Finland: number of summer houses by region 2022

In 2022, there were almost 510 thousand holiday houses in Finland. The region of Southwest Finland was the most popular location for holiday houses, with over 50 thousand vacation residences. It was closely followed by South Savo and Pirkanmaa regions. Culturally, a holiday house refers to the Finnish term "kesämökki", which is a summer cottage used as a holiday dwelling.

Number of holiday houses in Finland in 2022, by region

Characteristic	Number of holiday houses
Southwest Finland	50,407
Pirkanmaa	49,982
South Savo	46,518
Uusimaa	41,666
Lapland	37,319
North Ostrobothnia	32,809
Central Finland	32,262
North Savo	31,338
North Karelia	24,493
Päijät-Häme	24,031
Ostrobothnia	22,840
Kanta-Häme	21,841
South Karelia	20,748
Satakunta	19,685
Kymenlaakso	16,054
South Ostrobothnia	13,338
Kainuu	12,170
Åland	7,590
Central Ostrobothnia	4,561

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March 2023

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Finland

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

The source uses the term 'free-time residence' for the Finnish term 'kesämökki'. Culturally, this refers to the holiday houses (traditionally summer cottages) used as a holiday dwelling.

The exact definition of the term above used by the source is as follows:
"A free-time residence refers to a recreational building constructed permanently on the site of its location or to a residential building that is used as a holiday dwelling. Holiday cottages serving business purposes, buildings in holiday villages and allotment garden cottages are not co8nted as free-time residences."

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