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Your Hanko? Spring Summer Autumn Winter HANKO IN A NUTSHELL

Founded 1874 Hey you – Four Faces of Hanko Population 9 477 (11/2010) Distances Tammisaari 35 km, Helsinki 127 km, Turku 141 km Tampere 242 km yeah, you! Surface area 800.22 km2, land area 117.46 km2, water area 682.76 km2 Coastline 130 km of which 30 km are beaches Islands and islets about 90 We’ve been thinking about you, and now we’re finally in your hands! Great! The tourist office staff begins making next year’s

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Hanko tourist brochure in this year’s autumn. So we have you in mind, dear traveller, as we’re writing this in November 2010. General emergency ...... 112 We are wondering how to let you know about all the fun and Country code for Finland...... +358 Area code for Hanko delicious things that make Hanko so special. Articles from our (omit first zero when calling from abroad)...... (0)19 visitors are the most popular part of our brochures, and we often Town of Hanko ...... 019 22031 have tears in our eyes when proofreading them. We hope you Raasepori police station, Hanko service office . . . . . 071 873 0391 enjoy the Hanko tourist brochure 2011! Sea rescue ...... 0204 1000

In this year’s brochure we have “OFF-SEASON” as one of the Other useful informatION themes: all the beautiful things that happen here outside of the

Post officeR-kiosk, Esplanaadi 69 ...... 0200 71000 summertime. Did you know that the Hanko City Tourist Office Lost property office (police station)Kulmakatu 12 . . . . 071 873 0391 is open all year? Don’t hesitate to contact us whenever you want, Library Vuorikatu 3 – 5 ...... 019 2203 380 and we will be delighted to show you a different kind of Hanko: Alko (liquor store) Vuorikatu 9...... 020 711 2171 Cash machines Vuorikatu 12 – 14, Nycanderinkatu 18, Esplanaadi 67 the magnificent light and high skies of spring, the long, velvety Coin-box telephone HangTEL, Ratakatu 4 autumn and the almost European Christmas time. While on the Wireless Internet Library, Vuorikatu 3 – 5 / Park, Appelgrenintie 11 / subject of off-season activities, Hanko and our neighbour town Roxx Café & Pub, Eastern Harbour / Restaurant Origo, Satamakatu 7 Raasepori have together created a campaign called “Love, Peace Taxi Asematori ...... 019 106 910 & Harmony.” You should think about the summer already dur- Local traffic/ Bus charterHangon Liikenne ...... 019 248 1004 ing the preceding winter. When the hot summer days are finally Spring Summer Railway station Asematori, VR telephone service . . . . . 0600 41902 here, it might be too late to book the room of your dreams in a Bus station Asematori, Matkahuolto telephone service . . . 0200 4000 Car rental Han-Car ...... 019 248 2535 beautiful old villa. Parking free of charge The tourist office is open during the summer every single day. Health care Pharmacy Nycanderinkatu 18...... 019 248 2312 We are located right next to Kirkkopuisto park and sometimes Hospital Esplanaadi 85 ...... 019 2203 555 we move the whole office out to the street for the customers’ Medical station Mediriina Ratakatu 8 ...... 019 248 2284 enjoyment. Then we can provide a “drive-in” service – we have Medical station Lääkäritalo Vuorikatu 19 ...... 0207 280 890 tested it! In the tourist office we have all kinds of wonderful Market days things to offer for Hanko fans: T-shirts, postcards, sailor bags Kauppatori market place Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and our favorites “Hangon Keksi” (Hanko biscuit) tins. The new- Evening market in the Eastern Harbour Wednesday and Friday, from est temptation is our own Hanko stamp. You are most welcome the first Wednesday in June until the second Wednesday in August to shop in our office! The Water Tower is our other service point during the summer, and it is also open daily during this hectic HANKO CITY TOURIST OFFICE time. If you happen to drop by when we are closed, you can take

Oy Hansea DC Ab (TO) a brochure and a map from the post box outside our door. Raatihuoneentori 5, 10900 Hanko Tel. 019 2203 411, [email protected], www.hanko.fi/tourism Your feedback is important to us. You can leave feedback at our office, by email, by phone, on our website or via SMS. One of the 1.1– 19.6 Weekdays 9–16 20.6– 31.8 Mon-Thu 10–18, Fri 10–20, Sat-Sun 10–16 most popular questions is: “Is the sun shining in Hanko?” You 1.9– 31.12 Weekdays 9–16 can always call us and ask about the holiday weather, and we’ve Autumn Winter Different opening hours apply during public holidays. had feedback that at least in Hanko City Tourist Office the sun is Please, check on our website or at the tourist office. always shining! You can check the weather with the online web- Facebook Hulluna Hankoon - Galen i Hangö cams too, and you’ll realize that even when it´s rainy and grey, Twitter HankoFinland Hanko is still beautiful. We are active where you are: on Face- book, the “Hulluna Hankoon” (Crazy about Hanko) group is The information to this brochure was collected during the end of the year 2010. © The right to make changes to this infor­mation is reserved. there for you. Or you can send a friend request to Hanko Seaside Texts Hanko City Tourist Office Translations/ John Lewis and Hanko City Tourist Office Lay-out/ Such / Printing Ekenäs Tryckeri CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY Resort. On Twitter, you can find us at HankoFinland. Photos Studio Tomi Parkkonen Oy (www.parkkonen.fi) and Sami Repo, Eva Haahti, Aki Suvanto, Ari Heinilä, Väinö Järvilehto, Niklas Sjöblom, Hanko Museum (Yvonne Hoffman), Please fill in our survey, give us Restaurant Makasiini, Restaurant Origo, Restaurant På Kroken, Marjo Tokkari (www.tokkari.com), Hanko Sushi, Susanna Raunio, Heikki Kukkonen and Tapio Kekkonen. feedback and help us to improve — our services: www.hanko.fi/tourism Wishing you a beautiful holiday in Hanko, This paper is Finnish, and made of ECF cellulose which is produced from woods that are commercially taken care of according to ISO 14001 environment certificate The tourist office gang and SFS-EN ISO 9002 quality certificate. 4 HANKO HANKO 5

In Hanko, the scenery varies from one The scenery varies moment to the next, and all distances are A small town short. You can shop in the small boutiques along the pedestrian street and wander to the from one moment endless sand beaches and cliffs by the sea in at it’s best only a few minutes. to the next Discover the unique world of light and colours in Hanko, take a walk along our beautiful beaches, letting your eyes rest on the distant horizon. What a treat!

My Memories of Flounder and Strawberry Cake When our family moved to Hanko’s Radioasemanmäki (Radio Station Hill) in 1961, my father “Gunnar på Berget” (“Gunnar on The Hill”) was mad with joy: in Hanko you could eat as much fish as your heart desired! Herring was cheap and it was the finest of all fish, the King of Fish. The herring was always bought whole, and gutted and filleted by hand. My father always had to get st his herrings fresh, preferably straight from the trawler. As 1 of May a new husband in Helsinki I had my own herring recipes, celebration but in Hanko we ate grilled herring. Of course with our in Casino fingers, and with greedy noises. park At that time Hanko had lots of ships and fishermen, especially in Hangonkylä Harbour. Salmon was expen - “I like the easy days and sive, but fresh, smoked flounder cost 1 mark per kilo at the charming, inspiring light in Hanko” the market place. We ate the fish with scrambled eggs and new potatoes and the greasy meal demanded both – Petter Lindberg, Author / magazine “Maalaisunelmia” schnapps and father’s thick homemade wine, which never tasted any good. We all sat around the big table, discussing politics and remarking how great the fish was. We also ate cod — smoked, grilled, battered or not battered, soaked in cream but also raw pickled. Cod The town of Hanko, founded in 1874, is a was great too, as long as you stored it in iced water and ate it fresh. We went ice fishing for cod and got lots of it. small town in the best sense of the term. The In the beginning of the 1980s flounder became the Sunny South of Finland offers fascinating official fish of Hanko. My father only approved of Kurre’s historical sights, unique nature experiences, smoked flounder, taken from his fish chest in Kappelisa - colourful culture events and a versatile selec- tama Harbour. At one point Kurre told us that only two of tion of restaurants. Every season has it’s own his nine flounder nets were needed. And finally he lifted unique charm. up his fish chest for the last time. It was end of an era. Let’s take care of the few fishermen still left. Situated only a short distance from Hel- We would always eat the traditional strawberry cake sinki, Hanko can be reached conveniently: on the lawn on my father’s birthday, July 11 th. On that day, comfortably by train or bus to the centre, the sun always shone in Hanko. I’m not kidding! flexibly by car, peacefully by bike, or by pleas- Now I’m planning a new cook book which will appear ure boat while enjoying the landscape – there in the warmth of the summer sun in Hanko next summer. are a number of different alternatives. The team consists of top chef Tomi Björck who used to Hanko is a lovely place even for a longer live in Hanko, and photographer Tomi Parkkonen who is new in Hanko. And me, an old Hanko resident and a stay. Swept by the winds of the summer, it is a gourmand. Always. town of white sails, and, in the winter with its dark waves, one where you can remain still Christer Lindgren for a while… A food journalist and author who speaks out for fresh flavours and hunts for forgotten species. Explore: Kiehuu! Uusi Suoma- lainen Keittiö, Otava 2010 (“Boiling! The New Finnish Kitchen” ). 6 HANKO HANKO 7

Hanko is the sunniest place in Finland, if Our beaches offer a lot more than sun- 30 km of not in the whole Baltic Sea area, and it offers bathing! You can also play beach volleyball, beach experiences for everyone. Hanko has do yoga on the rocks, hire a kayak or surf. 130 kilometres of shoreline, of which 30 Or learn to snorkel in the shallow waters near sandy beaches kilometres consists of beaches with fine sand, the shore or go on a diving safari, exploring Beachvolley and the rest of beautiful rocky coves. the magical underwater world. tournament You can choose a beach in the town centre Tennisranta, or Plagen, is the favourite 2nd–3rd or further away amid nature. The people in beach for families with children. It is easy July Hanko choose a beach on the basis of the to recognise from the water merry-go-round, direction of the wind, as the temperature of probably the only one of its kind in Europe, the sea in summertime may depend on the spinning far out in the shallow gulf. Wade to wind. the merry-go-round, and jump on the ropes! Relax, breathe in fresh, healthy sea air, let the warm sand tickle your soles in the sweet summer sun, and watch the light puffs of cloud passing by.

Hanko golf story There is an interesting 18-hole golf course in Hanko. The course is a cross between a park and a forest course, with water also coming into play on several holes. The course is popular with both locals and tour- ists, and offer a challenge for players of all levels. Here is a true story from last season. Filip is a young and enthusiastic member of Hanko golf club. One afternoon he found himself with a few hours to spare. He figured if he hurried and played very fast, he could get in 18 holes before he had to head home. Just as he was about to tee off, Charles, a retired gentleman and likewise an enthusiastic and experienced golfer came onto the tee and asked if he could accompany Filip as he was golfing alone. Not wishing to refuse, Filip invited the senior gentleman to join him. To Filip’s surprise the senior golfer played fairly quickly. He didn’t hit the ball far, but played consist- ently and didn’t waste much time. Finally, they reached the 18th fairway and the young man found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine tree right in front of his ball — and directly between his ball and the green. After several minutes of consideration and debating how to hit the shot, the senior golfer finally said: “You know, when I was your age I’d hit the ball right over that tree.” ”…past the rows of villas runs the beach promenade in a wide arc between With that challenge placed before him, the young- ster swung hard and hit the ball up, right into the top the dark green pine trees and the blue waves. Over this beach reigns an of the tree, from where it dropped back to the ground amazing, liberating atmosphere changing with the hours of the summer days: just half a meter from where it had originally lain. fresh and humming in the morning — radiating a southern glow at noontime The Senior offered one more comment: “Of course, when I was your age, that pine tree was only two — whispering with the calm sea in the evening — enchanting and meters tall.” non-existent at night, embraced by the joining sky and sea.” Bengt Lindholm, Senior Golfer This is how the Pro Hanko association advertised Hanko in the 1930s. (Source: The Hanko museum archives, “Hanko, kaupunki ja ympäristö”) 8 HANKO HANKO 9 Sea air boosts Blissfull Meet the the appetite idleness whole of Hanko in their bathrobes: Sleepyhead Day 27th July

Eat well in the restaurants of Hanko, each with its own story. The archipelago and the sea play a major role in many tempting menus. Fried flounder, perch, lamb and traditional archipelago style bread, or wild game, crabs and season’s vegetables? Every season has its special delicacies, which the restaurateurs in Hanko invite you to taste. In hardly any other small town is there such a versatile selection of restaurants as in Hanko.

Björgen or Skagen sandwich in Björck’s Style Ingredients: Saaristolaislimppu (a dark rye-meal loaf, a speciality of the Finnish archipelago), lime-marinated crayfish tails, dill mayonnaise and Grandma’s cucumbers.

Dill mayonnaise ½ a bunch of dill 1 dl of good mayonnaise In the old days, the phrase ‘the sweet 4 drops of Tabasco life in Hanko’ was used to describe the Grated peel of half a lime Black pepper blissful idleness, luxury, and the long and merry parties in the town. Hanko Cut two slices of the bread is still the ideal holiday destination for per portion. Put the cucumber people who love life. slices, crayfish tails and dill mayonnaise Open your mind in Hanko and on one slice of bread. Put the other bread slice on top of it. You can decorate the sandwich with thin slices of radish. you’re bound to fall in love with the romantic atmosphere of the hundred- “It’s an honour to be in the Hanko Tourism Brochure. Hanko is year-old “lace villas” in the Spa Park. the greatest place in Finland, and we brought the whole staff You can almost still see the ladies with of Farang to Hanko for a summer party. I have so many great their parasols on a health walk enjoying memories of Hanko: I spent almost all my childhood summers the fresh sea air as you yourself stroll there fishing. The carp from the pond in the park were our spe- around in leisure, visiting galleries, ciality!” museums and exhibitions. In the midst Tomi Björck of your reverie, feast your eyes on the Restaurateur and master chef of restaurant Farang in Helsinki loves the flowering trees and bushes, spring tulips sun, waves and the oriental martial arts. This recipe for “Björgen” was first published in “Viini” magazine 4/2010. or autumn roses. 10 HANKO HANKO 11 Hanko Days Food Hanko Top 5 FOR LOVERS 27th–28th Slow August • weet S kisses in the beach hut • The Path of Love on Puistovuoret • Sunny day on the cliffs • A candlelight dinner • Romantic villa accommodation

Hanko Christmas in a small town… Theatre Festival 9th–12th June

Film Festival 29th–30th October

Juggling courses!

Hanko Ringbom Antonia Music Festival 17th–22nd Winter sailing! July

Top 5 BEACHES

• ulliniemi, T surfers’ paradise • The Långsanda shoals (Bellevue beach) • The play equipment on the Tennisranta beach (Plagen) • Sunset on the Silversand beach • The Lappohja beach with it’s dunes 12 HANKO HANKO 13

Our fine, expansive beaches and the sea that Whenever you come, stays warm until late in the autumn are truly The shore in autumn is stimulating. The hustle and bustle of the summer is fading, and nature is at its loveli- a soul-touching experience you are sure to enjoy est. Come here for a day or two to charge your batteries for winter, in the soft light and yourself the sun that remains warm until October. Experience the fascinating autumn storms, After a short winter, the arrival of spring with breakers hitting the cliffs, whitecaps can be sensed clearly. The thawed sea and clear against the grey-green waves, and early migratory birds bring a promise of seagulls fighting against the wind. Or summer while nature elsewhere in Finland visit Hanko in early winter and fall in love is still in deep hibernation. Whenever you with its dreamlike atmosphere. The expan- come, you are sure to enjoy yourself. sive beach, frozen reeds and the sea heavily rolling to shore captivate the gaze. The cheery atmosphere of late winter beckons one to trekking and skiing on the shimmering, white ice. The sun is shining. It’s quiet.

“Off-Season” It’s three minutes past four on a Friday afternoon in September. The doors are closing, and a fully-packed train starts to slide slowly west wards. So long, Helsinki: I´m not gonna miss you tonight! - In no time at all, we’re down on Finland’s south-west coast, in the beautiful town of Hanko. ”I have the funny feeling that all my sorrows are left on the bridge in Tammisaari when I travel towards Hanko. The pedestrian street is deserted and empty: it’s shops are closed Hanko is not just a small town to me; it´s a calm and clear state of mind. It was so lovely to walk along the all the way down to the beach. The only exceptions are the Alko empty and quiet beaches while snowflakes slowly floated around me… Wintery Hanko was a new experience to liquor store and the nostalgic Kino Olympia cinema. It’s cosy staying in a villa-style bed and breakfast. Soon, we are me; charming and unique. I can’t quite describe what the magic in Hanko is, but I just have to return again and sitting in our jackets in the garden, sipping cheap Austrian organic again.” - Sari Sandelin / Facebook Hulluna Hankoon - Galen i Hangö (”Crazy about Hanko”) wine. In the background, we can hear the magical sound of the ocean. Later, we eat a delicious but quite expensive archipelago buf fet meal at the marina, which is already biding its time until next July.- Drizzle and wind – awesome. Next, we head off to pub Grönan (not that we’re exactly spoilt for choice with pubs) where the buffet meal bounces around in our bel lies as we dance to the garage punk music of The Black Totems. - Old sailors, tattooed 40-year-olds and young courting teenage couples are all sitting next to each other in the pub. Hanko´s appeal is in its surprisingly cosmopolitan nature. Pictur esque villas, shabby factories, sailing boats and trade port contain- ers, the archipelago buffet’s whitefish tartare and garage punk all- mixed together in a pot make an irresistible soup. This is Hanko outside of the tourist season. Near the centre of town lies the harbour from which hundreds of thousands of Finns emigrated to North America at the end of the nineteenth century. This is also the town where the aristocratic ladies of St. Petersburg used to come to enjoy the elegance of the luxurious spa. We simply have to take a night-time dip in the sea during the autumn storm. While we are splashing around in the darkness, Did you know that eco-aware tourists screaming out our happiness, I understand two things:

Hanko is, without a shadow of doubt, on the rise again • eat locally produced seasonal food? Wherever you travel in the world, it’s best to do it outside of • travel in the off-season?

the tourist season • walk or bike all short distances? • favour public transport? Magnus Londen • choose a resort where they can swim Writer and a reporter. One of his passions is old Finnish travel posters. in the sea?

This article was first published in Helsingin Sanomat 17.9.2010. 14 HANKO HANKO 15

Boat trips Hanko and boating and seal safaris! Find out more are inseparable on page 28

”There is a small piece of sea in every human being — at least in all the interesting people.” Author Karl August Tavaststjerna, who spent his time in Hanko in the beginning of 1890s and was the chief editor of the local newspaper.

Hanko faces the sea on the south, the west, and the north

Come, Support Us “Now that we have finally reached the international top-level, we must fight twice as hard so that the championship will come to Finland again. Those foreign veterans won’t give anything for free and the only advantage we have is the familiar sailing routes. So all of you, come along to support the Finnish team!”

Noora Ruskola, NJK 2010 World Champion

The yacht clubs in Hanko have long tradi- The sea sparkles blue, the colourful can visit the evening markets, with their Zoom8 World Championship Race tions. The over 100-year-old HSF (Hangö sailing boats cut through the blue sky, colourful market stalls and programme in Hanko 1–6.8 In the first week of August, you will Segelförening) and the 80-year-old HUS and salty splashes spatter your sunglasses. for people of all ages. Have a delicious be able to see hundreds of young, fit, (Hangö Udds Segelsällskap) are jointly For visiting boaters Hanko is an attrac- dinner in the warehouse quarter, with tanned people on Hanko’s beaches. The responsible for organising the annual tive stop on the route between the capital its cosy restau­rants, and dance till dawn long-awaited Zoom8-class World Cham- Hanko Regatta and international area and the Finnish archipelago. The while the DJs give you their best. The pionship sailing races are coming to sailing championships, as well as sailing Eastern Harbour, Finland’s largest guest idyllic Hangonkylä Harbour with its fish Finland for the very first time, and they’re schools for young people. harbour, is located in the town centre, shop and restaurant on the northern side coming to Hanko, which is the sailing capital of the country. If you are not taking part, the sail- serving boaters promptly from spring of the town is an excellent option for Top 5 Zoom8 gear These sleek, fast boats have skippers ing races are also fun to follow from the through autumn. Even in November you boaters looking for beautiful scenery and aged between 13–17 and they will come • Dinghy shoes beach. The Regattaranta beach and the may see a lone sailing boat glide into the peace. from all over the world. The goal is to get • Hiker’s pants cliffs in the Puistovuoret area are ideal quiet harbour. about 150 sailors from 10 different coun- • Sailing gloves • A cap and a woolly hat vantage points. Fill your picnic basket In summertime, the Eastern Harbour Information about the guest harbours tries to attend. • Sunglasses and come enjoy the magnificent views. is the centre of activities in the area. You and boat trips on page 28–29. 16 HANKO HANKO 17

Hanko faces the sea on the south, the forms a beautiful contrast to the barren, The touch west, and the north. Nature in Hanko, rocky islands on the southern side. the southernmost point of Finland, is Hanko’s maritime heritage incredibly varied because of the temper- has enriched it with many rarities. It was of nature ate climate and the geographical loca- once common to use soil as ballast for tion. The landscape is charac­terised by sailing vessels. The ballast was removed magnificent cliffs and unspoilt stretches before the vessels were loaded. Some of of fine white sand, sheltered bays, and the plants brought to the area with the soil beautiful meadows. were able to take root and flourish here. The verdant beauty of the chain of islands on the northern side of the cape

A French Elk Safari I travelled to Finland in 2010. I am a nature traveller, and in Finland I did some hiking in different places. I went to Hanko because I wanted to see elk. On my first visit to Hanko City Tourist Office, I received a map and instructions for a bike trip to Täktom, where there are lots of elk. However, I couldn’t find any elk by myself. I went back to the tourist office and booked a guide for the evening; I had come here to see elk, and I was going to see elk! My guide and I met at my lodgings and we drove to our first stake-out place, Täktom. We walked along the fields, looking around, but the elk were still hiding from us. After a while my guide got a phone call from a farmer who knew about our trip. He told us that an elk mother and two little fawns were in his potato field! When we got there, the elks had already left. We sighed with disappointment, but Book Tour with decided not to give up, so we moved on. We saw some Meringue 1cing Top 5 Hanko books Hilma was yelling at the little ducks on the shore. I was sitting on the little blue deer, but the elks still didn’t reward our persistency. People log benches of Itämeren Portti’s sauna. I put my head on my knees and was • Hanko Museum books staying at cottages came outside to see the two people overwhelmed with tears of joy. My 4-year-old had built “Figures of Happiness” • Detective stories of Matti Remes wandering in the fields n the middle of the night. Around on the rocks with true care and devotion. The figures were made of chive flow • “Rasse Rask” books of Irmelin Sandman Lilius midnight, on our way home, we stopped one more time ers, seaweed, sea bird feathers and small rocks. It was very touching. - — the • “Hangö i tiden” series of books, Tomy Karls- in farmer Nisse’s potato field. And there they were In the morning we had accidentally met Hilma’s great idol, a children’s son. Summary about old articles and advertise- mother elk was back with her fawns! They just stood there author called Irmeli Sandman Lilius, who was looking for her cat along the ments during a 100 year period in the newspaper next to the field eating, and we stood transfixed. It was shore. We were lucky she had time to talk to Hilma about seashells and sea Hangonlehti. cold and there were mosquitos, but it was all worth it. Top 5 NATURE EXCURSIONS monsters, and after that we went to the bakery to get some meringue pas • “Huvilan Hengessä” and “Talviunelmia”; furnishing I have hiked and cycled around Europe, but never been - tries. A little ferry would soon take us back to the mainland. I had promised books by Pia-Maria Lehtola and Tomi Parkkonen. to a place more peaceful than Hanko. There are huge • Tours to Uddskatan nature reserve 30.4, 7.5, 21.5, 11.6, 13.8 and 3.9 (these books are available in Finnish / Swedish) Hilma we would go to restaurant “Pirate” to eat crayfish tails and meringue- crowds on the alps, but when hiking in Finland, on one • Högholmen nature trail in Tvärminne rhubarb oven baked ice-cream. I saved our visit to Maria’s Antiquarian occasion I saw only three people during the whole day. • Observation towers in Täktom and Svanviken, Tvärminne • A full 18-hole frisbee golf course covering woods and the seashore Bookshop at Villa Orrman until last, so we could get some detective stories I want to go back to Hanko one day soon. and children’s books. On our last visit, we bought too many books to carry. • Orienteering by bike — when looking for the control points, you are bound to find places in Hanko that you have never seen before! Fortunately, some kind sailors helped us and our books onto the train. A French traveller in Hanko Frisbee golf and bike orienteering maps are available in the tourist office. www.lovepeaceharmony.fi Hanko and Raasepori have together created a campaign called “Love, Peace & Harmony” to show you our fabulous off-season. 18 HANKO HANKO 19

Dark and light I alternate, Hanko’s history – and sailors behold me with joy, thinking: A woman at war; ‘It must be the Eye of Hanko’. a history of seafaring The Hankoniemi cape is strategically through Nanny’s eyes situated, and has in the past been the stage for many battles. From the early seventeenth century customs duties Hankoniemi as a berth was mentioned for Also during the late nineteenth and were collected at the tip of the cape, the first time in the late thirteenth cen- early twentieth centuries, approximately and a small military fortification was tury. From the fifteenth century on, Pike’s 400,000 Finns left the country to seek built there. Sweden started building Gut (Hauen­suoli), a narrow strait between their fortune, about 250,000 of them actual fortresses on the cape in the late two islands, was used as a harbour. The leaving via Hanko to the United States, eighteenth century, when three islands rocks of the islands are covered with Canada or Australia. Their journey began beyond Hanko were fortified. In the people’s names and coats of arms, carved on steamships which also carried butter, early years of the twentieth century by seamen while they waited for more the most important export at the time, to the fortifiers were Russians, and the favourable winds. England. The cape is still guarded by the defences in Hankoniemi were a part The port of Hanko became operational ‘Eye of Hanko’, the Russarö lighthouse, of Peter the Great’s sea fortress. After after the railway was completed in 1873, whose twinkle was the passengers’ last the Winter War (1939–40) Finland and Hanko was granted a town charter sight of their native country. surrendered Hankoniemi to the Soviet in 1874. The villa area in the Spa Park Union for use as a military base. When was built in the late nineteenth and early An extract from Zacharias Topelius’s the Continuation War started, the front twentieth centuries, and Hanko’s life as a poem ‘Hangon silmä’ (The Eye of Hanko): line was in Lappohja, and bloody battles spa town began. The villas, representative I’m not a star in the sky, also took place on the islands around the of ornate timbered architecture, were just a fiery tower of the night, cape. In early December 1941, Hanko was designed by well-known architects. After a lighthouse on the coast of the Hanko cape; taken back and the evacuated residents the spa was badly damaged during the war I guide the seamen, as the day wanes away, came home to rebuild their war-battered (1941–44), it was torn down. and peril awaits on the hidden rocks. town.

The cape of Hanko was used as a Soviet naval base between March 1940 and Decem- ber 1941. Nanny Westerlund, an actress from Hanko who had performed at numerous thea- tres in Finland, including “Svenska Teatern” Top 5 SPECIAL MEMORIALS in Helsinki, lost her childhood home and her summer paradise in Lappohja as a result of he• T headless soldier (outside the Hanko Museum, the leasing. It was an enormous shock for in the shade of the bushes) her to witness the evacuation of Hankoniemi. • Nubben (Bulevardi 9, on the footpath) During the war, although Nanny Westerlund- Little Hanko, how badly the war has treated the national dress of Uusimaa and sang folk • Canons (Casinonranta beach) Serlachius lived and worked in Stockholm, you. songs and danced the Hanko waltz. The fun- • Lighthouse of the English line (Eastern Harbour) she still wanted to help Hanko by organizing At the Monument of Liberty I gaze over the draiser was a perfect success and produced • A boulder and peg (beside the Hanko Museum fundraisers, collecting money for urgent sup- grey ice: it’s getting dark. I let my eyes drink a great deal of money.

entrance) plies and organizing voluntary work to knit in the familiar silhouette and say goodbye. After the war when Hankoniemi was given socks for the Finnish soldiers. The Water Tower, and the church on the cliff, back to Finland, Nanny returned to Lappohja. the park under the cliff and the beautiful red It was forbidden to travel to Hanko until the On the last day of the evacuation, Nanny granite city hall. It’s not hard to imagine how thousands of mines were removed. In the went by bus from Lappohja to Hanko to see the people of Hanko feel, they have been so village there were only seven houses left, and the town one last time. She had to drive happy and proud of their beautiful town. The Nanny’s childhood home happened to be into the town across the ice from the north, last train pulls out of Lappohja train station. one of them. There were barbed-wire fences because traffic was only allowed in one direc- Tomorrow the peninsula must be empty and and trenches everywhere, and in the village tion on the highway: out of town. Eventually, quiet, like in the beginning of all times. Tomor- market place stood the family’s old bathing she arrived at Hangonkylä Harbour. She row it is Good Friday, a Good Friday in March, hut, which the Russians had turned into a observed: in the year of hate 1940.” kiosk. They dragged it back to the beach and “They are driving into town through Isoniitty. Nanny’s 8th of May, 1941 Stockholm fun- Nanny was able to spend her first summer Here Molotov’s birds have caused a great draiser was hosted by The Royal Swedish after the war in her paradise again. And every deal of destruction. Some of the houses only Yacht Club. The gala’s patrons were Prince summer after that, till the end of her life. have their shells left and in some places Eugen and Countess Ebba Bonde. The room there are only lonely chimneys standing in the was full of sailing aficionados and other Bibliography: Torbjörn Olsson: Nanny Westerlund berättar; Birgitta Ekström Söderlund: Hangossa kuin snow. The bus climbs over the train tracks, locals who had fond memories of beauti- ulkomailla konsanaan. ful Hanko. The concert hall was beautifully turns to the market place and drives up the boulevard. My God, poor Hanko, it looks ter- decorated and girls in sailing uniforms sold Hanko Front Museum in Lappohja has as their sum- rible here… I get out of the car at the city hall program brochures and Hangöbon maga- mer exhibition: “The Heroic Deeds of Finnish Women / and walk aimlessly up and down the streets. zines and collected money. Six little girls wore Women at War”, www.frontmuseum.fi. See also p. 24. 20 INFOPAGES INFOPAGES 21 Restaurants and cafés

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marina. Upstairs you’ll find an easy- The House of the Four Winds tional seafood dishes on the menu, RESTAURANTS going club, with DJs, live music and This legendary summer restaurant made from fresh local ingredients in stand-up comedians, depending on and café is located on a breath- a modern way. Or why not just stop the date. takingly beautiful islet. The restau- by for a drink at the bar? You can Satamakatu 7, tel. 019 248 5023, rant has a very interesting history also order a picnic basket filled with www.restaurant-origo.com all the way back to the beginning different delicacies to take with you, of the 1900s. It has been owned by, maybe for a boat trip, or a nature among others, Marshal Mannerheim, excursion. later the president of Finland. When Itämeren portti / Eastern Harbour, heading to this restaurant, why not N5 9 49 E 22 38, tel. 040 776 2310, leave your car in the centre and www.hangoncasino.fi/fyren stroll along the beautiful Bellevue beach; you’ll work up a great appe- tite and see lots of Hanko’s famous villas. Open only in summertime. Pieni Mäntysaari The restaurant has a new host, more Restaurant Makasiini Restaurant På Kroken information www.makasiini.fi or from PASTA RUOKA. This classy yet cosy restaurant with The name of this fish and shellfish the tourist office maritime decor specializes in genu- restaurant is Swedish for “Hooked”. ine tastes from the archipelago. The fisherman family Ekström or- Cl aSSIC Pizza The Hanko-born host, Nixu Knich- ganizes theme evenings in their Juha Toivanen and Merja Rahko- ter, and his chef Mr. Majuri have a cosy restaurant, and they even have “Hanko tempts a day la-Toivanen are the owners of a fa- deep passion for food, and it shows. one of the only lobster tanks in Fin- mous luxury pizza chain, but did The archipelago buffet, Catch of the land. Besides the lobsters and Med- tourist with two things: you know that the story began in Day and a special Hanko Menu are iterranean-inspired shellfish dishes sun and food” Hanko? Classic Pizza is the only served alongside the regular menu. you can choose a very Finnish and a – Laura Mäntynen / Helsingin Sanomat pizza chain in Finland with a quality The wine list is impressive. The res- very local archipelago buffet. There diploma. Using only the best ingre- taurant on the second floor has a is a sunny terrace and a fish shop dients, these pizzas can be enjoyed beautiful view of the Eastern Har- and café, too. Open daily during the even with champagne! The most fa- bour. The bar on the first floor has summer, and other times from Fri- HANGON MAKARONITEHdas mous pizza is called “Hangover” and live bands at least twice a week in day to Sunday. Ciao bambini! A ”new kid on the we have heard it works… Check out SATAMAKATU 15, 10900 HANKO. the summertime. Terrace. Hangonkylä Harbour, tel. 040 358 1815, block” in the row of restaurants the popular terrace, too. Open only Satamakatu 9, tel. 019 248 4060, 019 248 9101, www.pakroken.fi in the Eastern Harbour is Hangon in summertime. TEL. 044 523 4522. www.makasiini.fi Makaronitehdas, Finnish for “Hanko Satamakatu 17, tel. 044 033 7606, Restaurant Casino macaroni factory”. If you manage to www.classicpizza.fi www.makaronitehdas.fi This restaurant is located in a beau- get passed the champagne lounge, tiful old building in the Spa Park di- you will step into another world; a rectly by the sea. Nowadays the res- little Italy in Hanko. The menu in- taurant has many functions: A lunch cludes hand-made fresh pasta with buffet restaurant, a terrace with a organic eggs, organic herbs from beautiful view of the Spa Park, a the restaurant’s own garden, juicy dance hall, a popular disco with Fin- sauces and you will also find many land’s top artists. Open only in sum- different champagnes. The staff mertime. are kind and efficient, and the ma- Appelgrenintie 10, tel. 040 776 2310, nagers Pulli & Hautamäki will take RES tAURANT Origo www.hangoncasino.fi good care of you. Rumour has it Hanko Sushi This restaurant, known for roses and that the best Mojitos in Finland are Hanko Sushi moved to the sea candles with a romantic and elegant RESTAURANT WANHA POSTEN served right here on the terrace! shore during last summer, and is atmosphere, is open from early Wanha Posten (“Old Post”) opened Open every day from the beginning now in the same building as Res- Bulevardi 19, 10900 Hanko, Tel. +358 40 522 2190 spring, Easter until New Year. The recently in the former post office, of May until the end of August. taurant Casino in the charming menu varies every two months; on and serves customers every day Satamakatu 15, tel. 044 523 4522, Spa Park. Hanko Sushi combines the menu you can find local and ec- during the year with lunch, dinner www.hangonmakaronitehdas.fi Japanese food and flavours with ological food. Restaurant Origo has and small dishes, such as ”Goat the wonderful touch of the local ar- a famous archipelago buffet, where Cheese salad with Devil’s Jam à RESTAURANT FYREN chipelago. Hanko Sushi offers fresh you will find among other deli­cacies la Mail Man”. The white wine of the Take a short ferry trip from the East- and delicious fish and vegetarian prize winning items from a local house is a French organic wine with ern Harbour to the little island called dishes handmade and beautifully fisherman, Tage. During the sum- an amusing label. Kim Grönberg Smultrongrundet only a stone’s served in a light and pleasant am- mer months there are delicious sa- is your friendly host. Did you know throw off the coast, and you will bience. Eat and enjoy in the res- Hanko is the most perfect place pas served on the second floor. The that this building was home to the come to the southernmost restau- taurant, or take away. Open only in to celebrate the Finnish crab season! owners, Jan and Joanna Westerling, oldest post office in Finland? rant in Finland, Fyren. On the sunny summertime. have gathered a comprehensive Bulevardi 19, tel. 040 522 2190, terrace you will feel as if you were Appelgrenintie 10, tel. 040 487 6409, wine list. A stylish terrace faces the www.wanhaposten.fi out on the ocean! There are tradi- www.hankosushi.fi 22 INFOPAGES INFOPAGES 23

“In Hanko – almost like abroad”. That is the title of a Nightclub Tivoli is in the former factory building of Restaurants book telling about the town’s history. This is how I feel; Oy Granit Ab. The lantern-carrying stone only two hours away from Helsinki, and there I am – in men at the Helsinki railway station were produced and cafés another world with a breeze of Brittany, and glimpse of there, as was the foundation of the statue of Enjoy your meal! Nice spiced with a Russian flavour.– Arvoasunto / Kirsi Poikolainen Alexander II in Helsinki.

bitions.n I the same building there is CAFÉ VIRTASKA HANAF KO C É Teboil Café hanko Casino also a second-hand bookshop and Vuorikatu 13, tel. 044 382 0032 Ratakatu 16, tel. 050 439 6103 Asematori, tel. 019 248 3218 Open only in summertime. a local handicraft shop. Soup-days Lappohja, tel. 019 244 3416 Appelgrenintie 10, tel. 040 776 2310, during off-season on Mondays and CIAO CIAO PIZZA HOUSE Kotipizza www.hangoncasino.fi Thursdays. Esplanaadi 119, tel. 019 248 9102 Esplanaadi 69, tel. 020 771 6091, Tennis Café Raatihuoneentori 4, tel. 019 248 7622 www.kotipizza.fi Open only in summertime. HSF Appelgrenintie, tel. 019 248 2834 Open only in summertime. Park Pizzeria Nadin Eastern Harbour, tel. 019 248 2264, Behind the restaurant Casino you’ll Ratakatu 12–14, tel. 019 248 7987 Wall’s hamburgers www.ravintolakatu.fi Restaurant HSF find a little wooden hut which used Ratakatu 10, tel. 019 248 2332 Joyful moments at dinner with re- to be the gymnastics hall of the old Pizzeria Uno Lappohjantähti freshing drinks and good friends at Hanko Spa. Nowadays physical ac- Bulevardi 15, tel. 019 241 8881 CLUBS & DISCOS Kerrostalontie 4, Lappohja, Restaurant HSF have been a part of tivities are basically limited to riding tel. 019 241 2093, the Hanko summer since 1938. Res- a bike to this bar! You’ll be surprised Roadside 21 Café & Restaurant Grönan www.lappohjantahti.fi taurant HSF combines the modern how many special beers and ciders Santalantie 21, tel. 019 248 5555, Many elderly Finns still get a smile gastronomy with Nordic food cul- this tiny beer house holds! Try out Ekströms fish shop www.roadside21.fi on their face when you mention the Music Bar Makasiini ture and the history of Finnish sail- their toasts, and barbeque parties. Hangonkylä Harbour, name of this pub. It sure was serious Satamakatu 9, tel. 019 248 4060, ing. Restaurant HSF offers summer Open only in summertime. tel. 019 248 9101, www.pakroken.fi Roxx Café & Pub partying back then! And still is, all www.makasiini.fi tastes made of fresh seasonal ingre- Appelgrenintie 11, tel. 019 248 6182, Also open by appointment. year round. The pub is ageing well dients. Seafood is on the menu, as www.restaurangpark.fi Forum Restaurant & Café Eastern Harbour, tel. 019 248 4393, as the years go by. Live music twice Music Bar Pirate well as juicy steaks, big hamburg- Vuorikatu 21, tel. 019 248 3055, 040 357 6570, www.roxx.fi a week. During Pizza evenings you Open only in summertime. ers and fresh salads. The terraces Smörmagasinet www.cafeforum.tk can enjoy Pizzeria Uno’s pizzas in Satamakatu 13, tel. 019 248 3006, at Restaurant HSF – on the top of The name of this restaurant is Swed- Grönan. Don’t forget to take in your www.pirate.fi the house, on the pier and sundeck, ish for Butter Warehouse, and re- daily portion of culture: the painting are unforgettable places to be dur- lates to the export history of the above the bar raised a lot of discus- Origo Nightclub ing the summer! Open only during building. The Western Harbour is sion when unveiled. You will know Satamakatu 7, tel. 019 248 5023, summer. also the place where 250,000 Finns Wall’s Hamburgers why, when you see it… www.restaurant-origo.com Eastern Harbour, tel. 019 248 2264, said goodbye to their homeland Bulevardi 17, tel. 019 248 6505, Wall’s Hamburgers has served happy party people and other www.ravintolakatu.fi and travelled to America in search www.gronan.fi Park hungry visitors for over 20 years! of a wealthier life. Restaurant Smör- Open only in summertime. Wall’s hamburger kiosk was originally established by Mr. and Restaurant Pirate magasinet’s lunch is Scandinavian Hotelboat Hanko Appelgrenintie 11, tel. 019 248 6182, Pirate’s menu offers everything for home cooking, sometimes with a Mrs. Wall, who also gave their name to the place. For more than Fancy a seaview? Here you have www.restaurangpark.fi everybody: pizzas and hamburg- touch of spices from Thailand. 10 years now, Monica “Mocki” Blomqvist and Rolf “Putte” Lind- it, from every single seat! Choose ers, noodles and canard confit, juicy Terrace with a sea view. ström have been in charge of the friendly service at the new your favourite spot on deck, there Pub Maret steaks, and for fine dining a Hanko Western Harbour, tel. 045 639 7737, location in Ratakatu. The old kiosk at Suokatu is nowadays an are lots of cosy armchairs and sofas Oikokatu 8, tel. 040 507 2490 Menu. So it is easy to understand www.smormagasinet.fi easy-going private accommodation, Villa Höckeli, which is also to choose from. You have the lively why the restaurant is so popular with owned by Monica and Rolf. Eastern Harbour with its beautiful Roxx Café & Pub families. With a nice little summer sailing boats and posh yachts just in Also open by appointment. In addition to its hamburgers, Wall’s is also known for its im- shop on the second floor where you front of your eyes. The sun is shin- Eastern Harbour, tel. 019 248 4393, mense murals on the outer wall of the building: a hamburger can enjoy a maritime bar with sea ing, the seagulls are screaming, the 040 357 6570, www.roxx.fi island with palm trees made out of French Fries and a chick views, and the continuous favour- sea is glittering — this is summer drinking from the lemonade sea with a straw is one picturesque ite, the Bengtskär-sandwich, this re- in Hanko at its very best. And hey, Opening hours directly from the laxed and neighbourly warehouse scene. Many Midsummer celebrators and Regatta guests have we are talking about a hotelboat, so restaurants. restaurant is worth a visit. You are in photographed their frantic entourage in front of that colorful why not book a room at the same the good and experienced hands work of art, which was made by a local boy and his friend. Now- time? Open only in summertime. C aTERING of the owners Tiina Jansson and Olli adays, that boy is a known animation artist, the award- Eastern Harbour, tel. 0500 610 113, Vuori. A pleasant and sunny terrace winning CHRZU. www.hotellilaivahanko.fi Information on the website faces the marina. Sports studio with Wall’s Hamburgers, Ratakatu 10, tel. 019 248 2332 www.hanko.fi/tourism > “Eat & drink”, widescreen TV during sports events. THE House of the Four Winds Nightclub Tivoli or at the tourist office. Open only in summertime. Pieni Mäntysaari Start your party night here, in the Satamakatu 13, tel. 019 248 3006, The café has a new host, more infor- middle of the Eastern Harbour, un- www.pirate.fi mation www.makasiini.fi or from the der palm trees (no, we don’t have tourist office real ones in Hanko…) and colourful TOPA 5 LOC LLY GROWN FOOD Did you know...? CAFETERIAS & FOOD BARS lights on Tivoli’s terrace and spend Café & Bar Boulevard the late hours in the nightclub area • Fisher Tage Gustafsson’s fish • s Origo i using earth energy for heating • Nisse Sjöberg’s potatoes and Alan’s Café Bulevardi 20, tel. 050 369 4269 with groovy music and cool drinks. • Makasiini’s ”Hangburger” is made of 100% Highland meat from Täktom eggs Time seems to stand still on the gar- You might want to taste one of the village • Fisher Magnus Ekström’s den terrace of Alan’s Café. Just you, Café Bunkerflower local favourites, Fisu? We dare you! • På Kroken has one of the only lobster tanks in Finland smoked fish • Fyren is Finland’s southernmost restaurant the old trees, the sea view and a Front Museum, Lappohja, Open only in summertime. • Mushrooms and lingonberries • There is a new restaurant in Hanko called Hangon Makaronitehdas, good cup of coffee. Inside the de- tel. 019 244 3068 Satamakatu 4, Eastern Harbour, from Öby Finnish for ”Hanko macaroni factory” cor is old-fashioned and comfy, with tel. 050 352 6950, • Highland cattle meat from both salty and sugary delicacies CAFÉ PLAGE www.hangontivoli.com Täktom baked on the spot. Various art exhi- Tennisranta beach, tel. 045 639 7737 24 INFOPAGES INFOPAGES 25

“A yacht called Flickan (The Girl) came here, with a Sights cheerful company, on August 21st, 1754. Hahn and A Garden Turns Into a Sculpture Yard A free copy of the city map is available at the tourist office Gethe measured the islands, Gerdes and Frese were The “BackYard” sculpture exhibition is on show during July and August hunting, Liedner was fishing, Skytte made good in graphic artist Heikki Kukkonen’s garden. Most of the items have been coffee, Ribbing was resting, v. Spången carved the designed and made specifically for the exhibition, and together all the rock and A. Ehrenswärd measured the sea level.” items form a single exhibit the size of the whole yard. The individual pieces are made by several artists, and next to the garden is Kukkonen’s The most famous rock carving at the Pike’s Gut must be this informative workshop, where you can purchase beautiful graphic art. You shouldn’t and entertaining note from the year 1754. miss this exhibition!

Thu also at 18–19. • f Pylon o the Western Harbour War memories foundations in Tvärminne Sculptures Atelier ANNIKA BRANDT Lighthouses Other dates: Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun at TeO h rTHOdox Church of Hanko • Memorial to the Chapel, The whole cape of Hanko was used • The Soviet Monument, Täktomintie: • The Bird (Carl-Gustaf Lilius), Visual arts, Satamakatu 2, 13–15, Thu also at 18–19. Adults 2€, The church was built in 1895 by the Kappelisatama Harbour by the Soviet Union as a naval base 453 Soviet soldiers are buried close Sibelius Park, Esplanaadi [email protected] G uSTAFSVärn (Kustaanvarustus) pensioners and students 1€ and Russian nobility. It is dedicated to • Memorial to the Drowned, after the peace treaty of Moscow to the monument, 267 of them are • Lenore (Carl-Gustaf Lilius), Gustafsvärn is a small island located children (5–15 years) 0.5€. the Russian prince Vladimir and to Old cemetery, Tulliniementie 26 (March 13th 1940), which ended unidentified. They were killed in Jussi Lundmark Park, Esplanaadi Atelier GÖRAN LEVIN 3 km south-west of Hanko, with ru- Guided tours: 20/30€. Mary Magdalene. • Memorial plaque to Finn-Baltic, the Winter War. The Soviet Union action during the Continuation War. • Marielle (Sten Fogelberg), Oil paintings, Kappelisatamantie 5B, ins of the fortifications built by the Täktomintie 5, tel. tel. 040 168 1499 on the beach at the end of the brought a garrison of 30,000 men to Raatihuoneentori tel. 0400 631 259 Swedes in the late 18th century as Front Museum Open by prior arrangement during street Bulevardi Hanko, and the Soviets did exten- Further sights: • The Oystercatcher (Pirkko Nukari), well as a lighthouse from 1951. Cruis- The Front Museum at Lappohja at the summer. sive building in Hanko. There are still • The Soldier’s grave, Vuorikatu studio tomi parkkonen es in summer. the scene of the battle fought in The Monument of Liberty ruins of fortifications in the centre of New cemetery, Itäinen puistotie • The Sea Snake (Muddle Lilius, Photo art, Satamakatu 2, World War II exhibits themes on Spa Park The Monument of Liberty was erect- the town. • The Veteran’s Monument, Vuorikatu Kristian Kober, Heikki Räsänen), tel. 050 511 6449, www.parkkonen.fi R usSARö Finnish history and the last wars. The beautiful old wooden villas in ed in 1921 in remembrance of the • The Grave of the Red, Vuorikatu Russarö island is located a couple the Spa Park were built around the landing of German forces in Hanko Sights connected to 1940–41: New cemetery, Itäinen puistotie • The fish atop the Water Tower Gallery and shop South of kilometres south-west of Gus- Hankoniementie, Lappohja, tel. 019 244 Hanko Spa around the turn of the in 1918. When the citizens of Hanko • The Front Museum in Lappohja • The Orthodox cemetery, (Einar Sandberg), Kirkkomäki Modern art and design, Satamakatu tafsvärn. The five-storey lighthouse 3068 (museum) or 019 231 301 (office), 20th century. The villas, designed came back after the area’s Soviet • The Monument of Pioneers, Nuottasaarentie • The Wind from the Sea (Rafael Sai- 3, tel. 040 504 4412, www.south.fi was built in 1863, and is made of 041 480 1237, www.frontmuseum.fi. by well-known architects, are repre- control in 1940–41, the monument Santalan Kartanontie • Ingrian memorial stone of those fulin), Rantakatu, Eastern Harbour stone. The lighthouse is also called Open: 21.5–10.9 Mon-Sun at 11.30–18.30. sentative of decorative wooden ar- had been removed. Damaged parts • Anti-aircraft battery, Kansanpuisto buried in Hanko, New cemetery, artotheque “the Eye of Hanko”. Russarö light- Other times for groups by prior ar- chitecture. Many of the spa guests were repaired and the monument • Light coastal battery, Varisniemi Itäinen puistotie ART GALLERIES Local art association: house decorates the coat of arms rangement, too. Adults 4€, children 2€, stayed in Hanko for the whole sum- was rebuilt in 1943, but it was taken and Puistovuoret Hangon Kuvataiteilijat ry, Pitkäkatu 6, of Hanko, which is one of the most groups (min. 20 persons) at 3€ each. mer and were accommodated in the down again in 1946. The Monument • Underground aircraft bunker, Further information: Twno hall art gallery tel. 0400 906 009, www.hankoart.net beautiful in Finland. Cruises in sum- Guided tours: 30€. villas. Some of the villas still serve as of Liberty was re-erected in 1960 Täktomintie www.hangonrintama.fi Guesting exhibitions, mer. hotels today. The spa building was with new text: “For our liberty”. The • Artillery railyard, 305 mm artillery Raatihuoneentori 5, tel. 019 2203 273, Free entrance to all the galleries. damaged during the Continuation monument is situated by the sea at www.hanko.fi Some of the galleries are open by ap- War and was pulled down after that. the end of the street Bulevardi. pointment only. More information about Municipal library and gallery current exhibitions and opening hours Tthhe Pa of Love Modern Art and Design Guesting exhibitions, Vuorikatu 3–5, on www.hanko.fi. Theres i a nature path on tel. 019 2203 380, www.hanko.fi Last ummer, s a space for modern art and design called “South” Puistovuoret from which there is a The three flying cranes HAN DICRAFTS was opened in the Eastern Harbour. A design shop, a gallery and fantastic view over the sea. on top of the Emigration Gallery Esko Sihtola AND SOUVENIRS different performing arts filled a gorgeous tiled warehouse, just Monument symbolize Oil paintings, water colours, graphics, throw from the centre of Hanko’s summerlife. “South” The House of the Four Winds Canada, the United a stone’s Backankatu 20, tel. 019 248 6678, Hn a ko DESIGN / Handcraft shop their work to Hanko. The product range The café has had several owners. States and Australia. brings young artists and 040 524 2260, www.eskosihtola.fi Villa Orrman, Raatihuoneentori 4, and gifts. And Bengtskär The most interesting of them was is wide: clothes, jewelry, furniture, books, textiles tel. 040 839 6858, The tallest lighthouse in the Nor- T he WaTER Tower Marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim. He had best of all, the products are all ecologically sourced. ”As a loca- Gallery and artotheque www.hankodesign.fi dic countries, Bengtskär, is located Theres i a fantastic view in all direc- a summer cottage next to the café. tion, the tiled warehouse is an inspiring, beautifully rugged, per- Pekka Vehviläinen 25 km south-west of Hanko (52 m tions over the cape of Hanko and He bought the café in 1927 and ran Emigration memories fectly worn-out and boundary-breaking place: it’s perfect!”, say Water colours, Vuorikatu 12–14, Design Shop Enid above sea level, 252 steps). The the Baltic Sea (65 m above sea it, until selling both the cottage and During the years 1880–1930, nearly the founders of “South”, Lilli Rantala and Susanna Raunio. tel. 040 552 2486, www.pekkuva.fi Vuorikatu 15–17, tel. 019 248 2123 lighthouse was built in 1906. Bengt- level). There is a lift to the top and a the café in 1933. There is still a sum- 400,000 Finns emigrated to Ameri- skär is the southernmost inhabited telescope. mer café/restaurant in the building. ca. Of these about 250,000 passed Satamakatu 3, Gallery Kalevi Korsu Work centre shop island in Finland. There is a muse- Vartiovuori, Kirkkomäki, through Hanko, travelling first to Wooden reliefs, décors etc., Ratakatu 3, tel. 019 248 7524 telh. 040 504 4412, um, a café, exhibitions, a post office, tel. 019 2203 411 (tourist office) The Pike’s Gut (Hauensuoli) England and then on to the USA, Kalastajankatu 6, tel. 0400 202 624, www.south.fi and accommodation and confer- Open for visitors: 1.6–31.8. More infor- “The Guest Book of the Archipela- Canada, or Australia. www.kalevikorsu.fi Gift Shop ence facilities. Daily cruises in sum- mation at the tourist office or on our go” – a unique attraction! A narrow Open: Open summertime. Satamakatu 13, mer. website www.hanko.fi/tourism. Adults strait located directly off the coast Sights connected to emigration: 1.6–31.8.2011 Atelier Heikki Kukkonen tel. 019 248 3006, www.pirate.fi 2€, children (4–14) and pensioners 1€. between two islands was used as • Emigrants’ hotel and office, Wed-Sat 12–18 Graphics, paintings, and sculpture For more details regarding the facili- a sheltering harbour from the 15th Bulevardi 15 or by prior exhibition Back Yard during Marina Shops ties, please contact: Bengtskär Oy, T he StORM Tower century onwards. Seafarers carved • Russian emigrants’ hotel, agreement. 2.7–7.8. Mon–Sun 12–18. Tiirantie 27, Open summertime. Eastern tel. 02 466 7227, www.bengtskar.fi The s tower i located in the Western their names and coats of arms in Nycanderinkatu 10 tel. 050 571 5710, www.kukkonen.info Harbour Harbour, and there is a nice view the rocks of these islands; some 640 • Butter Warehouse, Western Further information: over the harbour and the Baltic Sea carvings have been found and regis- Harbour www.majakkaseura.fi, www.fma.fi (18 m above sea level). tered. Cruises in summer. • Natural dancing place on the rocks, Puistovuoret SIGHTS The Evangelical Lutheran Eastern Harbour • The Emigration Monument, Merikatu SECOND-HAND SHOPS Church of Hanko The largest guest harbour in Fin- The names of the municipalities Boutique Wilhelmina, Vuorikatu 10, tel. 050 502 5400 Hanko Museum The church was built in 1892 and land. The harbour is the place to be where the emigrants came from Flea market Kirppis Ankka Esplanaadi 126, tel. 050 336 4085 Summer exhibition: ”In the wake of was repaired after the last war and during the summer months with its are engraved in the foundation. Flea market Ratakatu 1 S/S Express. Ocean Liners from the restored in 1972–73. activities and colourful evening mar- There are three cranes flying out Flea market Rihmankiertämä Ratakatu 12–14 th st End of the 19th oCentury t the 21 Vartiovuori, Kirkkomäki, kets (evening market Wed, Fri). to the sea on the top of the monu- Flea market Korsmaninkatu 40 Century.” Read more: www.hanko.fi. tel. 019 263 0620 (parish office). ment. Jofs Countryside Antiques, Vuorikatu 8, tel. 0500 655 415 Nycanderinkatu 4, Open: 20.6–28.6 Mon-Sun 13–15, Seafaring memories Löytötori Esplanaadi 62 tel. 019 2203 228 or 019 2203 223 29.6–31.7 Mon-Sun 12-18 and 1.8–21.8 • Nordenskiöld table, Puistovuoret Further information: www.hanko.fi, or Maria’s book shop Villa Orrman, Raatihuoneentori 4, tel. 019 248 7225 Open all year around during exhibitions. Mon-Sun 13–15, or other times by prior • Lighthouse of the English line, www.migrationinstitute.fi T.C.R. Comics Hangonkyläntie 14, tel. 040 504 8090 6.5–31.8 Tue-Sun at 11–16, arrangement. Eastern Harbour 26 INFOPAGES INFOPAGES 27

“The local tourist board claims that sun always ”Whenever my 5-year old sees a high building, no Activities shines in Hanko. Well, we certainly had fantastic matter where we are, she asks: “Is that the Water

Calendar of events: www.hanko.fi summer weather with temperatures up around Tower of Hanko?”, always remembering one happy Tennis! The Baltic 27˚C, bright sunshine and clear blue skies.” summer day on the top of the tower... The wind Scandinavian EB Sea Marathon, – Robi Gripenberg / X-Yachting raising up the skirts, the mums laughing out of Championships on October pure joy of living...” August 3rd–7th 1st - Kristina Ahlström, Journalist

Bowling Golf • Modern Tennis Institute, B arbeCUE hut & hot tub SPORTY ACTIVITIES Bowling hall, Urheilukatu 5, • HanGolf, Kirkkotie 28, Täktom tel. 040 500 5313, 040 769 2523, WELLNESS Supervivo, Tvärminne, NATURE EXCURSIONs FOR GROUPS tel. 019 248 4700, (par 72 eighteen hole course), www.mtitennis.com tel. 050 564 3563, www.supervivo.net Beach volley www.hangonkeilailu.fi tel. 019 248 9357, www.hangolf.fi Aveyur da Guided tours to the southernmost Hanko offers lots of programmes for Regattaranta, Tennisranta (Hanko • Bamse Golf, tel. 0500 404 611, W aTER sports equipment Sattva Wellness, Billiards point of Finland, Uddskatan nature groups! Find out more about pro- Beach, tel. 0400 471 490) Climbing www.bamsegolf.fi • Hangon Vesijettivuokraus (jetski tel. 0400 477 076, www.sattva.fi • Café&Bar Boulevard, Bulevardi 20, reserve: 30.4, 7.5, 21.5, 11.6, 13.8 and gramme and conference packages, www.hankobeach.com Hangon Hyrskyt ry, Kevät Aalto-Hei- rental), tel. 045 351 0600, tel. 050 369 4269 3.9. Commentary in Finnish/Swed- as well as conference rooms on our nonen, tel. 050 598 4202 Jogging and ski track www.hangonvesijettivuokraus.fi Chiropractic • Roxx Café & Pub, Eastern Harbour, ish. Guided tours to other destina- website www.hanko.fi/tourism > “For www.hangonhyrskyt.com • Illuminated jogging and ski track • Hanko Diving, Eastern Harbour, Janne Sonntag, tel. 040 849 5162, tel. 019 248 4393 tions by appointment. Bookings and groups”, or at the tourist office. (1,2 / 1,8 / 3,3 km), Tiilitehtaantie tel. 040 530 1397, 050 559 5115, www.kirojanne.fi • Wild Viking Motel, further information: Hanko City Tour- Diving • Ski track (5 km), Furuviken www.hankodiving.fi Lasitehtaankatu 6, tel. 040 516 3837 ist Office. Hanko Diving, Eastern Harbour, • Surf Club Hanko, Silversand Beach, Massage and natural care tel. 040 530 1397, 050 559 5115, Karting tel. 040 5522822, • Anja’s Taktilmassage, CaR RENTAL www.hankodiving.fi • Hanko Rental, tel. 050 440 2621, www.surfclubhanko.com tel. 050 912 7555 Han-Car, Lasitehtaankatu 2, Tsa ks for kids 0400 447 439, www.hankorental.fi • Beauty Salon Marianne, tel. 019 248 2535, www.han-car.fi Fitness gym • Hangon Urheiluautoilijat, Lähteen- tel. 050 326 3055, • Look for 4 different animal statues (Insider tip from the tourist office: Steelstudio, Satamakatu 2, tie, tel. 0400 839 705, www.hanua.fi www.kauneussalonkimarianne.fi Cinema start from the pedestrian street towards the beach) tel. 019 248 2822, • Gaia’s Garden, tel. 050 449 9511, Kino Olympia, Vuorikatu 11, • Find Europe’s only water merry-go-round, and jump on the ropes www.steelstudio.net Kayak rental www.gaiasgarden.fi tel. 019 248 1811, 040 570 3948 • Collect 5 fir cones, 5 round stones, and 5 shells, all with different colours • Hostel Sjömansro, Lappohja, • Hyttinen Rauni (Lappohja), • Go to the duck pond in the Spa Park and count the ducks Frisbee golf (disc golf) tel. 040 486 8281, www.sjomansro.fi tel. 040 751 3981 lean-to • Get onboard the pirate ship on the playground at the Kirkkopuisto Park Tiilitehtaantie (free course with 18 • Surf Club Hanko, Silversand Beach, • Pirjon Hoitonurkka, tel. 040 588 1244, Furunäs. Further information: Hanko • Look for the statues “Sleeping Girl” and “Biking Girl” Bike rental baskets). Frisbees from the tourist tel. 040 5522822, www.pirjonhoitonurkka.com Town Sports Office, tel. 019 2203 400 • Visit the Water Tower and look for Bengtskär lighthouse in the horizon • Ekström´s fish shop, Hangonkylä office and sports office. Further www.surfclubhanko.com • Sandberg-Bartels Yvonne, Harbour, tel. 019 248 9101, information: Hanko Town Sports tel. 040 730 8457 Moped cars www.pakroken.fi Office, tel. 019 2203 400 or Hangon Miniature golf • Sanadora, tel. 040 565 4887 Deck, Eastern Harbour, • Sportia, Esplanaadi 126, Hyrskyt Frisbeegolf, Jorma Nou- Café Plage, Tennisranta, • Sattva Wellness, tel. 0400 477 076, tel. 040 709 8003, www.deckcom.net tel. 040 842 1787, www.sportia.fi siainen, tel. 040 589 2564, www.sattva.fi • SunFun, Eastern Harbour, www.frisbeeliitto.com Riding Windsurfing • Studio Bellezza, tel. 019 248 3460, MOPED RENTAL Hanko Lions tel. 040 414 5681, www.sunfun.fi Hankoniemen ratsastajat ry., The beaches Tulliniemenranta and 040 767 2135 SunFun, Eastern Harbour, The Rock Lions of Hanko’s Monument of Liberty came to life • Supervivo, Appelgrenintie 33, petanque stables at Suursuo, tel. 019 248 1160, Hopeahietikko (Silversand) are some • Viivi’s massage, tel. 0400 447 610 tel. 040 414 5681, www.sunfun.fi as comic heroes in the cartoons of “Hangon Sanakirja” (Hanko tel. 050 564 3563, www.supervivo.net Borrow petanque balls from tourist 040 560 0595, www.hunr.org of the best windsurfing spots in Dictionary). In the beginning, the comic was a local phenomena office against deposite! Finland! www.surfclubhanko.fi S aUNA top 5 Motocross track but now the Lions have conquered new worlds by having their Bike orienteering Tourist office, Raatihuoneentori 5, Sk aTEBOARding • Hostel Sjömansro: 10-person, Orioninkatu, Hanko Racing Team, adventures depicted in the Finnish national newspaper Iltasa- Orienteering maps from the tourist tel. 019 2203 411 Skateboard ramp, Täktomintie 9 FISHING tel. 040 486 8281 www.hankoracingteam.net nomat, as national comic of the month for June 2011. Two com- or sports office. • HUS: 5-person, ic albums have been published about the life of the Lions and Sk aTING tel. 0400 631 314 Paaintb ll and other activities a third will be published during summer 2011. • Skating rink Raatimiehenkatu 12 • Itämeren Portti: 5-person, Supervivo, Tvärminne, • Skating rink and ice hockey rink tel. 0400 544 164 tel. 050 564 3563, www.supervivo.net You can also follow Täktomintie 9 • Villa Maija: 5-person, the life of the Lions on the blog: tel. 050 505 2013 Shopping http://hangonleijonat.vuodatus.net. Skydiving • Wild Viking Motel: 20-person, Vuorikatu, the southernmost The comic is drawn by Parachuting Club of Finland, tel. 040 516 3837 pedestrian street in Finland Anita Lehtinen from Hanko. Dropzone Hanko, Malmåsintie, More saunas: www.hanko.fi/tourism Täktom, tel. 040 537 8827, taxi boats and Boat rental www.laskuvarjokerho.fi Yoga • Hangö Sjöorm, tel. 040 728 2000, • Pirjon Hoitonurkka, tel. 040 588 www.sjoormen.fi (rowing boats) Fishing trips and equipment 1244, www.pirjonhoitonurkka.com • SunFun, Eastern Harbour, • Harri Hotti, fishing trips and equip- • Sattva Wellness, tel. 0400 477 076, tel. 040 414 5681, www.sunfun.fi ment, tel. 050 567 9011 www.sattva.fi • Hangö Sjöorm, nets, fishing equip- • Yoga, Arts and Magic / The Mid- guided tours ment, tel. 040 728 2000, night Sun Ashtanga Yoga Retreat, www.sjoormen.fi Sandö Ström, tel. 040 502 9811, • The general tour includes the most www.yogaartsmagic.net important sights, and the guide Fishing licences will lead you through the past and Availablet a the municipal library, OTHER ACTIVITIES present of the town. In addition, Tennis Vuorikatu 3–5, tel. 019 2203 380. special theme tours. Price: 70 € / • Outdoor court reservations: More information: Hanko Town Airfield 1 ½ h (every extra hour 40 €). HTK-Tennis club, Tenniscafé, Sports Office, tel. 019 2203 400. Täktom, Hangon Lentokerho ry Bookings and more information: tel. 040 5026 424, General information about fishing in (local club), tel. 0400 750 630 Hanko City Tourist Office. www.hankotennis.net Finland and the Finnish licence sys- www.hangonlentokerho.fi • Ask for tours in the area, also www.helkamavelox.fi • Indoor court reservations: tem: www.mmm.fi, www.ahven.net outside Hanko: www.saaritours.fi Sports Office, tel. 019 2203 400 28 INFOPAGES INFOPAGES 29

The Finnish-born explorer and scientist Adolf Cruises Erik Nordenskiöld, the first explorer to navigate Guest harbours Sea yak Ka Lighthouses out on the stormy sea: the long-sought Northeast Passage from the Gathering Bengtskär, Russarö and Gustafsvärn Polar Sea to the Pacific Ocean, visited Hanko August after his famous discovery. 19th–21st Memorial stone at Puistovuoret, 31 December 1880

CRUISE TO BENGTSKÄR ARCHIPELAGO CRUISE seal safari BOAT trip TO THE PIKE’s GUT eastERN harbour Hangonkylä Harbour A joint effort for the LIGHTHOUSE TO TAMMISAARI (EKENÄS) and to GUstafsvärn benefit of the Baltic Sea! Daily cruises to Bengtskär from the Cruiseso t Tammisaari every charter quay in the Eastern Harbour Wednesday during the 1.7–31.7 sea- during the 18.6–21.8 season. Price son. Departure from the charter The Hanko City Tourist Office is an official partner of WWF’s includes lunch, guide and entrance quay in the Eastern Harbour. M/S Operation Mermaid, and Team Hangö is the campaign name at Bengtskär. There is a café on Anna can stop in Lappohja, if re- of our joint efforts board. M/S Summersea can carry up quested. Contingent on weather. to 155 passengers. We recommend Operation Mermaid is WWF Finland’s campaign to save the advance bookings. Contingent on D eparture from Hanko 10.30 / Arrival Guided seal safari to the outer ar- Baltic Sea. It attacks problems, such as eutrophication and the weather. in Tammisaari at 12.45. Departure from chipelago on Thursdays and Sun- Boat trips on Tuesdays and Satur- The harbour is located 3 km from risks of oil transport. The slogan of Operation Mermaid is ‘Man Tammisaari at 15 / Arrival in Hanko at days during the 1.7–31.7 season. days during the 1.7–31.7 season. the town centre, on the north- needs seas, seas need man’. D eparture from Hanko at 11 am / Ar- 17.15. Adults 40€ return ticket (single Departure from the ST 1 quay in the Departure from the ST 1 quay in the ern side of the town. The har- rival at Bengtskär at 12.30 pm. Depar- 30€), children (4–14 years) 20€ return Eastern Harbour. Duration approx. Eastern Harbour. Duration approx. bour is Hanko’s biggest marina for For further information, please visit www.wwf.fi/english ture from Bengtskär at 3 pm / Arrival in ticket (single 15€). Bookings: 2 hours. Contingent on weather. 2 hours. Contingent on weather. small boats, with 650 moorings. Hanko at 4.30 pm. Adults 55€, children Marine Lines, www.marinelines.fi, Hangonkylä Harbour offers follow- (4–14 years) 23€. tel. 0400 536 930 Adults 35€, children (4–14 years) 15€. Adults 25€, children (4–14 years) 10€. The largest guest harbour in Fin- ing services: 20 moorings for guest The Mermaid’s tips for protecting the Baltic Sea Bookings: Marine Lines, Departure at 11 / Arrival at 13. Departure at 11 / Arrival at 13. land. Central location, offering vari- boats, café/fish shop, restaurant, www.marinelines.fi, tel. 0400 536 930. CRUISE TO LIGHTHOUSE Bookings: SunFun, www.sunfun.fi, Bookings: SunFun, www.sunfun.fi, ous services: café, Internet access, service station, septic tank cleaning, • Don’t throw rubbish or slop the flora, leaving the paths ISLAND russarö tel 040 414 5681. tel. 040 414 5681. saunas, showers, toilets, laundry fa- boat ramp, showers and toilets. 1 km into the sea – or anything else unnecessarily, and disturbing The right to make changes to the The right to make changes to the cilities, septic tank cleaning, boat to the nearest grocery store. that doesn’t belong there. animals. Did you know...? Russarös i a military area with lim- dates is reserved. dates is reserved. crane, ST1 service station, boat ited access, but on August 19th also ramp, ferry to Itämeren Portti (Gate Ekströms fish shop (harbour office), • Be considerate when boating. • Send a text message ”WWF • Sailing races have been arran­ foreign citizens have an opportunity to the Baltic). There are about 400 tel. 019 248 9101, 040 521 3857 Avoid causing large waves meri” to the number 16550 ged in Hanko since the 1880s, to visit Russarö. Bookings have to moorings. www.pakraken.fi near the shore. and support WWF’s Baltic Sea and the famous Hanko Regatta be made 14 days prior to the cruise. ARCHIPELAGO CRUISES since 1910! • Municipal guest harbour: • Give preference to wild fish actions (available only when • Finland’s southernmost After- 040 414 5681 / info@sunfun.fi D eparture from Hanko at 10 or 12.30, Harbour office, tel. 019 248 5617, over farmed fish. using Finnish operators). Sails are celebrated in Hanko return at 1.30 or 4 pm. Adults 34€, chil- 040 596 2485 and Roxx Café & Pub, • Enjoy outdoor activities in the The sms costs 5 euros. • The Water Tower is the number dren (4–14 years) 20€. Bookings: Ma- tel. 019 248 4393, www.itasatama.fi one place to follow sailing races archipelago but avoid harming rine Lines, www.marinelines.fi, - Bike- and moped rental • Kappelisatama Harbour is tel. 0400 536 930 or tourist office. - Boat rental • Home and guest harbour: Hanko’s oldest small boat harbour We retain the right for changes in - Water jet rental Itämeren Portti, tel. 0400 544 164, Team Hangö products • Russarö lighthouse decorates dates according to activities of the - Taxi boats and charter boats www.itamerenportti.fi the coat of arms of Hanko - Café Finnish Defence. • T-shirts • Sailor’s bags • Postcards Cruises to Bengtskär M/S Summersea - M/S Anna and the archipelago from Reservations: Departures to the ( +358 400 536 930 lighthouse the Eastern Harbour in Hanko www.marinelines.fi every day at 11.00 AM

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Joint effort for the Baltic Sea! Congratulations, you are on a good team. When buying Team Hangö products you are supporting WWF’s Baltic Sea campaign, Operation Mermaid. We thank you. All the information you need, hottest tips and latest news! We are happy to help you, also in English: Hanko City Tourist Office CRUISES IN HANKO ARCHIPELAGO 019 2203 411, [email protected], www.hanko.fi www.marinelines.fi Korkeavuorenkatu 10 B 11, HANKO +358 400 536 930

Kreuzfahrten nach Bengtskär M/S Summersea - M/S Anna und die Schärenwelt Buchungen: Abfahrt ( +358 400 536 930 Tägliche am vom Osthafen im Hanko www.marinelines.fi 11.00 Uhr

KREUZFAHRTEN IN DIE SCHÄRENWELT VON HANKO www.marinelines.fi Korkeavuorenkatu 10 B 11, HANKO +358 400 536 930 30 INFOPAGES INFOPAGES 31

Swept by the winds of Accommodation the summer, Hanko is a L okingo for The given prices are examples for the peak season. town of white sails, accommodation? For exact price information, contact the accommodation provider. and in the winter Check out our com- prehensive list with its dark waves, of private accom- one where you can modation! remain still for a while.

40 beds, rooms for 1–4 people, B&B Mama’s Park Inn Hotel B8 B&B Villa Garbo Other accommodation price for a double room 97/107 € / night. A small, comfortable stone guest- Hotel B8 offers accommodation with Accommodation near the railway PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION Beach 200 m, Eastern Harbour 4.4 km, house near the railway station. Tel- a nostalgic 1960s atmosphere in a station. Rooms of different standards. Villas, apartments, and cottages Hotelboat Hanko shopping street 4.0 km. evision sets in the rooms. The toilet former police station building in the Some of the rooms have own in the centre and outside the town. Hotelboat Hanko is located in the Lähteentie, Hopeahietikko (Silversand), and shower facilities are mainly in town centre, right next to the tourist toilet and shower. TV and cooking Eastern Harbour, the centre of tel. 019 248 7540, www.silversand.fi the corridor. Internet connec­tion. office. Rooms for 1-4 persons with or facilities, grill in the yard and an Further information: Hanko’s summer. Each cabin in Conference facilities. Room prices without toilet. All rooms with TV and Internet connection available. Bi- www.hanko.fi/tourism > Accommoda- this tidy, light-filled boat has a tiled Hostel Sjömansro are inclusive of breakfast during the Wlan. Conference room, living room cycles for rent. Ask also for Villa tion, or at the tourist office. en-suite bathroom (with toilet and Comfortable accommodation on the high season and sauna. Room prices are inclu- Garbo´s cottage and one-room flat. shower), and are equipped with a seashore in peaceful surroundings sive of breakfast. Room prices are inclusive of break­ flatscreen TV and DVD, also the cab- about 20 kilometres from Hanko. 20 beds, rooms for 1–3 people, 25 beds, rooms for 1–4 people, fast. Hanko Camping ins in economy-class. The boat also The hostel has a large garden, a price for a double room 85/92 € / night. price for a double room 65–200 € / night. Silversand has conference facilities, a deck bar, seaside sauna including a room with Beach 700 m, Eastern Harbour 1.1 km, Beach 200 m, Eastern Harbour 300 m, 40 beds, rooms for 1–4 people, and a suite with its own sundeck. a fireplace and its own sandy beach. shopping street 700 m. shopping street 200 m. price for a double room 60–120 € / night. The Silversand camping site is The hotelboat can also be hired for A- and B-level rooms. The A-level Korsmaninkatu 46, tel. 040 829 5393 Bulevardi 8, tel. 040 485 1808, Beach 1.0 km, Eastern Harbour 1.1 km, located by the sea, about 4 km private use. Room prices are inclu- rooms have their own toilet and www.hotelb8.fi shopping street 700 m. from the town centre. The area sive of breakfast. Open only in sum- shower, as well as cooking facili­ties Guesthouse Evangelica Esplanaadi 84, tel. 040 542 1732, provides car parks, tent pitches, mertime, for groups all the year. in the room, while B-level rooms A folk high school on the north side Wild Viking Motel www.pensionat-garbo.com and cabins. have shared bathroom and cook- of the railway, near a park and a This motel, with Viking theme, is lo- 56 beds, rooms for 1–3 people, ing facilities in the corridor. Internet grocery store, providing accommo- cated near the centre of Hanko. It Hotel Regatta Tel. 019 248 5500, price for double room 80–200 € / night. connection, living room and confer- dation of various levels. A large yard. has conference and party facilities, Hotel Regatta will open again during www.silversand.fi Beach 300 m, Eastern Harbour 0 m, ence room. Full board for groups For an extra charge, guests have and a wood-heated sauna for 20 winter 2011–2012. shopping street 300 m. can be arranged. About 900 metres sauna and conference facilities at people. The rooms are equipped Eastern Harbour, tel. 0500 610 113 to the grocery store. The room price their disposal. Suitable also for the with Internet connection and TV. Toi- 109 beds, rooms for 1–5 people, www.hotellilaivahanko.fi does not include breakfast (break- disabled. Cooking facilities in the let and shower facilities are in the villa accommodation price for a double room 90–110 € / night. fast by arrangement). Open 1.5–30.9 common rooms. A-level rooms have corridor. Billiards, bicycles for rent, Beach 30 m, Eastern Harbour 400 m, Motel Silversand (for groups all the year). New deve­ their own toilet and shower facilities. grill, playground for children, cottag- Hotel Villa Maija shopping street 400 m. The motel is situated near the lopements happening, check at B-level rooms have shared toilet and es. The room price does not include Atmospheric, hotel-standard villa ac- Appelgrenintie 1–2, tel. 019 248 6356 camping site, about 4 kilometres www.sjomansro.fi! shower facilities. Room prices are breakfast. commodation close to the amenities (off-season 019 523 0856, accessibility from the centre. The motel has an inclusive of breakfast. and the beach. Villa Maija also in- limited), www.tellina.com outdoor swimming pool and terrace, 46 beds, rooms for 1-4 people, 36 beds, rooms for 1–4 people, cludes outbuildings Villa Janne and a sauna section, and conference fa- price for a double room 50/60 € / night. 63 beds, rooms for 1–6 people, price for a double room 70-80 € / night. Villa Anke. Most of the rooms have B&B Villa Doris cilities. Rooms with their own toilet Beach 0 m, Eastern Harbour 20 km, price for a double room 75/81 € / night. Beach 1000 m, Eastern Harbour 2400 a television and minibar. All rooms Onef o Hanko’s oldest boarding and shower, television, and a small shopping street 20 km. Beach 1.1 km, Eastern Harbour 1.2 km, m, shopping street 2200 m have their own bathroom, apart from houses. Villa accommodation in the terrace. Room prices are inclusive of Satamatie 38–40, Lappohja, shopping street 800 m. Lasitehtaankatu 6, tel. 040 516 3837, two rooms that share two toilets and immediate vicinity of the beach. breakfast. tel. 0400 974 616 (groups 040 486 Esplanaadi 61, tel. 019 248 6923, 040 834 5091, www.wildvikingmotel.fi shower facilities. Some of the rooms Some of the rooms have a sea view. 8281), www.sjomansro.fi www.evangelica.net have cooking facilities. Villa Maija Toilet and shower facilities located also has a sauna and a conference in the corridor. Room prices are in- room. Wireless Internet connection. clusive of breakfast. Room prices are inclusive of break- fast. 23 beds, rooms for 1–4 people, price for a double room 95€ / night. 33 beds, rooms for 1–4 people, price Beach 30 m, Eastern Harbour 1.0 km, for a double room 85–160 € / night. shopping street 900 m. KORKEATASOISTA Beach 100 m, Eastern Harbour 500 m, Appelgrenintie 23 shopping street 500 m. tel. 019 248 1228, 040 536 9802 Sauna, Bikes, Billiards, Grill, Conference and party facilities. MAJOITUSTA Appelgrenintie 7, tel. 050 505 2013 Tv and internet connection in the rooms. www.villamaija.fi Villa Solgård KESKELLÄ HANKOA Nostalgic accommodation in a villa Villa Tellina in the beautiful Spa Park area near HIGH QUALITY An idyllic villa on the seashore, near the beaches. Shared toilet and the amenities. Rooms of different shower facilities. A verdant yard. ACCOMMODATION styles and standard, some with a Room prices are inclusive of break- Lasitehtaankatu 6 | www.wildvikingmotel.fi +358 (0)40 516 3837 | +358 (0)40 834 5091 sea view. For most of the rooms, toi- fast. Open only in summertime. offers IN THE CENTER let and shower facilities are in the corridor. Villa Tellina also includes 30 beds, rooms for 1–4 people, OF HANKO Villa Thalatta and Villa Eva. Villa Telli- price for a double room 80 € / night. na is one of Hanko’s oldest boarding Beach 200 m, Eastern Harbour 1.4 km, houses. Room prices are inclusive of shopping street 1.2 km. breakfast in the light breakfast sa- Tähtikuja 4, tel. 019 248 1481 [email protected] lon of Villa Tellina. Open only in sum- Tel. +358 500 610 113 www.hotellilaivahanko.fi mertime. A small town on the seashore

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