At the top of Koli

When I was in Lieksa on Easter, upon leaving, we made a quick pit stop in Koli, the highest point in North Karelia: 347 meters above sea level. High, considering it's Finland which is mostly flat.

But the real deal is the iconic scenery – that which inspired many artists and Finnish nationalism. No wonder as the scenery is quite unique that can't probably be found anywhere else in the world. See for yourself:

The Lake Pielinen, that comes with numerous narrow islands – following the direction of the lake – are a result of the last ice age when an ice raft scrapped the ground producing the elongated formations that would become islands with the drop being filled with water.

^{I actually have this same scenery as cover image on my profile page from my first visit there.}

As you can see, there was still some ice on the lake, and a lot of snow around there too, even though it was late April already.

^{The pillar that marks the highest spot of the Koli fell.}

^{People being people, they mark their visit everywhere.}

More photos will come later. I just wanted to make this "teaser" or whatever... just so that I would get the ball rolling and not get stuck only endlessly trying to make perfect edits.