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I did not know that they are also called as cowberries; I have seen an English name being lingonberry. These berries grow all around Finland and we have them growing alongside with wild blueberries by our lake cabin.

I love picking wild berries and can’t wait next summer, when I can go picking wild raspberries, cloudberries, blueberries and cowberries. Finland has something called everyman’s right and that gives everyone permission to go to anyone’s forest to pick wild berries. You can not pick berries on people’s yards and gardens, but it is OK to go to a forest as long as you do not harm the trees or other plants.