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real treat. However, continents may drift before you get served when the restaurant is busy.
The adjacent smokehouse is a great place to pick up slabs of gravadlax for a picnic.
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
( 0526-623 30;
www.stromstad.se
;
Ångbåtskajen 2; 9am-8pm Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm Sun Jun-Aug)
Sits just opposite the boat landing for the Koster Islands.
Getting There & Around
Buses and trains both use the train station near the southern harbour.
Västtrafik
(
www.vasttrafik.se
)
runs bus 871 to Göteborg (Skr170, 2¼ hours, three to four daily). Direct
trains connect Strömstad to Göteborg (Skr180, 2¼ to three hours, one to two hourly).
Color Line ferries run from Strömstad to Sandefjord in Norway (2½ hours).
'DOING' THE DALSLAND CANAL
The scenic Dalsland Canal crosses the eastern half of the Dalsland region and, while the
canal itself is only 10km long, it links a series of narrow lakes between Vänern and Stora
Le, providing a watery playground 250km long for boat enthusiasts and kayakers during
the summer months.
If you wish to captain your own boat, Harry Potter fans (and others!) can rent a Nimbus
(weekly rental only) and chug gently through tranquil rural scenery, negotiating locks en
route. Want to be a passenger? M/S Storholmenand M/S Dalslandiarun short passen-
ger trips along the canal from Håverud.
Want to paddle in glorious solitude? There are 10 locations along the Dalsland Canal
network where you can rent kayaks and canoes and all necessary equipment and get ad-
from Skr220), where you can also find accommodation. Not challenging enough? Then join
racing their canoes over a gruelling 55km course here in mid-August.
