Aland Islands

The Åland Islands or Åland (pronounced "Oh-lahnd") are a group of small islands officially belonging to Finland in the Baltic Sea, consisting a surrounding archipelago. It is autonomous, demilitarised and is the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland. Åland's original name was in the Proto-Norse language - Ahvaland which means "Land of Water". In Swedish, this first developed into Áland and eventually into Åland, literally "river land"—even though rivers are not a prominent feature of Åland's geography. The Finnish and Estonian names of the island, Ahvenanmaa and Ahvenamaa ("perch land"), are seen to preserve another form of the old name.

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We have never used a travel agent before because I always liked doing the research and planning myself. With the business of a wedding, I can’t recommend it enough! Thanks to John Ellis, planning was easy. We shared our wants and he provided some of the best options. All of our travels went smoothly from air travel to car services to and from our resort and we got just the experience we were looking for. The resort staff were friendly...
By Jarrett & Lauren