West Sweden

James Proctor first travelled to West Sweden in 1986 and was smitten with the Scandinavian North from the very outset. Having worked as the BBC's Scandinavia Correspondent during the mid-90s, James has been back and forth to Sweden ever since and today specialises in guidebooks to the Nordic countries. He's written a total of seven guidebooks, including one to the whole of Sweden as well as Bradt's Faroe Islands and Lapland guides. James speaks fluent Swedish, which Swedes (and most other people) are at a loss to comprehend. Searching to understand why, they regularly ask whether he has a Swedish mother or father. Their incredulity only grows when they learn that he learnt Swedish by mistake - a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time at university. Clearly, his native Yorkshire dialect, liberally peppered with former Viking words and phrases from the days of the Danelaw, set him on the right path to a career that put Sweden, and West Sweden in particular, at is heart.

Introduction
When to visit, Wildlife, People, culture and etiquette, Costs and tipping, Getting there and away, Getting around, What to see and do
Chapter 1 Gothenburg
Orientation, Drottningtorget and around, West to the Göta river, The Riverside, Between the canals, Avenyn, Haga, Linné
Chapter 2 Gothenburg Archipelago
Brännö and Galterö, Styrsö and Donsö, Vargö, Vrångö
Chapter 3 Bohuslän Coast
Marstrand, Tjörn, Åstol, Orust, Fiskebäckskil, Lysekil, Smögen and around, Fjällbacka and around, Strömstad, Kosteröarna
Chapter 4 Dalsland
Dals-Långed and around
Chapter 5 The Göta Canal and Around
Sjötorp and Töreboda, Karlsborg and around
Chapter 6 Västergötland
Lidköping, Varnhem and around, Borås and around
Appendix
Getting Started in Swedish
Index