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Its total area is 2,850 square kilometres (1,100 sq mi), making it the biggest national park of Finland and one of the largest in Europe. The park is named after the Lemmenjoki River, an 80 kilometres (50 mi) long river running through it. The park is partly bordered by the Anárjohka National Park in Norway. Around 100 people can be seen ...
The national parks cover a total area of 9,892 square kilometres (3,819 sq mi) – 2.7% of Finland's total land area. A total of 3.2 million people visited the parks in 2018. [1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of national park visitors strongly increased, with a total of 8.5 million people visiting the parks in 2021. [2]
Urho Kekkonen National Park (Finnish: Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto, Northern Sami: Urho Kekkonen álbmotmeahcci) is a national park in Lapland, Finland, situated in area of municipalities of Savukoski, Sodankylä and Inari. Established in 1983 and covering 2,550 square kilometres (985 sq mi), it is one of Finland's largest protected areas.
Yellowstone National Park in the United States was the first national park in the world. Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the United States is the most visited national park in the world. This is a list of the number of national parks per nation, as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Nearly 100 countries around ...
Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is Finland's third largest national park and it covers an area of 1,020 square kilometres. The national park is located in Western Lapland in the municipalities of Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kolari and Muonio.
Pages in category "National parks of Finland" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. ... Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park;
According to Smithsonian Magazine, the national publishing industry relies heavily on holiday-season sales, or Jólabókaflóð, the “Christmas Book Flood,” which originated during World War ...
Pyhä-Häkki National Park (Pyhä-Häkin kansallispuisto) is a national park in Saarijärvi, Central Finland. It was established in 1956 (extended in 1982 when Kotaneva was joined to it) and covers 13 square kilometres (5 sq mi). Its foundation was planned already in the late 1930s, but the Second World War interrupted these plans.