Picture by Aatu Dorochenko (Wikipedia)

Visited by approximately 4,000—5,000 tourists every year, Maakalla is a lonely island cast 18km off Finland‘s western coast in Bothnian Bay: it comes alive each summer and offers a fascinating glimpse at how Finns once lived. Together with Ulkokalla, Maakalla makes for the Kallankari Islands.

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