Hanko Hanko is a port town in Finland, the town is around 130 km west of Helsinki and is situated on the tip of the southern peninsula called Hankoniemi. The town is bilingual, with the majority of the inhabitants being Finish speakers and around 44% speaking Swedish. The Hanko peninsula is famous for having lovely beaches and a beautiful archipelago just off the coast. A brief history of Hanko Hanko’s history is very much linked to seafaring, the peninsula known as Hankoniemi, was first recorded in the late thirteenth century. From the fifteenth century onwards, Pike’s Gut, ... [More information]