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9 Uddevalla
Bohuslän. E6, road 44. * 36,000. £
@ ~ Trollhättan. n Uddevalla,
0522-58 71 78. _ Motocross World
Championships (first weekend in Jul),
West Coast Dance Festival (mid-Jul),
Uddevallakalaset (last weekend in Jul).
∑ uddevalla.com
The town of Uddevalla was
famous for shipbuilding on
a grand scale until the 1980s
when an economic crisis forced
the closure of its shipyard. Ornate carving on the façade of Restaurang Havsbadet, Lysekil
Uddevalla’s history dates from
1498 when it gained its town church’s restored ceiling in a Norwegian sense – to
charter. Its strategic location paintings date from the the south and Brofjorden to the
helped trade to flourish, but 18th century. The church is north, and here the sea has
also left it open to attack. It on road 161, 23 km (14 miles) always played a major role.
became Swedish in the Peace west of Uddevalla. The town’s aquarium, Havets
of Roskilde in 1658, as the Hus, is devoted to the marine
statues of Karl X Gustav and E Bohusläns Museum and plant life found off the
Erik Dahlbergh in front of the Museigatan 1. Tel 0522-65 65 00. Bohuslän coast. Around 100
old town hall testify. Among Open daily. Closed some public hols. different species of fish can
the town’s attractions, the 8 by arrangement. - 0 = be viewed in their natural
collections at Bohusläns E Skalbanksmuseet habitats. There is a walk-through
Museum focus on the cultural 5 km (3 miles) E of Uddevalla. aquarium and a multi-media
and natural heritage of the Tel 0522-65 65 00. Open Jun–Aug: centre. The town’s fishing
region. The museum is situated Tue–Sun. - traditions can also be
by the harbour, and includes experienced at the Hot Bulb
Konsthallen, a gallery for Engine Festival.
contemporary art. Sveriges 0 Lysekil
Sjömanshusmuseum Bohuslän. E6/road 162. * 7,500. E Havets Hus
concentrates on the history @ from Uddevalla. 4 from Strandvägen 9. Tel 0523-66 81 61.
of seafaring. Bohusläns Fiskebäckskil. n Strandvägen 9, Open Feb–Nov: daily.
Försvarsmuseum (Defence 0523-130 50. _ Hot Bulb Engine & 8 9 - = 7
Museum) has a soldier’s Festival (3rd weekend in Aug).
cottage among its exhibits. ∑ lysekil.se
Uddevalla also has a pleasant q Bassholmen
seaside promenade. When Lysekil gained its town Bohuslän. Road 161 towards
charter in 1903 the town Fiskebäckskil. @ to Källeviken, then
Environs was already an established 2 km (1 mile) walk and boat. g from
Nature lovers will enjoy the seaside resort. Buildings in the Uddevalla daily.  n Uddevalla,
unusual shellbanks and old part of Lysekil, Gamlestan, 0522-58 71 78.
museum devoted to them, are more than 200 years old.
Skalbanksmuseet, in Kuröd, A walk along Strandgatan The nature reserve on the island
outside Uddevalla. reveals the charm of this of Bassholmen, between Orust
The old church of Bokenäs old quarter. and Skaftö, is one of the high-
is originally from the 12th The 19th-century sea-bathing lights of the Bohuslän
century. The tower and the area has been beautifully archipelago. The landscape is
restored. There is a cold one of narrow valleys, leafy
bath house, Oscars meadows and pine forest, with
Festsal, and the Nordic- grazing horses and sheep. It is
style Curmanska Villas. a particularly attractive area
The rest of the town is for walking. In the centre of
dominated by the the island an old farm stands
large, Neo-Gothic amid parkland and trees.
granite church dating Bassholmen is also home
from 1901. to a number of traditional
Lysekil lies at the far shipbuilder’s yards, which
end of the Stångenäset come under the care of the
peninsula, with Föreningen Allmoge Båtar, a
Bohusläns Museum in Uddevalla with a display of old Gullmarsfjorden – society which works to preserve
working boats Sweden’s only real “fjord” and renovate the traditional
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp287–8 and p299

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