Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö.

On the highest mountain of Vårdö people used to light bonfires to warn the other islands of danger.

The old post route from Stockholm to Turku went through Vårdö, by road from Båthusviken to Hullvik on the main island, otherwise by water.

The local citizens took care of the mail transport in any type of weather.