Ekeroe · SE

Fantholmen

Fantholmen is a small, leafy island in the eastern Lake Mälaren archipelago, tucked into the built-up part of the town of Ekerö and reached by a short hop from the bridges that tie the Mälaröarna islands to Stockholm. Rather than a landmark attraction, it is a quiet pocket of lakefront villas on a rocky point, with its own jetties, a stretch of sand and, by all accounts, some of the best sunsets on this side of the water. As one of the roughly 140 islands and islets that make up Ekerö municipality, Fantholmen captures the everyday charm of the Mälaren islands: open water on three sides, birch and granite close at hand, and a relaxed, near-the-city feel where you are minutes from a bus to Brommaplan yet surrounded by the archipelago. The draw here is waterfront calm and proximity: Fantholmen sits inside Ekerö tätort, so the harbour life of Jungfrusund, the island-hopping trails, and two UNESCO World Heritage sites—Drottningholm Palace and the Viking town of Birka—are all within easy reach for a day from this corner of Mälaren.