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There is only one way to explore this area the right way \u2013 by kayak or canoe. Finnish Lakeland is also a home to the endangered freshwater Saimaa ringed seal. It is the only place in the world where they live.<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of planning and studying the Middle Saimaa map I decided to start our trip in Kolovesi National Park, paddle through Joutenvesi Nature Reserve and finish in Linnansaari National Park&#8221;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meczek.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/29\/canoe-trip-kolovesi-joutenvesi-linnansaari-64km-finland-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the whole article!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Finnish Lakeland (Finnish: J\u00e4rvi-Suomi) is the largest lake district in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[53,55,327,276,29,18,35],"relatedcontent":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-yleinen-en","8":"tag-activities","9":"tag-canoeing","10":"tag-joutenvesi","11":"tag-kolovesi-national-park","12":"tag-linnansaari","13":"tag-saimaa","14":"tag-saimaa-ringed-seal","16":"priority-3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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