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Årjäng, the nearest town, 9 km away. Photo: Jan-Erik Løken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

kanotportage

Kayak spot · Sweden

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

79Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 2 kn gusting 7, Air 9 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 80 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 82 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 78 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 75 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
4°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 75 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
3°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 77 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0.6 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 279, good
  2. Tue 380, good
  3. Wed 482, good
  4. Thu 580, good
  5. Fri 678, good
  6. Sat 775, good
  7. Sun 875, good
  8. Mon 977, good
  9. Tue 1080, good
  10. Wed 1181, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at kanotportage
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov79, good6 kn15kn7°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov80, good3 kn9kn8°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov82, good2 kn7kn9°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov80, good1 kn5kn8°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov78, good4 kn9kn5°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov75, good2 kn8kn4°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov75, good2 kn7kn3°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov77, good5 kn11kn5°C0.6 mm
Tue 10Nov80, good9 kn19kn6°C0.3 mm
Wed 11Nov81, good4 kn10kn8°C0.3 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About kanotportage

A launch on the Blomma. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. None within 10 km, the nearest 18 km away. The town to stay in is Årjäng. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Blomma
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 18 km away.

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The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,520–US$2,820 each

about US$1,520–US$2,820 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to OSL, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$456–US$946
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$181–US$309
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$349–US$577
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$195–US$356
Totalabout US$1,520–US$2,820

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Årjäng

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Closest

Årjäng

about 15 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in Årjäng · Booking.com

About Årjäng its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → OSL, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), then 2h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Alcatraz 18 km

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits