Fishingvillages: Fjällbacka, Grebbestad, Hamburgsund & Hunnebostrand ⛵

00:00 Fjällbacka
01:13 Petroglyphs in Tanum
01:30 Grebbestad
02:48 Hamburgsund
03:18 Hunnebostrand

Fjällbacka is a small fishing village in Tanum municipality, northern Bohuslän. The place takes its name from the large mountain called Fjället, which overlooks the village. The old part of the village with its picturesque archipelago buildings lies at the foot of the mountain by the sea, while the more recently built part is located in the fields further inland. Fjällbacka archipelago lies just off the coast, and far out to the west are Väderöarna.
The famous actress Ingrid Bergman called Fjällbacka her paradise on earth.
She stayed here for over 20 summers with her children.
The famous crime author Camilla Läckberg was born in Fjällbacka.
The village is the setting for many of her novels.
In Fjällbacka you find the famous Kungsklyftan, which was one of the settings in the film adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s Ronja the Robber's Daughter. A little further inland, from Öneskymta by Kville, you can see Väderöarna, Hållö and as far as the Norwegian mountains in clear conditions.
The development of Fjällbacka was largely due to the great herring period of the 1750s, and by the mid 1800s Fjällbacka was known as the county’s busiest fishing village. Fishing, salting, herring oil and canning industries were a major part of the islanders’ livelihood. It was the canning factory here which invented what we now call "anchovies". The stone processing industry became very important for the area between 1890 and 1940. There were quarries in several places nearby and the ruins of a powder building at Slaktarudden by Sälvik bear witness to this bygone era.

Grebbestad is a city in Tanum and one of Bohuslän's most popular seaside resorts. As in so many other places in Bohuslän, fishing and seafaring has in the past been significant industries, and even today there are still several fishing trawler left in Grebbestad.
In the area around Grebbestad are also several interesting ancient monuments, such as a stone labyrinth and an ancient castle. Remains of similar nature have been found in several places further south in Europe, which could mean that the early Bohusläningarna had contact with people in southern European cultures.
Remains from the Iron Age shows that the area around Grebbestad been inhabited since ancient times. The first time Grebbestad appear in the historical sources is at the beginning of the 1600s, when the locals put their mark on the tax roll and settlement marks on maps.
Industries such as trading, shipping, canning and fishing industries contributed to the development of the city during the 1800s. In 1858 there were seven cargo ships in Grebbestad, and there were mainly timber and grain that was shipped out. During the last decade of 1800s many stonemasons moved into the community when the stone industry started.

Already in the late 1800s Grebbestad became a seaside resort with mud cure as specialty. The mud in the bay was then considered to be very health. During this period there was both warm and cold baths, longest preserved cold bath house that was demolished in 1974.

Hamburgsund is a village in Tanum and is located both on the mainland and the island Hamburgö. Between the two areas you can go with a cable ferry which is operating in the 130 meter wide Hamburgsund channel. In the village there is a large proportion of the older buildings remain in the form of boat houses and residential buildings.

Hunnebostrand is a locality on the western coast of Sweden in the province of Bohuslän with 2000 inhibitants. It is famous for hummer fishing and its former stone querries. Hunnebostrand is an old fishing village that has developed into a popular summer destination. The marina is probably what Hunnebostrand is most famous for. The many boats and ships can be an attraction also for people arriving by car. Hunnebostrand is a part of what is locally known as the Realm of the Granite. This is an area that for a long time saw several stone quarries being established. One of these quarries has been turned into a museum about stone cutting, Stenhuggarmuseet.