From Kobba klintar, a former pilot station at the entrance to Mariehamn harbor, you can watch the large ferries sail into the harbor from the open sea.

Åland -- so close, so similar, yet so different. The archipelago resembles the Stockholm archipelago with the major difference of being very little developed.

The Femöre peninsula is a nature reserve near the center of Oxelösund, beautifully situated with magnificent views over the open sea and archipelago.

The artists Bruno Liljefors, Anders Zorn, and Albert Engström, the flying baron Carl Cederström, and the newspaper magnate Torsten Kreuger (brother of the financier Ivar) could not have been wrong when they staged their hunting...

Häradsskär stands as the last outpost in the south of the broad Östgöta archipelago. Here you encounter the open sea with an endless horizon from the bare cliffs where the Heidenstam lighthouse from 1863 guides...

It is important to think about how you store your kayak – whether it is for a shorter period or if you are putting it away for winter storage.

Start and finish: Trosa havsbad and Sollenkroka brygga.

I leave the calm, safe waters of Falsterbokanalen and come out into the southern Baltic Sea. People in an oncoming motorboat shout something inaudible.

There is a wide variety of different kayak paddle models and it can therefore feel difficult to find the right one.