Arkösund is a small village on the
Swedish East Coast, on
Vikbolandet
Vikbolandet is a large peninsula east of Norrköping city in Östergötland, Sweden. The area is limited by Bråviken to the north, Slätbaken to the south and the Baltic Sea to the east. The biggest population center is Östra Husby with a po ...
peninsula,
Norrköping Municipality
Norrköping Municipality (''Norrköpings kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrköping, with some 90,000 inhabitants. It is the largest municipality in Östergötland.
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with 172 inhabitants in 2015.
Its population swells in the summer, when the yacht people arrive to anchor up in the
marina
A marina (from Spanish language, Spanish , Portuguese language, Portuguese and Italian language, Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a Dock (maritime), dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina dif ...
to shop for food. It is most famous for its
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
(
Sankt Anna archipelago, part of the
Östergötland archipelago
The Östergötland archipelago is the collective name of three archipelagoes located to the east of the shore of Östergötland, Sweden, spanning three municipalities. It consists of 8,888 islands. It measures more than from north to south and ...
) — many small islands easily reached by boat from the harbour.
During the summer season of 2007 an estimated 40,000 tourists visited Arkösund.
References
External links
* http://www.arkosund.com/
Populated places in Östergötland County
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