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Uppsa Kulle is a large burial mound, actually the largest of the ones in the province of Södermanland. Its history is unknown, but the sagas do tell of a royal past. Its location in the countryside outside of Nyköping is famous for the many runestones and other ancient remains. Maybe this is the grave of…
Stjärnhov is a locality in Gnesta Municipality, located in the county of Södermanland, Sweden. It is situated in the historic province of Södermanland and was formerly the center of the Gryt Parish. With around 550 inhabitants, this is a small residential community. The locality’s location on the shores of Lake Naten is still attractive, and…
Mogata is a locality in the historical province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden. It is today a part of Söderköping Municipality in Östergötland County. This is a settlement that has grown around the local parish church and has today around 300 inhabitants. A Short History of Mogata Mogata Parish has its origins in the Middle…
Västervik is a town in the historical province of Småland, along the coast of the Baltic Sea in the southeastern part of Sweden. It is today the seat of the local municipality, which is a part of Kalmar County. The town has today around 21.400 inhabitants and it is a famous summer destination. Famous people…
Hässleholm is a town in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. It is a fairly new town, with only a little more than 100 years of history. Still, it has around 19.400 inhabitants and has used its position as a railway junction well. The railway initially attracted many industries to the area and manufacturing…
Rödeby is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. It is located just a short distance north of the area’s main city, Karlskrona. The area is since 1974 a part of Karlskrona Municipality. Around 3.500 people have Rödeby as their home. Rödeby is a place with a lot of history, plenty of…
Skebokvarn is a small locality in the province of Södermanland in the eastern part of Sweden. It is a part of Flen Municipality in Södermanland County and has a population of around 200 inhabitants. This is a former train junction whose population started to decline when the trains ceased to stop there. Today it is…
Kristianstad is a town in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. It is today the region’s fourth-largest locality with a population of around 41.300 inhabitants. This is a town that was once fortified and many of the fortifications are still standing. The area has been for centuries an important border area between Sweden and…
Kalmar is one of the more historically important cities in Sweden. Its location along the coast of the Baltic Sea in southwestern Sweden was important at a time when the border with Denmark was a bit closer than today. Kalmar is a part of the historical province of Småland and it is the seat of…
Traveling in January has its perks. There are fewer tourists around and the flights are a lot cheaper. This is part of the reason for my three weekends abroad during the past month. Budapest and Tirana were eventually followed up with Kraków. This city in southern Poland was a nice return visit. It is almost…
Albania, a country that for years has been hiding from our radar, was for a long time one of the few countries in Europe that we hadn’t visited. Then eventually a travel opportunity occurred and a plan was created. Albania became my 45th-visited country on a solo trip to the capital Tirana. This is the…
It was a long time since we’d managed a couple’s getaway. So once we had found cheap flights to Budapest for a weekend and were able to get my parents to babysit Little A, we started making arrangements. Susann had actually visited Budapest at the end of November on a solo trip. For me, it…