Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Picturesque
Käringsund harbour
, about 2km north of Storby, is a peaceful little cove
with rustic old wooden boathouses reflecting on the water. A nature trail here leads to a
small beach;
Käringsund resort
rents canoes and rowboats.
Post och Tullhuset
HISTORIC BUILDING
(Post & Customs House;Storby; 10am-5pm May-Aug, individual business hours vary)
Designed by German architect CL Engel, today Storby's Post & Customs House is a hub
for local artists, with exhibitions, artisan
shops
and a terrific
cafe
. The grand building was
completed in 1828, during the era of Tsar Alexander I of Russia as a show of might to
Sweden (as Åland was the Russian Empire's westernmost extremity). It was a crucial point
on the Sweden-Finland Mail Rd, detailed at the one-roomed
mailboat museum
.
Between 1638 and 1895, local farmers were called upon to transport thousands of letters
each week across the Åland sea. The most treacherous time was early spring when the sea
ice broke. During the years the Mail Rd operated, 200 men from Eckerö died doing their
postal duties.
Ålands Jakt och Fiskemuseum
MUSEUM
(Åland Hunting & Fishing Museum; 018-38299;adult/child €5/2.50; 10am-6pm mid-Jun-Jul,
10am-5pm Mon-Sat early May-early Jun & Aug)
By the harbour is Ålands Jakt och Fiskemuseum, with ghoulish stuffed wildlife and gun-
toting photographs.
If you prefer your animals alive, just outside the museum is
Viltsafari
( 018-38103;
tours adult/child €9/5.50; up to 5 tours daily mid-Jun-early Aug, up to 3 tours Mon-Sat early-
Jun-mid-Jun & early-Aug-mid Aug)
, a fenced-in nature park where you can get up close to
Finnish fauna such as red and fallow deer, swans and wild boar (plus the odd ostrich) on a
45-minute tour aboard a safari 'train'.
Nimix
KAYAKING
( 0506-6716;
www.nimix.ax
;s kayak per 2hr/day €20/40, tandem per 2hr/day €35/75)
Rents out single and tandem kayaks.
Stall Rosenqvist
HORSE RIDING
( 0457-522-1617;
www.rosenqvist.ax
;
Ollasgätan 35;45-/90-min lesson or tour €22/44)
