Finland has thousands of lakes. 187,888, to be exact. Finnish Lakeland covers a vast area, starting from in front of Tampere, Finland’s second-largest city in the middle part of Finland, and extending to the Eastern border.
The largest lake, at least on paper, is Saimaa, though it is so jagged in shape that hardly any Finn knows where Saimaa begins and ends. In a way, Saimaa consists of several interconnected lakes, each with its own name.
The core area of Saimaa is around Lappeenranta and Savonlinna, but the so-called Greater Saimaa extends much further, all the way to Joensuu.
