"Paddling through the inky blue water in Stockholm's outer archipelago, all I can see is scattered islands and birds. Some of the islands are mere skerries rocky outcrops and reefs so small they can host but a single cormorant drying its outstretched wings while others, such as our target Bulleron, can be a mile or more in length, with historic fishing huts, summer cottages and wooden jetties sitting among their smoothly weathered rocks and windswept forests."
"It is Sweden's second marine national park, alongside Kosterhavet on the west coast, and its creation was approved by Swedish parliament in June this year, a summer in which the country also banned bottom trawling the destructive fishing practice that Sir David Attenborough has likened to bulldozing a rainforest from its marine national parks and nature reserves by July 2026."
Sea kayaking in the outer Stockholm archipelago passes scattered islands, from tiny skerries and rocky reefs to larger islands like Bulleron with historic fishing huts, summer cottages, wooden jetties, smoothly weathered rocks and windswept forests. Namdoskargarden is a newly established marine national park covering 25,000 hectares (97% water) that begins on the outer archipelago and stretches into the Baltic Sea. It is Sweden's second marine national park alongside Kosterhavet, and its creation received parliamentary approval in June. Sweden has banned bottom trawling in marine national parks and nature reserves by July 2026, and the park aims to combine ecological protection with low-impact visitor access.
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