Autumn weekends in Scandinavia – autumn colors, sauna, and fires

Autumn is perhaps the most underrated weekend season. The forests change to red and gold, the air becomes crisp, and it is time for sauna, fires, and long dinners featuring the season's harvest – mushrooms, game, and apples. Moreover, it is quieter in many of the most popular destinations.

Here we gather autumn weekends in Scandinavia – from the autumn-colored lakes of Saimaa in Finland and the mountains around Syöte to the historic Dalen Hotel in Telemark and the Danish Dragsholm Slot, where the kitchen is based on what grows around. Find a weekend that makes it easy to long for autumn.