Most of the places around Espoo are still very new to us and this weekend it was time for us to visit the very popular national park of Nuuksio. The national park isn't very big but it still manages to feel like wilderness despite its popularity. The weather was just as amazing as it has been lately and Nuuksio surprised us with its diversity. We saw lakes, ponds and rivers, hills and big rocks, different kinds of forests and even a place that reminded us very much of the Carpathians (no mountains though :)!

There's an amazing small island reserved for camping at Holma-Saarijärvi in Nuuksio but unfortunately it was quite crowded when we got there. I wouldn't have even minded the people that much but many of them had set up campfires and I really, really don't want to have any sparks on any of my tents. Holes in the fly sheet do not bode well for a tent's waterproofness! Luckily we found a relatively quiet spot just a bit further and it wasn't all that shabby either (picture below :). The only problem were the noisy birds that kept me awake at night!

A dragonfly breeding ball?

Sleeping on a rock :)

Nuuksio is littered with lakes...

and small ponds like this.