From Kobba klintar, a former pilot station, at the entrance to Mariehamn harbour, you can see the large ferries running into the harbor from the open sea.

Åland, so close, so similar yet so different. The archipelago is reminiscent of Stockholm's archipelago with the big difference of being very little exploited.

Halvön Femöre is a nature reserve near the center of Oxelösund and very scenically located with a wonderful view of the open sea and archipelago.

The artists Bruno Liljefors, Anders Zorn and Albert Engström, the air baron Carl Cederström, the newspaper man Torsten Kreuger (brother of the financier Ivar) could not have been wrong when they moved their hunting adventures...

Häradsskär is the last outpost of the wide Östgöta archipelago in the south. Here you meet the open sea with an endless horizon from the bare rocks where the Heidenstam lighthouse from 1863 guides sailors...

It is important that you think about how you will store your kayak - whether it is for a short period of time or if you are putting it away for winter storage.

Start and finish: Trosa sea bath and Sollenkroka jetty.

I leave the calm, safe waters of the Falsterbo Canal and come out into the southern Baltic Sea. The people in an oncoming speedboat shout something inaudible.

There is an abundance of different models of kayak paddles and it can therefore feel difficult to find the right one.