Large and small, green and inhabited. Connected by ferries - and just right for travelling by bike. TREKKINGBIKE has researched attractive routes through the city and its rocky front garden.
Info: Stockholm/Skerries
Arrival
Car/boat:
Unfortunately, the ferries do not land in Stockholm, and the Swedish railways do not take bicycles on their own. This means: rent a bike or travel by car and boat or by plane. Ferry information at http://www.stenaline.de, http://www.ttline.com, http://www.scandlines.de
aeroplane:
Stockholm Arlanda International Airport is served frequently by many airlines. Inexpensive flights from Germany are available from Flynordic .
Archipelago boats:
From Stockholm city centre to the archipelago islands and between them, you can take one of the scheduled boats operated by Waxholmsbolaget, tel. 0046/8/679 58 30; http://www.waxholmsbolaget.se Not all boats have space for bicycles. It is therefore advisable to discuss your travel plans with the shipping company's office at the landing stage.
Accommodation
Private youth hostels or those run by the STF offer an alternative to hotels. The standard is usually higher than that of German youth hostels, double rooms are available and there are no age limits. Information on this (also in German) via http://www.stfturist.se Tel. 0046/8/4632100.
Stockholm: Långholmen Vandrarhem, tel. 0046/8/6680510; mailto:vandrarhem@langholmen.com . Overnight stay from approx. 20 euros.
Island of Värmdö: Lillsved Vandrarhem, S-13990 Värmdö, tel. 0046/8/54138530. Overnight stay in a double room about 30 euros.
Near Gustavsburg: The church conference centre "Graninge Stiftsgård", Granningevägen 30, 132 36 Saltsjö-Boo, Tel. 0046/8/7477171; mailto:bokningen.graninge@svenskakyrkan.se also accommodates tourists. Overnight stay in a double room with breakfast approx. 40 euros.
Bicycle service
Well sorted: Cykloteket, Norra Stationsgatan 75-77, tel. 0046/8/54549390; http://www.cykloteket.se
Cycle tour to the old lighthouse
Length: approx. 75 kilometres.
From the centre of Stockholm (green signs) to the south, then the red signposted Kustlinjen southwards to the harbour town of Nynäshamn with its famous historic lighthouse. The route avoids the busy road no. 73. Return to Stockholm by local train - one of the few trains that can take bikes!
Maps
Stockholms Skärgård, scale 1:80,000, Kartförlaget Ingår i Lantmäteriet, ISBN 91-588- 4107-5, approx. 12 euros Cykla i Stockholms City, 1:12,000, published by Liber Kartor, approx. 8 euros; cycle map for Stockholm from the Swedish Cycling Federation Svenska Cykelsällkapet
Information
Visit Sweden: Box 90, S-88122 Sollefteå,. Tel. 069/22 22 34 96, http://www.auf-nach-schweden.com ; http://www.visit-sweden.com
About Stockholm: Stockholm Visitors Board, Drottninggatan 33, Tel. 0046/8/508 285 00, mailto:info@svb.stockholm.se , http://www.stockholmtown.com
