Maritime Quarter Mariehamn Åland Islands Finland
Building wooden boats was almost an everyday business in Åland during the last century. From the middle of the 1800s well into the 1900s more than 300 wooden boats were built in Åland. The vessels were bigger and bigger and their voyages reached farther and farther. The peasants of Åland established small shipping companies with shares and therefore this era in the history of Åland seafaring is referred to as peasant seafaring. The shipbuilding traditions are kept alive in the Maritime Quarter. An exhibition in the boat and shipbuilding museum depicts the shipbuilding traditions in Åland from the 18th century onwards. In a hall next to the museum one can study a genuine shipbuilding project; here the Ålandsskutan takes shape according to drawings from the 18th century. Also the sketch Albanus, the schooner Linden and the well-boat Jehu were all built here from the old plans. In the Quarter there is also a smithy, a café and a fish smokery. The white lighthouse by the entrance of the Quarter is called Kvarteret. It was built in 1898 and earlier stood on the island of Steg- skär south of Mariehamn. The owner, the National Board of Navigation, has moved it to the Quarter.
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