The Stockholm Archipelago
In the Baltic, just to the east of Stockholm, is a great galaxy of 30,000 rocky islands, islets, and skerries called the Stockholm Archipelago, stretching to the north and the south of the city. To reach Helsinki or Talinn, a vessel must thread its way among these islands, eventually emerging east into the open Baltic, and then enter the Gulf of Finland. At the southwest corner of Finland, just off Turku, lies an archipelago with even more islands. Continuing to the east, a turn northward leads to Helsinki; a turn to the south leads to Estonia, which sits at the top of the column of smaller Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). 24 August, 2019
The Stockholm Archipelago
In the Baltic, just to the east of Stockholm, is a great galaxy of 30,000 rocky islands, islets, and skerries called the Stockholm Archipelago, stretching to the north and the south of the city. To reach Helsinki or Talinn, a vessel must thread its way among these islands, eventually emerging east into the open Baltic, and then enter the Gulf of Finland. At the southwest corner of Finland, just off Turku, lies an archipelago with even more islands. Continuing to the east, a turn northward leads to Helsinki; a turn to the south leads to Estonia, which sits at the top of the column of smaller Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). 24 August, 2019