Stockholm, explained
Sandhamn is a small village on the island of Sandön, roughly three hours by boat from central Stockholm, at the outer edge of the archipelago where it meets the open Baltic. It grew up as a pilot and customs station, and is now best known as the base of Swedish offshore sailing and a destination … Read more
Vaxholm is a small town on the island of Vaxön, about 35 kilometres northeast of central Stockholm, sitting at the point where the main shipping channel from the Baltic narrows before reaching the capital. It was fortified because that narrow channel, Vaxholmsleden, was for centuries the obvious route for any hostile fleet to take into … Read more
The honest answer is: you don’t fit “the archipelago” in — you fit in one boat route to one or two islands, for half a day or a full day, and you accept that this is a sample, not a survey. The archipelago itself is described by Swedish authorities as containing around 30,000 islands, islets … Read more
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