10 Must-Visit Islands Around Helsinki, Finland
In summer, Helsinki is a slice of maritime paradise, enjoying over 80 miles of shoreline and consisting of about 330 islands, or “saari,” in Finnish. Nothing says summer quite like island hopping in Europe and Helsinki’s sun-worshipping residents will regularly hop on a water bus or sail their own boat to an island to play in the water and lounge on the beach, enjoy a picnic, go fishing, cleanse their minds and bodies in the sauna, take in an open-air concert, or dine in a renowned restaurant. When they have more time, they’ll also pitch a tent or rent a cottage on islands further out to loll away a few days or luxuriate in the season’s endless light at their island homes in Finland.
