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Archipelago in Stockholm
Archipelago with 25 000 islands
Archipelagos means many islands outside a coast line. Stockholms Archipelago in the Baltic see is where I have spent almost every summer in my life.
Some of the rocks are washed by water for centuries and they are smooth like a floor. When the sun is warm I love being there. You can sunbath and jump into the water when ever you feel like it.
Stockholms skargard
Some archipelago photos I love
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Boats in traffic all over the place
Some say that these white boats all over the archipelago and Stockholm, look like swans. Some say they are like seagulls. What ever is true - they are a certain sign of Swedens boat traffic!
Most of these white boats leave from downtown Stockholm, just outside the Grand Hotel
Snipa
"Vision of the seas"
Take a cruise in the Archipelago - On board this ship you have all included!
Here is the link in English:
- Arholma
Arholma is far up north in the Stockholm Archipelago. Here is a shop for food, a fantastic viewpoint and a café! If you go from Stockholm city it takes 3 hours and 45 minutes to get here. But the trip in itself is so beautiful! GO! - Bergby gård
Bergby Gård provides quality accommodation, social events and other activities for conference and private guests, in peaceful, rural surroundings, beside the lake at Väddöviken -and at a very reasonable price. - All the hostels in the Archipelago with telephone numbers
Remember that everybody speaks English in Sweden. Just call and ask for accommodation - The archipelago foundation
With lots of information about the guided tour of the areas. The photos will tempt you I know for a fact - Best youth hostels in Stockholms archipelago
Maps, facts and help to stay in the Archipelago hostels
The Right of Public Access
allemansrätten
In Sweden, the Allemansrätt (lit. All men's right) has existed for many centuries only as a customary law. But since 1994 it is part of the Swedish constitution. As in other Nordic countries, the Swedish right to roam comes with an equal emphasis being placed upon the responsibility to look after the countryside; the maxim is "Do not disturb, do not destroy".
The Allemansrätt gives a person the right to access, walk, cycle, ride, ski, and camp on any land - with the exception of private gardens, the immediate vicinity of a dwelling house and land under cultivation, and with restrictions for nature reserves and other protected areas. It also gives the right to pick wildflowers, mushrooms and berries provided one knows they are not legally protected, as well as the right to visit beaches, to swim in any lake and put an unpowered boat on any water. Exception if the beach belongs to a private garden. Permission to build a private house is usually not given so close to the beach that this right is obstructed. Private piers are not free to use for boats or bathing.
Fishing remains essentially private - apart from on the biggest five lakes and the coast of the Baltic Sea, the Sound, Kattegat and Skagerrak - and access to land by means of motor vehicles can be limited or restricted. At certain times of the year, and with certain restrictions, both fires and dogs are also permitted.
It is not free to drive a car on a private road, or to camp in a caravan on such roads, or on private parking places. This means in reality that caravan camping is best done on camping places (or rest areas along roads, even though it is not recommended).
Animals you can see in Stockholm area
Eagle Owl
He is the biggest owl we have in Sweden. You can hear his HooHoo in the evenings. I have heard him many times on the way home from a day in the Archipelago
Sea Eagle
A majestic bird that are more and more common in the Stockholm Arhipelago. I have seen a pair once very close to our boat and I tell you - that was awesome. The big wingspan is so silent when they fly. Close to the hostel at Fjärdlång is a protected area where they nest.
Cormorant
Where these birds are nesting, the trees die. The droppings are so strong.They can acually swim under water. It is so fun to watch them drying their wings after diving down into the water.
The gray seal
These animals are causing trouble for the fishermen. They get stuck in the nets when they hunt for fish to eat. Sometimes you can see many of them basking in the sun on the smooth cliffs.
Beautiful Baltic sea
If you have questions about the Stockholm Archipelago - feel free to ask me.
Welcome to see the Archipelago of Stockholm! - litterary
What a beautiful area...and I love boats. Thanks for sharing.
The archipelago of Stockholm is somewhere I would love to visit - love your photos and descriptions ~blessed~
You've captured the beauty of the archipelago of Stockholm in this lovely lens!
The Stockholm archipelago is really nicely presented here, well done!
Beautiful lens a lot of info I don't know so I enjoy the lens, Blessings
Adding it to the bucket list.
This is so lovely, I do not know why, but I always held great respect for the wild north ... Just simply amazing!
What an amazing place, I really enjoyed your tribute to the Archipelago of Stockholm
Beautiful! Would love to visit.
Interesting lens. Thank you!
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Cameron Poe - YES I have been there many winters too. Sea Speed skating (my lens) and of course winter fishing. We made a hole and got the dinner =D
Archipelago looks like a beautiful place to visit...great lens
Seems like a grand place to visit. But have you been there during winter?
What a beautiful place. Thanks for showing us!
Stockholm Archipelago sure looks like a beautiful place, well worth visiting. I was especially interested in reading the Swedish rules for public access. I like them! Nice lens... :)
Congratulations on your front page feature. Beautiful Archipelago of Stockholm lens and worthy of the honor.
Thank you for the tour of these beautiful sights.
It looks like a beautiful place! I would love to be able to visit!
This place is so calm, beautiful, happy and relaxed that people who visited were probably blessed;)
Lovely décor
I really like all the photos you have here, I feel like I have been there on this virtual tour and it is such a lovely place.
What a beautiful place! I'd love to visit. Wonderful lens.
I'm so happy for you that this lens was featured on the frontpage of Squidoo. I love the Stockholm Archipelago too.
Looks like a wonderful place o live and visit. Congrats on making the front page.
Very beautiful ... I can see why you love it so much. Thanks for sharing this part of the world.
Hej, nice lens about our archipelago! :)
Lovely,Sweden is already on my to-visit list.... now I want to see even more.I love the Allemansrtt..what a wonderful idea
What a beautiful place - I'd love to visit someday!
Beautiful land!
Really pretty pictures, I can see why you like it so much.
This is lovely - utomordentlig. Somehow whenever I see the sea around Stockholm I am haunted by the story of the Vasa (1628) - I don't know whether I have some mystical connection.
awesome lens. thanks for the info about auchipelago. ~blessed~
I spend half my time in an archipelago: New Zealand.
Lovely lens. Makes me want to take a trip!
Wow, that water in the archipeligo is smooth, This is a beautiful lens and lovely pics. Your passion for the landscape and environment shines through. *-*Blessed*-* and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust,
I'd love to visit Sweden some day.
Really beautiful, makes me want to visit them especially during summer.
Really beautiful pics, posters, and videos. The only thing stopping me from visiting Stockholm is the lack of finances :)
The photos and video are amazing. This looks like a wonderful place to visit.
Great photos and presentation, and excellent place to visit.Regards
This is wonderful and very tempting.
OMG! Such fabulously beautiful pictures that capture the essence of the sight. Love to visit it someday.
The archipelago of Stockholm looks a great place to rejuvenate and relax. You are quite fortunate to spend your summer there.
These are wonderfully beautiful!
Beautiful photos! Stunning landscape!
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