Coins Cachés - Keski-Suomi

Buried in the heart of the country and a 270 km drive away from Helsinki. If you travel from the capital to Jyväskylä, the regional centre and largest city, you will notice how the landscape changes to what the country is best known for. It is the land of unique landscapes, a thousand lakes and even more forests.Known as the home of ski jumper Matti Nykänen and the heart of World Rally car racing. The country doesn’t have mountains but Central Finland has really nice rolling hills and some amazing and fast gravel roads. Good for bikes as well as rally cars.The almost endless crisscross of tracks means you can easily do a 100-mile gravel ride or an even longer off the grid bikepacking adventure. The gravel itself is mainly smooth and tyre friendly. If you need more technical sections, then there is a huge network of MTB trails. All of it against a backdrop of thick forests, many of them within the four different national parks.For road cycling, there are a good number of bicycle pathspaths near Jyväskylä. Once you're out of town and into the countryside there’s really no traffic to speak of. A beautiful and calm landscape, whether solo or with friends, for a short or long trip. Keski-Suomi is there to be explored.