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.
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Today Loviisa is a quaint small city especially known for it’s pretty wooden houses. The Laivasilta marina offers good services and lots of activities in the heart of the wooden house district.
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Kotka is the biggest city on the eastern Gulf of Finland. Kotka offers boaters all the services of a major city, a strong maritime heritage and good services in the Sapokka marina.
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Hamina is the eastern-most city on the Gulf of Finland. Head for the Rampsi marina on the Tervasaari peninsula to visit to the circular city.
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All the Archipelago sea and Åland islands ferry routes collected into a very clear infographic.
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One of the few safe routes into the Archipelago sea passes just west of the Utö lighthouse island and the lagoon to the north of the main island is a very good natural harbor. These are two of the main reasons why Utö has been one of the most important navigational landmarks in the Archipelago sea […]
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Guide to mooring techniques and etiquette in Finland. How to use stern buoys, piles, stern anchor and booms.
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I arrived here on the way back from the Russian border and in pleasant, calm conditions it was a great
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As well as the ridiculous number of spare ‘A’s, this is one of the two border points for heading to
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This is a pleasant, sandy island with a twee village, nice walks and a proper guest harbour with reasonable berthing
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This is a ridiculously sheltered harbour on an island owned by the City of Helsinki, up a stupidly narrow, reedy
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This is a small guest harbour with stern buoy moorings which got very full when I arrived there, picking my
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If one would have to give one reason to sail north along the Finnish coast of the Sea of Bothnia,
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I was in Rosala a couple of times. Even in late June it was starting to get popular and by
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