Somewhere In Finland, A Village Dies While A River Continues To Thrive • Discoverology

Somewhere In Finland, A Village Dies While A River Continues To Thrive

In central Finland, there is a small village, Yli-li, nestled against a river called Iijoki that is succumbing to the realities of life, like so many other places. It is a place that captured the interest of Finnish photographer Janne Korkko, who took pictures of the village and the river.

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