PISCES

Ingmarsö & Brottö

These are living islands with about 180 residents and many businesses. There are boatyards, factories, farms, carpenters, contractors, shops, pubs and much more. It's easy to be active here with all the islands' hiking trails and you can walk, cycle, ride an Icelandic horse and kayak in Paradiset - a beautiful lagoon between Ingmarsö and Finnhamn.

Båt angör brygga på Ingmarsö

Where are the islands?
In the centre of the Stockholm archipelago.

Accessibility
The year in review

On-site services
Shop that also acts as an agent for pharmacies, chemists and post offices.
Guest harbour with service building with sauna and laundry
Infopoint

History of the programme
The island was already inhabited in the Middle Ages by 25 people. The first boatman was given the island at the end of the 17th century and his croft still exists. On the west side of the island there was a brickworks that was in operation in 1875 and 1900. In 2004, the County Administrative Board of Stockholm County established the first Brottö Archipelago Farming Cultural Reserve to preserve the small-scale farming that is so typical of how people have made a living in the archipelago. They also have Scottish Highland cattle, which are reminiscent of our older farm breeds. They are hardy cows that graze and keep reeds and weeds away from the coastal meadows.

See and do

  • Hiking
  • Cycling - bike hire
  • Riding Icelandic horses
  • Kayaking
  • Shop - crafts, interior design, gifts
  • Basta
  • Local History Museum
  • Lurkan village centre
  • Boatswain's cottage
  • Flora and fauna
  • Brottö archipelago agriculture - cultural reserve


Accommodation

Ingmarsö B&B in the old archipelago home of Norrgården
Holiday cottage rental

Food and drink
The bakery - open from morning to late evening with outdoor seating, breakfast, lunch, dinner, pizza, coffee
Ingmarsö Krog - good food and cosy hanging out in the bar or on the raft

How to get here
Cinderellabåtarna and Waxholmsbolaget provide regular boat services all year round from Stockholm, Vaxholm and Ljusterö. You can park your car on Ljusterö.
Boat taxi to Ingmarsö South and Ingmarsö North

Bridge coordinates59° 27.9N 18° 45.4E

Information:

MARK AS FAVOURITE

Love2

"In the bosom of Roslagen on the flowering island, where the waves lapping against the shore, and the reeds waving and freshly cut hay, it smells against me sometimes, there I sit on a bench in the bersong and watch terns and seagulls"

Evert Taube / Swedish composer,
writer and artist