Unique champagne auction in Åland, with the aim to set a new world record

What five items can Åland offer in terms of world-class sights? Things that an international audience can only experience here? We ask a few experts in Åland’s past. The many wrecks generally, and especially the champagne wreck, get a mention. It’s possibly more surprising that the cultural landscape and a certain little farm should end up on the list.

The Maritime Museum has just opened its doors again. And there are plenty of new features. The museum hasn’t just extended its exhibition area to twice its former size. It’s also been made twice as much fun for children. And the “old” Maritime Museum, with its pirate flag, figureheads and sailing ship fittings, was already a huge hit ...

This will take you straight into the Viking world. When you visit the Viking market in Kvarnbo on 26-28 July, you meet bearded Vikings, serfs in rags and women with jewelry and beautiful costumes.

The charming festival for all music and poetry lovers is held every summer by the sea in Geta, in Northern Åland. Here you can enjoy the very best Nordic songs and poetry.

Between June 24 and June 30, Åland’s oldest annual music event takes place. This year’s Åland Organ Festival is the 38th in a row and starts the local cultural summer. The Festival offers highclass concerts with both national and international artists from Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Australia and Czech Republic.

On 26 April 2012 Åland’s Maritime Museum opened its doors again. In addition to there being twice as much space for exhibitions, there is now an auditorium, a library, study areas, research rooms, a model workshop and a room solely for children.

Derek Coombes is a marketing executive from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. When he first came to Åland, it was love at first sight. That’s why he came back with his family. This is his story.

In summer 2010, a two-hundred-year-old ship was found at the bottom of the Sea of Åland. The wreck turned out to be a treasure trove. Its cargo included 160 bottles of champagne that were almost two centuries old. Some of the bottles were from the Veuve Clicquot champagne house. That’s how Fabienne Moreau first discovered Åland.