Finland: number of summer houses by region 2021

In 2021, there were almost 509 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 2021, by region

Characteristic	Number of holiday houses
Southwest Finland	50,281
Pirkanmaa	49,999
South Savo	46,601
Uusimaa	41,597
Lapland	37,032
North Ostrobothnia	32,585
Central Finland	32,241
North Savo	31,355
North Karelia	24,525
Päijät-Häme	24,312
Ostrobothnia	22,640
Kanta-Häme	21,816
South Karelia	20,757
Satakunta	19,706
Kymenlaakso	15,994
South Ostrobothnia	13,295
Kainuu	12,129
Åland	7,552
Central Ostrobothnia	4,502

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May 2022

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Finland

Survey time period

2021

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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