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Skärhamn is home to the superb Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, a sleek waterside building housing exhibits by the likes of Arne Isacsson, whose watercolors…
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If you’re bewildered by the long-armed men, sexual imagery and goat-drawn chariots of µþ´Ç³ó³Ü²õ±ôä²Ô's prolific Bronze Age rock carvings, drop by Vitlycke…
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Boat trips run from Strömstad’s north harbour to the beautiful cluster of forested Koster Islands every 30 minutes from July to mid-August, less…
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Looming over town, Carlstens Fästning is a fortress built in the 1660s after the Swedish takeover of Marstrand and µþ´Ç³ó³Ü²õ±ôä²Ô. Marstrand's ice-free port was…
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One of Sweden’s largest, most magnificent stone-ship settings (an oval of stones, shaped like a boat) lies 6km northeast of Strömstad. There are 49 stones…
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Snow leopards, wolves and lynxes prowl Nordens Ark, a well-conceived safari park 12km northeast of Smögen. It shows off animals and plants from countries…
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This picture-perfect island boasts plenty of good swimming holes, some complete with floats and trampolines for the enjoyment of those frolicking in the…
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Open by appointment only (contact the tourist office), the Romanesque stone Skee Kyrka is about 6km east of Strömstad and has a 10th-century nave. There’s…
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This small, rocky, windswept island is home to a historic lighthouse and a number of bird species. Its otherworldly landscape is great for photographers,…
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Havets Hus is an excellent aquarium with sea life from Gullmarn, Sweden’s only true fjord, which cuts past Lysekil. Peer at such cold-water beauties as…
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Passenger/cyclist-only ferry 847 (25kr) crosses the Gullmarn fjord roughly hourly to ¹ó¾±²õ°ì±ð²ú䳦°ì²õ°ì¾±±ô, of the cute cobbled streets and wood-clad houses. The…
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The tiny herring museum ('Sillebua') delves into the history of the island's canneries, salt houses and fishing industry, which peaked around 1750. It…
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Fishing boats unload their catches of prawns, lobsters and fish at the Smögen harbour. You can score some über-fresh shellfish if you get to the small…
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Out at the tip of the Stångenäs peninsula, the Stångehuvud Nature Reserve, crammed with coastal rock slab, is worth a stop for its secluded bathing spots…
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Housed in an old power station, this museum displays local photography and objects from nautical history.