When the Nämdö Archipelago becomes Sweden's first marine national park on the east coast. With the protected area, Sweden will gain a new national park that offers unique nature experiences in the Baltic Sea's sea and archipelago landscape.
The Nämdö archipelago can be described as a unique marine wilderness that extends over 25,000 hectares, where a full 97 percent consists of water. Here, about an hour's boat ride southeast of Stockholm, there are over 1,000 islands, islets and skerries that together form one of the Baltic Sea's largest continuous archipelago landscapes.
For visitors, the Nämdö archipelago offers experiences where silence, vastness and nature leave their mark, whether you come by kayak or by boat and pitch a tent for the night. It also offers a living cultural heritage with picturesque villages, quaint fishing huts, restaurants, hostels, glamping and hostels – not least on Bullerö, where the artist Bruno Liljefors had his hunting lodge.
Opening in September
The official inauguration of the Nämdö Archipelago National Park will take place on September 5. The week before, from August 30 to September 7, nature experiences, guided tours and maritime explorations will be arranged for both the public and the press. The purpose of the new national park is to protect and make accessible the rich biodiversity that hides in the archipelago, the seaweed forests and the underwater landscapes.
The Nämdö Archipelago will become Sweden's 31st national park and one of the most water-rich protected environments in the entire Baltic Sea region.
Available from Stockholm – all summer
It is easy to get to the Nämdö archipelago from Stockholm during the summer months of June to September with Waxholmsbolaget's boats. The shipping company Båttaxi offers direct service to the archipelago's island world from Stavsnäs.
