Stockholm Archipelago Day Trip

The Stockholm archipelago contains 30,000 islands, islets, and rocks stretching 150 km from the city into the Baltic. The Waxholmsbolaget ferry service connects the inner islands from Strömkajen (central Stockholm) - a single fare is SEK 75. The most accessible day trips: Vaxholm (a 75-minute ferry, the medieval fortress island that controls the main shipping channel, the painted wooden houses, the 19th century fortress museum), Sandhamn (2.5 hours by fast ferry, the sailing village at the outer edge of the archipelago, sand beaches, the long walk around the island), and Grinda (1 hour, forest, beaches, a youth hostel and hotel in old farmhouses). The best experience of Stockholm that is not in the city.