Red workshops
On the water.
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Sjökvarteret, «the Maritime Quarter», is a small district on the eastern harbour of Mariehamn, capital of Finland's Åland Islands, about a kilometre in a straight line from the town centre. Red wooden sheds and workshops line the water's edge. The quarter has a shipyard, a smithy and a museum of boat and shipbuilding, keeping alive the wooden boatbuilding traditions Åland is known for, and wooden ships are still built here the old way. Several vessels have been built here, including the sailing ship Albanus and the schooner Linden. The quarter began when the keel of the Albanus was laid in 1986; she was launched in 1988, and the quarter grew around her. Visitors stroll among the red workshops, see timber on building trestles and look out over the harbour where boats and sailing ships moor, with a café and small craft shops. Walking the quarter is free, and the boatbuilding museum may charge a fee. Summer is liveliest, when the workshops are busy and ships sail, and it is an easy walk from central Mariehamn.
On the water.
The old way.
Sailing ships.
Österhamn, Mariehamn, Åland
Yes, using traditional methods.
Walking around is; the museum may charge.