Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

The project "Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails in Situ and Online" aims to demonstrate the huge tourism potential of the underwater cultural heritage of the Baltic Sea by developing easy and convenient ways for visiting our unique and well preserved underwater sites in situ. The underwater landscape of the Baltic Sea is a unique ecological and cultural-historical environment resulting from the combination of a long seafaring history and good preservation conditions. The remains of shipwrecks in Estonian, Finnish and Swedish waters, are well preserved and give us an extraordinary opportunity to take a glimpse into the everyday life that froze hundreds of years ago. In this aspect, the Baltic Sea is a giant underwater museum waiting to be visited. The project will produce a new tourist attraction in the Baltic Sea that comprises of new dive trails complemented with narratives, updated dive parks and common marketing. With the development of this attraction we aim to enhance the attractiveness of the Baltic Sea and increase the number of visits to our region. The project contributes to increasing general awareness of the environment of the Baltic Sea, its unique underwater cultural heritage and good preservation conditions and the potential of the UCH when developing tourism in the region.

Achievements (EN):

Project BALTACAR made unique underwater heritage more accessible: The well-preserved wrecks in the Baltic Sea waters are unique in the world. The underwater landscape is a special environment resulting from a long seafaring history and good preservation conditions. The remains of shipwrecks in Estonian, Finnish and Swedish waters often sit upright with masts and rigging still intact. In this aspect, the Baltic Sea is a giant underwater museum waiting to be visited. The project "Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online" developed safe ways for tourists visiting some well-preserved underwater sites in the Baltic Sea. People interested in maritime history, shipwrecks, and diving can now make a digital visit or come in real life close to the wrecks on or beneath the water surface. In project BALTACAR, partners responsible for the management and preservation of sensitive underwater cultural heritage (UCH) from three neighbouring countries worked together with partners in tourism. Together the partners made the underwater cultural heritage more visible, more accessible and safer. The selected UCH sites in Finnish, Swedish and Estonian waters were properly documented. The collected historical information, 3D and photogrammetry images, and wreck cards can be used when planning and preparing for the dive. It provides divers and non-divers a virtual diving experience. For many potential visitors, the first contact with the dive park will be digital. That is why the produced materials and the interactive website are so important. The new underwater infrastructure to selected wreck sites consists of mooring buoys for the boats bringing visitors to the sites and underwater information signs along the dive trails with basic information about the wrecks. The signs include a map displaying the location of the visitor, which makes it safer and easier to orientate under water. The project results, publications and handbooks are free of use for all interested. The website contains materials, information on the developed attractions, the diving destinations of the region, and on what you need to know for travelling. The project has already served as an inspiration to others planning to establish dive parks in their region.

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Expected Results (EN): R2.1. More sustainable joint natural and cultural heritage based tourist attractions

Expected Outputs (EN):

The project will produce a joint tourist attraction consisting of different destinations that are supplied with buoys, underwater information boards and dive trails. There will be at least one joint tourist package including tourist destinations from all partner states, also the opportunity to develop individual packages through an interactive website. We will compile publications to introduce the developed tourist attraction. The publications are: Project leaflet in all project languages displaying the general information about the project, our objectives, destinations to be developed. Publications (booklets) about Estonian, Finnish and Swedish sites separately. Common publication of Project results, a collection of articles provided by the project partners on the process and results of the project. A handbook on how to build and manage a dive park. As an innovative solution we will develop and interactive website about the diving destinations of our region – this website will contain information both on the developed attraction and about what you need to know for travelling. In addition to sample packages, the divers will be able to put together an individual package through the website, which will comply with the interests and training of the diver.

Thematic information

Cultural heritage and arts Tourism

Specific Objective: Natural and cultural resources developed into sustainable tourist attractions

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06c) Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Muinsuskaitseamet

Department: Restoration and Development Department

Address: Uus 18, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.muinas.ee

Total budget: EUR 459 432.39

ERDF budget: EUR 390 517.53

Museovirasto

Name: Museovirasto

Department: Cultural Environment Protection, Unit for Western Finland

Address: P.O. Box 913 / Sturenkatu 4, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nba.fi

Total budget: EUR 250 685.69

ERDF budget: EUR 188 014.27

Haninge kommun

Name: Haninge kommun

Department: Development Department

Address: Rudsjöterrassen 2, 13681 Haninge, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.haninge.se

Total budget: EUR 135 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 101 250.00

Adrianto OÜ

Name: Adrianto OÜ

Address: Regati puiestee 1, 11911 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.barrakuuda.ee

Total budget: EUR 80 399.99

ERDF budget: EUR 68 339.99

Statens Maritima Museer

Name: Statens Maritima Museer

Department: Cultural Heritage Unit

Address: Box 27131 27131, 10252 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.maritima.se

Total budget: EUR 462 320.30

ERDF budget: EUR 346 740.22

MTÜ Lääne-Eesti Turism

Name: MTÜ Lääne-Eesti Turism

Address: Jaama 1, 90302 Lihula, Lääne maakond, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.westestonia.ee

Total budget: EUR 13 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 11 390.00

Aalto Group OY

Name: Aalto Group OY

Address: Ruosilankuja 3, 390 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://sukelluskouluaalto.fi

Total budget: EUR 88 875.00

ERDF budget: EUR 66 656.25

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National Board of Antiquities

Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

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Haninge Municipality

Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

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Adrianto Ltd

Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

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Statens maritima museer

Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

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MTÜ Lääne-Eesti Turism

Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

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Aalto Group Ltd

Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

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Estonian National Heritage Board

Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

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Summary

Project name (EN): Baltic History Beneath Surface: Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

Project acronym: BALTACAR

Project start date: 2017-01-01

Project end date: 2019-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 490 113.37

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 172 908.27

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 172 908.27.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Project Informations

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://database.centralbaltic.eu/project/67;%20https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Helsinki Underwater Park Kronprins Gustav Adolf

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Creating a Dive Park From Idea to Reality

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: http://database.centralbaltic.eu/

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Baltic History Beneath Surface

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: http://database.centralbaltic.eu/project/67

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Frozen in time part 1

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Frozen in time part 2

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Dalarö dykpark

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-04-30

Languages: sv

Attachment file: Download

Baltiske Besøg: Estland

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: da

Attachment file: Download

Flyers

Underwater Heritage Trails In Situ and Online

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Flyer

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Presentations

Dalarö Dive Park

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The underwater parks of Hanko and Kemiönsaari

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Diving to the wrecks of the HMS Myrtle, Altair, Shchit, Akula, minesweeper No-1 and E. Russ

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Hauensuoli underwater park - Hauensuolen hylkypuisto

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2020-01-15

Languages: en

Sukellus Hauensuolen vedenalaiseen puistoon

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://projectbaltacar.eu/publications-and-media

Publication date: 2022-11-18

Document date: 2020-01-08

Languages: fi

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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