More information: Exploring Öland
Karum is a small settlement as well as a nature reserve on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The settlement consists of only a handful of houses along a small road, but the nature reserve is a lot larger. It is known for its unique landscape representing the central parts of…
Bredsättra is a small settlement in Borgholm Municipality in the eastern part of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. This village with around 75 inhabitants was once, together with its church, the center of the local parish. It is today a rural area of the island with just a short distance of farmland separating…
Löt is a settlement in Borgholm Municipality in the northern half of the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. This was once, together with its church, the center of the local parish. Today it is a small village with around 50 year-around inhabitants. A Short History of Löt Löt Parish has its…
Föra is a small settlement in Borgholm Municipality on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The settlement is in the northern part of the island and was once, with its church, the seat of the local parish. This is a rural area with the settlement being located along one of the…
Glömminge is a small locality in Mörbylånga Municipality on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. It is located next to the main road through the island, just a short distance north of Färjestaden and the Öland Bridge. The local church was once the seat of the local parish and it is…
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…
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…
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…
Welcome to the highest point on the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. Höghäll is with its altitude of 55 meters considered by many to be the highest point of the island, watching out over the quite flat landscape and its windmills and ancient burial fields. Well, there is actually one point…
Högsrum is a small settlement in the western part of the island of Öland, the second largest island in Sweden. The area is today a part of Borgholm Municipality in Kalmar County, but the settlement with its church was once the center of the local parish. The settlement includes one-family homes as well as a…