Trysunda has its name from the great Scandinavian post-glacial rebound. Effectively, there was loads of ice (3 km thick) and everything got squeezed down a bit. Now the ice is gone and the land (mostly granite) bounces back. Makes perfect sense. The island of Trysunda was actually three islands in…
Ulvön is something truly special. As you walk along the main street, you feel like in a film set. All the houses vie for the best-kept house, Sweden-style. A must-see when you are in the area!
A must-see when you are in the area. Beautiful walks, stunning views and great outdoors! A fantastic day.
As an Austrian with some experience in how a mountain can be turned into tourist-money, I have to doff my cap to the enterprising people of Docksta. The mountain is not more than 300 meters high, but they have: I decided to take the easy route up, which was quite…
After a couple of nights at Härnösand I had some Tatendrang and I got up at 4am to do some work-work and then left the harbour at 5:30 am. Another beautiful and easy 40 nm brought me to Docksta. This is where I found the friendliest Marina attendant so far.…
I am having a lot of luck with the wind on this journey. So far, I had to tack for about 2-3 hour. All the rest of the time, I had the wind from the stern. A beautiful sailing day got me over 50 mile north in less than10 hours.…
I am anchoring just in front of the Gasthamn today. The reason is a bit embarrassing to tell and goes like this. The harbour was pretty full when I arrived and all the bouys were taken. Some of them were only taken by a single boat and I could have…
You don’t see many of those in the Baltics. But this one was a real one, going randomly left and right and had seagulls chasing it. A real raretity!
I could see the dark cloud hovering above my destination for over an hour. I could see the occasional flash and hear thunder. All the while, I was in shorts and enjoying the sun. But when I got to the entry of the bay, I entered the weather cell. The…
Sometimes you see an island crowded by cormorants, that nest in its trees. The bird population is massive compared to the size of the island. This also means that the amount of bird droppings is vast and all the trees die as a result. It looks eerie. You can hear…