There are many reasons for this decline. Among them are difficulties in finding affordable land to build a summer cottage on.
Also, holidaymakers have many more options before them than they did in the heyday of building summer cottages—the 1970s and 1980s.
Airplane tickets to foreign lands do not make as big of a dent in people’s budgets as they did before. Besides, owning a summer cottage is not the only way to partake in the cottage life, as many people rent a cabin or stay with their friends or relatives.
Finland is home to some half a million summer cottages, which are a traditional part of the Finnish summer culture.
