Sweden 2021 part II - Öland Island northern half

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April 4th 2021

Published: May 30th 2021

Much nature, one castle, one lighthouse, one shipwreck and a lot more Over Easter we took some time off from work and went on a short road trip to Öland Island. Öland Island is one of the 25 traditional Swedish districts. Actually it is the smallest of all these districts. Öland is roughly 135 km from north to south but only about 15 km from east to west at its widest. As you understand, Ö... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Långe Erik

Modern navigation technology has pretty much rendered the lighthouse obsolete and today its value is mainly historical and as a symbol.

Långe Erik

Jetty

Jetty for small private boats. May also be used for taking a bath

Home of the lighthouse keeper

The keeper of the lighthouse Långe Erik lived in this house

Öland shore

Mixed fish plate

We just have to mention the restaurant Ölandsfiskarn in Byxelkrok and their mixed fish plate. It was absolutely awesome.

Byrums Raukar

Rauks are created when the ocean erodes limestone rock and only leaves freestanding pillars. These are better described as rauks in creation

Byrums Raukar

Rauks are far more common in the island Gotland, to the east of Öland.

Alvedsjö Bodar

Alvedsjö Bodar is a row of small huts that used to be storage for fishing gear for the local fishermen. The huts have thatched roof and are very pretty.

Small boat

Hair dresser sign

Neon sign in Oskarshamn

Cinema sign

Neon sign in Oskarshamn

Sculptor Arvid Källström

Påskallavik once was the home of a rather famous sculptor, Arvid Källström

Sculpture by Arvid Källström

In Påskallavik there is a museum with some of Arvid Källström works. Sadly, we have to admit that we didn't find his sculptures any interesting.

Påskallavik church

Påsk=Easter

The Swedish word for Easter is "Påsk". When we passed the village Påskallavik we felt that the name was fitting for the season

Easter decoration

Easter decoration in Oskarshamn

Easter decoration

Easter decoration in Oskarshamn

Blå Jungfrun

The island Blå Jungfrun is often said to be where the mythical place Blockula is. According to tradition witches fly to Blockula during Easter

31st May 2021

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Visit Sweden
We hope to visit Sweden in the next two or three years. I will have to ask you to map out our itinerary. Decades ago I planned to buy a Volvo and pick it up at the factory and drive it all around before having it shipped home. Sadly, I don't like the new Volvo's as much as I did the old ones so that is not likely to happen. Keep blogging.... we are enjoying your country.

31st May 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

On visiting Sweden
I look forward to give you travel advice for a journey in Sweden. But that will be later. For the time being we will keep on traveling our elongated country ourselves and upload pictures and tell you all about what we see and do during our own travels here. We will do our best to make Sweden look interesting. /Ake

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Wow, I love bridges!

3rd June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Construction mistakes
When they constructed the bridge they made some mistakes. Because of those they have had to make plenty of repairs on the bridge over the years. But it is a cool bridge nevertheless

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Nice photo!

3rd June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Silly joke
That's the silly joke picture. We try our best to look serious because we are in an area which name translates as the "the large seriousness"

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Interesting!

3rd June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Pine tar history
I started reading about pine tar and how Sweden was dominating the world market for a while. It turned out that the bulk of all pine tar was shipped via a small island in Stockholm. An island I have visited several times without having the slightest idea of its history as a pine tar distribution hotspot.

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

yummmmmmm esp the shrimp ;o)

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

We call then hoodoos ;o)

3rd June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Hoodoo - new word
Hoodoo is a word I've never heard before. Thank's for telling me that.

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

I agree, awesome!

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Catholic church or??

3rd June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Protestant probably
Most likely a protestant chuch.

2nd June 2021

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Loved it. Thanks for sharing!

3rd June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

And thank you
And thank you so much for reading and commenting. It makes me so happy to read your comments

5th June 2021

starship VT
starship - VT

Nice Trip!
Wonderful to read about your latest travel and the interesting sites on Öland Island. The rauks you mention (Byrums Raukar) caught my attention because I had hoped to see the rauks when we visited Gotland in 2005; we never got to see them but I bought a postcard showing them! Lovely photos!

7th June 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Many rauks on Gotland
I visited Gotland many years ago and had no problem finding rauks. I then saw many that were much better than Byrums Raukar. There is a chance that we will visit Gotland next year. If we do I will post several more pictures of rauks, I promise. /Ake

14th July 2021

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Roxette
Ah, I love Roxette! And when I read you had written a blog entry on Öland Island, I immediately thought of their "Listen to your Heart" video. I'm glad you were able to visit Borgholm Castle - legendary in my eyes for Roxette reminiscence ? The rest of the island looks very interesting too ?

20th July 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Öland has gone under our radar
Actually, we were not aware of how interesting Öland really is before we went there. As a travel destination it has sort of gone under the radar for us. But now that we've been there we would put it in the top five of places worth visiting in Sweden. /Åke

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