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I really enjoyed Finnish forests. Sometimes it seems taht there are only pine-trees. So many of them! But you can find fir-trees, birches also. One day we drove for to see mooses at the forest, but it seems that they were afraid of us:) Maybe you'll be more lucky:) Leave a Comment
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 Mariehamn's Town Center by hopang
Among the popular tourist attractions in and around Mariehamn are Åland Museum, Åland Art Museum, Åland Maritime Museum, St. Göran Church, Merchants House and Museum Ship Pommern. However if you hire a car, you can drive to Eckerö which is situated approximately 30 kilometers north of Mariehamn. The area has some beautiful landscapes. You may also visit other tourist attractions such as Kastelholm Castle and Bommarsund Museum in other parts of Åland. Leave a Comment
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 at noon; Finland by sinoda
I just don't seem to get enough of it. Finnish winter means still real winter with masses of snow, ice and low temperatures...
This picture is taken at our cottage in middle-finland. It is about noon on Christmas 2002. The picture wouldn't tell, but it is some minus 20 degrees celcius.
There's about half a meter of snow and the ice on the lake is ca. 60 cm thick... Leave a Comment
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 Laulujoutsen; Finland by sinoda
by the sea shores the white swan in Latin cygnus olor and in Finnish kyhmyjoutsen
on the lakes in the inland the whooper swan in Latin cygnus cygnus and in Finnish laulujoutsen
and the rare bewick's swan in Latin cygnus bewickii and in Finnisch kääpiöjoutsen
In the picture you a couple of white swan landing on our lake. Every year in the very early spring the same swans come to the same lake to breed and raise their off-springs...
During Easter when the ice on the lakes is already slowly melting there's always a dramatic spectacle, when other swans try to get their share of fresh water...
Swans have been very highly regarded animals to our ancestors, esp. in Carelia. It is said that there was along the Bear and the Elk clans a Swan clan... Even in paleolithic petroglyphs swan are distinguishable. Leave a Comment
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 Varsinais-Suomi, Finland by sinoda
Hope nothing and get everything.
Finland has a extraordinary countryside, nature as raw as life itself, mild as soft as the bears fur, dark as intimidating winter's days and as bright as the sun's kiss.
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Even in the busiestmost area of Finlnd (south-west - called ruuhka-Suomi) you can encounter wild nature. Here marshlands in Varsinais-Suomi. Leave a Comment
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 koivikko, Finland by sinoda
People raised in central Europe will be fascinated by the vast and shiny birch woods you encounter everywhere in Finland, except in the very north.
Birch in Finnish is koivu and a whole birch wood koivikko.
In June and July when their leaves are fresh and still rather tender and the tree trunks are whiter than white you may believe having a vision! for it is such a beautiful sight and if there happens to be a lake somewhere close the glittering water will just make the it perfect.
___________________________________The picture on the other hand shows you a koivikko in winter's time - what a lovely sight as well.
Those Finns who know it do drink the juice of the birch called mahla and the industry uses it after preparation as a natural sweetener (xylitol) for the moment in chewing gum!
So next time when passing a koivikko, pause, take a halt and admire the scene. Leave a Comment
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