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“With over 180,000 lakes to explore, Finland offers the perfect setting for a tranquil summer cruise under the midnight sun.<\/p>\n

Looking over the mirror-still water from the cabin, I reflected that while ocean cruises are big business and with river cruises becoming more popular too, lake cruises remain a world apart \u2013 capturing a particular tranquillity that you don\u2019t get on the open sea or on waterways.<\/p>\n

We had flown into Helsinki, capital of a country with 188,000 lakes and a proud tradition of shipbuilding, and stayed at the Indigo, a hotel converted from a shipping office near the seafront.<\/p>\n

From the coast, we headed inland on a four-hour train journey north-east to Savonlinna, which sits on a narrow isthmus in the sprawling lake Saimaa. July\u2019s opera festival was in full swing, and the sound of a soprano trailed across the water from a harbour-front restaurant hosting an afternoon recital.”<\/p>\n

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