Interviews
Voices from Badholmarna, 2001–2006.
Interviews 2001
Interviews — summer 2001
Names: Robert, Eva, Stéphanie, Marcus, Emilie & Alexandra
Where they stay in summer: A sailing boat, a Maxi 95.
Where they live in winter: Bollebygd.
What do you think of Badholmarna? Very good!
The best thing about Badholmarna: There is nothing like it along the whole coast. Varied, for all ages.
Names: Maria & Charlotte
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand.
Where they live in winter: Bovallstrand/Gothenburg.
What do you think of Badholmarna? Wonderful! Childhood memories — swimming school with a badge, my first summer job.
The best thing about Badholmarna: There is always a little corner for everyone. Diving tower, deep water, ladders and rocks.
Names: Christine, Cecilia, Lovisa & Erik
Where they stay in summer: Grebbestad (but thinking of moving to Bovallstrand).
Where they live in winter: Linköping.
What do you think of Badholmarna? Good! There is always room for everyone. You can always find shelter. Good bathing water, easy to get in and out. Ladders everywhere.
The best thing about Badholmarna: Wonderfully beautiful warm rocks. Everything is here — the whole of it!
Names: Traudl & Richard
Where they stay in summer: On holiday in Hunnebostrand.
Where they live in winter: Nynäshamn.
What do you think of Badholmarna? Excellent — wonderful!
The best thing about Badholmarna: Well organised for old and young, without encroaching on nature. Good to have a toilet!
Names: Kristina & Maria
Where they stay in summer: Bottna, Gerum
Where they live in winter: Bottna, Gerum
What do you think of Badholmarna? Good! Rocks! Always in order. You can find a spot however many people are here.
The boats so close — this really is the sea. You can look straight out towards the open water.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
Close by! Well looked after!
Interviews 2002
Interviews — summer 2002
Names: Joel, Per-Anders, Ann & Marcus
Where they stay in summer: Camping by the football pitch
Where they live in winter: Vara
What do you think of Badholmarna? Very cosy! Well planned.
The best thing about Badholmarna: No seaweed where you swim. Everyone can have a spot of their own.
Names: Annette, Ida, Cornelia, Kenneth, Patrik & Cornelia
Where they stay in summer: Borrowing a house in Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Norrtälje
What do you think of Badholmarna? Lovely! Different from home (the east coast)
The best thing about Badholmarna: Well ordered! Different places to swim. It suits most people.
Names: Kamilla, Tobbe, Fredrik, Christian, Helena & Jonas
Where they stay in summer: On holiday by boat
Where they live in winter: Tjörn
What do you think of Badholmarna? Good! Fun!
The best thing about Badholmarna: Good that there is both a beach and a diving tower. Swimming from different places.
Names: Marie, Johan & Henrik
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand, Hällevadsholm
Where they live in winter: Bovallstrand, Hällevadsholm
What do you think of Badholmarna? The best place to swim on the whole coast! Good that you can jump from both the rocks and the trampoline. Good for little ones!
The best thing about Badholmarna: “It simply is the best”
Names: Cecilia, Mats, Carina & Filip
Where they stay in summer: Outside Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Outside Bovallstrand
What do you think of Badholmarna? Lovely — really lovely! Good that there are bathing huts, especially when it is a bit cold.
The best thing about Badholmarna: You can lie apart from everyone even when it is busy. Easy to get out to a good place to swim.
Names: Lotta & Claes
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Stocksund
What do you think of Badholmarna? A gem! Tremendously charming!
The best thing about Badholmarna: Being so close to the rocks
Names: Louise & Lovisa
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Stocksund & Karlstad
What do you think of Badholmarna? Cosy! Good to have so many ladders. There is always shelter somewhere. “It is simply good”!
The best thing about Badholmarna:
The trampolines. That Badholmarna is big.
Interviews 2003
Interviews — summer 2003
Names: Karin, Ludwig & Sara
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Eklanda
What do you think of Badholmarna? A handsome place to swim, unusual — unusually good! Fun to run on the bridges. Buying ice cream!
The best thing about Badholmarna: Running on the bridges!
Names: Karin & Sofia
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Gothenburg/Stockholm
What do you think of Badholmarna? Good, cosy! Easy to walk here. You can swim in many different places. Clean and fresh! Easy to get into the water.
The best thing about Badholmarna: Getting out into deep water.
Names: Lena & Anita
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Örebro/Vallda
What do you think of Badholmarna? The red granite. A real sense of the sea! Like being out at sea; you feel you are in the outermost archipelago.
The best thing about Badholmarna: The smooth red granite slabs.
Name: Mereki
Where she stays in summer: Noosa Beach in Australia. An exchange student in Sweden (Lund/Bovallstrand).
Where she lives in winter: Noosa Beach in Australia
What do you think of Badholmarna? Beautiful! Exotic, with the rocks. Different from Australia. A little cold…
The best thing about Badholmarna: The view from the islands — you can see the boats and Bovallstrand!
Names: Madde & Hampus
Where they stay in summer: Evja
Where they live in winter: Evja
What do you think of Badholmarna? Good, with the rocks. You can always get a spot of your own. Fishing for crabs. The diving tower. Looking for mussels. Good for jumping.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
The diving tower.
Interviews 2004
Interviews — summer 2004
Name: Ann-Sofie
Where she stays in summer: Bovallstrand
Where she lives in winter: Bovallstrand
What do you think of Badholmarna? Fantastic! You do not even have to go out on the water!
The best thing about Badholmarna: How easy it is to get to. Clean and well kept.
Names: Linnéa and Filippa
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Malmö/Gothenburg
What do you think of Badholmarna? A lovely place! Many different places to swim. Rocks, ladders and jetties. Varied!
The best thing about Badholmarna: The rocks and the diving tower.
Names: Nils, Emma and Cecilia
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Stockholm/USA
What do you think of Badholmarna? Lovely! Cosy! A good place to swim! Easy to get to! The rocks — like being out on an island. Everything is close by, the square for instance.
The best thing about Badholmarna: Natural and charming. Not commercially spoilt; it is as it has always been.
Names: Carina and K-G
Where they stay in summer: Alvhem
Where they live in winter: Alvhem
What do you think of Badholmarna? Excellent! Really lovely! This is at least the tenth year we have been here. Close to Bryggcafét. Badholmarna has been well adapted without being spoilt.
The best thing about Badholmarna: Clean water! How easy it is to get to.
Names: Isabelle, Kajsa and Maria
Where they stay in summer: Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter: Örebro
What do you think of Badholmarna? Very good! Lovely! Good to have changing huts. Good places to swim. You can be anywhere.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
The whole of it! That they are islands!
Interviews 2005
Interviews — summer 2005
Names:
Katarina, Emma, Fanny & Magnus
Where they stay in summer:
Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter:
Grimmered
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Good! Everything in order. Clean and fresh! The children love it!
The best thing about Badholmarna:
Crabs everywhere and the diving tower!
Names:
Louise & Alexandra
Where they stay in summer:
Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter:
Stockholm
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Cosy! Sooooo good! Somewhere you long to be. You meet lots of people and friends.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
The good-looking boys!
Names:
Therése, Ninna, Ylva & Katarina
Where they stay in summer:
Bottna
Where they live in winter:
Motala, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Stockholm
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Lovely rocks, a fine view, good swimming. Salt water, the water temperature and the kiosk.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
How close it is!
Names:
Sofia, Lisa, Christoffer, Johanna & Mattias
Where they stay in summer:
Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter:
Grästorp
What do you think of Badholmarna?
The best place to swim along the coast. Easy to get to. Good rocks. It suits everyone.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
An aesthetically beautiful place to swim.
Names:
Mikael & Axel
Where they stay in summer:
Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter:
Stockholm
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Special and striking! Not what you are used to. Well looked after.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
The quality of the water
Interviews 2006
Interviews — summer 2006
Names:
Anna, Håkan, Mia & Lovisa
Where they stay in summer:
A sailing boat
Where they live in winter:
Gothenburg/Stockholm
What do you think of Badholmarna?
The first thing we saw as we came in towards Bovallstrand. Welcoming. Wonderfully cosy! The huts! Clean bathing close to the guest harbour.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
Small islands with huts. Cosy and fun.
Names:
Majken & Lars
Where they stay in summer:
On the boat
Where they live in winter:
Arvika
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Superb! A cracking place! One of the finest places to swim in Bohuslän
The best thing about Badholmarna:
The variety! There are spots facing every direction. Sand, rocks and trampolines.
Names:
Lisbeth & Göran
Where they stay in summer:
Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter:
Gothenburg
What do you think of Badholmarna?
It is absolutely wonderful! The best thing in Bovallstrand. The best swimming. A free bathing hut!
The best thing about Badholmarna:
The variety. Diving tower and trampolines.
Names:
Gert & Kerstin
Where they stay in summer:
Skärholmen youth hostel (Bovallstrand)
Where they live in winter:
Flen
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Wonderful! The atmosphere!
The best thing about Badholmarna:
Tradition and the feel of a bathing resort.
Names:
Anna, Sara & Katrin
Where they stay in summer:
Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter:
New Zealand, Gothenburg & Stockholm
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Really lovely! The bathing huts and the sauna.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
Open to everyone
Names:
Ebba, Kurre & Harald
Where they stay in summer:
Bovallstrand
Where they live in winter:
Stockholm
What do you think of Badholmarna?
Wonderful! We both went to swimming school here.
The best thing about Badholmarna:
Being able to swim naked in the morning on the outermost island.