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I would like to go to finland The summer is marked by long days in Finland, especially in the far north where the sun does not set at all. i can go fishing and canoeing. There are several large lakes, including lakes Saimaa, Inari, and Päijänne. Walking is quite a popular activity in the summer. There are no high mountains in Finland, so climbing is somewhat limited. The highest mountain is Halti near Enontekiö. It rises 1328 metres above sea level. However, Lapland tourism is a category of its own.
Finland is famous for its many lakes, nearly 200,000 of them Jyväskylä is the biggest city on the Finnish Lakeland with other major cities being Mikkeli, Lahti, Joensuu, Lappeenranta, Kuopio and Savonlinna. Finland is also known to have excellent water quality, and green deep woods and forests around the sea, rivers, and the waterways.
In wintertime Finland provides opportunities for cross-country skiing and alpine skiing. Many of the popular ski resorts are situated north of the Arctic Circle in Lapland, but there are exceptions like Kuusamo in the northeastern part of Oulu Province and Himos in Jämsä, only 200 km North from Helsinki.
If you want to see Santa Claus he is known to live on Korvatunturi in Finland. In the town of Rovaniemi there is the Santa Claus Village for tourists to visit.

Finnish cuisine is notable for generally combining traditional country fare and haute cuisine with contemporary continental style cooking. Fish and meat play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dishes from the western part of the country, while the dishes from the eastern part have traditionally included various vegetables and mushrooms. Refugees from Karelia contributed to foods in eastern Finland
Leipäjuusto, alternate name juustoleipä – a fresh cow's milk cheese
Viili – a yogurt-like fermented milk product
Perunamuusi – Mashed potato, a common side dish
Lihapullat – Finnish meatballs, often with gravy sauce
Palvikinkku and palviliha – Smoked ham or beef

Desserts
Pulla, sweet bread eaten with coffee or as dessert
Cinnamon rolls (korvapuustit) - pulla made into a roll with cinnamon and sugar
Golden cloudberry dessert
Kiisseli – water, sugar, berry juice and berries (nowadays often canned or frozen) thickened with potato starch flour, served with milk/cream and sugar. These may be less liquid than drink-like mustikkakeitto (Swedish blåbärssoppa), depending on preparation, but not gelatinous.

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