The Finlandia Hall, designed by Alvar Aalto, where the president Urho Kekkonen hosted the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe in 1975.
There are some 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 500 square metres and 75,818 islands of over 0,5 km2 area, leading to the denomination "the land of a thousand lakes".[13] Picture of Lake Pielinen in North Karelia.
Old Rauma, the wooden centre of the town of Rauma
Helsinki Central Library Oodi was chosen as the best new public library in the world in 2019.[256]
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Now lying within Helsinki, Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of an inhabited 18th-century sea fortress built on six islands. It is one of Finland's most popular tourist attractions.
In Finland, reindeer graze in Lapland area and on the fells.
The Evangelical Lutheran Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki
A smoke sauna in Ruka, Kuusamo
In recent decades, wolverine populations have grown in Finland.