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  Autumn changes nature to yellow and red. For a moment the landscape is full of colors. It is bright and beautiful. The evenings become dark. Enjoy candle light, maybe cups of tea and photos. This is Finland and Helsinki in mid-October 2017. Photos and video: Sirpa Pääkkönen   

Karelian house, Bomba, Nurmes. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen Finland will celebrate its 100th birthday. Finland got independence 6 th December 1917. From late 12 th century Finland was an integral part of Sweden. In 1809 Finland was incorporated into the Russia Empire as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland. Following the 1917 Russian revolution Finland declared itself independent. Archipelago. So we’ll get a big celebration. What do foreigners usually know about Finland? We have thousands of lakes. In Lapland the sun will shine all night long in the summer, but in wintertime the darkness covers the country. If you are lucky you can see northern lights and they are amazing. Reindeer you’ll meet very likely and the Santa Clause in Lapland. That’s why children from all over the world love to travel to Lapland. You can also learn something about Finland by looking statistics from T he Statistics Center of Finland , Statistics Finland. Let’s see what we can find out. F...

One morning you'll wake up and find that summer colors have disappeared. Deep green leaves in trees turn yellow and red. Nature creates a carneval of colors that will flourish a short moment, a few weeks. In Helsinki in Finland that happened today. The heat of the summer is gone, the nights are cooler and longer.  The sun appears only occasionally. Fall colors have arrived. Lets's enjoy the colors a moment. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen

Nature in Finland. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen Now there are last weeks when in Finland leafy trees are still green. Very soon the autumn changes the leaves red and yellow and they will drop to the ground. Usually the autum colors appear to Lapland at the second week of September and to the southern Finland a little bit later. During the fall colors the nature looks amazing. Anyway in Helsinki it is still warm an green. This year summer started already in May and is still going on at least for a while. We had quite much rains and a few very windy storms here, but the nature loves water. Here you have some pictures that tell we still have green here.