scricfinia | Hiking, trekking, backpacking in Finland. In depth.
There are hundreds of open wilderness huts in Finland. How come there are so many, and why? There are twelve main reasons for building huts, and these reasons show interesting history about moving about in the wilderness. This post is an index to a dozen posts about this subject.
Rock paintings are signs our ancestors made several thousands of years ago. Here I describe top 4 rock painting sites in Finland.
It is a different feeling to walk along a trail marked for hiking purposes than to walk along an old path that has been in use for centuries. Do you recognize the feeling? Here's information about one especially interesting old route across a roadless wilderness.
Does history sound boring? At some point of my life I thought so. No more! Various marks our ancestors have left along hiking trails are super interesting!
Finnish Way of Hiking 