Köpstadsö
Car-free island village of narrow alleys where wheelbarrows are the only vehicles.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Köpstadsö, the smallest island in Gothenburg's southern archipelago, starts with an everyday object parked at the steamboat pier and the small ritual that follows every ferry. It reaches back to the skippers and small trading vessels that once gave the island its living, and to the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian crowns that fought over these rocks. Best heard standing by the pier as the boat from Saltholmen comes in.
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