Wonders of Northern Europe

In the Northeast of Europe bordering the Baltic Sea Finland is a country of geographic and cultural transition between Russia and Scandinavia at the same time with a very distinct identity Finnish identity was born in these landscapes which are uniquely beautiful Landscapes where two elements constantly intertwine the freshwater of countless lakes and the ubiquitous deep green forests

Located in the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Norway Iceland is a volcanic island with magnificent nature unique in the world Why did men decide to colonize Iceland This distant cold island is swept by incessant winds and tirelessly worked by natural forces which are tempestuous and often fearsome Perhaps the answer lies in the variety and immensity of its extraordinary landscapes

Beyond the Arctic Circle lies Sapami divided mainly between Norway Sweden and Finland Sapami forms an immense territory bordering Nordic countries and spanning several hundred thousand square kilometers in the northwest It becomes coastal near Norway where it splinters off into thousands of islets The motionless waves of the landscape compose majestic paintings especially in the Lofoten Islands

Almost entirely covered by the Scandinavian Alps range Norway indeed owes the rugged forms of its topography to the glaciations which regularly affected and powerfully eroded it over two and a half million years the Norwegian landscapes still bear traces of this tough geological history

Stretching over nearly two thousand kilometers between Denmark and Norway Sweden is characterized by the variety of its natural landscapes from the bucolic countryside in the south to the boreal forests in the center and north Whilst Sweden has been partially agricultivated as in the charming rural landscapes of the Dalarna region in the center it remains above all a wooded country