Designed by German architect CL Engel, today Storby’s Post & Customs House is a hub for local artists, with exhibitions, artisan shops and a terrific cafe . The grand building was completed in 1828, during the era of Tsar Alexander I of Russia as a show of might to Sweden (as Åland was the Russian Empire's westernmost extremity). It was a crucial point on the Sweden–Finland Mail Rd, detailed at the one-roomed mailboat museum .
Between 1638 and 1895, local farmers were called upon to transport thousands of letters each week across the Åland sea. The most treacherous time was early spring when the sea ice broke. During the years the Mail Rd operated, 200 men from Eckerö died doing their postal duties.
