# Finland's 27 national landscapes

The Ministry of the Environment chose 27 landscapes that embody Finnish national identity as national landscapes, a selection linked to the 75th anniversary of independence in 1992. From maritime Helsinki and the Archipelago Sea to Koli, Punkaharju and the Utsjoki valley, from south to north.

- 6 votes · 27 items
- Oct 9, 2021 · L. Laine
- https://even.best/en/l/5383/finland-s-27-national-landscapes

## Top 27

1. **Maritime Helsinki** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Engel's buildings, Ehrenström's town plan and the sea, with the islands of Suomenlinna.
2. **The ironworks of Pohja** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The old ironworks villages of Fiskars, Billnäs, Antskog and Åminnefors.
3. **Vanajavesi Valley** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A valley settled since prehistoric times, with hill forts and old manors.
4. **Tammerkoski** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The rapids in Tampere, a 19th-century industrial hub with the Finlayson mill.
5. **Olavinlinna and Pihlajavesi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Savonlinna's medieval castle and Finland's most island-studded lake, home to the Saimaa ringed seal.
6. **Punkaharju** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A narrow, seven-kilometre glacial ridge between lakes.
7. **Porvoo River Valley and Old Porvoo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A well-preserved historic town and the farmed river valley around it.
8. **Tapiola** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A post-war garden city district in Espoo.
9. **Snappertuna River – Fagervik** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A farmed valley with Raseborg Castle and the Fagervik ironworks.
10. **Aura River Valley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Turku, Finland's first town, and the old farmland along the river.
11. **Archipelago Sea** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An archipelago of about 40,000 islands and the Archipelago National Park.
12. **Sund cultural landscape, Åland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sea inlets, oak woods, wooded meadows and Kastelholm Castle.
13. **Lake Köyliönjärvi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The lake with its farmland and the islands of Kirkkosaari and Kirkkokari.
14. **Rautavesi cultural landscape** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A rugged lake landscape with Sastamala's medieval stone church and Iron Age burial sites.
15. **Hämeenkyrö cultural landscapes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rolling farmland sloping gently down to the lakes.
16. **Imatrankoski** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rocky rapids formed when the waters of Saimaa broke through the Salpausselkä ridge.
17. **Heinävesi route** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A waterway of narrow, winding channels used by boats between Kuopio and Savonlinna.
18. **Väisälänmäki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A hilltop village in Lapinlahti overlooking Lake Onkivesi.
19. **Koli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — North Karelia's highest hill above Lake Pielinen, painted by the Karelianist artists.
20. **Hill villages of North Karelia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Villages among hills, lakes and bogs.
21. **Kyrönjoki River and the plains of South Ostrobothnia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The wide open farming plains along the river in South Ostrobothnia.
22. **Kvarken Archipelago** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An archipelago of about 6,550 islands off Vaasa.
23. **Hailuoto** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The largest island in the Bothnian Bay, off Oulu.
24. **Oulanka River natural and cultural landscapes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The river valley and wilderness of Oulanka in Kuusamo.
25. **Aavasaksa and the Tornio River Valley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Aavasaksa hill and the border valley of the Tornio River.
26. **Pallas fells** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The southern end of the Pallas-Ounastunturi fell chain in Muonio and Enontekiö.
27. **Utsjoki River Valley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A river valley in Utsjoki, Finland's northernmost municipality.

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