In civilised wilderness

I have been spending the last couple days in Nuuksio national park, having a company meeting in Villa Karumaa. The national park is only less than 50 kilometers from the Helsinki downtown, but one feels to be much more far away. There are bear sightings almost every year in some part of Nuuksio.

The villa is located at the end of the Nuuksion Pitkäjärvi (Nuuksio Long Lake), and you have to drive narrow gravel roads for the last kilometer of the journey. Located on a hill and facing to the lake, the villa has magnificent views from the front stairs and the library.

Too bad that the villa is not open for the public. Of course, there are a lot of other nice places in Nuuksio, including hiking trails and such, but villas have distinctive charm of their own.