Northern Lights or Auroras (or Aurora Borealis) are some of the most spectacular natural phenomenons. Timo Oksanen has shot videos of auroras that you – with a little luck – can admire from the deck of a boat in southern Finland.
Destinations and attractions
Places of interest, things to do.
City hopping in the eastern Gulf of Finland
For many Finns, boating is about experiencing nature in the archipelago or on the lakes. But there is an other face to boating in Finland: the cities. Here is a one-week itinerary to visit four cities in the eastern Gulf of Finland.
Sail to Finland with the Tall Ships Races
The Tall Ships Races (or TSR for short) are annual sailing events where sail training ships from around the world meet up to promote sailing and international understanding. The TSR is also a great way to visit the Baltic Sea and Finland.
Finnish archipelago outposts
Hamnen.se is a very popular Swedish online boating magazine. Hamnen often visits Finland to test Finnish boats and to check out local boating locations. In the summer of 2016, Claes Olivecrona from Hamnen went “rough” and toured a few Finnish archipelago
Saimaa Canal boating guide
The Lake Saimaa waterways provide some of the most enchanting inland boating in the world. With thousands of nautical miles of marked channels, thousands
The Bothnian Sea National Park
If one would have to give one reason to sail north along the Finnish coast of the Sea of Bothnia, then that would have
The Sea of Bothnia
An often overlooked sailing area in Finland is the Gulf of Bothnia, the body of water that separates and unites Sweden and Finland. The
Archipelago cruise on the steamship Ukkopekka
The age of the steam engine might be gone but you can still hear that steam whistle blow and feel the slow thuds of
5 must-see stops on the way from the North Sea to Finland
Every summer one can spot many boats from all over the Baltic Sea region and even further navigating in the Finnish waters. The majority of
Sailing areas in Finland: The waters around Helsinki
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is called the “daughter of the Baltic” and for a number of good reasons. The central parts of the
Sailing areas in Finland: The eastern Gulf of Finland
The waters along the Finnish coasts and the inland lakes offer a wide variety of boating opportunities, each with their own, distinct profile. This
The hospital island Själö – the spookiest of islands
The islands around Finland tell thousands of stories. Few are more gruesome than the stories about the hospital island Själö (Seili in Finnish). Its
Nagu Marina – the best of the best?
Seeing that I have spent about 50 years in, on and around the waters of Nagu, I guess I just have to start the
Finland – the land of the hundred thousand lakes and islands
If you are into sailing or boating and you have not yet been to Finland, there is a unique sailing experience just waiting for