15 episodes
olavinreitti StOlavWaterways
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St Olav Waterway / Pyhän Olavin merireitti is a pilgrim’s path from Turku, through the Finnish archipelago and Åland and across the sea to Sweden. Our trail opened with an official ceremony 24.5.2019, this is found on our YouTube channel. In Sweden you can continue the whole way to Trondheim in Norway on existing St. Olav Ways.
This podcast includes interviews, sounds and music. Music and sounds can be found on the playlist and played whilst walking some of the more trafficked parts of the trail. St. Olav Waterway is part of St. Olav Ways, pilgrim paths to Trondheim, an official cultural route of the Council of Europe
Photos: James Simpson, with additional images by Leanne Downs and Stefan Bremer, Jouni Lappi.
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Pilgrims Music 1
Music from https://www.facebook.com/stolavsledenmusic/ performed at the opening seminar of St. Olav Waterway.
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Pilgrims Music 2
Music from https://www.facebook.com/stolavsledenmusic/ performed at the opening seminar of St. Olav Waterway.
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Fiddler and accordion on Tjut Tjut
Accordian player and cook onboard the Galeas Albanus and Fiddler Gunnar Sundström, skipper of "storbåt" Tjut Tjut play some traditional songs from The Åland Islands and Finland whilst sailing between Kökar and Sottunga. Albanus and Tjut Tjut are both traditional wooden sailing boats.
The songs were recorded on a sailing pilgrimage between Finland and Åland Islands 2017. -
Icelandic Runic Songs
Three songs sung in Icelandic or Old Norse. The songs are from the time when the old beliefs and gods were giving way to Christianity. Some celebrate the old ways, others the new, it was a time of great upheaval.
The songs are preformed by Icelandic musician Sigurboði Grétarsson and are either traditional or traditional lyrical poetry performed to music composed by Sigurboði Grétarsson.
These three songs were recorded in Koroinen, the residence of The Bishop of Finland until 1300 and nowadays a cultural centre. Spring 2019. -
Footsteps on cold snow
What does the archipelago sound like in the winter? Hear footsteps of a pilgrim on cold snow.
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Albanus Waves
The waves softly falling from the bows of the wooden galleass sailing ship Albanus on a pilgrims sailing between The Finnish Archipelago and Åland Islands 2017.