FORGET LAPLAND! Why EVERYONE Should Visit FINLAND’S LAKE DISTRICT 🇫🇮 (Punkaharju)

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13.6 هزار بار بازدید - 3 ماه پیش - Continuing my road trip in
Continuing my road trip in Finland’s lake district I visit the world’s largest wooden church in Kerimäki & another magnificent ridge road through the vast lakelands of Punkaharju. Forget Lapland & travel here!
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Way out in Finland’s magnificent east, amongst the lakes and forests of Finnish Lakeland is the largest wooden church in the world - the yellow 19th century Kerimäki Church (Kerimäen Kirkko). I stopped by to take a walk around it and ended up flying my drone too. From up in the air I got some delightful views of the surrounding landscape, which included Lake Puruvesi just a kilometre away.

Back on the road I headed towards another contender for Finland’s most spectacular driving route - the Punkaharju ridge road that weaves its way along a narrow strip of land and is lined with gorgeous tall trees whose greenery compliments the blue of the lakes perfectly.

Sections of the Punkaharju are on the waterline whilst other parts snake up to reveal breathtaking viewpoints of the encompassing environment. The key one being Runeberg's Mound (Runebergin Kumpu) which has been identified as the ridge road's highest point. The Punkaharju ridge road is a must visit if you’re in the east of Finland - during my visit there was barely another soul in sight. I felt like I had it all to myself.

Whilst in the Punkaharju area there’s lots of other places to visit too. I saw Lusto (Suomen Metsämuseo Lusto) which is the Finnish Forest Museum and Kuikonniemi Fortress (Kuikonniemen Linnoitus) which is part of Finland’s long and impressive series of defensive fortifications called the Salpa Line.

Before driving another 2.5 hours to my next destination I went in search of Finland’s Tallest Tree (Suomen Pisin Puu) which reportedly stands at 47.3 metres and is just a few minutes from the ridge road of Punkaharju.

📖 CHAPTERS:
📖 00:00 Intro
📖 01:14 Largest Wooden Church in the World (Kerimäki Church)
📖 02:30 How Expensive is Finland?
📖 03:30 Driving Finland’s Punkaharju Ridge Road
📖 05:31 Kuikonniemi Fortress (Salpa Line) & Lusto
📖 06:52 The Search for Finland’s Tallest Tree

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