Pink granite
By the sea.
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Kosterhavet National Park is a sea of rocky islands in Sweden's far west. Smooth grey and pink granite slopes into clear blue water, with meadows of purple heather, small lighthouses and red houses on the islands. It is Sweden's first marine national park, opened in September 2009, covering 400 square kilometres of sea and shore around the Koster Islands. It borders a Norwegian marine park to the north. It holds Sweden's largest seal colony, and more than 6,000 marine species have been recorded here, about 200 found nowhere else in the country. The Koster Fjord is 200 m deep. You take the ferry from Strömstad to the Koster Islands, then walk or cycle the island paths, swim from the rocks and join a boat trip to see the seals. It is about 14 km in a straight line west of Strömstad. There are no cars on the islands, so plan to get around on foot or by bike.
By the sea.
By boat.
By bike.
Koster Islands, near Strömstad, Bohuslän
By ferry from Strömstad.
No, walking and bikes only.