Nuuksio
Nuuksio (Finnish) or Noux (Swedish) is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland, best known for the Nuuksio National Park.
The Solvalla Sports Institute is also located in Nuuksio.
Getting to Nuuksio
As the area is quite large when walking, read instructions on the section "Get around" as well. There are two public bus services to Nuuksio, and both of them require a transfer if coming from Helsinki. Check schedules before setting off, as services are quite limited. Use HSL's route planner to find routes from any address in Helsinki region to Nuuksio National Park.
Worth seeing
A number of well-signposted trails are available, while hardcore hikers can head out into the bush and stay at one of the many campsites. For the first time visitor, doing the Haukankierros loop and half of Korpinkierros will provide a good representative look. Haukankierros (blue route). The "Hawk's Tour" is a 4-km loop starting and ending at the Haukanpesä information centre, looping around Lake Haukkalampi.
Things to do
Picking berries in late summer and mushrooms in the fall are popular activities. Fishing is allowed according to the general restrictions, although there isn't all that much to catch. In winter, the trails are open to cross-country skiing; there are no lit or maintained tracks. Rock climbing is allowed only at Pitkäjärvi and the eastern Kolmoislammet. Ice climbing is permitted throughout the park.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Stephan van Helden (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.