Scandinavian Islands
The race goes through one of the most beautiful places in the world called the Scandinavian Islands. This area consists of hundreds and thousands of islands, islets and rocks, giving a unique character and architecture to the landscape. The Swedish, Finnish and Åland archipelago varies a bit in its expression which gives a unique experience to the sailor and the visitor going across.

Read more about some of the places in the Scandinavian Islands:

Arholma Arholma was an early base for seafarers. Pleasure boats follow a thousand-year tradition as they travel past Arholma on ... More information about Arholma

Bullerö Bullerö archipelago has around 900 islands, rocks and skerries, and the landscape is typical of both the central and out... More information about Bullerö

Fejan Fejan has an exciting modern history. When a new cholera epidemic swept across Europe at the end of the 1800s, Swedish a... More information about Fejan

Finnhamn, Särsö Finnhamn, with its large youth hostel, restaurant, camping area and beaches, lies on the border of the outer archipelago... More information about Finnhamn, Särsö

Grinda Grinda is the perfect destination for a day excursion in the archipelago. The restaurant is well known for its charm and... More information about Grinda

Grönskär Grönskär, three nautical miles east of Sandhamn, has a beautiful 26-metre lighthouse known as Queen of the Baltic. There... More information about Grönskär

Huvudskär Good fishing had already attracted people to the skerries around Huvudskär during the Middle Ages. This far-flung locati... More information about Huvudskär

Långviksskär Långviksskär is a large, well-defined archipelago with around 300 islands, rocks and skerries, a beautiful landscape and... More information about Långviksskär

Möja-archipelago Möja archipelago lies east of Möja - an island world with almost no settlements, and frequently visited by boat owners. ... More information about Möja-archipelago

Nagu LOCATION The Municipality of Nagu is located in the SW corner of the Province of Western Finland, in the heart o... More information about Nagu

Röder Röder is a picturesque outer archipelago with a small village on the main island of Bodskär. The buildings are small fis... More information about Röder

Sandhamn Sandhamn - where the sea meets the horizon Barely more than an hour's journey from downtown Stockholm and the... More information about Sandhamn

Sottunga Sottunga is an island-community in Åland's eastern archipelago. Itís borders form a triangular star with one point out i... More information about Sottunga

Svenska Högarna Svenska Högarna, with its distinctive red lighthouse, marks the last outpost in the Stockholm Archipelago ñ a striking l... More information about Svenska Högarna

Utö Utö is probably the most complete destination in the archipelago. There is a hotel, a youth hostel, a noted restaurant, ... More information about Utö

Åland Åland is an autonomous and unilingually Swedish region in Finland with its own flag; a blue flag with a yellow/red cross... More information about Åland