National Geographic Traveller - UK (2019-09)

WEST SWEDEN SEPTEMBER 2019 Welcome to the good life ADVENTURE • FOOD • CITY ...

ILLUSTRATION: NIK NEVES ...

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BOHUSLÄN Home to one of the most striking stretches of coastline in the world, Bohuslän province in West Sweden is made for adve ...

BIG PICTURE West Sweden 2019 5 ...

IMAGES: ROGER BORGELID; JONAS INGMAN Marcus is pointing to the horizon, talking passionately about the bounty of the seas surrou ...

KAYAKING West Sweden 2019 7 ...

IMAGES: ROGER BORGELID, JONAS INGMAN CHRIS DOYLE Executive director of Europe & Central Asia, Adventure Travel Trade Associa ...

BEST OF THE WEST West Sweden has a wealth of activities for the adventurous, from island cycling to coastal hiking Hit the slope ...

Dalsland is just a two-hour flight from London — but feels light years away. I have dim memories of early starts, cramped trains ...

1 HIKE THE SOTELEDEN TRAIL This trail runs for 45 miles along beautiful forest, mountain and coastal scenery, and is divided int ...

FISH, FORAGE & FIKA Whether you’re scouring the forest floor for chanterelles or kicking back with coffee and kanelbullar, a ...

IMAGES: MADELEINE LANDLEY CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Oysters from Grebbestad; foraging wild seaweed with Catxalot; harvested seaweed, ...

The Edible Country This new initiative turns the countryside itself into a gourmet restaurant while celebrating wild resources a ...

IMAGES: AMPLIFYPHOTO-MARKUS HOLM; ULF SVANE; MADELEINE LANDLEY THREE TO TRY 1 MEATBALLS Arguably the best in Sweden, the köttbul ...

It may not have Stockholm’s Hanseatic hauteur, but Gothenburg’s blithe, briny spirit shines through its wonderfully eclectic pat ...

See & do Hop aboard tram #9, from downtown to Klippan, where former dockside salting houses and foundries are now home to cu ...

Eat LINDHOLMEN STREET FOOD MARKET:^ Saturdays see street food trucks and stalls selling platters of fish, burgers and creations ...

Need to know The West Sweden region stretches from Gothenburg in the south to the Norwegian border in the north, from the strait ...

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. West Sweden is full of amazing places and mindblowing things to see and do. And best of all, there’s ...