James Proctor first travelled to West Sweden in 1986 and was smitten with Scandi-mania from the very outset. He's been back and forth ever since and currently spends several months every year in Sweden. Specialising in the Nordic countries, he has written a total of six guidebooks, including one to the whole of Sweden as well as Bradt's Faroe Islands and Lapland guides. James speaks fluent Swedish, which Swedes (and most other people) find quite baffling. Searching to understand why, they regularly ask whether he has a Swedish mother or father. Their incredulity only grows when they learn that he learnt Swedish by mistake -- attending the wrong lecture at university!

Contents Introduction When to visit, Wildlife, People, culture and etiquette, Costs and tipping, Getting there and away, Getting around, What to see and do Chapter 1 Gothenburg Orientation, Drottningtorget and around, West to the Gota river, The Riverside, Between the canals, Avenyn, Haga, Linne Chapter 2 Gothenburg Archipelago Branno and Galtero, Styrso and Donso, Vargo, Vrango Chapter 3 Bohuslan Coast Marstrand, Tjorn, Astol, Orust, Fiskebackskil, Lysekil, Smogen and around, Fjallbacka and around, Stromstad, Kosteroarna Chapter 4 Dalsland Dals-Langed and around Chapter 5 The Gota Canal and Around Sjotorp and Toreboda, Karlsborg and around Chapter 6 Vastergotland Lidkoping, Varnhem and around, Boras and around Appendix Getting Started in Swedish Index