School trip to Åland

Sandösund's Resort & Camping, as the name denotes, is more than just a campsite. The owners Olof and Lena Salmi have run the establishment for 28 years. They know that visitors don't choose the destination for accommodation only - you have to be able to offer activities too.

Would you like to try out an activity that is really different, one where it’s all about working together? A new curling centre is opening in Eckerö in Åland in spring/summer 2013. “It’s an excellent way for companies, groups of friends and school classes to build up a proper team spirit. And for professional curlers it’s an excellent training rink,” says Mari Wickström at Åland’s curling centre "Vianor curlingcenter".

Arrange your next conference at Åland’s newly refurbished Maritime Museum. The auditorium is perfect for meetings and during the breaks you can learn more about shipping from the museum’s interactive stations. For example, you can have a go at navigating a large ship or at keeping your balance on the main mast of a lurching ship.

Each summer sees the 64-million-dollar question being discussed among the world’s golfers. Which golf course is actually the best? Which ones are good and which are to be avoided? When readers of the golf portal Caddee.se had their say, Åland Golf Club ended up among the top rated. Out of 526 golf clubs in Sweden, it came sixth.

On 9 June 2012 the new Leklandet will be opening its doors at Käringsund, Eckerö. The large Eckeröhallen sports hall will be filled with enormous inflatable bouncy castles, adventure obstacle courses, slides, football games and other inflatable attractions on a theme of pirates. There are a total of 21 different attractions. Full of mischief for children, young people and adults who need a break from playing on the beach.

How about flying to the conference? For me it almost felt like getting out of a private plane. Travelling on the daily flights to Mariehamn from Helsinki, Turku and Stockholm is not particularly expensive. It’s not just conference guests and business travellers who fly to Mariehamn airport; young people and tourists do as well.

Spring sunshine, blue sea and golden reeds. A grey mirror of water turning to pink in the evening. Crashing grey, leaden waves when autumn comes. The swaying of the reeds as the pike accelerates towards your bait. Welcome to Åland. This is the right place to be if you want to catch your dream pike. Both pike and sport anglers have a wonderful time among Åland’s thousands of islands and coves.

From 15 - 22 July it’s Sea Days time in Mariehamn. According to Eva Ericsson, head of operations at the Maritime Quarter (Sjökvarteret), a tour of the archipelago with the galeass Albanus is one of the highlights.