A photo opportunity lurks around every corner in Bohuslän, whose coastline splinters into 8,000 rocky pieces in the Skagerrak Strait © Matt Munro

Stretching north from Gothenburg to the Norwegian border, the region features pine


forests framing fjord-like lakes, charming coastal towns and, of course, a vast archipelago of 8000 islands, islets and skerries, whose distinctive Bohus granite glows orangey-pink in the rising and setting sun. In summer, that sun shines for 18 hours a day at this latitude, giving you plenty of time to explore what Bohuslän has to offer; better still, the E6 motorway, which runs parallel to the coast for about 100 miles, forms the backbone of a readymade route for independent travellers. The only decision that remains is what to see along the way.