Adventure in Nynäshamn, a quiet coastal town an hour south of Stockholm
I wanted to explore somewhere not within walking distance of my apartment, and after some cursory Google Earth research I took the commuter train to the end of the line.
It was a beautiful sunny day outside, and here you see the Södermalm shore as the we pulled away from central station and crossed the bridge til Slussen.
I arrived at Nynäsgård, one stop before the terminal station of Nynäshamn. My trip lasted an hour, which is an impressive distance to cover just by using the SL metro card and not having to pay extra. Nynäshamn has a big ferry terminal with boats going to Visby, a popular destination off the south-east coast of Sweden. I am definately going to make a trip there soon, hopefully beating the summer crowds.
I planned to go hiking through the wilderness (of course), and the second to the last stop was closer to the forest. I managed to record the GPS coordinates of my jouney and create an animated gif of the path I took. 18.5km, my new day record!
You can see I made my way east from the train station in the direction of the peninsula, and my goal was to essentially hike to the ocean at the end of it (it’s called Norvik on the map). I had to go through some residential neighborhoods at first.
Not really much to add. Just walking through the forest and making my way towards the ocean.
Unfortunately there’s an ugly factory that occupies a great portion of the land on Norvik, and I kept my distance.
Taking self pics like the one above requires creativity and luck 🙂
Getting closer to the water.
This forest was actually a bitch to walk through at times because it was very dry and dense, and you had to push your way through a lot of pine trees and things like that. There were also a shit load of spiderwebs and flying insects which were attracted to my red shirt, which turned out to be a terrible idea. The environment wasn’t lush and soft like the forests around Nacka, but more arid and rocky.
I finally made it to the water where an old copule was fishing.
The car road was closed by a gate and a sign showing some construction plans.
It was warm but not hot, and also a slight breeze was blowing. It was perfect outside.
Hardy har har just me again.
After stopping for a while at the water, I started hiking back up the hill and continued on further towards the edge of the peninsula, in the direction of the closed road.
I came down on the other side of the hill to a barren landscape, raised for something that hadn’t yet been built.
