Heading west through Skåne, the road around the coast was open and breezy through arable […]
Category: Sweden
Ystad
A prosperous trading port by the early Middle Ages, Ystad squats on Sweden’s south coast […]
Ales Stenar & Glimmingehus
History abounds in Sweden’s southern corners. Ancient burial sites, stone monuments and Viking meeting places […]
Skåne’s birds & beaches
Every Autumn around 500 million migratory birds pass over southern Sweden. Many of them are […]
Skåne’s archipelago
Skåne is Sweden’s southernmost region and its most attractive, boasting white sandy beaches, long acres […]
Karlshamn & Sölvesborg
Karlshamn is the historical site of emigration by the Swedish to settle in the New […]
Karlskrona
The grand naval town of Karlskrona owes its existence to its southern-most harbour which, unusually […]
Öland
In the Stone Age, settlers from the Swedish mainland migrated to the island of Öland […]
Kalmar
Sweden’s most impenetrable castle sits on its own island at the coastal fortress town of […]
Vadstena & Gränna
As Christianity expanded across the Vättern region, a lady-in-waiting of the royal household of King […]