Going to Finland in the fall to see the Ruska is the best thing to do at that time of year
The Finns say that as Finnish as autumn and the autumn landscape of Lapland , which they call the Ruska ( and it only lasts a short month ) is the annual Paasilinna , which also arrives around these dates. The work of this author, who has become the standard-bearer of Finnish literature, is as eagerly awaited as the landscape of blue, brown, yellow and green leaves of the immense forests of northern Finland, and it usually falls around this time.
So You will find few things finer than giving yourself a bath of color through the landscapes of La Ruska , from Harriniva to Kilpisjärvi (to the north) with a Paasilinna under his arm in a kind of Finnish mutation ( Paasilinna's most famous novel is ' The year of the hare 1975, a semi-autobiographical satire about a journalist who becomes disillusioned with urban life and retreats to the woods with a wounded animal to reconnect with nature).
A bath of direct emotions from Lake Keitele
**To reconnect with nature and experience the Ruska in all its majesty, you have to go to Finnish Lapland ** (Finnair and Iberia airlines operate direct flights from Spain and you will be in Helsinki in just over 4 hours).
Among the most recommended places, multi-day routes such as Karhunkierros ('the ring of the bear'). It is an itinerary of about 80 kilometers of trails and basic shelters to spend the night. In Harriniva, Muonio, you can practice activities such as rafting through rivers surrounded by forests or frisbee golf. And in Kilpisjärvi, a small town to the north, is on the border with Norway, one of the few places in the world where you can enjoy the northern lights at the same time as the Ruska.
Views of the Lemmenjoki River from the Kakslauttanen Resort