The city of Kotka is built on the delta of the Kymi river. As you head north, the city landscape becomes more rural. I walked to a large island on the Kymi river while passing through the some rural areas on the way. Because I took so many photos, this post will be divided into two. In this first part, I will show some of rural Kotka. On the second part, I will show some parts of the Kymi river in northern Kotka.

In the more rural areas, people will have large lawns, which they may use for farming. Here someone has decorated his lawn with a small windmill.

Other lawns are more empty or just surrounded by an empty field.

A common sight in rural Finland are old and broken sheds on farms. Here is a few of those.

Of course it would not be a rural area without some farm animals. So here is an horse. In the next part, I will show more of the nature from this trip.