Finland is always different at any time of the year, but whatever season you visit, the purity of the air and the beauty of nature will infuse you with a sense of joy and peace. With vast tracts of forest dotted with wonderful lakes, it is an ideal country for hiking, kayaking and rowing. Furthermore, the southern part of the country is dotted with cities full of life, among which the capital, Helsinki, a cutting-edge metropolis famous throughout the world for design and music, stands out.
For its music festivals
Are you a fan of chamber music" Or do you like hard rock, the one that makes your ears pop" Finland has a music festival for all tastes: for a month, Savonlinna Castle is the setting for the opera festival; violinists gather in Kaustinen for folk music; Pori, Espoo and Tampere attract thousands of jazz fans. From big rock festivals to small local events, there is always something cooking in the short but intense Finnish summer. The biggest festivals are dedicated to pop music, attracting tens of thousands of spectators every summer for decades now. There are three major events in Finland: the oldest is the Turku Ruisrock, which reached its 44th edition in 2013. A sun that never sets
In Finnish Lapland, a single summer day lasts over two months. And even further south it never gets completely dark. Finland, in fact, is called the land of the midnight sun and is a phenomenon that can be witnessed in the northernmost regions of the Arctic Circle and in the ...