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Whether you are looking for an easy stroll in the woods, or a sheltered interesting place for a fika, or a great place for children to play, you will not be disappointed with Anglestue Grottor. Some very intriguing naturally formed caves and rock falls. The easy walk from the car park does not detract from the feeling you are in …
Utklippan is Sweden’s southern most set of islands. I consists of a pair of islands named Norraskär and Södraskär. The islands are very low lying and there is a harbour in between them. The main feature of Utklippan is its lighthouse. The buildings on Södraskär are where the lighthouse keepers and their families lived from 1840 to 1972. There has …
Kristianopel is a small town right on the south eastern edge of the southern Swedish county of Blekinge. Kristianopel is quaint and beautiful. In the summer it has fragrant rambling roses, wandering tourists exploring, and boats bobbing in the harbour. There are beautiful wooden Swedish houses to look at, and some are quite ornate as they are old. Kristianopel was once …
Långasjönäs Naturreservat is inland from the coast. This gives it a little more protection from the elements compared to the archipelago areas of Blekinge county in southern Sweden. It consists of around 10 lakes dotted around woodlands, making the scenery and landscape views very beautiful. The largest lake, Långasjönäs, has sandy beaches and beautiful clear waters making it the perfect …
The first time we visited Hästhallen we were studying the Bronze Age in our home education studies, and we couldn’t believe our luck that we had such a source of history not too far from us. Not only that, but you could just turn up, it wasn’t overcrowded (we were the only ones in that wood), it was free with no exhorbitant …
Almö is a beautiful nature reserve in the county of Blekinge, southern Sweden. You can really stretch your legs hiking the length of it for a few hours. Or you could just pitch up at one of its many fire pits and enjoy some stunning scenery while cooking on a camp fire. Almö naturreservat is a contrast of two halves. The northern part …
Lindö Udde is one of the most southern points in Blekinge county, southern Sweden, that you can reach by car. Hence you are treated to vast uninterrupted sea views and bird life. It is a smallish area, but is a great one to explore. There is a good hiking trail marked around the edge of the peninsula, along the stony shore, …
Gö naturreservat is situated in the southern Swedish county of Blekinge. It is one of our favourite places to spend a few hours or a whole day, whatever the season. We have been wild camping, cooked outdoors on some of the fire pits and baked cinnamon bread, hunted for geocaches, paddled in its shallows, and climbed up several of its trees. Gö is one of …
Throughout our first two years of living in Blekinge, southern Sweden, we have explored a lot of islands and nature reserves in a bid to learn about the area we live in. It was very hard to whittle the list down to 11 places to visit in Blekinge, and there are many other places we have visited which have been beautiful …
We are lucky enough to live in southern Sweden. Blekinge, our part of Sweden, has an archipelago made up of 1650 islands, skerries, and islets. This summer we have taken you on our adventures around the Blekinge archipelago, and now we return to its capital, Karlskrona. This post will complete the series I have done about the Blekinge archipelago by …
