I recently got invited to hike the St. Olav Waterways with Kathrin and I felt very excited: I’d get to try a longer hike again, and especially one I felt a bit of a connection to! I used to live on the countryside right next to the St. Olav pilgrim path and a few...
The St. Olav Waterway is an old pilgrim path, leading all the way from Turku to Norway. The Finnish part of the trail was officially opened to pilgrims just last May, and I’ve been intrigued by it ever since. Stretching all the way from Finland’s former Capital out to...
St Olav Waterway’s first pilgrim started his way from the Turku Cathedral just before Easter in April 2019. One month before the official opening of the route. At that time many signs during the way were still missing, but Duarte from Portugal still reached Trondheim....
Experienced pilgrim, Lorna shares her experiences along St. Olav Waterway and discusses the difference between hiking and pilgrimage. She includes some tips on how to prepare and what to take with you in her blog: https://stfeyes.wordpress.com/
Hello! We are three girls, Clara, Daniela and Annika, who walked the St Olav Waterway route from Galtby, via Kökar and Långnäs to Mariehamn 7-9.4.2017. Early on Friday morning we started with bus from Turku to Galtby, from where we took the ferry to Kökar. When we...
