natural wonder
Åland Islands
An autonomous Swedish-speaking archipelago between Finland and Sweden, with 6,700 islands, medieval Kastelholm Castle, and a rich maritime heritage.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Ålands skärgård, Åland Islands · Europe
Vårdö is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Bomarsund, 27km from Åland Islands.
Vårdö is a town located in Ålands skärgård, Åland Islands. With a population of 411, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Vårdö sits in Åland Islands. It's in the Europe/Mariehamn time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Vårdö to your route.
Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 465 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 572.56 square kilometres (221.07 sq mi) of which 471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.57 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.8/sqRead more
mi) of land.
The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Vårdö from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original farmstead and the families who lived there.
Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist lived her whole life on the Vårdö island of Simskäla.
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Vårdö is located in Ålands skärgård, Åland Islands, Europe. The coordinates are 60.2500 latitude, 20.3833 longitude.
Vårdö has a population of approximately 411 people, making it a town in Åland Islands.
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An autonomous Swedish-speaking archipelago between Finland and Sweden, with 6,700 islands, medieval Kastelholm Castle, and a rich maritime heritage.
27 km · about 30 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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