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wooden boats of Bohuslän.
Many of these boats can be
seen in the museum.
Every summer boating
enthusiasts converge on the
island for a nostalgic feast to
study the craftsmanship
involved in greater detail and
experience the life of a boatman
at the end of the 19th century.
There is a guest jetty in the Grundsund harbour, edged with original fishermen’s huts
former shipyard for visiting craft.
In summer boats run to Skaftö from the mainland. and in 1910 Gullholmen had a
Bassholmen from Uddevalla. Fiskebäckskil in Gullmarsfjorden fishing fleet of more than 50
is a seafaring community cutters. As the fishing industry
established at the end of the declined, so did the population
19th century, featuring a and summer residents have
captain’s house, richly decorated taken over many of the houses.
wooden cottages and romantic Gullholmen is a typical west-
gardens. It is also the site coast summer paradise.
of Kristineberg Marine Sights include the church,
Research Station. inaugurated in 1799, and the
The village of pilot’s lookout which was
Grundsund dates from dismantled in 1916, but
the 17th century. A is now being rebuilt.
canal runs through it Skepparhuset, a late
past the closely packed 19th-century captain’s
red fishermen’s huts on home with original
the lively quayside, so interiors, is well worth
Fiskebäckskil, a summer paradise on Skaftö typical of the west a look. South of
in Gullmarsfjorden coast. The small Weathervane, Gullhomen, as if thrown
wooden church, built Fiskebäckskil out to sea, lies the
w Skaftö in 1799, is well worth a completely barren
look. Delicious fresh Käringön. The island
Bohuslän. Road 161 towards
Fiskebäckskil. @ from Uddevalla. seafood is served in the is so bare that in the past earth
n Lysekil Tourist Office, 0523-130 50. harbourside inn. for its small churchyard had
to be transported from Orust.
The best way to see the island of The charming tightly packed
Skaftö is to walk or cycle around e Gullholmen houses are almost entirely used
it. The scenery varies between Bohuslän. * 150. 4 from Tuvesvik, by summer visitors and in the
fertile agricultural land, pine Orust. n Henåns Tourist Office, 0304- season the popular guest
forests and bare hills. Skaftö’s 33 44 94. ∑ sodrabohuslan.com harbour is bursting with life.
potatoes and strawberries are A fishing cottage houses a
justifiably famous. In the centre Dating from 1585, Gullholmen small museum. The island
of the island is Gunnesbo, a is one of the oldest fishing can be reached by boat from
favourite spot for children where communities in Bohuslän. In Hälleviksstrand or by ferry
pony rides and a mini-zoo can the mid-19th century one of from Tuvesvik.
be found. Sweden’s early canning factories
In the far south on the was set up here. Line fishing on E Skepparhuset
slopes running down towards the Dogger Bank in the North Tel 0304-570 70. Open six weeks in
the sea lies Rågårdsvik, a Sea produced good catches summer. Contact the tourist office.
small community overlooking
the wide Ellösefjorden and the
village of Ellöse, site of the
internationally successful Hallberg
Rassy shipyard. Rågårdsvik
Pensionat provides excellent
west-coast cuisine.
Between Skaftölandet and
Orust are the winding, narrow
Malö straits, made famous by
the songs of troubadour Evert
Taube, while the beautiful
Snäckedjupet separates Picturesque houses by the harbour in Gullholmen

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