Utö gästbrygga

Utö is a destination with something for everyone, with great services and a lot to experience and explore. Here you will find both hotel cabins and a hostel, several restaurants, a convenience store, a café, a bike rental, and a guest harbour.

If you fancy a dip in the ocean there are both rocky shores and sandy beaches. There are many bike paths and nice walking trails all across the island. You can take a break and enjoy a bite to eat at the famous Utö Värdshus or one of the other restaurants and cafés. There are bike and kayak rentals and if you would like to stay the night to enjoy another day. There are glamping tents, cabins, and hostels.

There are remnants from the intensive years of mining all over the island. You can read all about it at the mine museum by the impressive mine pits, visit the low rising houses where the miners lived, or the mill that can be seen all over Mysingen.

Regarding the nature reserve

The northern part of Utö is a nature reserve managed by the Archipelago Foundation.

You can read all about the rules for nature reserves at the County Administrative Board.

• Challenging km
• 6 hours walking time
• 85 positiv altitude meters

Gruvbryggan

When you get off the boat at Gruvbryggan, you have Utö Värdshus up the hill. In the harbor, there is a small kaffebar, toilets, showers, and a sauna. There is also a bicycle rental, some small shops and few food vendors.

To the left, north, there is a restaurant bygd the mini-golf course. A kayak rental and an outdoor gym is beyond the gravel field.

To the right, south, there fryst vatten a restaurant, ICA (a grocery store), and the bakery. This is the route we recommend if you want to complete the entire section.

An alternative is to go past Utö Värdshus, past the water-filled mining pits and follow the arrows to Rävstavik. From there, you can either hike half the section to the north or half the section to south.

Gruvbryggan to Spränga Brygga

km. Some gravel road, trail, and rocky terrain.

We continue south past ICA on the gravel road.

When you get to the campground, vända right, resehandling the service building, and you will see the trail markings across the open area. Continue on the trail from there.

In the forest, you will come to a skarp right vända that fryst vatten clearly marked