Kumlinge Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
municipality of Åland, Finland
About Kumlinge
First settlers arrived to Kumlinge during the Middle Age from mainland Åland. The first document mentioning Kumlinge church is was written in 1484 but the current stone church was built around 1510. Probably there has been one or two wooden chapels before it. A land register from 1537 mention all the current villages and their 107 homesteads. According to scientists this correspond to perhaps 600 or even 800 residents. During the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia in 1808 a group of local peasants managed to surround over 400 Russian soldiers and shot at them with two small cannons from Fälberget hill until the Russians surrendered. The Russians attacked here again in 1809 but this time the Swedish army decided to stop them by burning villages into ashes. Therefore few buildings are old
Top Attractions in Kumlinge
Explore the best things to see and do in Kumlinge:
- ★Battle of Kumlinge Monument
- ★Hermas homestead
- ★Kumlinge aerial lighthouse
- ★Kumlinge church
- ★Kumlinge nature trail
- ★Kumlinge pharmacy
- ★Seglinge museum
- ★Seglinge nature trail
Where to Stay in Kumlinge
- 🏨Henrikssons stugor
- 🏨Hotel Svala
- 🏨Kumlinge Stugor
- 🏨Ledholm Camping
- 🏨Norrbo Stugor
Kumlinge Travel Guide Sections
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