“In the hottest months, the population of the country’s southern lake land swells with Finns visiting summer cottages. But the area, whose crowning glory is the 1,700-square-mile Lake Saimaa, the fourth-largest in Europe, is compelling year-round.
Sauna really is a national obsession, and here you can get the authentic experience – relaxing in a typical smoke sauna and then sprinting off to jump in the lake, regardless of just how invigorating its temperature might be.”
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