Within a few hours from Stockholm City there is a new world made up of more than 30000 islands, an area with a strong cultural heritage with a varied and unique nature: the ‘Stockholm Archipelago‘. The Stockholm Archipelago Trail is a unique 270 km hiking trail over 21 islands in the Stockholm Archipelago: on the trail, every island will offer you a hiking experience that will be engraved in your soul. From Arholma in the north to Landsort in the south, every section of the trail is unique and can be reached by the public ferry transportation system. A trail that connects our past with our future, as we move along paths that have been walked for hundreds of years. The islands in the Stockholm Archipelago are riddled with paths and trails, some lead somewhere and some lead nowhere, some are used today, some were used hundreds of years ago: the sections are created by tying together existing trails, either made by humans or animals. Not only do you move between the sections by boat, you can also reach the different sections from various places on the mainland and from other islands.
You can choose to spend one day on the trail, or up to two weeks for the full experience; you can choose to do it the hard-core way and camp in the existing campsites or stay at cosy hotels and inns along the way. Whatever you choose, you will go home with new horizons. The purpose of the trail is to care for the sensitive nature in the archipelago by managing the flow of people on the islands to create order; to highlight the culture and to create possibilities for more to subside in the archipelago. Since 2014, ‘Stockholm Archipelago’ is a partnership organisation for the eight Stockholm Archipelago municipalities, The Archipelago Foundation, Region Stockholm and the County Administration. “Stockholm Archipelago Trail” is financed by The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. The authority for Stockholm Archipelago Trail is “Stockholm Business Region”, a partnership organisation for the Stockholm Archipelago.
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