{"id":223,"date":"2016-06-06T22:11:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T22:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2016-06-29T22:13:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T22:13:59","slug":"what-is-the-stockholm-archipelago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"What is the Stockholm archipelago?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"napoleonsviking<\/p>\n

The Stockholms Sk\u00e4rg\u00e5rd, or Stockholm archipelago, was described in one sailing magazine as \u2018a delicious chocolate box of 30,000 alluring granite islands, each with its own character, history and wildlife.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The islands, which stretch east from the nation’s capital, Stockhom, forms the central section of a larger archipelago of over 100,000 islands \u2013 the world\u2019s largest. Summer temperatures can hit the mid-to-high 20s Celsius and the weather is temperate. In summer there\u2019s a 25 per cent chance of winds reaching Force 5 but the water stays invitingly flat and you\u2019re never far from a lee. Tides are all but non-existent due to the Baltic\u2019s narrow entrance. What flow there is runs outward and is brackish, due to meltwater run-off further north. At greater depths, salt water flows in from the North Sea.<\/p>\n

The most popular section of this fabulous cruising ground contains 30,000 islands, islets, wherries and rocks – from Grisslehamn in the north to Landsort in the south – each with its own character. Rugged nature blends with wooded islands, rocky cliffs and sandy beaches. You can explore uninhabited islets as well as islands with new communities and ancient villages, where large houses and small cottages stand side by side.<\/p>\n

One of Sweden\u2019s literary heroes, August Strindberg, himself a regular visitor, described the archipelago thus\u201d \u2018These islands, holms, skerries lying so softly on the water it was impossible to say whether they were part of the earth or part of the heavens.\u2019<\/p>\n

Amen to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Stockholms Sk\u00e4rg\u00e5rd, or Stockholm archipelago, was described in one sailing magazine as \u2018a delicious chocolate box of 30,000 alluring granite islands, each with its own character, history and wildlife.\u2019 The islands, which stretch east from the nation’s capital, Stockhom, forms the central section of a larger archipelago of over 100,000 islands \u2013 the world\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wHME-3B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":352,"url":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=352","url_meta":{"origin":223,"position":0},"title":"The Swedish Archipelago: what you really need to know","author":"Becoming Salty","date":"August 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Stockholm Sk\u00e4rsg\u00e5rd, or Stockholm archipelago, was described in one sailing magazine recently as \u2018a delicious chocolate box of 30,000 alluring granite islands, each with its own character, history and wildlife.\u2019 For the sailor, it's a fabulous cruising ground that can be visited again and again. 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