Stockholm area and the Swedish coast line

We have passed the Swedish coast line and our location is currently in Vaasa in Finland.

We spent close two weeks in Sweden. We passed the following harbours: Kalmar – Byxelkrok (in Öland) – Visby (in Gotland) – Stockholm – Vaxholm – Öregrund - Sundsvall – Norra Ulvön. All the places had their own and nice atmosphere.

We spent three days in the Stockholm area. We had two nights in the islands and one night in the downtown harbour. Stockholm's islands are beautiful and there you can see a lot of nice summer cottages. The manouvering is easy as the waters are deep enough. In the downdown area there are lot of nice places to visit. We visited the Old City of Stockholm and the King's Castle.

In the evening we went to the Gröna Lund's amusement park. In the Stockholm area we stopped to the Vaxholm where we spent the midnight festival night. 

After Stockholm we continued to Öregrund that is small harbour. The sailing was 80 nm and we arrived there in the morning time. The winds were calm during the night sailing. From the Öregrund we continued to Sundsvall. We started the sailing in the afternoon. The total trip was 135 nm. During the night time the wind increased up to 10 m/s and we were sailing with the speed of 7 knots. We arrived to Sundsvall in the afternoon after 24 h sailing. Sundsvall is a beautiful city that has lot of old buildings.





After Sundsvall we continued the trip to Norra Ulvön that is in the High Coast of Sweden. This was our third time to visit the island so we knew what to expect. The visit in Norra Ulvön gives always a nice feeling. The old fishermen buildings are beautiful and well maintained. We also tasted the local speciality, hermentated Northern herring. We spend two nights in the harbour before our trip to Finland.