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nearest to the harbour is a
rather stately hotel designed
in 1899 by Erik Lallerstedt,
and traces of its Jugendstil
ornamen tation can still be seen.
The wooden buildings
around the square and along
Hamngatan with their souvenir
shops provide a pleasant stroll,
and the harbour is always busy.

8 Grinda
30 km (19 miles) E of Stockholm. Sandhamn, a yachting centre in Stockholm’s outer archipelago
Tel 08-542 494 91. @ 670 from
Stockholm Östra station to Vaxholm, 0 Sandhamn
then boat. g from Strömkajen and heritage building. A customs
Nybrokajen. 0 (summer only). S 50 km (31 miles) E of Stockholm. inspector who worked here,
∑ grinda.se Tel 08-570 470 00. @ 433, 434 Elias Sehlstedt (1808–74), made
from Slussen to Stavsnäs, then boat. his name as a poet and artist.
Grinda is a leafy island, typical g from Strömkajen and Nybrokajen. Sandhamn has shops,
of the inner archi pelago. It has = 0 ∑ destinationsandhamn.se handicraft centres, and a
some excellent beaches and swimming pool. Guided tours
rocks for swim ming, as well as Over the past 200 years Sand- can be arranged. Camping is
good fishing. Boats and bicycles hamn, on Sandön, has been a not permitted, but hotel, bed-
can be hired, making it an ideal meeting point for sailors, par- and-breakfast and chalet
place to visit while exploring ticularly yachting enthusiasts. accommodation is available.
the archipelago. It takes about The Royal Swedish Yacht Club
one and a half hours by boat has been based at Seglarrest-
from the city. aur angen (Sailors’ Restaurant) q Utö
The architect Ernst Sten- for more than 100 years. Every 50 km (31 miles) SE of Stockholm.
hammar (1859–1927), who year the world’s yachting elite Tel 08-501 574 10. g in summer,
designed the Grand Hôtel (see flock to Sandhamn to take part from Strömkajen. = 0
p81), built a large Jugendstil villa in the Round Gotland Race. ∑ utoturistbyra.se
here, which is now a restaurant Once a pilot station, Sand-
and pub and has guest rooms. hamn is a charming village No other island in the
There are chalets for rental, a with narrow alleys and houses archipelago has as rich a history
campsite and a youth hostel adorned with decorative carv ings. as Utö, which was inhabited
in a former military barracks. There are now about 100 perma- before the Viking era. In the
nent residents. The Customs 12th century the islanders
House, built in 1752, is a listed started to mine iron ore, and
9 Finnhamn this activity con tinued until
1879. Their story is told in the
40 km (25 miles) NE of Stockholm.
Tel 08-542 462 12. g from Mining Museum adjoining the
Strömkajen and Nybrokajen. = 0 hotel. Today’s holiday homes
along Lurgatan were built as
Finnish ships used to moor at miners’ cottages in the 18th
Finnhamn on their way to and century. A wind mill, built in
from Stockholm. This attractive 1791, provides an unrivalled
group of islands lies two and a view of the island.
half hours by boat from the city Utö is one of the best sea side
at the point where the softer resorts in the Stockholm area,
scenery of the inner archipelago and is ideal for a week end or
gives way to the harsher full-day excursion. Its facilities
landscape of the outer islands. include a variety of restaurants.
As on Grinda, the main island The hotel’s restaurant is sited in
has a wooden villa designed the old mine offices.
by Ernst Stenhammar (1912). Hotel, youth hostel, camping,
Today it is the largest youth chalet and bed-and-breakfast
hostel in the archipelago. accommodation are all
There is a restaurant, chalets available. Bicycles, rowing boats
for rental and a campsite. and canoes can be hired, and
Smaller islands nearby are Smooth rock formations at Utö in the there are also regular fishing
accessible by rowing boat. southern archipelago trips and archipelago safaris.

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