Waterworld

Set against an archipelago of forested isles and the waves of the Baltic Sea, the Finnish capital lives in harmony with nature — locals take artistic inspiration from their wild surrounds and warm up in cedar-lined saunas

There is something for everyone at our wonderful wetland sanctuaries

Piteälven, one of Sweden’s great rivers, has carved out 400km of sweeping landscape through Swedish Lapland by sheer brute force. In following these watercourses, Mark Waring learns lessons in fully appreciating this remote and seldom-visited wild land from the Norwegian border high in the Scandinavian mountains to the Baltic Sea

The 14-island archipelago of Islas Secas, once deemed uninhabitable for humans, is now a breathtaking, private island hideaway, says Mark Hedges

This week’s dream: the nostalgic charm of Bermuda ...

Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about