Inside a retreat in Sweden that sits on a small, steep island - complete with a 19th-century lighthouse

Fresh dips, ultra-fresh seafood and blissful seclusion: Inside an amazing Swedish retreat that sits on a tiny 250m-long island...with a 19th-century lighthouse, Harriet Sime discovers that Pater Noster, off Sweden's west coast, invites guests to 'play in splendid seclusion' Pater Noster's top-rated boutique hotel was opened by local entrepreneurs who rent the island She dines in the shed to wooden boats on the island and bathe in the whirlpools that overlook Denmark Advertisement

A young boy with lively red hair and perfect English hands me two large stones. "Here, use them to break the claws," he says.

I pick them up and start looking for the meat there. more popular .

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There are eight of us seated around a long wooden table laden with platters of glazed crawfish, shrimp and crab claws, accompanied bowls of aioli infused with seaweed mayonnaise and cubes of hard, salty local cheese.

Remote: Harriet Sime stays on the island of Pater Noster (pictured), off the west coast of Sweden, which has a 19th-century lighthouse and a new hotel The top rated boutique hotel was opened by a group of local entrepreneurs who rent the island

Inside a retreat in Sweden that sits on a small, steep island - complete with a 19th-century lighthouse
Fresh dips, ultra-fresh seafood and blissful seclusion: Inside an amazing Swedish retreat that sits on a tiny 250m-long island...with a 19th-century lighthouse, Harriet Sime discovers that Pater Noster, off Sweden's west coast, invites guests to 'play in splendid seclusion' Pater Noster's top-rated boutique hotel was opened by local entrepreneurs who rent the island She dines in the shed to wooden boats on the island and bathe in the whirlpools that overlook Denmark Advertisement

A young boy with lively red hair and perfect English hands me two large stones. "Here, use them to break the claws," he says.

I pick them up and start looking for the meat there. more popular .

p>

There are eight of us seated around a long wooden table laden with platters of glazed crawfish, shrimp and crab claws, accompanied bowls of aioli infused with seaweed mayonnaise and cubes of hard, salty local cheese.

Remote: Harriet Sime stays on the island of Pater Noster (pictured), off the west coast of Sweden, which has a 19th-century lighthouse and a new hotel The top rated boutique hotel was opened by a group of local entrepreneurs who rent the island

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