{"id":501,"date":"2023-12-04T11:14:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/?post_type=bookspotprodukt&#038;p=501"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:38:58","slug":"the-gothenburg-tour","status":"publish","type":"bookspotprodukt","link":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/en\/bookspotprodukt\/the-gothenburg-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gothenburg tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Gathering in Grundsund for tour planning, safety practices and packing<\/h3>\n<p><strong>This summer we will offer this tour on request. If you are a group of 3 or maximum 6 you are very welcome to mail us about a starting date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will meet in Grundsund, often at 10 o\u2019clock on Sunday, having a fika (Swedish coffee break) together and talk about the following days. The weather forecast is discussed for the tour planning. After the meeting we do some safety and paddle technique practice before lunch.<\/p>\n<h3>Getting started<\/h3>\n<p>The afternoon is filled with packing of the kayaks and then we leave the Grundsund harbor, heading south. The length of the days, time spent in the kayaks, are decided in relation to the wind and the waves. Therefore no camping spots is mentioned in detail.<\/p>\n<h3>Tour description<\/h3>\n<p>The first night is spent somewhere outside Orust Island .<br \/>\nOn day nr. two we pass Orust and paddle along the west side of Tj\u00f6rn Island. We might find a nice spot on the west or south side of Tj\u00f6rn the following night.<br \/>\nDay nr. three we reach Marstrand, a famous Island south from Tj\u00f6rn. We have a guided tour on the \u201ccastle\u201d and the village around. The location is rich with west Sweden history. In the afternoon we reach a nice Island south from Marstrand to spend the evening and night.<br \/>\nDay nr. four is a day where we paddle outside Hisingen Island, reaching the north archipelago of Gothenburg where there will be a night nr. four, somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning of the fifth day we have to find out if the weather lets us visit the Vinga Island at the entrance of Gothenburg harbor. If it does, we will be greeted by a the lighthouse and the day beacon, a big, red pyramid shape, and a well known siluett for all the big and small sailors passing into Gothenburg. Our afternoon is spend paddling over the highways of the sea reaching the south archipelago of Gothenburg where our last night is supposed to be placed.<br \/>\nThe following day we do a nice paddle tour in the archipelago and in the afternoon we paddle into the amazing entrance of the harbor of Gothenburg. We are heading for the central parts of the city where the tour ends.<\/p>\n<h3>End of tour<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to remain as a visitor in Gothenburg, please do. Ask us for help and recommendation if you like. If you want to get back to Grundsund we will bring you back by car.<\/p>\n<h3>Packing<\/h3>\n<p>Packing list for a 6 day paddling is to be found as an attached file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 6-days paddling from Grundsund into Gothenburg City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":107,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"bookspot_produktkategori":[],"class_list":["post-501","bookspotprodukt","type-bookspotprodukt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bookspotprodukt\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bookspotprodukt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bookspotprodukt"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bookspot_produktkategori","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balanspunkten.nu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bookspot_produktkategori?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}