Archipelago ferry question

Posted by TravelChildMom on 05/21/25 12:37 AM

I am trying to plan an island day, but the website for the public ferry isn't very helpful. The trip planner seems to be showing only one sailing a day between Sandhamn and Stockholm some days and none on others, which seems incorrect. Also no morning sailings to Grinda, etc. I was thinking of taking the private ferry from Grinda to Sandhamn, which runs at 11:30, which would mean getting an early start to Grinda ... can I be fairly certain there will be an early public ferry to Grinda? (I should add that the reason I am asking is that the first private ferry isn't until 10, which isn't enough time to catch the 11:30 on Grinda.)

Based on Rick's book, I think I may head back from Sandhamn directly to Stockholm and skip Vaxholm, open to suggestions though.

Posted by Anders

Malmö, Sweden

05/21/25 06:24 AM

179 posts

Public ferries has a summer timetable 20 June to 17 August. Are you travelling during that time our outside of it?

Posted by TravelChildMom OP

05/21/25 11:54 AM

219 posts

During. Is there a web site?

Posted by JS

Southport, NC

05/21/25 12:54 PM

420 posts

We're planning on using the public ferry system for our trip to Vaxholm this summer because it seems to have more options than the public ferries. Here is the public ferry website:https://waxholmsbolaget.se/reseplanering/resmal

Posted by Badger

Uppsala, Sweden

05/21/25 01:02 PM

7464 posts

What website are you using? Waxholmsbolaget has not published their summer schedule yet, so it's hard to tell what options you have. But there will be more options in the summer compared to the current schedule.

Posted by TravelChildMom OP

05/21/25 01:40 PM

219 posts

Thanks -- I didn't realize the summer schedule wasn't up, because it does respond when you put in the summer date. But like I said, the results didn't make much sense, so it must be that it is not updated. Thank you.

Posted by Laura

Virginia, USA

05/21/25 03:09 PM

6089 posts

Just adding to Badger’s info:

The info page on the Waxholmsbolaget site for Sandhamn https://waxholmsbolaget.se/reseplanering/resmal/sandhamn
indicates that line 15 between Strömkajen (the dock in Stockholm) and Sandhamn runs only in the summer and that there are multiple trips everyday. There is another route but you’d have to first travel to Stavnäs, so the line 15 route would likely be the better option.

Line 15 also serves Södra Grinda.

If you check the timetable for line 15 after they release the summer schedule, you should see all the possibilities. Right now they only have the schedules through June 19 so line 15 does not show. This is the page with the schedules:
https://waxholmsbolaget.linjetidtabeller.se/