Utö Travel Guide: Hiking, Cycling, and History in the Stockholm Archipelago

Utö with views of the Stockholm archipelago on a sunny summer day.

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

Stockholm Archipelago Trail: complete guide for visitors

Green-tinted bay viewed from rocky pine-covered shore on the island Idholmen

The Stockholm Archipelago Trail is a 270 km long-distance hiking route connecting 20 islands across Sweden’s coastal waters, designed to help visitors explore the region’s diverse landscapes from north to south. In 2025, National Geographic featured Stockholm Archipelago in its Best of the World list, highlighting the newly opened Stockholm Archipelago Trail. The same year, … Read more

Hiking in the Stockholm Archipelago: 4-day itinerary

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