In early June of 2026 the Finnish Caving Society will explore the Torhola limestone cave (30m horizontal reach, 100m of passages). Our aim is to measure and photograph some stuff, maybe model parts of the cave (again), and discuss the structure and the details of the cave. We hope to come to a conclusion on the age of the cave and on its development. This […]
Finnish Caving Society visits four typical Finnish caves around Pirkanmaa region. Caves included in the video: These Caves are fairly close to each other.
We will arrange a free form members meetup on Friday 27th starting at 7pm. The event will take place as a Zoom.us video conference. We will chat about past and planned trips and show our caving pictures. You can join late or stay the whole night at this social event. There is no planned ending time – we’ll chat as long as it’s fun. It’s […]
Early Origins of Speleology in Finland (1666 – 1980) The first cataloguing of Finnish caves began in 1666, under Swedish rule, for the Swedish crown. While under Russian rule in the 1800s, the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Antiquarian Society sent young students to collect folk tales, including information on caves. Geographic and geological literature started featuring Finnish caves between 1870 and 1890. The […]
While Finland hardly is a country known for its caves, we have quite interesting boulder caves boasting up to 260m of maze-like crawl size passages. These boulder caves are also very stable as the rock is insoluble — a perfect playground. If you love boulder chokes, you’ll be in heaven. The Korkberget cave featured on the map above is nearly 300m in surveyed length and […]
There are countless glacial boulder caves and tectonic-glacial crevice caves and rock shelters in Finland, over one thousand in total, although these tend to be pretty small. What to expect A cave that fits two or three people comfortably is fairly sizeable by Finnish caving standards. A cave that extends for 20m or more is considered to be long. Finnish caves can typically be visited […]
In addition to caves, you can find other underground sites such as partly demolished Soviet second world war bunkers in Finland. These are interesting sites that you should consider visiting. We recommend you visit Jari Arkko’s website Planetcaver.net, which acts as an index to his caving related posts. There you will find blog posts on Finnish caves and bunkers. Remember to be extra careful when […]
Rock shelters have an interesting history on the shores of the ancient Litorina sea after the latest ice age called Weichselian. Caves also served as housing for the people following receding ice. This makes these caves archaeologically interesting and archaeological finds date back thousands of years to the days when eastern and western stone-age cultures met. The earliest mentions of caves in literature date back […]
NOTE! Most of the events have been cancelled or moved online due to the Covid19 situation. For more information contact info@luolaseura.fi Finnish Caving Association informs its membership in Finnish, but the key events for 2020 are shortly listed here. February 13.2.2020 February meetup at 19:00 in Helsinki in pub Kaisla. March 19.3.2020 February meetup at 19:00 in Helsinki in pub Kaisla.Cancelled due to corona virus […]