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Which booze cruise to choose

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June 3rd 2022
Of the four large island groups sitting offshore eastern Sweden, the autonomous Aland islands could be considered the cinderella one with less travel and sight seeing kudos. Further south in the Baltic, we visited Gotland in 2021 enjoying the islands’ deep heritage represented by the well preserved Medieval walled Hanseatic city of Visby, a landscape dotted by defunct windmills, thatched huts, f ... read more

Europe » Finland » Åland Islands » Mariehamn

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more