Historic sites

Kastelholm Castle, Åland

Aland Islands Sund

Kastelholm Castle, Åland
Photo: Håkan Skogsjö, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The only medieval castle in Åland, built in the 14th century beside a bay in Sund. Next to it, the Jan Karlsgården open-air museum shows traditional Åland farm buildings and a windmill, and the Vita Björn prison museum.


Nearby are the ruins of Bomarsund, a Russian fortress destroyed by the British and French during the Crimean War in 1854. Kastelholm is about 25 km from Mariehamn.

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Mariehamn, Åland

Mariehamn

The small capital of Åland, a self-governing, Swedish-speaking group of islands belonging to Finland.

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Cycling the Åland archipelago

Eckerö

Åland is flat and quiet, with more than 6,500 islands and skerries, and ideal for cycling.