Skogavik cottage on Braka

Protected since: 2025 as a national park (the former Bullerö and Långviksskär nature reserves were established in 1967 and 1983, respectively).

Size: 25,720 hectares, of which 24,880 hectares are water and 840 hectares are land.

Characteristics: archipelago, marine environments, cultural heritage sites.

Municipality: Värmdö.

Landowner: the state.

Managed by: County Administrative Board.

Protection status: national park.

Additional info: Natura 2000 site Bullerö-Bytta SE0110088.

You can get here by private boat or by boat taxi. For booking, see Stavsnäs Båttaxi (battaxi.se)

In order to protect the Bullerö nature reserve, please respect the following rules.

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

1. from February 1 - August 15, enter the bird protection areas as marked on the Bullerö reserve map (“fågelskyddsområde” in Swedish), Appendix 2 in the reserve proclamation,
2. destroy or damage permanent natural structures or surfaces by drilling, cutting, blasting, scraping, carving, painting or similar,
3. break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees or bushes or damage the vegetation in general by digging up shrubs, herbaceous plants, grasses, mosses and lichens,
4. disturb wildlife (e.g. by climbing nesting trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians). It is forbidden to kill seals caught within the context of commercial fishing.
5. bring dogs or other pets that are not on a leash,
6. anchor a boat for more than two consecutive nights in the same place,
7. hunt,
8. camp for more than two consecutive nights in the same place. In the village of Bullerön, camping is only permitted at designated sites.
9. pick lesser butterfly-orchids (“nattviol” in Swedish) or other orchids,
10. make a fire outside of designated and prepared sites on Bullerön and Bodkobben,
11. operate motorised watercraft with a speed higher than 7 knots, within 100 meters of the shore,
12. operate commercial transport to the reserve, without permission from the County Board,
13. take off or land an aircraft.

Rule 13 does not apply to:

• emergency services or ambulances,
• national or municipal officials on duty,
• permanent residents of the reserve.