Kronobergs län
Slightly north of Alstermo is an area that belongs to the old Småland with its open meadows and small gravel roads. The farmhouses are red, the trees are pollarded, and sheep and cows’ grazes in the fields. Hohult’s village centre with its remarkable buildi…
The water tower in Teleborg was built in 1974 and is sometimes called the "Echo Temple" when an extremely powerful echo effect is created under the dome-shaped reservoir roof. This well-visited attraction is located high in the nature reserve's open agricul…
Here Ryd's trademark appears - the shark, lurking at the surface of the water.
Here you will find Trollberget, a popular attraction and mythical mountain gorge where the imagination only sets the limits. If you look hard enough, you can find the entrance to the troll's treasure chamber, which is said to be somewhere in the mountain. F…
Garden and garden tours • Contact before visiting. Bengt Tonnvik Toftaholm. +46 70-589 01 69 Lingonställe
The small fire kiosk at the entrance to Backa isn’t much of a fire station by today’s standards, but when the building was erected in the early 1920s, there was nothing else available. In 1923, a new fire regulation was established, which required each city…
Long before cotton and synthetic materials became common in clothing, wool, flax, and hemp were the textile fibers used in Swedish textile production. When industrialization took off during the 19th century and manufacturers began importing cotton, flax fac…
The small house just north of Åkerby crossroads was built in 1932 on the same site where a soldier's cottage once stood in Åkerby. Soldier cottages were also called "knekttorp" and served similarly in both Sweden and Finland from the 1600s until 1901, when…
Few places are as associated with the emigration era as Åkerby crossroads, where people from all over Småland gathered before continuing to the coast (Karlshamn) and the boats heading to America. On the memorial stone, one can read: "Here at Åkerby crossroa…
The small cottage in Bondeskog played a crucial role in Vilhelm Moberg's novels about the emigrants Karl-Oskar and Kristina, as it was here that he settled the couple before they left their homeland. However, it was not here that the film from 1971 was shot…
The apple tree of the Astrakan variety in the garden next to the cottage Korpamoen illustrates the significance of the fruit tree for Kristina. Those with a good memory will recall that no tree ever grew from the seeds from Duvemåla that Karl-Oskar planted…
The grill cottage by the brook is privately funded and was built by Marita and Olle in 2004 when they were working in the forest and discovered this lovely spot along an old riding path that was used in the 1200s and 1300s for the lawmen to travel between K…
The elevation in the landscape that you can see here is the remnants of an old charcoal kiln. If you dig into the ground, you will soon find remnants of old charcoal dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Charcoal production in the autumn was a w…
You can see the dam embankment in the Lyckeby River watershed a bit east of the Emigrant Trail, about 5–10 meters into the forest just north of Åbrovägen. The entire structure is approximately thirty meters long, with a four-meter section covered in concret…
At the end of the 1800s, Skruv was bustling with activity, and the demand for Swedish glass was very high. In 1896, Skrufs Glassworks was completed, a location thoughtfully chosen by its founder, Robert Celander. He wanted to take advantage of the railway t…
