Öland Photo: Visitoland Sweden’s smallest province welcomes everyone who is in search of the greatest adventures. Moreover, the best that life has to offer is free here – the singularly beautiful countryside. Some 300 kilometers of coastline, with an abundance of beaches, more than 75 nature reserves, Stora Alvaret and South Öland’s world heritage cultural landscape. There are 28 different orchids growing throughout the island. There are also numerous destinations for excursions. Whatever you want to do, you are welcome to Öland! Ölands Turistbyrå/Visitoland Top 5 VIDA Museum & Art-gallery The VIDA Museum & Art-gallery is situated on route 136, nine kilometres sout... Eketorps Fortress Eketorp fortress is a fully dug-out ancient fort, with reconstructed walls a... Solliden Palace Visitoland The Royal Family's summer residence is located on Öland. Solliden’s Palace... Ölands Museum Himmelsberga Himmelsberga is Öland´s most genuine village and now preserved as an open ai... Borgholm Castle Borgholm Castle is one of the most well-known buildings in Sweden and reflec... Visitoland Updated 21 December 2018 Destination: Öland Publishing date: 2018-12-21 THE ISLAND Öland’s widest point: 16 km Province animal: Nightingale Land area: 1,344 sq. km Province sh: Flounder Highest point: 57.4 m above sea level Visitoland Brief facts about Öland Province insect: Pink-winged grasshopper Öland – Sweden’s smallest province – has lots to Number of inhabitants: approx. 24,600 oer. Every square kilometre has something to oer the visitor. Province rock: Orthoceratite limestone All you have to do is make your way over the Öland Bridge (6,072 m) and start making Municipalities: Borgholm and Mörbylånga discoveries. Province fungus: St. George’s mushroom There is: • approx. 500 km coastline Province dish: Kroppkakor (potato and pork • around 350 Öland windmills dumplings), lufsa (potato pancakes) • 34 parishes with their own church (some even have 2) TOP 10 • about 20 ancient forts • countless rune stones and other ancient monuments • 32 dierent species of orchid • over 70 nature reserves • 1 world heritage site • over 50 bathing places ...and much, much more. Visitoland You are welcome to nd your own favourite spot. 10 points of interest on Öland Öland’s length: 137 km Province ower: Öland rock rose Destination: Öland Publishing date: 2018-12-21 VIDA Museum & Art-gallery Solliden Palace The VIDA Museum & The Royal Family's Art-gallery is situated on summer residence is route 136, nine located on Öland. kilometres south of Solliden’s Palace Borgholm, Öland, with a parkland is open for beautiful hilltop setting, visitors 15/5 – 15/9. Open: overlooking the waters of Kalmarsund. Daily 11.00 am – 18.00 pm (gates close 17.00). The present 2000 m2 building, in glass, concrete, ”Welcome to the beautiful park of Solliden with iron and wood, lies on a historic site just north its luxuriant trees, shrubs and owers. Solliden of the Halltorp Inn. At the time of its inaugural is a part of opening in June, 2001, the newly-built museum our cultural heritage, which is of special concern featured an art-gallery and two wings devoted, to me. It was built by my great-grandmother, respectively, to the work of Ulrica Queen Victoria, and was completed in 1906. Hydman-Vallien and that of Bertil Vallien. Here When my great-grandfather, Gustav V, died in can be seen the entire range of their artistry, 1950, I inherited the palace. It is my intention to encompassing four decades. The most important preserve Solliden, so that future generations will starting-points from the early 1960s, to the very be able to enjoy its unique and glorious latest work in glass, ceramics, gardens.” sculpture and painting are shown in the museum. - Carl Gustaf - Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå Address: Halltorp, 387 92, Borgholm Address: Solliden slott , 38792 BORGHOLM Phone: +46 (0) 485 774 40 Phone: +46 (0)485-153 56 Internet: http://www.vidamuseum.com Internet: www.sollidensslott.se Eketorps Fortress Ölands Museum Himmelsberga Eketorp fortress is a fully Himmelsberga is Öland´s dug-out ancient fort, with most genuine village and reconstructed walls and now preserved as an open houses at the very site of air museum with enclosed the archaeological nds. farms built along both If you are interested in sides of the narrow nature and culture, the fortress’ exciting history, village road. archaeology and Alvar fauna will be just the thing for you. The heart of the museum consists of several large farms with buildnings daing back the 18 th Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå and 19 th century. All the original furniture is Address: Eketorps Borg, Degerhamn Phone: +46 (0)485-66 20 00 still to be found in the cottage and, outside, in Internet: www.eketorp.se the old stables, can be seen all the tools and Destination: Öland Publishing date: 2018-12-21 equipment that were used on the farms. Troll Forest and Naturum On the north east tip of The coe shop sells freshly baked bread and hot Öland, by the gate to pies and you can buy genuine Öland handicrafts Trollskogen nature in the village shop. reserve, you'll nd Naturum Trollskogen. Himmelsberga has exhibitions of arts and crafts Many of the trees in the in its two galleries, and there is also art museum forrest are very old, about 100-200 years. with a collection of older and modern Öland Crooked pine trees, aected by the winds from paintings. the sea, rotates in imaginative forms. You'll also nd r-trees and old oaks. Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå Address: Himmelsberga Museum Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå Phone: +46 (0)485 - 56 10 22 Address: Trollskogen Internet: www.olandsmuseum.se Phone: +46 (0)70-215 08 63 Internet: Borgholm Castle http://www.naturumtrollskogen.se/Sv/Pages/default.aspx Borgholm Castle is one of Långe Jan and Ottenby bird Observatory the most well-known buildings in Sweden and Welcome to Ottenby and reects nearly one southern Öland. Ottenby, thousand years of on the very south of the dierent architectural island of Öland, is one of the top areas for birding styles and construction methods. in Sweden - 377 species Borgholm Castle, ”the most beautiful ruin in have been observed here. A visit to Öland oers Scandinavia”, is one of those examples of fantastic opportunities for bird studies all the architecture, that leaves hardly any visitor year round. unaected. Its size is overwhelming, its position enchanting. Ottenby Bird Observatory was founded in 1946 and has ever since performed studies on Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå migrating birds. Around 20000 birds are ringed Address: Borgholms Slottsruin , 387 94 BORGHOLM each year. Also, the bird observatory is involved Phone: +46 (0)485-12333 in bird migration research projects on the island Internet: www.borgholmsslott.se of Capri, Italy, and in Nigeria. Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå Address: Ottenby 401, 386 64 Degerhamn Phone: +46 (0)485-661200 Internet: http://www.sofnet.org/naturum-ottenby Destination: Öland Publishing date: 2018-12-21 Långe Erik and Grankullavik houses and a re ruin from a previously The lighthouse Långe reconstructed house. Erik, located on the Around the reconstucted yard there is a northern part of Öland, is reconstructed iron age landscape with fenced 32 meter high and built of elds, meadows, and pollarded trees. limestone. There are 138 steps to the balcony. In the park grows about 140 dierent trees and bushes (arboretum). There are organized guided Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå tours which are related to the site's more than Address: Fyrvaktarn´s Dotter c/o Kristina Österberg, 380 75 Byxelkrok 150-year history of forestry. Phone: +46 (0)70-794 26 43 Internet: www.langeerik.se/ Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå Address: Kullenvägen 86 38774 LÖTTORP Paradis Workshop Opening hours: Open season Phone: +46 070-6341950 Paradis Workshop, a Internet: www.skaftekarr.se ceramic center with views of meadows and EVENTS Kalmarsund Here, the visitor can enjoy a glass and ceramics are displayed in a light and open architecture surrounded by a beautiful garden. Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå Address: Paradisvägen, Färjestaden Phone: +46 (0)485-316 24 Internet: www.paradisverkstaden.se Visitoland Skäftekärr Iron Age Village What happens on Öland? In Skäftekärr, near Böda in the northern part of For even more events; go to Öland, is an iron age https://boka.oland.se/en/evenemang/start village consisting of about 20 well preserved The Swedish Royal Rally stonehouse foundations The 11th edition of this spread over approximately 10 yards dating from rally – of which 10 have the period of 300-700 A.D. been arranged on Öland – In the middle of the iron age village are the took place on Saturday 16 remains of a large farm consisting of four August 2014. The rally housefoundations. will cover a distance of In the new iron age landscape, right next to the between 80 and 120 km. The next race is foundations, is a reconstruction of one of those approximated to take place on august 2016. Destination: Öland Publishing date: 2018-12-21 Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå guided tours take place across the island, with a total of 30 guides available from our association. Öland Spirar (the Spring Festival) The organisation of During the summer season, the Öland guides Öland’s Harvest Festival oer a number of events such as guided running welcomes visitors to tours, coach day tours and hiking tours of another edition of Öland varying length. Spirar (week 21). The festival’s theme is Visit www.olandsguiderna.se and www.oland.se gardens, nature experiences and rural life. for more information about guided tours on Visitors are oered activities around this theme Öland. across Öland. Come and enjoy the shopping and the good food, and discover the island’s spring Photo: Ölands Turistbyrå splendour.