Svibyviken

Svibyviken is a bay in Mariehamn, Åland. Svibyviken is situated nearby to the suburb Dalberg, as well as near Rossen.

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Type: Bay
Description: bay east of Mariehamn, Åland
Also known as: “Sviby” and “Västra hamnen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pommern and Åland Maritime Museum.

Pommern

Museum

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Pommern, formerly Mneme, is a steel-hulled four-masted barque. It was built in 1903 at the J. Reid & Co shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland. Pommern is one of the Flying P-Liners, sailing ships of the German shipping company F.

Åland Maritime Museum

Museum

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The Åland Maritime Museum is a museum in Mariehamn in Åland, Finland. It is located in the western part of the town on the sea on Hamngatan, about 1 km at the other end of Storagatan.

Badhusberget, Mariehamn

Peak

Photo: Håkan Skogsjö, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Badhusberget, Mariehamn is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mariehamn and Sjökvarteret.

Mariehamn

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Mariehamn is the capital and only town of the Åland Islands. The Finnish name, Maarianhamina, appears on some ferry timetables and other travel information, but is seldom used locally. Fewer than 6% of residents speak Finnish as their first language.