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Travel to Rosala Viking Centre Island and Bengtskär Lighthouse via a boat ride from Kasnäs, Finland
In our latest travel adventure video in Finland, we travel to Rosala Viking Centre Island and Bengtskär Lighthouse via a boat ride from Kasnäs. Today we're in the little town of Kasnas and we are waiting to catch a ferry that is going to take us to a very remote island, which apparently is home to one of the largest lighthouses in the area. We are now visiting Rosala which is an island which is home to a Viking Center. So we enjoyed a really hearty Viking feast that was a thick soup with potatoes and white fish and we also had some black rye bread with butter and after that meal we've just been enjoying the island. There is lots of games and activities for kids. You can try archery. You can try walking on stilts. They have a maze. Rabbits that you can feed. So it's a nice place to spend a sunny day.GEAR WE USE
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We've arrived at the lighthouse and it's just on a big rock out in the sea.
So to get here we had to take a boat. We've been traveling for about forty five minutes and as we were approaching the island it started to get really choppy. The waves are pretty high. So yeah, we're out here in the middle of the ocean. There is no land. It is just a pile of rocks.
I don't know what is worse. Air turbulence or choppy waters.
So right now we're making our way up the two hundred and fifty two steps that we have to climb all the way up to get to the top of the lighthouse. And apparently there is a couple of ladders too.
And here in the lighthouse they also have a very small chapel where people can get married.
This is part of our Travel in Finland series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Finnish culture, Finnish arts, Finnish foods, Finnish religion and Finnish people.
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CentralBalticCycling in Rosala
Project Central Baltic Cycling works with developing joint cycling network and attractive cycling tourism products in countries around Baltic Sea. A initial workshop was held on Storfinnhova Manor and at Kasnäs Archipelago Spa on the Kimito Island. One of the days the project participants made a bike excursion to the viking village of Rosala.
Bengtskär lighthouse/August 2005
I have visited Bengtskär before. Here are some slides of the lighthouse from the year 2005 when the weather conditions were better we were able to go ashore.More:
Rosala Viking Centre
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Viking's Home, Rosala, Finland
Tourism, vacation, atractions in Finland
Ep7 Souther and souther - and a weird life form
As the latitude gets lower the weather gets cloudier and the fauna gets weirder. And lighthouses get taller at Bengtskär.No worms were harmed during the making of this film.
Anchorages:
Norstö 59°58'34.8N 22°21'20.7E
Storholmen 59°49'58.8N 22°25'15.6E
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Cruise to see Bengtskär lighthouse
Cruise to Bengtskär 22.8.2010. Because of high waves and strong wind we were not able to go ashore (as was planned). Approximately there are 2 days per mounth when the island cannot be accessed from the sea - sometimes it can be visited even by kayaks (some days before a couple of kayakers - som of them from Turku - had visited the island).Bengtskär is the talles lighthouse in the Nordic Countries.
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Harmaja Lighthouse Helsinki in Winter
Filmed with Samsung Galaxy S3 through a window not perfectly clean.
Battle demonstration - Rosala Viking Market 2013
20.7.2013Viikinkipäivät
Matka 2016 -messut - Bengtskär
Bengtskär on mainio osoitus siitä, että kotimaastakin löytyy eksoottisia matkakohteita. LomaSuomessa.fi selvitti saaren tarjontaa tarkemmin Matka 2016 -tapahtumassa.
Sommarstudio - Inför Vikingadagarna
Paul Wilson och Hanna Vuorio-Wilson berättar om Rosala Vikingadagar.Paul Wilson ja Hanna Vuorio-Wilson kertovat Rosalan Viikinkipäivistä.
Yhteysalus Rosala II saapuu Taalintehtaan laituriin.
Rosala fisher village
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Lokalnytt - Bengtskär
KL-TV besökte Bengtskär. KL-TV vieraili Bengtskärissä.
Bengtskär
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Bengtskär is a skerry 25 kilometres southwest of Hanko, and part of the municipality of Dragsfjärd.This rocky skerry is the southernmost inhabited place in Finland, and is reached by ferry from the village of Kasnäs.The island has an area of about two hectares, and only a small part of it is covered with vegetation, the rest is a naked granite.The Bengtskär lighthouse on the skerry is the highest one in the Nordic countries, with a tower height of .
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Bengtskärin majakka — Risteily Rosalasta ja sisäkuvaa (2010)
Vuonna 1906 valmistunut Bengtskärin majakka kohoaa 52 metrin korkeuteen merenpinnasta ja on pohjoismaiden korkein majakka.Kasnäsistä järjestetään kesäisin venematkoja majakalle Rosalan kautta.
Last Minute to Bengtskar Lighthouse
Vikingabyn Rosala
Hanna Vuorio-Wilson och Paul Wilson i vikingabyns kapell i Rosala
Finnish Archipelago Travel Guide
One of the highlights of visiting Finland was our opportunity to be based in the Finnish Archipelago region for several days at a lovely little cottage guesthouse in Dalsbruk - also known as Taalintehdas. From there we had the opportunity to do adventure sports activities such as sea kayaking, canoeing, bicycling and hiking where we spotted wilderness. Moreover, the laid back pace of life and ample free time ensured we had a chance to sample Finnish cuisine such as rye bread, salmon, cream cheese, Finnish beer, Finnish chocolate and other delicacies such as Finnish pizza with smoked salmon! Finnish food was an immediate hit with our taste buds.GEAR WE USE
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Nearby we had the chance to go island hopping by boat visiting around Kimito Island in the Kimitoon region. Some of the top highlights
From the town of Kasnas we caught a ferry heading to Rosala - home to a fascinating Viking Center. From there we continued on to Bengtskär lighthouse - the most remote lighthouse I've ever visited.
Prior to leaving we made sure to shop at a Finnish supermarket where we picked up Salmiakki, Salmiakki beer and Karl Fazer creamy milk chocolate.
Overall, it was a great change of pace from the chaotic city life we're used to Southeast Asia. We had a chance to relax and enjoy the wonderful scenery and hospitality in the Finnish Archipelago.
This is part of our Travel in Finland series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Finnish culture, Finnish arts, Finnish foods, Finnish religion and Finnish people.
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All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).
This video features the songs and music available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Commercial license.
