Uhomäki, Finland in spring

Spring. Plants blossom, sun starts to shine and all the animals wake up. The cold, dark winter has been defeated.

This is the most beautiful time of spring when everything is getting green and all the water from the snow is gone. The picture above is from Uhomäki. I don’t want to call it a park, because when I hear someone use the word “park” I think of a small green area in a big city. This is not like that. In Finland we call it “pururata” which roughly translates to “sawdust track”. Not a good translation.

It’s a place with multiple paths where you can enjoy the nature and walk your dog, run and in the winter it’s made into a ski track. As you may know, winter in Finland is dark so that’s why there’s lights around the path as you can see in the picture above. Uhomäki has steep and gently sloped hills so it’s great for hill runs.

Thank you for reading my first “real” blog post. What is spring like in your country? Tell me in the comments!