Practical
Visiting
Stenungsund sits on the mainland shore of Askeröfjorden, an hour north of Gothenburg. Here is how to reach it, where to stay, and what is worth seeing if you have an afternoon.
Getting here
The journey
Göteborg Landvetter is the nearest international airport, about 55 km away. However you arrive, the last hour is by road.
By air
Göteborg Landvetter (GOT)
The region's international airport, with direct connections across Europe. Copenhagen and Oslo are the usual hubs for arrivals from further afield. From the airport it is about an hour by road: a taxi is the simplest way in, and worth booking ahead if you land late or there are four of you with sail bags. Hire cars are available at the terminal if you would rather have one for the week.
By road
E6 north, then route 160
North from Gothenburg on the E6, then west on route 160 across the Tjörn bridges. About an hour from the city. Crews driving down from Oslo should allow around three.
Staying
Where to sleep
Mid-June is high season on this coast and the local supply of beds is not large. Book early.
Recommended
Stenungsbaden Yacht Club
Stenungsund
Book here first. It is the closest hotel to the boats and to the regatta's social programme, it sits on the water with its own restaurants, and it is large enough to put most of the crews under one roof — which matters more than it sounds when the prize giving runs late.
IOD Fleet Sweden
Staying with the fleet
It is customary at these championships for the host fleet to put up visiting crews, and some beds with local sailors are expected to be available. How many is not yet settled. Details will follow closer to the event — please do not count on one until then.
Nearby
Worth the detour
Wednesday is a lay day, and anyone travelling with family will have time to fill all week. Everything here is within an easy drive.
Skärhamn, Tjörn
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet
The Nordic Watercolour Museum, a Falu-red building on the water with a programme of changing exhibitions. There is a swimming beach next door.
akvarellmuseet.orgTjörn
Skulptur i Pilane
Sculpture set across eight hectares of grazed hillside rather than a formal park. The high points give long views over the archipelago.
pilane.orgTjörn
Klädesholmen
A herring village since the 1590s, reached by road rather than ferry. At the peak of the trade there were twenty-five salting factories here.
vastsverige.comOff southern Tjörn
Åstol
A car-free island of white boathouses and narrow lanes, a short ferry from Rönnäng.
vastsverige.comSouth of Tjörn
Marstrand and Carlsten
A seventeenth-century fortress above one of Sweden's best-known sailing harbours. Park at Koön and take the small ferry across.
carlsten.seTjörn
Sundsby säteri
A seventeenth-century manor estate with walking trails, open fields and a café. The easiest half-day on the island.
vastsverige.comAn hour south
Gothenburg
Worth a day either side of the regatta if anyone is extending the trip.
goteborg.com