Under everyman's right, anyone in Finland can walk, ski, cycle, ride, swim, angle and camp temporarily — even across privately owned countryside — provided they leave the place undisturbed

Under everyman's right, anyone in Finland can walk, ski, cycle, ride, swim, angle and camp temporarily — even across privately owned countryside — provided they leave the place undisturbed

In most of the world, walking onto land you don’t own can be trespassing. Step onto someone’s forest to pick mushrooms or pitch a tent, and you may get moved along, or worse. In Finland the default often runs the other way. The forest in front of you may belong to someone else, and you are still likely allowed to be in it. That flip has a name: jokamiehenoikeus, traditionally translated as everyman’s right and increasingly as everyone’s rights. …