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...
Together with Lina, Christian and Markus I participated in the St. Olaf project this year. For us, it was clear from the very beginning that we would test the route from Åbo to Korpo by bike, not by foot. This due to the fact, that both Christian and Markus had walked...
