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The Love Path

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A 1.5 km path over the rocks of Puistovuori in central Hanko, laid out for spa guests. Sea views, a three-metre-deep giant's kettle and wartime cannons.

The Love Path (Kärleksstigen in Swedish, Rakkauden polku in Finnish) winds through the woods and over the smooth rocks of Puistovuori (Parkberget), a 13-hectare wooded headland in the middle of Hanko. Its paths, steps and bridges were built when Hanko was a popular spa town, so that guests could walk on the rocks and enjoy the sea view. The path starts at Hanko Casino.

Along the path

  • Dancers' Rock: a wide, flat rock that once had a fenced area for air baths. Emigrants are said to have danced here while waiting for their ship to America.
  • The giant's kettle: Hanko's best-known glacial pothole is three metres deep and about a metre across. It is protected.
  • Nordenskiöld's Bowl: a stone bowl made by the townspeople when A. E. Nordenskiöld passed through Hanko in 1880 after the Northeast Passage expedition. It was later moved to Puistovuori.
  • Cannons from the Second World War.
Length
1.5 km
Website
hanko.fi
Directions

Route data: LIPAS · CC BY 4.0

Nearby

  • Hanko ChurchHanko Church on Vårdberget hill dates from 1892 and took its current form in 1953. See the church ship "Hangö" and the Paul Ott organ. Open in summer.SightsArchitecture
  • Hanko Water TowerHanko's 48-metre water tower on Vårdberget hill, built in 1943. Take the lift to the viewing deck for views over the Hanko peninsula and the Baltic Sea.SightsLandmark
  • Hanko Cycling RouteA signposted 19 km cycling loop around Hanko, marked with blue and white stickers on lamp posts. Get a route map at the tourist office on the town hall square.Nature19 km
Licenses·Updated 17 Oct 2026, 22:11