Spillarsboda: Harbor, Swimming Area and Local History

Spillarsboda brings together the water and local history in a specific setting for planning your trip. If you are looking for a hotel in Spillarsboda, consider whether the harbor and island traffic or the historic sites will shape your stay more. The swimming area adds guidance with a classification for the 2026 bathing season; the schoolhouse, former shop and shipyard represent other aspects of the locality.

Harbor, Island Traffic and Swimming Area

There is a landing stage in the harbor at Spillersboda for traffic to the nearby islands. The Spillersboda guest harbor at Spillersboda Brygga is free of charge and has about ten berths. The water depth is three to four meters. Harbor facilities may change, so check these details before your visit.

For the 2026 bathing season, the water quality at the “Spillersboda, Spillersbodabade” swimming area was classified as “excellent.” The seasonal reference is important for your planning: the classification applies to 2026.

The Lettholmen Nature Reserve includes the eastern part of Lettholmen Island. It is nearby, southeast of Spillersboda, and is easiest to reach by private boat. The harbor and the nature reserve therefore offer different points of reference: island traffic here, and an area covering a specific part of the island there.

Historic Sites and Former Uses

The former public school in Spillersboda was in operation from 1888 to 1964; the former school building has been preserved. Here, a clearly defined period of use and a preserved building come together.

A yellow shop building was built at the Spillersboda landing stage in 1894–1895. It was later converted into one of the locality’s many boarding houses. The change from shop building to boarding house links two former functions: commerce and accommodation.

Spillersboda Varv och Slip was founded in 1919. The founding year adds another local theme—the shipyard—to the history of the school and shop building.

In the vicinity of Spillersboda, Badholmen was a bathing facility belonging to Westerbloms Pensionat, reached by boat across the fjord. It once had a wooden water slide and a floating diving board. Access by boat and bathing facilities reflect different aspects of this former facility. To place them in time, the two bathing locations should be distinguished: the water quality classification for the swimming area applies to the 2026 bathing season, whereas Badholmen was a former bathing facility in the vicinity.

The history of transport can also be placed in a timeline. Bus service from Norrtälje to Spillersboda began in 1932. Vaxholmsbolaget’s regular boat service to Spillersboda continued until the end of the 1940s. The transport dates mark different points: for the bus, the start of a connection; for the boat, the end of regular service.

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For the main travel overview: Norrtälje.