Nature and Forestry in Finland

     The City Intertwined With Forests

In this blog, I want to talk about the characteristics of Turku City, its features that affect me. Before I write my own thoughts, I will share the information I searched on the internet. 

   Where is TURKU?

  It is the city that is the center of the southwestern region of Finland. The city is located on the bank of the Aura River and the Archipelago Sea in the southwest of the country. It is the oldest city in Finland and was also the capital of the country from 1809 to 1812. Its population is 3188,584. It is the fifth largest city in Finland.

 The busiest and first port of Finland, Turku Port and its first university (today's Helsinki University) are also in this city. The most spoken languages after Finnish and Swedish are Russian (1.3%) and Arabic (0.6%).

Due to its long history, Turku has been the location of many important events and has affected the history of Finland extensively.

Enjoy Nature, Camp in The Forest!

Finland is literally a natural wonder country. If you go to the city, there are beautiful green areas. The lakes are already famous. There are many islands here. I think Turku is one of these beautiful cities.

I love walking on the streets of Turku and walking through forested areas. There are trees, squirrels, birds everywhere. Briefly intertwined with nature.

They also have their own small and cute houses and quiet streets. In these streets, you can take your headphones and open your music to go for a pleasant walk. When I and my friend got bored at home, we were exploring new places and forest areas.

We also like to discover new places with our bike.

Respect For Nature

The name of the Finnish country is quite different from the original country name. While most of the world uses names such as Finland, Finlande, Finnland, Finlandia, Finsko, Finska, Finns call their country Suomi.

 What is this Suomi?

Suo means “Swamp” in Finnish. Suomi means "Land of Marsh." In the past, Finland was indeed a swamp. With the awareness that has taken place in the last two centuries, the country has been systematically afforested and the “land of marshes” has been turned into “land of woods”. The country, which lacks wood, has quickly become one of the world's leading wood sellers.

The name of Suomi has also remained traditional, as if to constantly remind them of the utopia they have realized.

Finland's land area is covered by a forest of almost 75% (this rate in Turkey 28%) and with this figure is one of the world's greenest countries. Finland is also one of the leading countries in the world that respects nature. I am sure that if the north of Finland was not in the Arctic Circle, this forest land ratio would be higher because the forest is unlikely to grow in the polar circle due to climatic conditions.

However, it has been very difficult to green Finland's land and make it more productive. In this country, where many places are rocky, turning the rocks into forests and fertile soil required long efforts. Thanks to his long efforts, the Finnish sacrifices and sacrifices, it succeeded.