The Saint Anna & Gryt Archipelagos are a seventy kilometer remote stretch of the East coast of Sweden with six thousand islands in a maze – a remain from the last ice age with an abundance of wildlife and an intruiging past of people surviving here way back into pre-historic times.
The look-out point you can climb up and see the geological wonders of Saint Anna It happened on the fly! We were out enjoying fika in the sun on our day off when we arrived back at the base to find Thomas packing for a kayaking trip. Turns out the man-with-a-plan had to decided today … Read more
The island with two special characters unique to the Swedish alphabet and the most authentic homestead in the archipelago. With roaming cows, random goods for sale in the kiosk and a sauna that operates predominantly on the honour system, it doesn’t get any more Swedish than Håskö. When I turned up during a kayaking excursion, … Read more
Pronounced: Harsh-tay-nah/ This is an absolute must-see if you want to truly experience a kanelbulle in a kayak Naturally, when we rocked up to Hartsena, I bee-lined for the bageri (Swedish for bakery), which always sounds to me like they only sell bagels (alright by me) and had ourselves a feast. Following the meandering trail, … Read more
Bucket List: One down, One to go! As of last week I had two things to do on my bucket list: attend Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden like a Swede, and go cave exploring in Gaping Gill in the North of England. Not much for a bucket list, I know . . . but when I … Read more
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