However, there was one element adding to the challenges of the travelers, they had to make the journey over the sea. Almost five centuries after the ban of the pilgrimages, the idea of revitalizing the eastern parts of the pilgrimage routes was put forward by a group of people in the archipelago of Aboland. Following the examples from other routes in Scandinavia, the intention is to make use of the ancient pilgrimage routes in today's tourism development.