The Pommern, a Windjammer Built in 1903

was built in Glasgow but was part of a German shipping company, is now a museum in Mariehamn

««
«
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
...
»
»»

Another Courtesy Flag Needed - Åland Islands

July 28th 2014
We thought we had all the courtesy flags we needed for the countries we were going to visit this season. We were wrong, we found out that we needed another one for the Åland Islands (pronunciation: 'oland). We had to actually look up information about this group of islands. What we discovered was that this group of islands is an autonomous Swedish speaking region of Finland which is located at th ... read more

Europe » Finland » Åland Islands

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

««
«
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
...
»
»»

Joined	August 26th 2009	Trips	0
Last Login	April 25th 2024	Followers	17
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	3
Blogs	388	Guestbook	1,379
Photos	15.8K	Forum Posts	79