Fjällbacka

We spent about 24 hours in Sweden, which was just enough time for a few stops along its west coast. The first was Fjallbacka, where we hiked up to the overlook above town. No beaches - just an undulating granitic (or something similar) landscape emerging from the sea.

AERIAL VIEW

Aerial imagery show some small pocket beaches in the general area, although you have to look pretty hard to find them. As ever, for beaches, you need both sediment and a place to keep it. In a glaciated landscape like this, any grus weathered or scraped from the granite was probably carried away by the ice - save for small patches where topography and waves conspire to retain it.