Lecture on Finnish coastal routes Merikarvian library on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 6 p.m. The lecturer will be non-fiction writer and nature photographer Harri Ahonen. The lecture will bring together the hiking routes of the coastal region of Ostrobothnia and Satakunta and guide hikers both to and along the routes, as well as expand the quality and quantity of coastal hiking areas, guiding the reader to a responsible hiking culture. The lecture's nature, which promotes local hiking, is central. The lecture supports the development of local hiking and emphasizes the proximity and accessibility of the hiking destinations in the Finnish coastal region. It has also been studied that hiking in nature improves a person's mental and physical capacity. Combining local hiking and the coast into an hiking destination is an unbeatable combination. The hiking destinations presented in the lecture will open up before your eyes with professional information and photographs. The destinations spread from islands and islets, scented with seagrass and salt, populated by seabirds, to the wetlands, groves and sheltered sandy beaches of the coast that opens up behind them.