Facts About Nuuksio National Park
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Nuuksio National Park is one of Finland’s 40 national parks.
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Nuuksio National Park was established in 1994, the park spreads over an area of forests and lakes in Espoo, Kirkkonummi, and Vihti.
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Dozens of endangered or near-threatened species animals, plants, and fungi are known to inhabit the area, for instance, the Siberian flying squirrel, the European nightjar, and the woodlark.
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Over 80 small lakes and ponds are found from Nuuksio National Park and they are as diverse as the nature around them.
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The Siberian flying squirrel s the emblem of the national park due to its high-density population density there.
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The name is derived from the Nuuksio district of Espoo.
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North-west from Helsinki, it is the second-closest national park to the capital behind the recently established Sipoonkorpi National Park.
