Punkharju is one of the most interesting parts of Finland’s national landscape. It was formed by a glacier during the Ice Age.
Later it takes the shape of a large, uneven and narrow land. In English it is called ‘Ridge’.
In Bengal, the connecting line of two steep slopes is called Shailsira or Setubandha. The narrow part of the ridge is about seven kilometers long.
Zachary Topelius wrote in great detail about Punkharju in his book Mamme, and J. L. Runberg wrote excellently about it in his early 19th-century poems.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Punkharju became popular with tourists. This natural road is about seven kilometers long in the northeast of the country.