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National landscapes of Finland were selected by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment in 1992 as a part of the 75th anniversary of the Independence of Finland. The 27 selected landscapes represent the special environmental and cultural features of Finland. They have great symbolic value and significance in cultural or historical terms. [1]
Lake Saimaa, located in south-eastern Finland, the largest lake in Finland at 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi), is the only habitat of the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis). This seal subspecies has become landlocked and has adapted to the freshwated environment following the end of the last glaciation. [16]
100 years ago, Finland declared its independence from Russia, and it's celebrating the best way it knows how -- with nature days! 25 stunning photos of Finland to celebrate its 100th anniversary ...
Finnish Lakeland or Finnish lake district (Finnish: Järvi-Suomi [ˈjærʋiˌsuo̯mi], "Lake Finland", Swedish: Insjöfinland) is the largest of the four landscape regions into which the geography of Finland is divided. The hilly, forest-covered landscape of the lake plateau is dominated by drumlins and by long sinuous eskers.
Vaara-Suomi (Finnish vaara: forested, gentle sloped sizeable mountain or hill, [1] Suomi: Finland) is one of the landscape regions of Finland.It stretches from North Karelia ("Hills of Karelia") to Kainuu and Koillismaa ("Hill Country of Kainuu and Kuusamo"), [2] [3] [4] north of the Finnish Lakeland.
According to Axelsson's own account, the castle was built by "16 good foreign master masons" - some of them from Tallinn. The castle is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi and Pihlajavesi; the design was based on the idea of 3 large towers in a line facing north-west and an encircling wall. The castle ...
Media in category "Featured pictures of Finland" The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. Albert Edelfelt - Louis Pasteur - 1885.jpg 2,082 × 2,532; 3.32 MB
An unusual, even creepy scene can be spotted on a Google Maps view of a field in Finland, reports The Sun.. While the flat plain may initially appear to be populated with a crowd of colorfully ...