The last stage of Roslagen offers hiking with fantastic views of the Åland Sea in varied terrain. Part of the stage runs along a small hilly landscape, partly over stone fields. Expect wonderful views, beaches and cliffs at Nothamn, Skottviken and Fjällboholmar.

From Sandviken's campsite up to Grisslehamn you walk in varied terrain along the Väddök coast.

After a short walk on a gravel road and through a forest, you arrive at Mälbyhamn. Just north of Mälbyhamn, you are met by shingle fields that have been shaped by the sea over thousands of years. The stone fields make the terrain a little tougher at times.

At Edebyhamn and Havsängen, the trail runs along a hilly landscape with forests, indented fields, pastures and small villages with plenty of holiday homes. An area of ancient limestone extends from here up to Flisberget and Skottviken in the north. The limestone outcrops harbour a unique flora and plenty of insects.

The fishing village of Nothamn used to be the largest fishing ground on the Väddök coast. Here, farmers fished for herring with seines and nets and tied eel traps. At Skottviken you walk directly onto the lovely sandy beach.

At the Tullviksbäckens nature reserve you will be met by a beautiful hiking trail. Tullviken is a popular spot for both anglers and surfers with a magnificent view of the Åland Sea. The trail continues past Kvarnsandsbadet where you will find a bath, toilet, jetty with bathing ladder, changing hut, fireplace and car park.

The Roslagsleden trail enters Grisslehamn along the shoreline at the artist and writer Albert Engström's studio, located on a cliff by the Åland Sea. The studio is painted white towards the sea and red towards the land, like a sea mark. On the way to the final destination, the Albert Engström Museum, the trail passes the summer-opened Kafé Kalaset, located in Albert's stables.

Once in Grisslehamn, you'll find a grocery store, fish shop, restaurants, cafés and Hotell Havsbaden. It is also a lively fishing harbour and home port for Eckerölinjen's ferries to Åland for further hiking along European hiking trail 6 to Kilpisjärvi in northern Finland.

Culture, nature and history

Gamla Grisslehamn was an important hub for Queen Kristina's postal route from 1638 between Stockholm and Åland and further east. A post office was built here in the 17th century, which was burnt down by the Russians in 1719. A new one was built, but when it burnt down, the new post office was built in what is now Grisslehamn. Rowing the mail across the Åland Sea claimed many lives. In memory of them, the Postrodden between Grisslehamn and Eckerö in Åland is organised every June.

In the past, Mälbyhamn was home to both a pyrites mine and an iron ore mine, the oldest about 400 years old. Today, water-filled mine holes and a round track where the horse's travelling power was used for the mining work can be seen next to the trail. Mining from the Vasa period effectively ceased in 1905, but formally continued until 1992.

The shingle fields just north of Mälbyhamn have been shaped by the sea over thousands of years and have been raised several metres up on land by land uplift.

Just south of Nothamn is an old limestone quarry with steep sides - a large marble quarry with several unusual minerals.