Top 20 Lakes around Uusimaa

Kallahdenniemi Beach is a stunning shallow beach on the Kallahti Peninsula foreland. It is a very family-friendly beach with lifeguard supervision, dressing rooms, showers, and toilets, along with a nearby car park for easy access. It is a beautiful beach in the summer or winter.

Gorgeous place, easy to access! Multiple campfire sites, toilet, a lot of firewood and if you go down the stairs there's a dock in case you want to visit using a boat. The lake water is a bit nasty so I wouldn't recommend swimming.

Diverse vegetation is also resilient and adapts to changes in land-use and variation in weather conditions. The extent of the services that wetlands provide to people depend on wetland design and well-being, as well as on land-use within the contributing watershed and weather dependent pollutant loads. Constructed wetlands typically consist of a flow dissipating and heavy sediment settling inlet pond, a vast shallow emergent plant covered wetland, and a sediment settling outlet pond. The Säynäslanhdenpuro Wetland consists of three parallel research wetlands with flow and pollutant load monitoring facilitating outlet dams.

A stormwater wetland is a constructed transitional landscape between water and dry land. Wetlands are natural water detention and purification landscapes. Constructed wetlands are thus established to compensate for challenges to water environment brought about by land-use change. Urban wetlands dissipate and detain runoff thereby preventing flooding and drought extremes. Water quality is mitigated through sediment settling, and purification of soluble pollutants by wetland plants, microbes and soils. Diversity of plants and their associated microbes is a key element in purifying urban waters.

Land-use change in urban areas from natural to impervious surfaces such as roofs, paved yards and asphalt roads prevents water infiltration and storage within the watershed. Runoff travels quickly over impervious surfaces collecting and carrying everything from surfaces to catch basins and sewers. Impacts visible at the storm sewer outlets to urban streams include flooding, drought and erosion. Depending on land-use within the watershed, runoff carries harmful substances such as nutrients, heavy met- als, oils and rubbish. The receiving water body suffers from habitat degradation while the impervious and drained watershed often experiences draught and heat.

Sarvikallio, on the western shore of Lake Tuusulanjärvi, is a scenic spot ideal for a short nature break with a great view. The cliff rises 25 metres above the lake and was a favourite of the local artist community in the early 1900s. The Seittelinreitti trail, suitable for both walking and cycling, leads through varied forest and open landscapes to the viewpoint. While the area is family-friendly, cyclists should be prepared for some hilly terrain. It’s a great place for a picnic or to enjoy peaceful lake scenery along a relaxed ride.

Hietaranta beach is the most popular beach in Helsinki, especially in warm weather. The full length of the beach is monitored, and the swimming area is marked with red and yellow flags and buoys. Sudden drops in the swimming area are indicated by yellow warning signs. The main building located in the middle of the beach has toilets, changing rooms, a restaurant and a watch tower. There are also several beach volleyball courts, an outdoor gym and outdoor exercise equipment for independent training. The beach is monitored throughout the swimming season.

The cooking shelter, lean-to shelter, firewood shed and dry toilet at the Fiskträsk rest area which is located slightly east of the trail on the shore of Fiskträsk Lake. There is also a campfire site in connection with the lean-to shelter. There is a camping area next to the cooking shelter. There are duckboards on the wet sections of the Fiskträsk Trail. There are no campsites outside Fiskträsk.