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Hållö Lantern

starting at €90.00

A round stone tower was completed as early as 1842 on the 920-million-year-old bedrock of Hållö on Sweden’s west coast. However, it was deemed too low, and a steel extension with a lantern on top of it was built in 1868. Since then, the light of the 20-meter-tall lighthouse has shone at a height of about 39 meters above sea level. Originally, the lens reflected the light from rapeseed oil lamps, but today the light comes from small electric bulbs. The original lens is still preserved and on display on the ground floor of the lighthouse.

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A round stone tower was completed as early as 1842 on the 920-million-year-old bedrock of Hållö on Sweden’s west coast. However, it was deemed too low, and a steel extension with a lantern on top of it was built in 1868. Since then, the light of the 20-meter-tall lighthouse has shone at a height of about 39 meters above sea level. Originally, the lens reflected the light from rapeseed oil lamps, but today the light comes from small electric bulbs. The original lens is still preserved and on display on the ground floor of the lighthouse.

The lighthouse stands at the edge of the world. Smoothly worn steps lead up to the lantern room. From there, you can see the shadows of the clouds reflected in the sea—and the small world of the lighthouse island. Starting in the 1950s, lighthouses began to be left without keepers or even became completely obsolete. It was not until around the turn of the millennium that the cultural and architectural value of these navigational aids, abandoned to the mercy of the weather and vandalism, began to be understood, and efforts were made to save them. Everyone who has helped save even one of our lighthouses has given a gift to all Finns.

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