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The West Coast of Sweden

We want to look back at a wonderful and exciting landscape that we experienced on the West Coast of Sweden, surrounded by the Baltic Sea, archipelagos, and impressive nature....

Thursday, 16.01, Gothenburg - Stockholm

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Wednesday, 15.01, Copenhagen – Malmö – Gothenburg

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From Gothenburg to Habo

11.07.2017 8:30 am in Gothenburg Mileage: 5242 Outside temperature: 15°C sunny First, we went directly to Slottskogen Park with the motorhome for a walk, where we had the...

Skärhamn

We spent two wonderful days at our last proper campsite in Sweden. On the first day, we walked through the archipelago - rocky islands formed by ice ages. The rugged landscape...

Welcome back to Sweden

Auf nach Schweden! So langsam, aber sicher fahren wir wieder Richtung Heimat. Heute in einer Woche sind wir wieder zu Hause. Auf dem Weg zum heutigen Stellplatz in Kämpersvik...

At the bisons in Hjo and on the moose mountain.

The night before last, we were led to the bisons in Hjo. There you can stay directly on the farm with a magnificent view. From the mountain we could also watch the thunderstorm...

Day 5 - Koster Islands

08/09/2019. Today we went to the Koster Islands. The ferry ⛴ takes about 40 minutes from Strömstad. We were able to bring our bicycles. The journey through the archipelago is...

letzter Eintrag bis auf weiteres

Thursday: After our last stop in the archipelago (previous entry), we headed to Fjällbacka, to our (so far!!!) favorite campsite... Unfortunately, we found that its original...

Day 6 - Trollhättan

08/10/2019. Today we headed from Strömstad towards Lake Vänern. In Trollhättan, we arrived just in time to take part in a guided tour of the Olidan hydroelectric power plant....

Stopover - Strömstad - September 14th

Continue on the familiar E6 towards Oslo, which we have to leave temporarily because there is new construction going on! We notice that there are really a lot of Teslas here, it...

20.08. Oslo Holmenkollen

Today we have a trip to Norway on the program, we want to visit the ski jump at Holmenkollen. Oslo is not a small town, the traffic suddenly becomes really stressful, but we...

Day 3 - Gothenburg

07.08.2019 Today we visited the Maritiman Museum and the Universeum. The Maritiman Museum has several warships, civilian ships, and a submarine to see. Quite interesting, but a...

Goodbye Scandinavia

To conclude, we spent the last day in Slottsskogen, the city park in Gothenburg. There we were also able to say goodbye to the moose and reindeer before we drove to...

Day 4 - Tanumshede / Strömstad

08.08.2019. On the morning, we headed north almost to the Norwegian border. The weather was cool and rainy in some places, so we skipped stops at the beaches. In Tanumshede, we...

Autumn in Sweden - oops, but it's still summer 🥴 Campsite recommendation: 'Åråshult Camping'

Although we traveled to Sweden on Monday, we didn't really arrive until today (Friday) 😄 Until today, it has been cool with temperatures up to a maximum of 15 °C (honestly,...

Sweden 2020 - Day 2

After a mediocre night with very little sleep, we drove this morning (at 3:45 a.m.) by ferry from Fredrikshavn to Gothenburg and arrived at our destination - Ödskölt in Dalsland...

Day 2 - Gothenburg

06.08.2019. In the late morning, we left Malmö. Since it rained frequently on the way, we drove straight to Gothenburg. This gave us the opportunity to visit the city. The...

To the coast (03.09.2018)

After we had packed everything, we continued towards the coast, to Fjällbacka. When we arrived there, we first explored the town. There, we discovered a gorge (Kungsklyftan),...

Draisine ride in the Swedish nature (09/02/2018)

After waking up, we continued reading our books. After reading for about 1-2 hours, we decided to get up and do yoga. So we changed clothes and did our yoga exercises in the...

Öckerö: last evening in Sweden

After a beautiful day in Gothenburg, we spent the evening on the island of Öckerö. A safe (marina) harbor seemed like a better alternative to various parking spaces in...

West Islands!!!

In the morning, we left our super campsite without haste and still dry and made our way to the west coast. In the afternoon it's raining continuously here, which only reinforced...

Day 8 - Karlsborg

08/12/2019. At noon, we drove to Karlsborg to visit the fortress 🏰. It is beautifully located on a peninsula on Lake Vättern. We had booked a German-speaking guided tour. The...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Sooooo, after an exhausting day, I'm finally sitting in a super expensive hostel in Gothenburg. However, it's already 1:40, so I just want to refer to the future (hopefully...

Day 9 - Tiveden National Park II

13.08.2019. Today we especially enjoyed the peace and the magnificent nature of Tivenden. The highlight of the day was a canoe trip 🛶 on Lake Bocksjön.

Day 7 - Tiveden National Park

11.08.2019. We decided not to visit Läckö Castle and headed towards Tiveden National Park around noon. Unfortunately, our preferred campsite was already fully booked. So we...

Smögen (05.09.2018)

Today we explored Smögen properly. We walked through the town to the sea, where we had a picnic on some rocks. Meanwhile, we enjoyed a beautiful view of the archipelago. Then we...