stackyFACTSSeeking refuge on a barren, storm-battered rock in the freezing Baltic Sea is the ultimate introvert’s dream getaway.
Seeking refuge on a barren, storm-battered rock in the freezing Baltic Sea is the ultimate introvert’s dream getaway. At 52 meters, Bengtskär is the tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries. Beyond navigating treacherous gale-force winds, visitors sleep inside a heavily fortified granite structure that saw literal hand-to-hand combat in 1941 when Soviet troops tried, and completely failed, to dynamite it into the ocean during the brutal Continuation War.
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