| away from the city of Helsinki
and its airport. Lahti Region has a population of
approximately 155.000 inhabitants. Lahti has always taken advantage of
its location on the shore of Lake Vesijärvi; due to the lake, the town
became a lively crossroads of trading routes. Nowadays, the Vesijärvi
harbour area is a living room inhabitants of Lahti. Due to
impressive lake district and clean nature, Lahti region offers
a wonderful setting for water and nature tourism. Even in the
downtown Lahti you are just a walking distance away from the
water and forest paths. The versatile tourism services of the
region offer you the possibility to observe the wonderful
nature from various perspectives. You can enjoy the scenery
by, for example, comfortably resting on the deck of a ship –
Lahti, the Vääksy canal, Heinola and Padasjoki with their
pleasant harbours offer a whole armada of inland ships for you
to choose from. You can also get close to the nature at its
most authentic and measure your wilderness skills by fishing,
canoeing or searching for the mushroom bounty of the forests.
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Harbour of Lahti
Vääksy canal connects two
waterways Lake Vesijärvi
and Lake Päijänne together
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