{"id":21250,"date":"2018-06-27T15:23:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tstories.gr\/?p=21250\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:37:30","slug":"let-introduce-lake-saimaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tstories.gr\/en\/let-introduce-lake-saimaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Let me introduce to you Lake Saimaa!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure you’ve heard of the Lapland before; the snow-covered town of Santa Claus in northern Finland. But today, I’ll be introducing you to a not so well-known side of Finland — a hidden gem ideal for nature lovers, away from the popular touristic attractions.<\/p>\n

I’ll start like this…<\/p>\n

Close your eyes and imagine you’re standing by a lake, next to a wooden cabin surrounded by trees. It’s a few moments before sunset – the lake is painted orange and everything’s so serene. You are peacefully walking towards the wooden dock to take a dive into the water. Afterwards, you grab a beer or a glass of wine made of berries and head to the sauna. Ten minutes into the wooden sauna and off you go for another dive into the lake. It’s time for dinner; your roasted salmon is on the dinner table by the terrace, waiting for you. You sit down to enjoy the meal with the company of a few friends. It’s so peaceful and you feel calm and happier than ever.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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This could have been an excerpt from a great novel, hadn’t it been my everyday routine while staying at the Finnish Lakeland<\/strong> where life takes place around and inside lake Saimaa — Finland’s biggest lake and the 4th biggest in Europe — three and a half hours away from Athens.<\/p>\n

A hidden corner of almost 4.400 square kilometres in southeastern Finland, two hours from Helsinki and less than two hours from Saint Petersburg in Russia. There are over 13.000 islands in the region and a shoreline that left me speechless while exploring it. A place on Earth where green and blue are equally combined in a way I had never seen before in my life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A post shared by MARIA K\u00f3FOU \u2573 Tstories.gr \u2708\ufe0f (@travelstoriesfromyworld)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n