Discover your favorite among 20 000 islands
The Pargas archipelago consists of 5 main islands and countless small islands and islets, far out in the outermost archipelago. Familiarize yourself with the different main islands and with the outer archipelago as an area. A large part of the Pargas archipelago belongs to the Archipelago Sea’s UNESCO biosphere area, which focuses on how the unique nature and people in the local archipelago community with its rich culture and archipelago traditions are in balance with each other.
Something happens all year round in the archipelago
How to get to the Finnish Archipelago
Only two hours from Helsinki and Tampere, and you are here.
Travel around the archipelago – by car, bus, boat, bicycle or on foot. In addition to the roads, the islands can be reached by ferries and transfer vessels.
The archipelago is famous for its’ circular trails
Photos: Juho Kuva
Experience the best of the season
Welcome!
Photo: Aleksandra Degtiareva
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Get inspired by the farthest reaches of Finland’s archipelago every day
White wagtails dancing above the water surface, briefly landing on the floating straws of reed - slow down your pace and you’ll start noticing these beautiful little moments all around you with nature now waking up from winter 💙
#archipelagosea #saaristomeri #skärgårdshavet #nagu #nauvo
Some beautiful winter days on the island of Jurmo as documented by @jonna_saari
Days like these are truly the best that the archipelago winter has to offer 💙
Oh the delightful smell of homemade cinnamon buns ❤️
These ones baked on the island of Brännskär, thanks to @livingarchipelago for sharing this reel!
Moving into March, winter is slowly starting to give way to spring but there are still some beautiful snowy landscapes to be enjoyed such as this one on Aspö in the outer archipelago.
📷 Minna Kattelus
Last weekend marked the second and final round of the presidential election in Finland. When you live on the outer islands of the archipelago, voting looks a bit different than on the mainland. Here, the polling station is brought to you on the connecting vessel and no matter the ice situation, here onboard M/s Houtskär operating on the Nauvo transverse route 🇫🇮
Happy Friends Day everyone! ❤️ In Finland, this day focuses on friendship instead of the romantic focus that Valentines Day usually has. So in Swedish we wish eachother ’glad vändag’ and in Finnish ’hyvää ystävänpäivää’, which both translate to happy friends day.
Photo by Jyri Aerikkala
Rising above the treeline of Killingholm is the Lohm old pilot station. It was the gate between the inner and outer archipelago until it was closed down in 1990 and pilots were transferred to the Utö and Turku pilot stations instead.
Still today the tower is a landmark that catches the interest of passersby!
