By Terri Mapes
Scandinavia Travel Expert, about.com
Here is a list of great things to do during fall in Finland:
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1. Go canoeing or rafting. There are over thirty five rivers in Finland to go rafting or canoeing on.
2.
Go on a design tour. Visit Helsinki and go on a .7 mile long design
tour. You can book it locally through the tourist office or online
through Viator.
3. Go to a festival. There are many festivals in Finland. Check a few out!
4.
Visit a Finnish National Park. Go hiking, trekking, and just explore
nature! There are thirty seven national parks in Finland. Enjoy the
scenery and being outdoors! Also, take a walk on the various nature
trails.
5. Participate in some water sports. There's sailing, cruises, water skiing, fishing, paddling, and many more water sports.
6.
Visit the Natural History Museum. Discover biology, zoology, and
geology. The museum's collections hold over 13 million samples. The
collections are primarily used for research.
7. Visit Sandcastle Lappeenranta. There are musicals and many other fun activities at this large sandcastle.
8. Visit the Lappeenranta Fortress. This fortress in located in South Eastern Finland and was once part of a defense system.
9. Visit the Flowpark.
A flowpark is an ecological adventure amusement park. The course is
built with living trees without damaging them. The courses are two to
ten feet above the ground. There are five different courses with
different difficulties.
10. Visit the Martinus Concert Hall. Enjoy
classical music, jazz, popular music, dance, and theatre performances
in this hall. They also have spaces available for rent for celebrations.
11.
Visit the Linnanmaki Amusement Park. Spend a whole day here with water
slides, rollarcoasters, arcade games, and a ferris wheel. Kieputin holds
riders upside down over a fountain.
12. Visit Hotel Katajanokka.
This place used to be a prison. They even have an amazing Jailbird Bar
and Restaurant where servers wear black and white stripes on their
shirts.
13. Go to a karaoke bar. Listen to karaoke, eat, and socialize!
14. Rent a cottage by a lake. Finland has thousands of lakes, so just have some fun and enjoy the serenity and silence.
15.
Visit Olavinlinna. This is one of the most amazing castles in Northern
Europe. Join a tour to visit the interior. Also, explore the grounds
outside to get the whole experience.
16. Visit Kuusamon Suurpetokeskus. This is a bear sanctuary where the bears were rescued as tiny orphans.
There
are many exciting and adventurous activities and things to do in
Finland during fall, so plan your trip to go to Finland accordingly.
Even flight prices are cheaper in the fall. You won't want to miss this
great adventure!
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Are you looking for a great trip to go on? Are
you wanting to go to Finland this fall but you don't know what to do?
There are many, many things to do in Finland, but many of them are just
unknown or kept as insider tip, and some of them are just flat out weird
or unusual. That doesn't mean they aren't worth trying, though, because
they definitely are! Many of these activities noted above can even be
done in any season throughout the year.
When you have run out of
things to do in Finland, which you won't any time soon, just wander down
the streets of the Finnish capital Helsinki.
There's always something to do in that amazing city. Not only are there
museums and the typical attractions, but also a variety of indoor and
outdoor activities.
