Go through the woods!

This summer, Finland offers tourists to spend more time outdoors: dancing at a festival in the Lapland Nature Reserve, watching bears and wolverines from a new comfortable shelter on the border with Russia, and drinking wine more often near Helsinki.

Will you be the third?

Antti Huttunen, a natural scientist and creator of the television series Back to Nature, claims that wine and wood complement each other perfectly. And therefore, invites everyone who is older than 18 years old to drink with him at the edge of the forest every Saturday of the summer month, as well as share knowledge about both nature and the wines he offers. Within 2 hours, guests will have to taste 5 red wines in different parts of the forest, which, according to Anti, help to better open the bouquet.

The meeting point is the Vihti community, 50 km from Helsinki; group - up to 10 people; the cost is 118 euros. Details here.

Naturalist holiday

On August 23 and 24, the Oulanka National Reserve, which is located between the Lusland Kuusamo Airport and the town of Salla, will for the first time hold a festival for wildlife lovers. Visitors to the Wild Festival will be able to listen to pleasant music, dance, do yoga, join the circle of philosophers and at the same time engage in active hiking - the route through the places of performances stretched as much as 10 kilometers of the wilderness. To get around everything, you have to spend at least 6 hours. For more prepared participants, food preparation points are set up on the way, and everyone else can look into the restaurant of the tourist center of the reserve.

The entrance is free. Schedule and detailed information about the performances and transport here.

From an ambush

Less than 2 kilometers from the Russian border in the Kostomuksha nature reserve area, the Finnish company Wild Taiga built 5 luxury bear cabin wooden houses with panoramic glazing to observe the wildlife of these remote places. The chance to see a bear is 99%! Wolverines and wolves also come into view, and rare species of owls and storks fly overhead.

Each house has an area of 20 square meters. m and designed for 2 guests is equipped with a kitchen and a bathroom. It has everything you need for a comfortable stay: bathrobes, slippers, a hairdryer, floor heating, air conditioning and other benefits of civilization. Cost - from 495 euros per day.

Details here.