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Forest Bathing Experience in Nuuksio National Park
Forest Bathing Experience in Nuuksio National Park
Forest Bathing Experience in Nuuksio National Park
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Forest Bathing Experience in Nuuksio National Park

Forest Swimming Experience in Nuuksio National Park

By SOWL Forest Bathing Helsinki - Slow down in pure Finnish nature
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$176 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Tired of being busy and glued to your phone? Recharge your body and mind and awaken all your senses by reconnecting with nature in a new way!

Neither a hike nor a naturalist walk, forest swimming is a heart-felt, science-based wellbeing practice that continues to gain global popularity. It involves walking slowly, stopping and taking in the sounds, scents, colours, forms and the ambience of nature using all the five senses, and engaging in meditative and healing nature connection activities. Forest swimming is as much about pausing to listen to your inner self as it is about listening to nature.

With a trained guide, it is much easier to actually slow down (one of the hardest things to do is to stop doing!). You can leave all effort behind and relax into the experience, knowing that the guide will keep track of time and route, leading you safely in a small group every step of the way.

Welcome to enjoy Nuuksio together and slow down with SOWL!

Activity location

  • Haltia - The Finnish Nature Centre
    • 84 Nuuksiontie
    • 02820, Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Haltia - The Finnish Nature Centre
    • 84 Nuuksiontie
    • 02820, Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

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Forest Swimming Experience in Nuuksio National Park
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English
Starting time: 12:00 pm
Price details
AU$176.24 x 1 AdultAU$176.24
Total
Price is AU$176.24
Until Mon, 30 Sept

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTherapeutic essential oil on skin (voluntary)
  • What's includedWhat's includedFinnish pastries and buns, Finnish sweets, wild bilberry shot (no alcohol). Vegetarian.
  • What's includedWhat's includedCoffee and/or Tea
  • What's includedWhat's includedSleeping pads, rain cloaks in case of rain
  • What's includedWhat's includedSafety plan and first aid kit
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTake a filled water bottle, clean tap water is available from nature centre.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport to Nuuksio (public transport available for €8,20 /return)

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • You can participate without prior knowledge and skills, normal physical health is sufficient. Excursion includes some moderate rock climbs and rough paths.
  • Take some spare warm clothing according to weather, we move at a slow pace. Comfortable shoes, no high heels.
  • Pets, smoking, drinking not allowed

Activity itinerary

Escape the city and join a professional Forest Therapy Guide for a forest swimming experience in Nuuksio National Park, right next to Helsinki. Humans have known the healing effects of nature for millennia. Forest swimming (shinrin-yoku, or forest therapy) was developed in Japan in the 80’s. It is an evidence-based, holistic practice that boosts the health benefits of nature, promotes relaxation and improves the immune system. Meet your guide at the front doors of Finnish Nature Centre Haltia. Next you enter the welcoming forest and dive into its fascinating world of sounds, smells, colours and shapes with all your senses. You pause to listen to the humming wind, sounds of birds and babbling brooks, breathe in the fresh forest air and give your whole weight on the soft moss floor. The guide invites you to do easy sensory, breathing and nature connection activities to help you relax and let go. Reconnect with nature – and yourself. We conclude with sharing our experiences and enjoying coffee or tea with Finnish snacks. At the end you receive aromatic forest oil on your skin to continue enjoying the therapeutic effects. Your mind, body and soul are filled with peace.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESHaltia - The Finnish Nature Centre
    • 84 Nuuksiontie
    • 02820, Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHaltia - The Finnish Nature Centre
    • 84 Nuuksiontie
    • 02820, Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

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