Utö is one of the more versatile islands you can visit in the Stockholm archipelago. There are forests and rocky coastlines to hike through, long gravel roads that make the island particularly good for cycling, several places to swim, and enough restaurants, cafés, and accommodation that you don’t have to plan your trip around what … Read more
Möja is the kind of island that makes you realize you’ve truly left Stockholm behind and have finally arrived in the archipelago for real. Why Möja? Part of a massive maritime landscape of 30,000 islands, Möja is located in the outer part of the central Stockholm archipelago. It is not the place for nightlife or … Read more
Finnhamn is one of those rare archipelago islands where the forest, the farmland, and the sea all sit side by side. A large part of the island is a nature reserve, and the hiking trails move between dense pine forest, open meadows, and rocky clifftops above the water. It is one of the most visited … Read more
In 2025, National Geographic featured Stockholm Archipelago in its Best of the World list, highlighting the newly opened Stockholm Archipelago Trail. The same year, TIME Magazine promoted the Stockholm Archipelago Trail in its World’s Greatest Places 2025 list. The unique long-distance hiking route lets you experience the variety of the archipelago all the way from … Read more
In October 2024, the Stockholm Archipelago Trail (SAT) opened. For the first time in history, the archipelago links more than 20 islands across 270 km (168 miles) in a coherent sequence of trails with clear waymarks. Trails that locals have been hiking for decades, but that were often tricky for outsiders to follow, are now … Read more
