Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Skärhamn
and
Rönnäng
, in the southwest, are the island's main settlements; the small
tourist office
(
0304-60 10 16; Södra Hamnen;
noon-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-3pm Sat & Sun Jun-
Aug)
is located in Skärhamn.
Skärhamn's proudest feature is the superb
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet
( 0304-60 00
80;
www.akvarellmuseet.org
; Södra Hamnen 6; adult/under 25yr Skr80/free; 11am-6pm mid-
May-mid-Sep)
, a sleek waterside building housing changing exhibits by the likes of Julie
Nord, whose ink drawings bring to mind a darker, more nightmarish Alice in Wonderland,
and Lars Lerin's compelling cityscapes, seemingly illuminated from within. The five ul-
tramodern cubes right over the water are guest cabins for the artistically inclined or those
looking for a quiet retreat (artists/public Skr500/1000), and the legendary fish dishes at the
Hamnen 6; lunches Skr160-180, 2-course dinner Skr245; from noon Jul-mid-Aug, shorter hours
rest of year)
are a perfect match with the archipelago backdrop.
Rönnängs Vandrarhem
( 0304-67 71 98;
www.ronnangsvandrarhem.se
;
Nyponvägen 5; s/d
Skr330/650; )
, an SVIF hostel in Rönnäng, about 1km from the ferry, is good and spa-
cious, with one sizeable kitchen and a rambling, country-home feel. There's a leafy terrace
for lazy summer barbecues.
Magasinet Härön
( 0304-66 40 20;
www.magasinetharon.com
;
2-/3-course lunch Skr275/
350, 5-course dinner Skr595; 11.30am-4pm & 5pm-late mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
, at the northwest end
of Tjörn, is the summer home of Göteborg chef Mats Nordström. His restaurant here, with-
in a stone's throw of the sea in an 1847 fisherman's
magasinet
(depot), becomes a bustling
hub in summer. Meals are appropriately seafood intensive and served with all the care of
Norström's established
Wasa Allé
. Take the passenger-only ferry from Kyrkesund to get
there.
The Tjörn-Express bus runs up to six times on weekdays from Göteborg's bus terminal
to Tjörn, calling at Skärhamn, Klädesholmen and Rönnäng. Bus 355 from Stenungsund
crosses the island to Rönnäng.
Klädesholmen
The 'herring island' of Klädesholmen, reachable via the bridge from the south of Tjörn, is
a mash-up of red and white wooden cottages. Its activity is fairly subdued due to the de-
parture of the herring (there were once 30 processing factories here, today just a handful),
