a hui hou kakou

I was in Mariehamn for about twelve hours in March 2005 when I went by ferry from Finland to the Baltics, by way of Aland. Aland is an autonomous part of Finland. The people speak Swedish and the place seems much more like Sweden than Finland. It used to be a reasonably important shipping center. The buses in Aland are free although I didn’t ride any while I was there. The ferry I took in April 2005 stopped in Aland on the way but I was sleeping at the time.

Arms of Aland

Arms of Aland

Map of Aland Some skerries. March 2005. Another skerry. March 2005. Yet more skerries, Aland is mostly skerries. March 2005. A nice tree in Mariehamn. March 2005. A Mariehamn street. March 2005. A church in Mariehamn. March 2005. Some government building in Mariehamn. March 2005. The post office in Mariehamn, Aland has its own postal system. March 2005. An ATM machine, from a Finnish bank. March 2005. Downtown Mariehamn. March 2005. The Mariehamn police station. March 2005. Sunset over Aland. March 2005. The ferry terminal. March 2005. The ferry terminal again. March 2005. Passport control, I like to get pictures of passport control since you aren’t supposed to take them. Rather silly. I was really looking forward to the Aland stamp and was disappointed it said FIN, of course it is the same with the Faroe Islands and Denmark. March 2005. Passport Stamps |back to travels |