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From humble beginnings to a hive of activity What in the 1950s began as a small campsite with a few pitches scattered around a little kiosk, owned by the married couple Sixten and Clary Grytfors, has since grown to become a five-star camping holiday resort on the Swedish west coast. For those looking for an energetic holiday with a great variety of activities on offer, this might just be the perfect place. By Pia Petersson | Photos: Hafsten Resort and Camping
Roughly 60 years after the Grytfors couple opened their little kiosk close to the sea, Hafsten Resort and Camping is now a large campsite made up of 360 pitches, 60 cottages, three restaurants, a shop, a newly built pool area with four swimming pools and an 86-metre-long water slide, to name but a few things. Hafsten Resort and Camping is still owned and managed by the same family, but these days Sixten and Clary’s daughter Ingela is at the helm of the operation. 82 | Issue 112 | May 2018
“My father was still involved and supported me for a few years after I took over in 1990,” Ingela Grytfors begins. The morning Scan Magazine talk to her, she has just had a meeting with some of the staff and, together, they have counted the number of activities currently available at Hafsten Resort and Camping. “We came to the conclusion that there are 65 different things to do here, either on your own or with one of our staff in charge of an organised activity,” Grytfors explains. She
starts listing some of them: “You can go swimming in one of our pools, there’s water aerobics, you can rent a kayak, canoe or why not go jet skiing? There’s the Flying Fox, which with its 900 metres is the longest zip line in northern Europe, 100 metres above ground and with a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour. We have a music quiz in one of the restaurants, you can go hiking in the woods, play beach volleyball, go fishing, we have a very popular mini spa… I mean, I could go on,” she says. Message received: it is evident that no one needs to be bored during a holiday at Hafsten Resort and Camping. When it comes to accommodation, guests also have a wide selection to choose from. In addition to the campsites and cottages, guests can opt to stay in any of the hotel cottages or beach villas available at the resort.