Sandhamn, in the eastern part of Stockholm’s archipelago

10 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Arild Vågen/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Arild Vågen/cc-by-sa-3.0

Sandhamn (“Sand Harbour”) is a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago in central-eastern Sweden, approximately 50 km (30 mi) east of Stockholm. Sandhamn is located on the island Sandön (“Sand Island”), which is, however, colloquially referred to as Sandhamn.   read more…

Stockholm’s archipelago

8 February 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Ola Ericson / Stockholmsfoto

Ola Ericson / Stockholmsfoto

Most unique and spectacular of all is of course the Stockholm Archipelago – a vast, fan-shaped maritime world of more than 24,000 islands, islets and skerries, of which only about a thousand are inhabited.   read more…

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