Young Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) growing near rocky shore of Lake Saimaa, near Savonlinna, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Finnish summer house on a wooded island in Lake Saimaa by sunset light, near Savonlinna, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

View of Laukanlahti, a branch of Lake Saimaa viewed through Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris), Punkaharju, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

The Czarina's villa, built in 1898 in the grounds of the long established Valtion Hotel, Punkaharju esker, Lake Saimaa, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Mooring ring, Olavinlinna Medieval Castle, (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Olavinlinna Medieval Castle (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lake Pihlajavesi, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Olavinlinna Medieval Castle, (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Olavinlinna medieval castle (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Footbridge over Lake Puruvesi, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Olavinlinna Medieval Castle (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Wooden footbridge over Lake Puruvesi, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Young people relaxing beside lake, Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lake Puruvesi, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Girls relaxing beside Olavinlinna Medieval Castle (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Olavinlinna Medieval Castle, (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Girls relaxing beside Olavinlinna Medieval Castle (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lake Puruvesi, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lake Pihlajavesi, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Olavinlinna Medieval Castle, (St. Olaf's Castle), Savonlinna, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Lake Pihlajavesi, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Punkaharju Ridge, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Trees and walking track, Punkaharju Nature Reserve, Punkaharju Ridge, Saimaa Lake District, Savonia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Boat moored at a jetty on Lake Puruvesi, a branch of Lake Saimaa near Kerimaki, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Scots pine sapling (Pinus sylvestris) struggling to survive, growing from fissure in bare granite shoreline of Lake Saimaa, near Savonlinna, Finland.

Lakelands Finland

Lakelands Saimaa Finland

Rowing boat at the shore of an uninhabited island, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Window of a traditional finish farm house, Linnansaari National Park, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Private island on lake Saimaa in the sunlight, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Trunks at a birch forest, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Private island on lake Saimaa under blue sky, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Dartboard on a tree, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Shore of an uninhabited island in the sunlight, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Empty country road between coniferous forests, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

Fisher on a jetty in evening light, Saimaa Lake District, Finland, Europe

FINLAND Lake Saimaa Large expanse of cut timber from logging industry floating on lake surface.