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It's kinda hard to say where you should visit, cause it all really depends on what you're personally interested in. I mean, Helsinki is great if you want to just hang around in a city and part-take in some cool activities. It's certainly the most tourist-attraction filled place (with museums, a nearby zoo, amusement parks, shops and marketplaces etc.), but I always try to remind people that there's more to Finland than just Helsinki, and that if you want to see the "real Finland" (for better or worse) you definitely need to travel outside of Helsinki. And there's just as much cool stuff out there. For example, there's lots of old castles to visit and stuff all around the country, but you'll have to travel quite a bit to get to some (closest to Helsinki is probably the one in Turku, which is about 200km away). One thing I personally enjoy doing is visit different churches in towns and on the countryside and old villages. There's tons of them and most are open during the summertime to visit as sort of museums. Some even have guides. So in case you're interested, that's a thing.
Travelling through woods is pretty much possible wherever you are here. There's barely a place in the dang country where you can't see a forest. But I'd suggest sticking to the south/south-west parts for walks in the woods. The forests in the mid-west especially I find are ugly and a bitch to have casual, relaxing walks through. And there's barely any lakes there.
Mosquitoes are unavoidable anywhere, but even more so in Lapland. I wouldn't say they're a huge pain, as Scratcher put it, in the south. But go in the woods and you'll definitely hear one buzzing in your ear most of the time. Other than that, we have your usual bees and horse-flies. Oh, and every time you've been in the forest, make sure to check your hair and clothes for deer flies, afterwards.
Travelling through woods is pretty much possible wherever you are here. There's barely a place in the dang country where you can't see a forest. But I'd suggest sticking to the south/south-west parts for walks in the woods. The forests in the mid-west especially I find are ugly and a bitch to have casual, relaxing walks through. And there's barely any lakes there.
Mosquitoes are unavoidable anywhere, but even more so in Lapland. I wouldn't say they're a huge pain, as Scratcher put it, in the south. But go in the woods and you'll definitely hear one buzzing in your ear most of the time. Other than that, we have your usual bees and horse-flies. Oh, and every time you've been in the forest, make sure to check your hair and clothes for deer flies, afterwards.
