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    • Day 290
    • Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 4:39 PM
    • ☁️ 59 °F
    • Altitude: 259 ft
    • FinlandLinnunkivi60°18’19” N  24°33’1” E
    feeding lichen to the reindeer
    hanging with the friendly reindeerfeeding and learning about Helmi/Pearlfound an overhanging caveand another smaller cavewriting on some juniper 'paper'found an impromptu ropes course along our hikethe reindeer park came with cinnamon buns and hot chocolate in a traditional Sami/Lavvu/teepeegorgeous views from our hikebeautiful finnish naturespring flowers

    Nuuksio Reindeer Park (by Lewis)

    June 3, 2023 in Finland ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

    While in Finland, we went to a reindeer park. Reindeers are pack animals. They had about six or seven reindeer at the park. Did you know that white reindeers are very rare? The Reindeer Park had one named Helmi, which means pearl in finnish. Reindeers favorite food is lichen. Lichen don’t have a lot of calories, so reindeer eat four to eleven pounds of it every day. When a reindeer dies, they use everything; fur, skin, meat, antlers, and bones; you name it, everything. You won't believe this, but I ate reindeer sausages, which was delicious.Read more

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