Nämdö

Nämdö is one of the smaller of the large islands in the Stockholm archipelago. It is about 4 miles long and a little less than 2 miles wide. Though the bedrock is seen everywhere there is also some farmland. Those areas marked with yellow color on the map were used as farmland in the 1930's. Until the 1950's there were four farms and a small market garden on Nämdö. On all these places they had cows. Most of the farmland is still open without any trees and bushes. Parts of northern Nämdö is owned today by Skärgårdsstiftelsen, a public service organization. On that area is a farm "Östanvik" with cows, sheep and chickens. During the summer the sheep and cows graze both on Nämdö and on the small islands outside Nämdö.

About 50 people are living all the year round on Nämdö and another 50 on the surrounding islands. There is a school in Sand at Nämdö but not for children in senior high school. They have to visit the main land and live there during the work week.

A local shipping company "Strömma Kanalbolaget" runs a tour around the skerries each day from Midsummer until the middle of August. This tour named "1000 öars kryssning" (The tour of the 1000 islands) is run with a renovated old steamship, Waxholm III, though it has a modern engine today. This ship departs from Stockholm in the morning, passes through "Stäket" at Saltsjöbaden and then visits Kymmendö, Nämdö, Bullerö, Sandhamn and Vaxholm. It is back in Stockholm in the evening.

Vegetables are grown not only at Östanvik but also at Västerängen.

At Solvik, a little bit north of Sand, there is a general store where you can buy food. There are also lots of other things found at a general store like common nails but also big nails to be seated into the rock (used when building jetties). Moreover, you can find some medical supplies and also order liquor, wine and beer and then usually collect it two days later. (In Sweden we are supposed to plan our liquor, wine and beer drinking, preferably several days in advance.) Opening hours and days varies depending on the season.
During the summer you can visit a restaurang, "Hamnkrogen", next door to the general store.

See also www.namdo.nu for more information in Swedish

Facilities
Company	Contact	Address	Information
Lodgings
Hotel
Idöborg		Nämdö Tel 08-571 590 66   Fax 08-571 591 68	Conferences & Retreat
Cottages
Solvik		tel 08-571 560 17
Bergvik		tel 08-571 564 71
Bed & Breakfast
Wästeräng	Doris or Wilma	tel 08-571 565 43 tel 08-571 565 21
Eating
Nämdö Hamnkrog	Mats G. Segerström	Solvik, Nämdö tel 08-571 561 57 next door to the general store	In the old bakery at Solvik. Simple, well cooked meals in a cosy archipelago setting. During the summer
Other
Anchorage	59°12,6 N 18°42,9 E	Skärvassasundet	The best choice is Långvik.
Provisions Guns Livs	Kerstin Carlsson	Box 41  130 36 Nämdö  Tel 08-571 56017 Fax 08-571 56336 e-mail	For more information in Swedish about the general store and their services, click here or here (two different web sites).