From floating hotels and crayfish feasts to kayak expeditions and secluded island retreats, exploring Sweden’s Bohuslän archipelago is a pure connection to the rawness of Swedish nature. Set similarly on the sea-battered western coast, Sweden’s Bohuslän archipelago comprises a cavernous collection of about 10,000 islands, skerries and inlets, only an hour’s drive from Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg. Photograph: Per Petersson/imagebank.sweden.seIn winter, west Sweden’s thick forests of pine and spruce are snow-dappled and its coastline covered in ice sheets. Sweden's wild western coastline. Sweden’s not just snowy peaks, noir dramas and Ikea cosiness in the darker months, the west Sweden coastline truly comes into its own once summer hits.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2019 06:56 UTC