Sipoonkorpi National Park, National park in Uusimaa, Finland.
Sipoonkorpi National Park is a protected natural area in the Uusimaa region east of Helsinki, featuring spruce forests, wetlands, and a network of waterways. The landscape supports a range of bird species and offers walking paths through its different terrain types.
The park became Finland's 36th national park in 2011, established to protect natural areas near the expanding urban region around Helsinki, Vantaa, and Sipoo. This designation marked a commitment to preserving the landscape as cities grew around it.
The restaurant within the park offers traditional Finnish cooking and produces cheese on site, connecting local food traditions with the natural setting. This operation shows how people today use the land for both dining and traditional production methods.
The park has several marked walking trails of varying lengths that lead through different areas and habitats. Visitors should be prepared for changing weather and wear appropriate footwear for forest and wetland terrain.
The park maintains active farming in the Byabäcken and Hindsby regions, where traditional agricultural practices coexist with nature conservation work. This combination of working farmland within a protected area is an unusual approach in Finnish protected areas.
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