Blekinge län
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Senoren is a large archipelago island with natural pastures and forest groves. The elegant Möcklösund Bridge connects the island with the mainland. In the past, the fields on the island often housed strawbe…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Skärva manor is a famous manor that was built by the prominent shipbuilder Fredrik af Chapman. Beautiful beech forests surround the manor. The film is commented in Swedish, but there is also the option to a…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Steneryd is one of the two preserved leaf meadows in Blekinge. Here you see lots of trees that are still pruned every 3-6 years. The trees were pruned in the past to get winter food for the domestic cattle.…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Stiby Backe is a beautiful "mountain" with a view over Listerlandet. There are species-rich pastures and deciduous forests here. The film is commented in Swedish, but there is also the option to add Englis…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Sölvesborg is an historically important city that in the past served as Bleking's "lock" to the west, with castle ruins among other things. Sensational finds of Stone Age settlements have been made here dur…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Tjurkö is also called the island of the stonecutters because there was an extensive quarrying activity going on. The most spectacular quarry is Vrålebo. Here, among other things, convicts had to work. The b…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... The place Torhamn was called Torrum until 1898. Place names ending in "rum" are considered ancient. Torhamn's headland is Sweden's most south-eastern headland. The headland has been an attractive burial sit…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Torkö can be said to have two really interesting landmarks. One, the large quarry, is very visible and is now filled with water and a nice swimming spot. The other landmark, the remains of St Clara's Franci…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... In the extreme southeast of the Karlskrona archipelago lies the rather large and flat island of Utlängan. The island is largely characterized by grazing animals and has been an agricultural island. The vill…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Uttorp, located on the island of Sturkö, is one of the few preserved heather areas in Blekinge. Here there are also boulder fields and deciduous forest, as well as a lot of ponds that are remnants of quarry…
Experience Blekinge's coast as the birds see it... Vesan is today an agricultural plain, but until about 1924 it was a large wetland with a lake in the middle. Gammelstorp church was built on an island in the middle. In 1924, a large dewatering project star…
On the seabed in the strait between western Skällö and eastern Skällö, there are remains of a prehistoric pile barrier 290 metres long. At the end of the Viking Age, the strait was blocked off by a large number of piles that prevented ships from sailing the…
In the strait between Senoren and Bussevik, at the height of Dränganabben, is Blekinge's best preserved pile barrier. At the beginning of the Middle Ages, it blocked off the strait and prevented ships from sailing into the large burial ground, Stora Backe,…
In the 500 meter wide strait between Tomtö and Möcklö there is a pile barrier that blocked the entrance to Hallarumsviken at the end of the Viking Age. Perhaps the pile barrier was built to prevent intruders from entering the Store Backe burial ground. Duri…
Tjurkö Boat Graveyard Tjurkö Boat Graveyard is one of Karlskrona’s most unique and curious places – a hidden cultural site tucked away in roadless land. Here lie abandoned archipelago ferries, fishing boats, and even a tracked tractor, all left behind since…
