Sprawling 48km southeast of Sotkamo, this national park surrounds forests and boggy flatlands, and is laced with 30km of marked hiking trails. The beautiful Hiidenportti gorge is its centrepiece and highlight.
Hiidenportti National Park
Central Finland
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Sotkamo's 19th-century wooden church rises above the treeline on the lake shore.
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23.15 MILES
The centrepiece of this recreated Karelian 'village' encompassing the Sokos Hotel Bomba is the imposing Bomba Talo, with its high roof and ornate wooden…
24.31 MILES
At this house-museum, traditional Karelian red-painted wooden farm buildings have been fitted out to depict traditional Kuhmo life at the turn of the 20th…
24.53 MILES
If you're interested in the Kalevala or Karelian culture, pay a visit to this excellent resource centre inside a beautiful hand-hewn timber building made…
25.67 MILES
Situated 4.5km southeast of central Kuhmo, by the Hotelli Kalevala, this Winter War museum documents that bitter conflict in the Kuhmo area, mostly…
25.71 MILES
On the main road 3.5km east of central Kuhmo, this centre has an informative exhibition in various languages on Finland’s quartet of large carnivores,…
25.93 MILES
Sotkamo's 19th-century wooden church rises above the treeline on the lake shore.