#marstrand

[huariqueje]

A summer garden, Marstrand (Detail) - Johan Ericson, 1920.

Swedish , 1849-1925

Oil on canvas, 74 x 100 cm.

[mrtraveler61]

Swedish Summer

[alwayswonderingandwandering]

lookout

[pintoras]

Anna Gardell-Ericson (Swedish, 1853-1939): Skymning över inloppet till Marstrand (via Uppsala Auktionskammare)

[rabbitcruiser]

National Marina Days

National Marina Days is a nationwide industry event committed to bringing the community together and growing marina and boating participation across North America. Marine businesses collaborate to hold events to introduce the public to boating through on-water and land-side activities at marinas in every corner of the country.NMD runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day and is supported by the Association of Marina Industries and all the marinas who join us to celebrate.

In February of 2001, AMI’s Board of Directors, sensing a need to burnish the marina industry’s already positive image, approved the creation of a national grassroots, public education initiative called National Marina Day.

In the summer of 2001, AMI officially proclaimed the second Saturday of August (this has since changed to June) as National Marina Day. Shortly afterward, a diverse committee of marina operators around the country, under the direction of AMI Vice President Mildred Walker of Lynn Creek Marina in Grand Prairie, TX, began planning for the first-ever observance of this important industry event.

Since this first event, National Marina Day has continued to grow and evolve into a day of celebrating marinas and the role they play in our communities and in our country’s recreation. The variety of events held expands each year with the creativity of the marina operators who participate.

In its 18th year, National Marina Day has grown to be National Marina Days. Marinas countrywide are encouraged to hold events and fundraisers. National Marina Days gives an opportunity to grow the boating participation, give back to our supportive communities, and enjoy all our marinas have to offer!

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[hsundholm]

West Coast Lands by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: A nature walk in Marstrand along the Swedish west coast.

[johnsgrandtour]

Marstrand, Sweden

About 30m north of Gothenburg is a village with a ferry to it's other half on an island which has a 17th century fortress on it to protect Gothenburg's harbor.

Here's all the fun history about the fortress in-case you want to know more. I'm going to focus on the cool pictures I got here.

This is the main yard inside the first set of walls. It's more of a redoubt than actual walls. Those are further in.

Here's me at one of the many gates into the fortress.

To help drain the fortress there were these moats inside the walls that were full of algae.

They used a lot of prisoner labor here to build the fort. This area is the upper prisoner's yard.

This is the view down into the court-yard and barracks.

This is the opposite side of the panorama at the top of this post. That one looks at the town, this is out into the ocean.

The canon batteries up on the top level. These were massive.

This looks down into the inner most courtyard. This area felt like a prison with how dark and damp all the rooms here were like.

Have you ever seen a seagull chick? Well now you have.

I'll wrap up this post with a couple more pictures of the landscape. Marstrand was absolutely beautiful. Small sailing town on the coast with a small 2 mile trail around the whole island. Perfect for a day trip with lunch and ice cream in the middle of your day.

[was-bleibt-der-zeit]

Herbstfarben

Marstrand - Sverige 2019