We Finns are in the privileged position that each of us has the opportunity to enjoy nature, regardless of ownership of the land. Nature offers unlimited opportunities for recreation, exercise and finding your own peace. However, not everything can be done in other people's countries, so make sure you remember these things before going on a trip!
Within the framework of everyone's right, you get:
- To move around on foot, skiing or cycling outside of the yard and in specially used areas, such as fields
- Staying temporarily in areas where movement is also allowed (e.g. camping)
- Pick wildflowers, mushrooms and berries
- Fishing rods and fishing rods and wading in waterways.
In turn, everyone's right does not entitle them to these actions:
- Disturbing the peace of the home or causing other disturbances to the residents of the surrounding area
- Disturbing animals (e.g. during bird nesting)
- Littering (take everything you brought there out of the forest)
- Cutting down or damaging trees
- Collecting wood, moss, lichen or other soil
- Driving a motor vehicle off-road without the landowner's permission
- Fishing and hunting without the relevant permits.
Making an open fire and forest fire warning
Please note that making an open fire or taking firewood is not part of everyman's rights. A bonfire may only be lit with the landowner's permission when the forest fire warning is not in effect. In many nature reserves, fire-making is restricted to campfire sites only. In remote zones and wilderness areas of northern Finland's extensive nature reserves, however, the right to make fire is often more freely defined. For example, in wilderness areas, fire-making is mostly allowed using dry branches, twigs and small rhizomes. Check the rules separately when moving in such areas.
During a grass or forest fire warning, fire-making is only permitted in covered fire places with chimneys and in the fireplaces of deserted cabins and cabins, with special caution. Sometimes making fires can also be completely prohibited in the area. A camping stove (except for a stove) does not count as an open fire, so you can use it to cook a meal anywhere, as long as you exercise caution and make sure the fire goes out! The igniter is always responsible for fire safety. It is easy to check the valid warnings on the website of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, for example.
These rules enable everyone to have pleasant camping experiences in the future as well!
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