And in today’s sad news, Finland’s most famous pine has died.
I guess it can be argued to say something about the Finnish psyche that our most famous example of a tree that can grow tall and majestic was a bent and sparse one which struggled on and thrived in harsh conditions 😎
Den gamla tallen i Koli nationalpark har avbildats på berömda målningar och fotograferats av vandrare på sin utsiktsplats i nationallandskapet.