Article: A magical coastline.

The Salt & Sill floating hotel in the harbour of Kladesholmen on Sweden's west is the country's first such venture and sounds gimmicky and an excuse for bad jokes about the earth moving.

But ineffably cool Sweden is, of course, far too classy for tasteless novelties. The floatiness is purely functional: it sits on the water because there was no more room in the fishing village and diners at Salt & Sill's restaurant were craving a place to sleep after feasting on herring and local beverages.

Its stark modern lines a sharp contrast to the traditional red fishing huts and houses, Salt & Sill's hotel might have sailed down from outer space. It was actually ...

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