsinki is the country capital. The country has one of the best education system, stunning lakes and climate. Country has the population of about 5 million. Especially the northern lights, which is one of the best activity to do. 


Northern Lights : The natural lights

Northern Lights


The beauty of northern lights can not be described in words. Numerous tourists visit finland northern lights. These lights are visible on about 200 nights every year. Generally, mid august to early april is considered as the best time period for these spectacular lights. The best place to see northern lights in finland is from Lapland or north Finland. This phenomenon appearance depends on weather and climate. 

Climate of finland

Finland is popular for its winter weather. Finnish winters are long and cold while summers are mild and warm. In southern finland, the average temperature in finland is about 20 degree Celsius while in northern part, its 15 degree. Here, winter is cold and long throughout the country. The beautiful snow season in finland begins in november and lasts till may. Summer lasts from mid may to mid september. The coldest temperatures recorded here are from -45 to -50 degrees.


Popular cities of finland


Finland consists of some cities which have interesting architecture and design. Helsinki is the capital city of finland. The city includes some interesting points of interest such as Museum of cathedral, Suomenlinna,  Museum of contemporary art, etc. Espoo is the second largest city of finland. This northern finnish city is known for its picturesque parks. Marketta is the largest landscape park in the country. Tampere city here is better known for universities. Oulu and vantaa cities are also included in major cities of finland. 


Lakes in Finland

As you came to know, finland is the country of a thousand lakes. It becomes mandatory that you should know about lakes of finland if you are approaching finland for your next journey. Many lakes here are full of fresh water. Some of the famous lakes include finnish lakeland, lake pailjanne, saimaa, Inari lake, kallavesi, oulujarvi, Lake keitele, Puula, lake orivesi etc. 



Glass Igloo 

You can enjoy northern lights from a glass igloo in lapland. This spot makes finland more attractive. The spectacular view of northern lights from igloo hotel leaves visitors spell bound. A small glass igloo costs around 512 $ per night. It is basically a hotel. The rooms are designed beautifully here. 

Things to try in finland

  • Hike in one of the national parks of finland
  • Visit a lighthouse island
  • Ride a husky or reindeer
  • Ski under the northern lights

Languages in finland

Finnish and swedish are the two official languages of the country. There are several minority languages spoken in finland. These languages include english, russian, karelian, estonian, etc. 


Wildlife 

Reindeer




What kind of wildlife finland have ? Finnish wildlife includes native woodland animals like bear, reindeers, wolfs, lynx etc. More than 450 species of birds have been observed here. Whooper swan is the national bird. Willow warbler, redwing and chaffinch are commonly seen here. Mammals like Natterer's bat, arctic fox, gray wolf etc. are found here. Over 20000 species of insects are found here which includes Leapers, earwigs, true bugs, snakeflies, booklice, ants,bees etc. Animals residing in cold environment are found frequently. 


Food 

Here is a list of food that you can try out in finland :
  • Riispuuro
  • Lohikeitto
  • Siskonmakkarakeitto
  • Karjalanpaisti
  • Pyttipannu
  • Kaalikaaryleet

Lifestyle in finland

Finland is considered as one of the safest country to live in the world. In year 2017, world economic forum declared finland as the most safest country in the world. Also, finland is one of the happiest country of the world due to low crime rate. But finland is quite expensive. 


Tourists in finland

Finland attracts many tourists throughout the year because of its natural beauty. Over 6.8 million tourists visited finland in the year 2018. Most tourists come here from russia, germany, sweden, UK,  france, china, USA etc. Variety of art museums, lakes, cities are visited by tourists. Finland is quite safe for visitors. According to world atlas, helsinki is second safest city of the world.   


Photography spots in finland

You would like to click nice photos while travelling in finland. Here are some of the best spots of photography :
  • Helsinki at sunset
  • Rovaniemi santa village
  • Nuuksio national park
  • Kemi
  • Saariselka
  • Ukko koli national park
  • Paavolan tammi
  • Aavasaksa, ylitornio
  • Santa's hideout, levi

At last now, let us have a look at what you learned about finland in this post. 
  • Introduction
  • Northern lights
  • Climate of finland
  • Popular cities of finland
  • Lakes
  • Glass igloo
  • Things to try 
  • Languages in finland
  • Wildlife
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Tourists
  • Photography spots in finland


So this was a post about finland travel guide. Hope you enjoyed the blog and got some value. And yes, feel free to ask any doubt in the comments ! 



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