Ystad
A prosperous trading port by the early Middle Ages, Ystad squats on Sweden’s south coast and retains its original fortified structure of a ringed town with three gates – Vasterport, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Ales Stenar & Glimmingehus
History abounds in Sweden’s southern corners. Ancient burial sites, stone monuments and Viking meeting places mingle with medieval churches, castles and manor houses in Skåne County. Glimmingehus is ‘Sweden’s best-preserved medieval […]
Skåne’s birds & beaches
Every Autumn around 500 million migratory birds pass over southern Sweden. Many of them are yearlings on their first long journey south. Small and lightweight swallows and willow warblers, weighing […]
Skåne’s archipelago
Skåne is Sweden’s southernmost region and its most attractive, boasting white sandy beaches, long acres of rolling arable farmland, mysterious dark green forests, rocky coastlines and ancient stone monuments. It […]
Karlshamn & Sölvesborg
Karlshamn is the historical site of emigration by the Swedish to settle in the New World. Many thousands of families left for the promise of a better life in America, […]
Karlskrona
The grand naval town of Karlskrona owes its existence to its southern-most harbour which, unusually for Sweden, does not freeze in the long winter. After losing the Swedish Navy at […]
Öland
In the Stone Age, settlers from the Swedish mainland migrated to the island of Öland across the Kalmar Strait using an ice bridge, thought to be around 9000 – 7000 […]
Kalmar
Sweden’s most impenetrable castle sits on its own island at the coastal fortress town of Kalmar on the east coast. Built for defending the country’s border its legendary moment is […]
Vadstena & Gränna
As Christianity expanded across the Vättern region, a lady-in-waiting of the royal household of King Magnus Eriksson and his wife Blanche of Namur, began to experience visions of a new […]
Ancient Lake Vättern
The Östergötland is rich in Sweden’s most fascinating history, that of the early Bronze Age settlers, the Vikings and the Medieval Church. The clear waters of Lake Vättern, the second […]
