Nice to see that countries exist where nature is still taking over.
In Germany you have the feeling that nature is only pushed back by us. More and more people, less space for all. At least if you live in the city 🌃
Nice to see that countries exist where nature is still taking over.
In Germany you have the feeling that nature is only pushed back by us. More and more people, less space for all. At least if you live in the city 🌃
Most of Finland is nature and empty of people. Everyone is mostly consentrated in the cities, which are still quite small.
Not really that small but few in number. Helsinki urban area has about 1,3 million inhabitants. Tampere urban area has about 313,000 inhabitants, followed by Turku urban area with 250,000 and Oulu with slightly under 200,000. The difference between Finland (and Scandinavia) and much more densely populated Central Europe is that in Central Europe the average distance between adjacent cities like that or any type of towns or villages is ten times shorter. When I spent my summer holiday cycling in Lombardy in the north of Italy, there were villages every 1-2 kilometres.
exactly Markku. Sometimes I wonder if we always want the opposite of that what we have right now. What means if you are living in a city you want to live in the nature with not so many people and if you live in the nature you want to move to the city.... I think the best is to find a mix between both. But that is easy to say... Anyways hope you enjoy your country Finland. Unfortunately I have never been there but I think I have to change that!
I'd say it would depend on what you're used to. The 1960's and the 1970's saw a large number of people moving to the cities in Finland. Among the the people who were young adults back then, that is, the generation of my parents, it was very common to want to own a summer cottage in the country. That has changed. The typical young adult of today wants nothing of that lifestyle. They do often go to rock festivals and such in the countryside in the summer but they do not want to own a summer cottage, the cost and hassle of ownership of which exceed their desire to spend time at one. The demand for and prices of summer cottages have gone down in recent times. @eveuncovered is not typical as she is from the country.
I noticed that @eveuncovered is special 😉