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Åland Islands

Tall ships, a Swedish castle and a Russian fortress

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🏛️Sites and museums5 places
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Pommern
Mariehamn · western harbour

Four-masted barque turned museum, part of the Åland Maritime Museum and reached from its terrace. Open in season from May; free audio guide.

Maritime heritageMuseum
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Kastelholms slott
Sund · Kastelholm

Åland's only medieval castle, first mentioned in 1388 and at its height under Gustav Vasa. Open daily from early May to late September.

Middle AgesMay-Sept
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Bomarsunds fästningsruin
Sund · Bomarsund

Ruins of the fortress built by Russia after 1809 and destroyed in 1854 during the Crimean War. Open all year, with a visitor centre since 2022.

HistoryYear-round
🌐Official websitemuseum.ax→
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Jan Karlsgården friluftsmuseum
Sund · Kastelholm

Free open-air museum: about twenty 19th-century Åland farm buildings. Craft days in July and a Christmas market.

FreeRural life
🌐Official websitemuseum.ax→
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Ålands museum
Mariehamn · centre

Cultural history museum covering 7,500 years of Åland's past, sharing a building in central Mariehamn with the Åland Art Museum.

HistoryArt
🌐Official websitemuseum.ax→