KUSTAVI’S TRAVEL- AND SERVICE GUIDE 2021 GUIDE SERVICE AND TRAVEL- KUSTAVI’S L O V K E U S S T Y A O V U I KINGDOM OF THE ARCHIPELAGO THE OF KINGDOM TICIPA PAR TE: # Visit Kustavi’s tourist attractions PARTICIPATE IN or restaurants and share your KUSTAVI - EXPERIENCES experiences. Tag @visitkustavi CONTEST! and the #placename you visited in the Instagram app, IN THE ARCHIPELAGO and you will participate in a raffle where you can win gift cards for excursions or tourist You are warmly welcome to experience the atmosphere of the archipelago in Kustavi. Kustavi is a destinations. natural and magnificent archipelago. We want to provide good services for residents, leisure residents ISOKARI and tourists. The safe municipality is surrounded by the sea and we have good transport links. In this brochure, we have compiled objects and services of particular interest to tourists. Attractions and services are presented regionally, Vartsala is located in the western part of Kustavi, Parattula/Isoluoto in the southern part, Kivimaa in the middle and Salminiittu/Rahi in the east. You can always contact us, we want to make your holiday as successful as possible. Hope to see you soon in the archipelago. & SAVIPAJA EVENTS Kustavi is happening throughout the year but especially in the summer there are bigger and smaller events almost everyday. Live music in restaurants >>> Circus Festival in July >>> Volter Kilpi in Kustavi - literature week 14.-18.7.2021 >>> Traditional boat sailing >>> Art exhibitions >>> Mörk Ö 10.-13.11.2021 >>> Saint Knut’s day 13.1.2022. All the events can be found from business’s website and from www.visitkustavi.fi or from the event calendar. W: HO S I Visit Kustavi’s S I sights or restaurants H T and share your experience. Tag @visitkustavi or use #location on Instagram to take part in a raffle. Publisher: Kustavi Print: 8000 pcs Layout: Mainostoimisto Grafesko Oy Printing: Eura Print Oy Photos: Juha Karikoski, Noora Konttinen, Kustavi’s Tourist Office• Kivimaantie 8 • P. 044 742 6620 (June-Aug) • visitkustavi.fi • [email protected] @visitkustavi Esko Ruoranen, Municipality of Kustavi and personal archives of companies of Kustavi. GET WILD FROM VARTSALA THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHANNES The Chapel of St. Johannes was built in the Middle Ages on the island of Vartsala. It is mentioned in the inventory of archipelago churches You will come compiled by Mikael Agricola from 1554. When the chapel began to to Vartsala from VARTSALA the mainland by deteriorate in the 18th century, the idea arose to build a new church in the village of Kivimaa. No new church was built, but the Chapel of St. Finland’s largest road James was moved from Rahi. The moved and expanded chapel was ferry. The castle trip consecrated as the Church of Gustav in 1783. The artefacts of the takes less than ten minutes. VUOSNAISTEN MERIASEMA (MARINE STATION) SPAUNA church are mostly old chapels. High-quality restaurant, delicious dishes from the archipelago buffet A high-quality restaurant serves guests from morning to night. The Åland ferry or tasty burgers on request, café, summer bakery, large beach terrace, The restaurant’s menu features tasty dishes from long-smoked VARTSALA OLD SCHOOL leaves from accommodation, custom sauna, guest marina, boat landing place, fuel sales fish and meat to Middle Eastern specialties. Delicious Italian Vuosnainen beach, for boats. Boat rental. Kustavi’s Laundry service point. pizzas and succulent burgers are also available. In the café, The store has a large selection of self-made candles as well as where you can even you can enjoy traditional dishes such as espresso and a slice of various gift, decorative and interior decoration items, such as take a day trip to homemade cheesecake. Cottage accommodation. Bicycle and tableware, textiles, lamps, storage baskets and postcards. The Brändö municipality. boat rental. beautiful interior selection changes according to the themes and colors of the season. In the cozy café you can enjoy fresh pastries and pizza in high season. Apartment rental. NATURE TRAIL OF VUOSNAINEN You can also head here with your own boat. Right next to the Vuosnainen ferry port is a nature trail more than a kilometer long. The starting point is next to the restaurant Spauna. MIDSUMMER POLES The nature trail runs mainly on the cliffs and someone’s journey In addition to Åland and the Swedish-speaking archipelago, also in the forest. The route is not suitable for people with reduced Midsummer pole or maistonki, is part of Kustavi’s old mobility or prams. In the rain and in winter, the cliffs are very Midsummer festival tradition. Kustavi is the only Finnish- slippery, so moving around the route requires special attention. speaking municipality where Midsummer poles have been raised for more than two hundred years. The poles are decorated and raised on Midsummer Eve with solemnity. ARCHIPELAGO MUSEUM North and South Vartsala both have their own poles. Kustavi Archipelago Museum is a local museum of cultural history maintained by the municipality of Kustavi. The museum’s collection consists of objects and documents collected and donated from the Kustavi area, which tell about the life and livelihoods of the JUUVANNI SEASIDE COTTAGES area in the past. On display are goods brought by sailors from their voyages, as well as tools and other artefacts related to the Juuvanni Seaside Cottages rents log cabins by the sea in beautiful everyday life of the archipelago. The museum is open during the landscapes for short and long term use. The equipment of the summer, from midsummer to the end of August. At other times, cottages includes e.g. an air source heat pump, a wood-heated guided tours are available on request. It is easy to get to the sauna and hot water, and some also have indoor water. Each beach museum either by bicycle or by car. has swimming and its own rowing boat. TREK´N FOOD KUSTAVI In addition to outdoor activities, Trek’n Food Kustavi offers rental of camping equipment, such as kayaks and canoes. Here you will find interesting program services regardless of the size of the group. THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHANNES >>> KAPPELIRANNANTIE 33 >>> KUSTAVINSEURAKUNTA.FI VUOSNAISTEN MERIASEMA >>> VUOSNAISTENTIE 616 >>> +358 2 877 512 >>> VUOSNAISTENMERIASEMA.COM VARTSALA OLD SCHOOL >>> VARTSALANTIE 118 B >>> +358 400 199 757 >>> VARTSALANVANHAKOULU.FI SPAUNA >>> VUOSNAISTENTIE 617 >>> +358 44 241 0066 >>> SPAUNA.FI VUOSNAISTEN NATURE TRAIL >>> VUOSNAISTENTIE 619 >>> KUSTAVI.FI JUUVANNI SEASIDE COTTAGES >>> VILISKERINTIE 27 >>> +358 40 744 5916>>> JUUVANNI.FI MIDSUMMER POLES >>> KUSTAVI.FI KUSTAV ARCHIPELAGO MUSEUM >>> VARTSALANTIE 256 >>> +358 44 742 6630 >>> KUSTAVI.FI TREK´N FOOD >>> +358 45 1379 338 >>> TREKNFOODKUSTAVI.FI visitkustavi.fi KIVI- ALL THINGS NICE IN KIVIMAA MAA STUDIO DI MODA The store’s selection includes high-quality women’s clothing brands as well as a clothing collection designed and sewn by the owner. The range of products and Kivimaa is the center of the sizes is wide, from which we can form wonderful outfits. Clothing repair service. municipality of Kustavi. The KIVIMAA municipality’s own services can be found in the city KELTAINEN PUOTI center, such as Suvitori, which is open in summer Keltainen puoti offers a wide range of services, such as postal and BREWERY RESTAURANT MAISTONKI KUSTAVI’S KROUVI from Wed-Sat from 10 am Matkahuolto services, laundry services, gifts and consumer goods, to 1 pm. Flea on Fridays The restaurant serves archipelago delicacies prepared in the traditional From Kustavi’s Krouvi you order pizzas and delicious baskets. Wings handicrafts, rubber boots and Kustavi products. from 5 pm to 7 pm. The way. Raw materials are sourced from local small producers and farmers. and hot dogs are also on the menu. You will recognize Krouvi from its best way to explore the We have a total of 150 customer seats. We also have a shop where new terrace and the magnificent apple tree in the yard. You can also SALE MAJAKKA AND ALKO services and attractions we sell both the cider brewery’s own and other local products. rent a tub from Krouvi. Sale Majakka serves archipelago residents and tourists all year round. We also of the city center is to go around the nature trail. You have a wide selection of the archipelago’s own products, delicacies produced can get acquainted with the ARCHIPELAGO RESTAURANT PRYKÄ nearby and a staff that is always happy to serve. There is an ABC service municipality’s sports and “Great flavors from around the world and the best ingredients close station in our yard and in summer local vendors selling e.g. fish products and other services at kustavi. by” - that’s what we’re going for. In the menu of the archipelago vegetables. Alko is located in the same building. fi. Through the municipal restaurant Prykä you will find American cousins ​​sandwiches and shopping pier, you can delicious salads. KUSTAVI’S NATURE AND CULTURE TRAIL conveniently reach the services of the city The trail is about four kilometers long. The route has destination boards that center by boat. CAFE MAGGIA showcase archipelago nature and local culture. The starting points of the Salty and sweet delicacies are also available to take away. nature and culture trail are located in the yard of the Kustavi municipal office The small, cordial café is well accessible by car, bicycle, bus and even (Keskustie 7) and in the parking area before the ferry shore. Some of the paths by boat from the nearby pier. A child-friendly café and we welcome are easier terrain or walkways. everyone, from babies to grandfathers. MERINEULE LOOTHOLMA Merineule manufactures various products from domestic knitwear. The ACCOMMODATION COMPANIES IN NORTHERN KUSTAVI Kustavi’s Lootholma tourist area.