When I was in Lieksa on Easter, upon leaving, we made a quick pit stop in Koli, the highest point in North Karelia: 347 meters above sea level. High, considering it's Finland which is mostly flat.
But the real deal is the iconic scenery – that which inspired many artists and Finnish nationalism. No wonder as the scenery is quite unique that can't probably be found anywhere else in the world. See for yourself:
The Lake Pielinen, that comes with numerous narrow islands – following the direction of the lake – are a result of the last ice age when an ice raft scrapped the ground producing the elongated formations that would become islands with the drop being filled with water.
I actually have this same scenery as cover image on my profile page from my first visit there.
As you can see, there was still some ice on the lake, and a lot of snow around there too, even though it was late April already.
The pillar that marks the highest spot of the Koli fell.
People being people, they mark their visit everywhere.
More photos will come later. I just wanted to make this "teaser" or whatever... just so that I would get the ball rolling and not get stuck only endlessly trying to make perfect edits.
