The Dyron Trail
Another lovely Swedish hiking trail is on Dyron in the archipelago a little north of Gothenburg. Dyron’s a lovely island and the trail is laid out with a lot of style. Steps and boardwalks and handrails, beautiful views of the water. Rocky crags, ferns, and heather. It’s about 5 km to circumnavigate the entire little island.
This section of boardwalk leads to the waterside sauna, considered one of Sweden’s best and definitely one of the best I’ve ever used. Oddly, the island also has a small herd of introduced Mouflon Sheep living wild on the tiny island. The sauna I expected, the sheep I did not.
And the boardwalks are more extensive than I expected, built and maintained by volunteer retirees who call themself the Blue Men, though, regrettably, they do not dress like the Vegas lounge act. Boardwalks are a resource and labor intensive type of trail — 50 tons of wood provided by the European Union, countless hours of labor by the blue men — and I really appreciate the effort.
A wonderful little island and trail.
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