Rönsskär Rental Huts Söderholm, West and Docket

Location

Western Finland, Ostrobothnia, Malax, Kvarken World Heritage Site.

Rönsskär rental huts, coordinates: Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 63° 3.722' lon: 20° 48.361' ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 7007590 E: 187285.

The Rönnskär rental huts are situated in the Malax municipality (malax.fi), on the island of Fäliskäret in the outer Bergö archipelago. The distance by boat to Fäliskäret from Replot is about 30 km and from Borgå about 23 km. The rental huts can only be reached by boat.

By boat:

• A marked route leads to the huts.
• Boat transports (kvarken.fi)
• Rönnskär is featured in the excursion harbour catalogue.
• The closest harbour accessible by car is Bredhällan, an old fishing harbour situated on the western part of the island of Bergö.
  • To reach Bredhällan, follow road no. 673 28 km south from Vaasa towards Malax. Then turn onto road no. 6732 toward Bergö. A free ferry connection (finferries.fi/en) goes to Bergö. Drive through Bergö village towards Bredhällan harbour.
  • The harbour is equipped with a boat ramp.

By public transportation:

• Vaasa is easily accessible by bus (matkahuolto.fi) and train (vr.fi).
• There is one daily bus departure from Vaasa to Bergö.
  • Strandlinjetrafik (strandlinjetrafik.fi)

Maps

Excursionmap.fi
Topographic map nr P323,
Topographic map nr 131311, 
Nautical chart series F (1:50 000)
 

Price

Boatyard building 40 €/day,
Pilot apartment 40 €/day
Sauna 10€/boatcrews or 5€/person

Keys

The key can be obtained in place.

Facilities

Accomodation rooms

• The boatyard building contains a bedroom that sleeps 8 people. The room is heated by a wood-fired stove.
• Two pilot cottages, both with a bedroom sleeping 5 people and 2 tiled, wood-fired stoves for heating.
• The beds are equipped with mattresses, pillows and blankets.
• You should always bring your own bedclothes or sleeping bags.

Dining room

• The boatyard building is equipped with a gas cooker.
• The pilot cottages are equipped with a gas cooker and a wood-fired stove.

Conference rooms

• The conference room is situated in the boatyard building
• The conference room is equipped with wooden tables with benches and a Flip chart.
• The walls of the conference room are used for a photo exhibition.

The sauna is situated in the boatyard building

• The sauna is equipped with a wood-fired sauna stove
• There is room for 5 people in the sauna
• The sauna has a wood-fired hot water boiler
• Swimming possibilities

Waste management

• A waste disposal terminal maintained by the Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association (keepthearchipelagotidy.fi) is situated by the rental huts. 

Toilets

• The yard houses a dry toilet and a sheltered campfire site.

Notices

• Tidy up the chut before you leave.
• You will need to bring your own drinking water.
• There is a well on the island, but the water quality has not been tested.
• The Finnish Lifeboat Institution's shed is equipped with a fire pump and hoses.
• Pets are allowed in the huts.
• There is a marked nature on the island. There are also several unmarked trails.
• Keep to the trails during the period 1.5 – 15.7 in order not to to disturb the birdlife during the nesting season.

• Safety on hiking

Maintenence and Management   

Andelslaget Solrutten - Osuuskunta Aurinkoreitti Phone +358 (0)50 - 526 2802.