LÜBECK,BRATWURST,METTWURST UND BIER

In Lübeck we stop sailing for a while, and dive in the foamy North-Germany BIERSTUBE  culture.We will taste all famous sausages and mettwursts and try find out if there is still left something  from HANSA-sailors atmosphere .

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SEA WAY OF THE HANSA TRADERS

From Visby we start sailing  after 2 days, towards Öland and using the water-way  between Öland island and Swedish mainland. First stop we make in Karlskrona and carry on our HANSA-tour to have enough time in our next destination Lübeck, the old and  famous commercial center of Baltic Sea .

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ROUTE OF THE VIKINGS

This route will last 1 week and we start from River Aura , which flows through Turku (Åbo)to Sea Ahvena.This is a sea with thousands of small isles and clear water. Vikings used this waterway in 9nth century  when trying to control Finish settlers. We sail near the Swedish coast and enter to Visby next week. During the voyage we taste salted Lake Kitka Vendace and smoked Kipper which we provided from Turku.

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THE TAR-BURNERS ROUTE

The second stage will last 1 week, from Kemi passing Hailuoto, a 20 km long island in front of Oulu,then Raahe, Kokkola, Vaasa and Pori.The Swedish names for these towns are: Kemi, Brahestad, Gamlakarleby,Vasa and Björneborg. The main export product for these ports before 19nth century was tar.These towns were also called staple-towns , because they had a right to foreign trade. Our sailing ends in Turku ,where we will enjoy it's famous fish dishes, smoked sprat and herring .

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