Mariehamn, Finland Travel Blogs

Silja Line Ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm
May 28, 2008 (1 photos)

I'm taking off today and can't wait to hit up Sweden!!!  Finland was entirely uneventful and I wish I had used the opportunity to get better rested but it was cool to see a familiar face after Russia.  Yan joins me for breakfast at the local ...

The crew and a smattering of Islands
Jun 17, 2009 (1 photos)

This is such a beautiful archipelago, that I completely understand why it is such a popular sailing area for both Fins and Swedes. On one side, I'm grateful that mass tourism hasn’t discovered this area yet, but on the other side, it’s such an ...

Jun 17, 2009
Jun 17, 2009 (1 photos)

Keep walking
Aug 25, 2006 (5 photos)

... my Finnish schedule completely, but hopefully will be worth it. So I caught in Stockholm, on Wednesday afternoon, the slow boat to Mariehamn, which brought me here before eight in the morning. My only other option would be to take a later boat and arrive ...

Ruotsin laivalla
Sep 18, 2008

matkalla Ruotsiin

night ferry to Stockholm!
Aug 31, 2007

ferry stops here for a few, en route

Arrive in Mariehamn
Oct 30, 2004

Great island

Åland 2007
Jul 13, 2007 (7 photos)

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Åland
Jul 1, 2008

... to the Åland Islands. They`re the group of Islands between Finland and Sweden - technically part of Finland, but they speak mainly Swedish here. The main city - Mariehamn is quite small, so after a quick city tour I rented a bicycle and headed north. I ...

Aland
Jul 29, 2007 (4 photos)

Aland is Finland's island near Sweden

Aland Islands
May 9, 2009

TBA

First Entry
Jul 25, 2008 (3 photos)

... during the xmas break, with lots of little shops, boats, and even a music festival. The islands are actually part of Finland, but the locals are quite patriotic to there own to their own little patch of land. Everyone here speaks Swedish (which ...

Les iles Aland
Jan 26, 2009

... dans mon sac a dos et c est parti je reprends la route. Je m´enregistre et prend le ferry a Stockholm a 7h45... pour debarquer a Mariehamn, sur les Iles Aland, en plein milieu de la mer Baltique, vers 14 heures. Ici c est un territoire un peu special, ...

fortfarande hemma, testing testing 123
Sep 6, 2007

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Vinylkryssning
Dec 27, 2007 (18 photos)

En liten Kryssning med Vinyl 107 som är en radiostation Stockholm Gästartister :   The Searchers    and  New Generation

In the middle of nowhere
Aug 24, 2009 (2 photos)

Allo! I'm in the A lands now finally. I'm actually not in Mariehamn (main port), I'm on Kiruna which is a lot further from everything than I realised (won't even register on this travel sight). I took the 6 hour ferry from Turku. Arrived in Mariehamn and ...

business students stepping on eachothers toes
Apr 2, 1998

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