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Pelarne is a small rural settlement in Vimmerby Municipality in Kalmar County. This was once, together with its church, the seat of the local parish. Today it is instead a sleepy part of the countryside of Småland that comes to life with the occasional tourist stopping by during the summer months. The wooden medieval church…
Farstanäs is a nature area and camping ground along the coast of Södermanland. It lies in Södertälje Municipality in Stockholm County, at the shores of the fjord Järnafjärden. This is a part of the waterway that connects the city of Södertälje with the Baltic Sea. Here you will find the camping ground, a nature reserve…
Sevedstorp is a small settlement in Vimmerby Municipality that is best known by its fictional name Bullerbyn. This was once the home of Samuel August Ericsson, best known as the father of the famous Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. The settlement has inspired many of her stories and was the model for the settlement in her…
Stenåsa is a small settlement in Mörbylånga Municipality on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. It has grown and closed the gap to the nearby settlements of Södra Kvinneby and Slagerstad. These three settlements today have a combined population of around 110 inhabitants. But it is Stenåsa that for centuries was…
Kerimäki is a locality and the seat of the local municipality in the province of Etelä-Savo in south-eastern Finland. The locality itself is also known as Kerimäen Kirkonkylä, or the Kerimäki Church Village, but also by its much older name Jouhenniemi. Finnish is the main language in the area with over 98% of the inhabitants…
Svärdsklova is a coastal resort in Nyköping Municipality in Södermanland County. It is located a short distance to the east of the town of Nyköping, along the eastern coast of Sweden. Just next door is the archipelago with hundreds of islands and then the open waters of the Baltic Sea. A Short History of Svärdsklova…
Norra Sandby is a small settlement in the western part of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. This was once, together with its church, the seat of the local parish. This is a rural part of Öland, with the Batlic Sea just a short distance to the east. There is also another small settlement…
Svärta, also known as Svärtuna, is a small settlement just to the northeast of the town of Nyköping. It lies in the historical province of Södermanland in eastern Sweden and was with its church once the center of the local parish. Its white stone church still dominates the landscape consisting otherwise mostly of forests and…
We had for a few years discussed that we should go to Norway and more specifically that we should try to visit Susann’s friend in Rosendal south of Bergen. We had, however, always considered Norway to be a quite expensive destination and hadn’t been able to find any good way to get from the airport…
Södra Möckleby is a settlement in Mörbylånga Municipality on the southwestern part of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. Today the makes up the eastern part of the locality of Degerhamn and it has developed around the parish church. You should not mix up this locality with Norra Möckleby, which is in the eastern…
Kårehamn is a small fishing settlement and harbor along the eastern shores of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. It is today a popular motorhome stopover with a large part of the harbor filled by motorhomes (or recreational vehicles) during the summer months. In addition to a local restaurant, there are also a few…
Kastlösa is a small locality in Mörbylånga Municipality in the western part of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The locality is home to around 220 inhabitants and was once the seat of the local parish. Just to the east is an area known as Stora Alvaret. This is a large area consisting of…