Grisslehamn

Grisslehamn is a locality and port located on the coast of the Sea of Åland in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. The locality had 249 inhabitants in 2010. The port is the Swedish terminal of the Eckerö Linjen ferries which cross to Berghamn on the island of Eckerö in the Åland islands.

The ferry leaves several times a day. The crossing takes little less than 2 hours, crossing a time zone. As both Finland and Sweden are in the Schengen zone and Nordic Passport Union there are no passport checks.

Grisslehamn appeared smaller and less modern in terms of facilities than its Finnish counterpart. Customs lanes were evident. I visited this point as part of the IBRG MAEX-23 expedition.

The Harbour

The harbour is used for the local fishing fleet and leisure boats. It has food and souvenir shops. When we arrived there was torrential rain so the group sought shelter but were lucky to be able to buy some wonderful local salmon for lunch.