70% green and blue – Helsinki’s urban nature
Imagine this: Picking berries and mushrooms in the city. Walking to work through a forest, barefoot. Paddling in the sun just two minutes away from the main train station. Enjoying silence, nothing but silence and the sound of the wind before clubbing.
Cycling back home in the middle of the night, hearing the sound of dozens of birds singing with the rising sun. Taking a tram into the forest to smell the moss and the pine trees, and the lilies awakened by spring. Spotting birds during your coffee break, and stars at night with the city center market square also in your sight.
Actually, don’t just imagine. Do it. Here, in Helsinki, you can.
Bilberry (mustikka)
Pick freely in city forests late summer!
City fox (citykettu)
Spot around Helsinki and its forests!
Wildlife photographer Konsta Punkka’s Helsinki Foraging (sienestys)
Go mushroom hunting in the autumn!
City nature (kaupunkiluonto)
Everywhere you go.
Find calm and peace in nature:
Parks all around
You are never far from a park in Helsinki. One third of the city consists of parks and other green areas where you can admire different historical styles and values.
Nature is all around you
70% of Helsinki is covered by green areas and water: Parks, forests, beaches and the Baltic sea. The archipelago is made up of 300+ islands. There is nature all around you. Try sitting by the Lammassaari pier and see the city skyline in front of you. Magical.
