Destination 10 Islands - Göteborg/Gothenburg

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Ten unexplored islands of Gothenburg Sweden!

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Welcome to the north archipelago of Gothenburg.
A perfect place to be. Stunning nature! Swim, walk, bicycle, boat, sailing, drive, eat, drink, explore and see the absolute west best side of Sweden.
Öckerö kommun
Öckeröarna är 10 vackra öar i Göteborgs skärgård, omgivna i sin tur av småholmar. Rik på natur, djur, glada människor!

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Öckerö Municipality (Öckerö kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Öckerö on the main island, which is also called Öckerö.

The municipality consists of islands in the Northern Gothenburg Archipelago, just outside of Gothenburg. With a total area of 26.03 km² it is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden.

The municipality is one of very few in Sweden which has not been amalgamated and thus still has the same area as the unit formed out of a parish (socken) by the first local government acts of 1862. In the period 1915–1959 there were a number of municipalsamhällen (a sort of boroughs within a rural municipality handling matters of urban character) in the municipality.

Specifics
The municipality consists of ten year-round inhabited islands. They are considered to stretch from a renowned lighthouse called Vinga fyr up to the coastal town of Marstrand in the municipality of Kungälv. The ten islands are named:

1.Björkö
2.Fotö
3.Grötö
4.Hyppeln
5.Hälsö
6.Hönö
7.Kalvsund
8.Källö-Knippla
9.Rörö
10.Öckerö
N.B. that "ö" means "island" in Swedish, hence all names end with "ö". E.g. Björkö means "Birch Island".