Our joint World Heritage

Do you know the story behind our joint World Heritage Site? Scroll down this page and experience section by section our joint World Heritage. The story begins with the freezing Ice Age and ends up with the future of the land uplift. What happens in between?

World Heritage Site shaped by the Ice Age

How did the enormous inland ice form the scenery?

Traces on the terrain tell the story of the Ice Age

What traces can you find?

World Heritage rising from the sea

How does our World Heritage Site gain new land each year?

Ever-changing nature

How does the land uplift create new habitats?

Living on the rising land

How has the land uplift affected people's lives?

Similar but still so different

Why is the High Coast so high and the Kvarken Archipelago so low?

The future of the land uplift

How long will the land uplift continue?