Blekinge, our part of Sweden, has an archipelago made up of 1650 islands, skerries, and islets. Since April we have spent 4 months exploring the Blekinge archipelago and in total we have visited 16 islands. We have caught many boats, and had a lot of fun in the process. The fabulous summer weather made the adventures much easier for us, but it also meant that due to fire bans, not only in our county of Blekinge but around the whole country, the latter half of our adventures were without our trademark camp fires.
We have visited Aspö, Hasslö, Tjurkö, Långören, Hästholmen-Ytterön, Hanö, Senoren, Sturkö, Stenshamn and Utlängan, Torkö, Inlängan, Ungskär, Karön, Östra Bokö, Tärnö, and Tjärö. We have hiked trails, done some wild camping, visited lighthouses, been to a British cemetery, explored old buildings, Viking villages and a lot of forts, played in nature, enjoyed the Swedish outdoors summer laid back life style, Dadda has done some very high jumps into the water (8m and 12m), we have swum in a quarry, and done a lot of beach/sea play and swimming. 
Lots of memories have been made, along with a lot of learning!! The photos may show the shiny side of life, but don’t panic, we were not without squabbles, whinges, and strops. Not to mention the overwhelming tiredness that hits you once you have returned from one of these adventures only to have to sort out all the kit that goes with it. However, I think all five of us will say without a doubt, that these good and shiny photo memories are the ones that will be sticking with us, and overall the mission of exploring our islands of Blekinge turned out to be a huge success and well worth it! 
If you want to know about the background to these islands, how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, or about our adventures, just click on the links for that island. I hope I have inspired you to want to explore our beautiful corner of Sweden one day, and I will leave you with some highlight photographs. Enjoy the rest of the summer as we will be doing here in Sweden, and as my children’s ten weeks of sommarlov draws to a close, I can honestly say we have had a blast, but I may need some time to recuperate from having them home!
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It sounds like a great trip Sonia! I love the way you teach your kids to go hiking, camping and exploring the nature. Safe travel and wish you all the best!
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Ah thankyou! It is when we are at our best as a family and it is our happy place 🙂
You’ve certainly made me want to visit! Your photos are wonderful, it looks gorgeous!
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Ah thank you! It is stunning and so beautiful here
Oh wow this looks INCREDIBLE!! You look to have had the most amazing time, your photos are beautiful!
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Ah thank you….it is a very easy place to take photos of as it is stunning x
This is really right up our street. I would just love to explore these islands. It looks like you have had such an amazing time x
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It was such fun and the weather was amazing all summer. We really did enjoy finding these treasures in our area 🙂
This looks like such an amazing family holiday! I didn’t know what an archipelago was before this post so I’m quite happy to have learnt something new
This looks like such an amazing family holiday!!! I didn’t know what an archipelago was before this post so I’m quite happy to have learnt something new today
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Oh how lovely!! It was over the summer holidays, but it is in the county where we live in Sweden so we hadn’t gone away for it 🙂
4 months of exploring? Lucky you! It looks like you’ve had an amazing time!
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It was over the course of four months :-). Not back to back days!!
It looks really idyllic. I would love to visit there.
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It is beautiful and we had amazing summer sun
Looks incredible! I’m amazed at how many islands there are, the ones you have visited look absolutely beautiful xx
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They are and hoping to spend time this summer enjoying them all some more!