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Former municipality in Finland
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Iniö is a former municipality, in the Archipelago Sea in south-west Finland. It consists of a group of four main islands and over one thousand minor ones. Ten islands have permanent residents, most people living on Iniölandet. Before the merger, Iniö was the smallest municipality in Finland excluding Åland, with just 250 inhabitants. Now this title belongs to Luhanka in Central Finland.
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Church of Iniö
Stone church built 1797–1800 and named after Sophia Wilhelmina, the princess of Sweden. Small graveyard. The bells are still rung by hand, the Saturday evening ringing at sunset.
Exhibition consisting of hundreds of pulleys and some other seafaring artefacts. Probably the only pulley museum in the world. Easily worth of visit. Call or SMS to check when it is open.
Excellent pizzas and hamburgers.
Archipelago style lunch.
Thai food(!), café
Café with some food
Former municipality office, built 1933.
Farmhouse, lodgings in the barn, toilets and showers in the main building. Sheep, goats, horses and hens in the yard. Closed off season. Linen and breakfast included.
Very cheap cottage accommodation
Guest marina and café. Camping site and electricity for caravans. Thai restaurant at the summer season. Sauna. Main village 1.5 kilometres away.
Groceries and some hardware. Café. Some self-care drugs. Alko pick-up point.
From Kustavi
Road ferry M/S Aura operates year-round between Heponiemi in Kustavi and Kannvik in Iniö. See the timetables. The ferry is free of charge and has a café.
From Houtskär
Houtskär is south of Iniö, reachable by the Skärgårdsvägen road across several of the main islands in the Archipelago Sea, with several ferry passages.
From Brändö
Brändö in north-eastern Åland is west of Iniö, across Skiftet. It has ferry connections to the mainland of Åland. It is also connected by a ferry to Kustavi.
By yacht
Iniö is more or less in the north-west corner of the Archipelago Sea, with Brändö of Åland to the west, Kustavi and the Sea of Bothnia to the north, Velkua, Rymättylä and Naantali to the east, and…
Iniö is a very small place so there is no public transportation. The roads are quiet and very suitable for walking and biking. Except the main road between Kannvik and Dalen roads are gravel roads.
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