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Up on a hill known as Öhbergska Backen in Mariehamn stands the city’s town hall. The name in Swedish is Mariehamns Stadshus. Construction began in 1938 and the town hall was inaugurated already a year later in 1939. It is designed by the Finnish architect Lars Sonck (1870-1956). He was born in Kälviä in mainland…
Skarpnåtö Pier is in the small settlement of Skarpnåtö in Hammarland Municipality on the Åland Islands. The pier has since 1982 been home to the small ferry M/S Silvana, a bicycle ferry that during the summer months runs the route between Skarpnåtö and Hällö in Geta Municipality to the north. The crossing takes only 25…
Västergeta is a village in the northwestern part of the Åland Islands. It is the seat of the local municipality and it is also home to the parish church. The municipality has a population of around 500 inhabitants, most of which live in one of the 15 villages. Agriculture and fishing have always been important…
Sjökvarteret is a historical maritime neighborhood and today also a business district within the city of Mariehamn on the Åland Islands. Here you will find boat houses and fishing sheds that today have been turned into museums as well as to house smaller local businesses. This is also where the tradition of shipbuilding is maintained,…
Skarpnåtö Hembygdsgård is an old farmstead that was earlier known as Södergårds. The farmstead had its origins in the 18th century and is today the homestead museum of Skarpnåtö. The farmstead has also been a filming location. It was the Swedish-speaking Finnish TV series “Stormskärs Maja” that was filmed on the Åland Islands in 1976…
Koftvika is a bay in Narvik Municipality in the northernmost part of Nordland County in northern Norway. It is best known for its rest area along road E6, right between the towns of Narvik and Bjerkvik. The bay is a part of the large fjord Ofotfjord, which connects the area with the Norwegian Sea. The…
Savonlinna is a town in southeastern Finland, within the region of South Savo. In English, the name means the castle of Savonia and the town is home to the impressive medieval Saint Olaf’s Castle. The names are Olavinlinna and Olofsborg in Finnish and Swedish respectively. The town is also known by its Swedish name Nyslott….
Geta Church, or Geta Kyrka in Swedish, is a small stone church in the northwestern part of the Åland Islands. The church is a satellite church to the church of Finström, a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is dedicated to Sankt Göran, or Saint George in English. It lies right in…
Liljeholmen is one of the districts in the southern part of Stockholm, just south of the island of Södermalm. Other neighboring districts are Aspudden, Gröndal, Midsommarkransen, Västberga, and Årsta. Liljeholmen is home to around 16,700 inhabitants as well as several larger businesses. The former industrial areas here have, however, more recently been developed into residential…
Husby is a district in the northern parts of the City of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It lies in the middle of a line of three residential districts in an area known as Järvafältet. Here it has Akalla to the northwest and Kista to the southeast, all three areas developed during the 1970s. Husby…
Nynäs is a castlelike manor in Nyköping Municipality. These coastal lands in the former Bälinge Parish are a part of Södermanland County and the Baltic Sea is not far away. The closest body of water is, however, Lake Rundbosjön. Nynäs Castle watches out over the lake and its surrounding landscape with the castle parks, historical…
Kvicksund is a cross-border locality when you look at the municipality, county, and historical province. It lies on both sides of the strait that almost splits Lake Mälaren into two. On the northern shore, there is a part that belongs to Västerås Municipality in Västmanland County, and on the other the part that belongs to…