What is "vardo"

n. A traditional horse-drawn wagon used by Romanichals (Romani people).

Vardo can refer to:

• Vardø, a municipality in Norway
• Vårdö, a municipality in Finland
• Vardo (Romani wagon), the traditional horse-drawn wagon used by the English Romani gypsies

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

The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist spent her whole life on the small Vårdö island of Simskäla.

A vardo (also waggon, living wagon, van, and caravan) is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by British Romani people as their home. Possessing a chimney, it is commonly thought of as being highly decorated, intricately carved, brightly painted, and even gilded. The British Romani tradition of the vardo is seen as a high cultural point of both artistic design and a masterpiece of woodcrafters art. The heyday of the living wagon lasted for roughly 70 years, from the mid-1800s through the first two decades of the twentieth century. Not used for year-around living today, they are shown at the Romanichal (British Romani) horse fairs held throughout the year, the best known of which is Appleby Horse Fair.