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Finnish Lakeland

Finnish Lakeland comprises the eastern and central parts of the country. Finland is known as the country of a thousand lakes, and this is a region that indeed is dominated by them.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tampere and Kuopio.

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is the third largest city in Finland with around 236,000 inhabitants, and around 376,000 in the metropolitan area. Located 170 km north of the Finnish coastal capital , it is also the most populous inland town in the .

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is the capital and largest city of . The city is surrounded by lakes from three sides, which supplies loads of beaches and the feeling of water being always close.

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is a lively university city and the capital of . About a third of the city's 148,000 inhabitants are students. Beautifully set between lakes and ridges, many motorsports fans are familiar with the city as the Neste Oil Rally of the World Rally Championships series takes place around the city each July.

Destinations to Discover

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, also known as Tampere Region in government documents, is a region of . It borders the regions of , , , , and .

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is a province in the Finnish Lakeland, north of proper, but with connecting waterways.

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is a historic province and modern administrative region in the Finnish Lakeland. The region is characterized by steep, forested hills and numerous lakes, which are often deep compared to their size. The region is unilingually Finnish speaking.

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is a region in eastern . It borders the regions of , North Savo, South Savo and , as well as 's .

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South Savo is a region in the south-east of . It borders the regions of , , , , , and .

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is a lake in south-eastern . At 1,147 km², it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fifth largest in . There are 13,710 islands in and the connected waterways.

Finnish Lakeland

Latitude of center
62° north
Longitude of center
27° east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5545215823
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­plain
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q1370633
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Finnish Lakeland” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Finlandiako Aintziren Eskualdea”
  • Bulgarian: “Езерна Финландия”
  • Chinese: “芬兰湖区”
  • Chinese: “芬蘭湖區”
  • Czech: “Finská jezerní plošina”
  • Czech: “Karelofinská jezerní plošina”
  • Danish: “Finske søområde”
  • Dutch: “Finse Merenvlakte”
  • Dutch: “Oost-Finland”
  • Esperanto: “Laga Finnlando”
  • Finnish: “Järvi-Suomi”
  • French: “Région des lacs de Finlande”
  • German: “Finnische Seenplatte”
  • Greek: “Φινλανδική περιοχή των λιμνών”
  • Hebrew: “אזור האגמים הפיני”
  • Hungarian: “Finn-tóvidék”
  • Italian: “Finlandia lacustre”
  • Japanese: “フィンランド湖水地方”
  • Korean: “호수수오미”
  • Korean: “호수핀란드”
  • Polish: “Pojezierze Fińskie”
  • Russian: “Финские озёра”
  • Slovenian: “Finsko pojezerje”
  • Swedish: “Insjöfinland”
  • Venetian: “Finlandia lacustre”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Finnish Lakeland”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.