Strömstads Museum

Bohuslän


Housed in an old power station, this museum displays local photography and objects from nautical history.


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Nearby Bohuslän attractions

1. Stone-Ship Settings

3.44 MILES

One of Sweden’s largest, most magnificent stone-ship settings (an oval of stones, shaped like a boat) lies 6km northeast of Strömstad. There are 49 stones…

2. Skee Kyrka

3.68 MILES

Open by appointment only (contact the tourist office), the Romanesque stone Skee Kyrka is about 6km east of Strömstad and has a 10th-century nave. There’s…

3. Koster Islands

6.5 MILES

Boat trips run from Strömstad’s north harbour to the beautiful cluster of forested Koster Islands every 30 minutes from July to mid-August, less…

4. Kirkøy Stone Church

8.36 MILES

This mid-11th-century stone church is one of the oldest in Norway. It hosts a week-long music and arts festival in July.

5. Rød Herregård

14.45 MILES

Dating from at least 1690, Rød Herregård manor has fine interiors, which include notable collections of both weapons and art, as well as the mounted heads…

6. Fredriksten Fortress & Museums

14.75 MILES

Crowning the hilltop behind Halden is the 1661 Fredriksten Fortress, which has resisted six Swedish sieges and never been captured. The fortress covers a…

7. Vitlycke Museum

17.51 MILES

If you’re bewildered by the long-armed men, sexual imagery and goat-drawn chariots of Bohuslän's prolific Bronze Age rock carvings, drop by Vitlycke…

8. Kongsten Festning

19.42 MILES

On what was once called 'Gallows Hill' stands the flower-festooned Kongsten Festning. Dating from 1685, it once served as a lookout and warning post for…