Schneebedeckter Boden vor einem Tannenwald und blauem Himmel Foto: Unsplash/Daniel Born.
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Urho Kekkonen National Park

Lapland
10th October 2024
Biology Climate & Environment Finland

If you are looking for peace and quiet in nature, you should travel to Finland. This Scandinavian country is one of the most sparsely populated in Europe: around 5.3 million inhabitants live in an area almost the size of Germany. Unique archipelagos and thousands of lakes characterise the landscape. You can even experience lonely wilderness in the national parks – be it in Lemmenjoki, the largest national park in Finland, or in the second largest: the Urho Kekkonen National Park, named after a former Finnish president. Lapland’s nature and traditional reindeer herding are to be preserved in this vast area of fells, moors and forests.

Website of the national park: https://www.nationalparks.fi/urhokekkonennp

Photo: The Urho Kekkonen National Park in Finland. Credits: Unsplash/Daniel Born

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