Sandhamn is a small island on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden only 27 hectares wide, walk around the island takes less than two hours. But here is the Stockholm island residents often admiring each referring to, because it is a perfect destination to enjoy the beauty and peace of the island are covered throughout the four seasons of the year.
In about 30,000 islands in Stockholm, the island is only about 1,000 people live there, and each island to take a particular beauty lies in the Baltic Sea, parts of the island is covered by jungle. One of the contributing factors for the country to become the Swedish national high proportion of the world's forests. Sandhamn is no exception when the island has an area of about 90% is forested, and is one of the three most important deep-water port connected to the Baltic Sea from Stockholm beside other ports and Soderarm Landsort. With a population of under 200 people, but every year more than 100,000 Sandhamn welcome visitors from around the world. That brief statistics that I know about through the introduction of Sandhamn Marie - a colleague working in magazine Dagens Arbete in Stockholm - with fine words and describe the pristine beauty of Sandhamn on as there is a heaven boundaries. And, if I'm not going to be a huge regret.
Going through sea ice
From the central station in the capital, Stockholm, I went straight Sandhamn bus. An hour later, I arrived at the port for transferring media, dedicated to Sandhamn aboard. Call the dedicated vessel, by day I arrived Sandhamn, seasonal weather is still frosty, frozen sea surface to 20 cm thick layers, icebreakers have to be able to move back and forth above the sea.
Both the white sea ice reflects dawn slowly broke up into blocks by moving the entrance of the ship, the engine runs smoothly, only echoes the language of the iceberg ROP chrome bow was ripped. And, making the sea surface vibrate, move her to break the ice bucket in the other, the sound and image spectacular voyage through the Sandhamn.
Sunny up gradually, serving aboard the drinks and snacks to passengers can bring onto sunny deck, enjoy the natural scenery as the ship crept between the small islands in the Baltic Sea before the Sandhamn . After more than an hour, the beauty that I ever imagined Sandhamn looming on the horizon, where the snow between the emergence of an array of blue sea, dotted small houses painted red, the other is sails of the yachts are moored.
Icebreakers in the Baltic Sea are the way to Sandhamn
Leaving the pier, landed Sandhamn island, see information at a station with panoramic maps Sandhamn next great way for people to observe and orient means to discover the route of pristine forest and sea information in Sandhamn. Based on the map, can be summarized in Sandhamn services: a lighthouse, two restaurants, a hotel, a village with about 200 rooftops, a pilot station on the sea, a yacht club, Royal Gia Sweden, a museum located near the customs office marine edge design Sandhamn residents set up in 1966 ... all the rest is forest.
As the island paradise place
Based on the map, I chose to journey from the village to the south east of the island's most beautiful beaches is Trouville. It takes 20 minutes walk from the main harbor of the island, the beauty of Trouville beach with white sand stretches, several villas scattered coastal, alternating between the forest canopy, walking on the edge of the sea that thought was lost on a desert island by such a body. The landscape was fantastic, a place to soak wild with natural end.
Sandhamn only a unique path around the island to welcome visitors throughout the four seasons of the year, but winter is the time of summer visitors. When the pier was also the busiest day of the boats, forest campgrounds will be crowded and fun. Winter travelers more deserted, island view of the snow gave way to color white, slow pace of life on the island, around the streets of the village houses are just silent door closing, such as traveler's paradise lost worlds absolute serenity in the midst of nature Sandhamn.
I returned to the village after more than half wandering around the island, winding country road, connecting the house to the age of about 50, each house a strange architecture, pretty small, making the overall coastal village. The owner of the house in Sandhamn is the rich, only to Sandhamn summer break, the rest of them over the years for workers to take care, repair and maintenance of the house. Therefore the total number of 200 permanent residents on the island, the accounting profession is the most number of carpenters, followed by sailing and yachting.
The lunch I chose a restaurant to enjoy a free meal with delicacies typical Swedish style. Värdshus with old furniture and cozy where I can observe the beauty Sandhamn through glass windows, there is more food fried herring (Herring fish) served with jam and mashed potatoes - a Nordic specialties of Swedish citizens. Sitting sipping delicious side dish full of friendly guests, leaves me more interesting experience in a journey to discover the wild beauty of Sandhamn.
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