Finnish Lakeland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
largest of the four landscape regions into which the geography of Finland is divided
About Finnish Lakeland
As the name reveals it is aland of lakes: seen from above, the region consists of an endless patchwork of lakes and low rolling hills, originally gouged out by sheets of ice during the Ice Age. This also makes it Finland's top destination forsummer cottages, and there are countless spots to indulge in the Finnish national obsession for sauna, sausages and a dip in the lake. It is also one of the destinations popular by tourists, so there are many businesses eager to take care of you – but most of the area is off the beaten path, with small towns and villages and hundreds of kilometres of desolate shoreline. There are several large lake systems with cruises (often on old steamers or former steamers) and possibilities for sailing with a yacht or daysailor, other kinds of boating andcanoeing
Finnish Lakeland Travel Guide Sections
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