#archipelago

The Finnish coastal archipelago consists of over 80 000 islands. The islands started emerging from the sea after the ice age about 10 000 years ago. Their cliffs of mostly granite and gneiss have been polished smooth by the kilometres tall ice sheet that had been pressing them down. The first inhabitants of the archipelago settled about 4000 years ago and the biggest islands are still settled all year round. The wonderful island of Långholmen is stunning with its high and smooth shores, wild nature with crooked pine trees and large amounts of various mosses and lichen. This family retreat is carefully placed with the rock formations and the hundreds of years old pine trees around it. Marc Goodwin, Archmospheres Marc Goodwin,... More