See the post with pictures below.
The trip from Læsø (still in Denmark) to Göteborg (very much in Sweden) consists of two very different parts.
First there is the crossing of the Kattegat. This is (for us) a 4 hour stretch during which you loose sight of land as Læsø is very low and disappears behind the horizon before the first sighting of Sweden takes place. About halfway you cross 'shipping route T', the main route to and from the Baltic for the big ships. It's quite busy and requires quite a bit of planning to cross.
Before you see the 'Trubaduren' lighthouse, which marks the end of this stretch, you already see some of the higher islands off the coast near Göteborg.
The next stretch is the approach to Göteborg itself, two hours to the marina. This is interesting, as you enter the 'skärgård'. I don't think there is a good English translation for that word, the official 'archipalago' is way to general. The Dutch word is 'scherenkust' and it is a collection of thousands of islands, mostly very small, some with a little house on it and some with navigational lights. The chart of the approach to Göteborg looks like this:
And this is a rather pretty 'skär':
The harbour itself is not too impressive, quite a few ferries to and from Denmark and Germany plus local harbour ferries and tourist boats. One cruise liner and one container ship.
After 6 hours exactly, we tied up in the Lille Bommen marina, right in the city centre.
And changed the courtesy flag:
It was a nice trip, a bit of swell from abeam in the beginning and later reasonably flat. No water on deck, so no salt to clean off!
We'll be here for a day or two, will let you know about our plans in a later post!