Finland
28.08. - 14.09.2014
After last years tour to Iceland we looked for a convenient Nordic camper-van destination. Just an hour from St. Petersburg by plane we went to Helsinki, picked up a car and went all the way up to Lapland till the tip of the European Union.
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One of our first stops was at Kolovesi National Park to visit the 5000 years old rock paintings.
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The rock painting wall, a good 1hour hike from the parking through nice virgin forest.
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The castle of Savonlinna
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A sand sculpture somewhere in a small town.
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Lakeland – a camping place and a boat.
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North of Rovaniemi at the Santa Claus Village we crossed at 66.5° latitude over the arctic circle.
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A walk into a bird sanctuary.
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The first mushrooms!
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The first harvest.
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Barbecue on the camp fire – only the finish sausages were not our taste.
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A Walk near Inari – Lapland landscapes.
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Found mushrooms again.
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That's as far as we got north, near Polmakin.
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Via a small detour through Norway along the Varangerfjord with a look at the Barants Sea.
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And back to Finland.
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Sauna at Njurgulahti in Lemmenjoki National Park.
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Cooling down after a sauna.
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Colors of autumn.
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