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

Rauhalinna Villa, built in 1900 in Oriental Russian style, Lehtiniemi village, near Savonlinna, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Interior view of Kerimaki church, the largest wooden church in the world, built in 1847, near Savonlinna, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Interior view of Kerimaki church, the largest wooden church in the world, built in 1847, near Savonlinna, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Kerimaki church, the largest wooden church in the world, built 1847, with a capacity for 5000 people, near Savonlinna, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Kerimaki church, the largest wooden church in the world, built in 1847, near Savonlinna, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

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