Gotland
Posted On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Baltic Sea Islands, Sweden, Travel to Baltic Sea Islands, Travel to Sweden Tags: Baltic Sea Islands, Gotland, Ingmar Bergman, Pippi Longstocking, Sweden, Swedish Archipelago, Swedish Islands, Travel to Sweden, Visby
Limestone formations in Gotland
Gotland is the largest island of the Baltic Sea and of Sweden, where it belongs. Located some 90 km off the Swedish coast to the east and 130 kilometers from the Baltic countries to the west, Gotland has an area of 3140 km2 with 800 km of coastline, forming the Swedish ...
Åland
Posted On Monday, February 6, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Baltic Sea Islands, Finland, Travel to Baltic Sea Islands Tags: Ahvenanmaa, Åland, Baltic Sea Islands, Finland, Finnish Archipelago, Finnish Islands, Travel to Finland
The islands of Åland, Ahvenanmaa in Finnish, form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden, which belongs to the Republic of Finland with the status of autonomous province. Åland has a little over 28,000 inhabitants of whom almost half live in the capital Mariehamn, which is the only city ...