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Mollösund – a place to yearn for Mollösund is one of Bohuslän’s oldest and most genuine fishing villages, located at the furthest point of the south-western promontory of Orust. Piers, fishermen’s huts, boats; they’re all here. Just as they should be. This place is home to about 350 residents with a permanent longing for peace, summer, sea and sun, and for many, many others who spend their summers here. Mollösund has wonderfully unspoilt natural surroundings of sea and rocks, silence and glittering stars at night.

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Tips for how to make a rainy day shine

On a rainy day tour the harbour with Hamnrundan. A wonderful mixture of cafes, restaurants, shops to buy from and a craft museum all wait to put a shine on your rainy day in Mollösund.

If you need to pass more time you can:

1. Put on your rainwear and go to the refurbished play area, between the football pitch and the school. Swings, slides, a sandbox and a little house wait for you there.

2. Another activity while you’re in your rainwear can be a walking quiz, that is arranged every Tuesday in July, at 6:30 pm. A marked trail begins at the Steamboat pier and takes you round to various places in Mollösund. The trail is different each time and always passes at some point through an older area of Mollösund. It costs SEK 20 per person to enter, and there are questions for both adults and children. Prizegiving follows the next day.

3. If you want to sit comfortably indoors you can visit the library, which is open on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

4. For those who would like to delve deeper into the history of Mollösund there is a small well-stocked library in Hembygdsmuseet, the Crafts Museum. This Museum is open every day in the summer, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

5. Or why not take a swim while the rain is falling? There are two swimming places to choose from. Kattevik is the ”large” swimming area, located in “norlejet” (the northern part of the town). Go up the signposted hill to the right of the Café Emma. Toilets are located behind Café Emma, but not down by the bathing area itself. You can get down to the bathing area with a wheelchair or a pushchair, even though it is a bit steep. The swimming area has a large bathing pier and a diving tower. A specially reserved part of the bathing area with a sandy bottom is for small children.

Tornevik is the smaller swimming area, located in “sörlejet” (the southern part of the town). Walk along “Gatan” until you come to the end, and then continue along the path. There are no toilets at the bathing place, nor is it possible to get down to Tornevik with a wheelchair or a pushchair. There are several small swimming pontoons, with one of the pontoons specially adapted for smaller children.