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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel

‘I don’t think we’ve ever felt closer’: five writers on their most memorable family holidays

A man, woman and young child in bathing suits on a jetty in front of a pine free-fringed lake
Sian Lewis and family at one of the lakes of Finland. Photograph: Sian Lewis

‘Exploring Finland with our baby was a delight’

Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for nine years running, but arriving in Helsinki, dishevelled from one of my first flights with my nine-month-old baby, I was less interested in national rankings and more in having a nice nap. My husband, Jake, and I had emerged from the fog of newborn life and the idea of a holiday felt possible again. My ambitions were small: a sunset beer, a walk in the woods, reading a few pages of my book uninterrupted.

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