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GPS: Lat 56.970901
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15 ÄLEKLINTA
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This breathtakingly beautiful place illustrates
Öland’s geographical history. The 15-metre high
klint clearly displays the various layers covering
millions of years.
GPS: Lat 56.994659 Long 56.994659
14 SÖDRA GREDA FOREST MEADOWS
Open meadows with orchids, oak trees and
hazels. One of the best known forest meadows
on Öland is also a nature reserve.
GPS: Lat 57.048901 Long 16.841784
13 KNISA MOSSE
South of Sandvik you will find this paradise for
bird watchers. Öland’s oldest bird protection area,
founded 1931 by Queen Victoria, is also home to
many types of orchids.
GPS: Lat 57.070230 Long 16.855774
12 SANDVIK
An idyllic spot along the seaside where the
sea, the alvar, the sun and the winds meet.
The old fishing harbour has developed into a
popular marina. Sandvik’s most famous landmark is a gigantic Dutch windmill, which is 8
storeys (24 metres) tall.
GPS: Lat 57.120028 Long 16.957054
11 VI ALVAR
A late Iron Age burial field. A large number of
stone circles can also be found in the area.
GPS: Lat 57.092246 Long 16.874313
10 JORDHAMN
At this magnificent and undisturbed coast lies
Öland’s only preserved wind-driven scouring
mill.
GPS: Lat 57.109402 Long 16.993446
9 KÄLLA MEDIEVAL CHURCH
Öland’s best-preserved fortified church is
a definite tourist attraction. It was built in
the 12th century and served as Källa’s parish
church until a new one was built in 1887. The
old church was preserved and is now used for
services and concerts during the summer.
GPS: Lat 57.186507 Long 16.907616
8 ALVEDSJÖ BODAR
An old fishing harbour with boat houses along
the sloping gravel and limestone beach. The
picturesque fishing huts along the shore are a
common subject for artists.
GPS: Lat 57.194320 Long 16.950531
7 HORNSJÖN
Öland’s only lake, with beautiful walking trails
and a rich flora and fauna. Many orchids can
be found here, and bats thrive in the area due
to large amounts of insects.
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GPS: Lat 56.534879 Long 16.498032
35 MÖCKELMOSSEN
Shallow lake in the middle of the Great Alvar.
The rich bird life includes the Northern
Lapwing, the Black-tailed Godwit and the
Meadow Pipit. Many different orchids and
other flora, such as the St Bernard’s lily.
GPS: Lat 56.540274 Long 16.447306
34 RESMO PASSAGE GRAVES
Here you will find four of south Sweden’s few
passage graves. Passage graves are mass graves
from the New Stone Age, approx. 3,000 BC.
Early 20th-century excavations revealed thirty
human remains.
GPS: Lat 56.566387 Long 16.442070
33 NUNNEDALEN
Hiking trail between Vickleby and Resmo. An
exotic paradise with many different types of
trees and unusual flora.
GPS: Lat 56.580336 Long 16.458721
32 VICKLEBY
An idyllic village road which is regarded by
many to be the most genuine Öland place. The
arts and crafts school Capellagården is located
here.
GPS: Lat 56.587946 Long 16.412201
31 BEIJERSHAMN
A 2-km long stone pier was built into the
Kalmar Strait in the 1850s. A harbour project
that failed but became a paradise for birds.
GPS: Lat 56.606893 Long 16.440868
30 KARLEVI STONE
South of Färjestaden you can view this rune
stone, Öland’s oldest and one of Sweden’s
most peculiar ones. The inscription tells of the
Danish chieftain ”Sibbe the Wise”.
GPS: Lat 56.679619 Long 16.575623
29 GRÅBORG
Öland’s largest ancient fortress was used
during the Iron Age and long after. As late as
1677 it was used as a defence fortress against
the devastating Danish and Dutch.
GPS: Lat 56.720522 Long 16.712093
28 LERKAKA WINDMILLS
In Lerkaka you can visit the perhaps most
beautiful and well-preserved windmills on
Öland. One of these post mills is always open
for a visit.
GPS: Lat 56.739545 Long 16.711578
27 HIMMELSBERGA MUSEUM
Öland’s best-preserved linear village and museum of peasant culture and building heritage.
Also an art centre and galleries.
GPS: Lat 56.195770 Long 16.398296
46 LÅNGE JAN
On the southernmost tip of Öland stands
Sweden’s tallest (42 m) and oldest lighthouse
(from 1785). Built by Russian prisoners of
war.
GPS: Lat 56.196295 Long 16.398811
45 OTTENBY, ÖLAND’S SOUTHERN TIP
One of Sweden’s most well-known bird observatories. There is a research centre and at
Ottenby Naturum you will find information
about migrating birds and their routes, but
also about geology, cultural history and the
nature reserve’s flora and fauna.
GPS: Lat 56.233142 Long 16.412029
44 OTTENBY KUNGSGÅRD
Since the 13th century, the building served as
a monastery and an estate for the privileged.
Gustav Vasa created a state demesne (farm for
breeding cattle) when the monastery was confiscated by the Crown. The current main building was designed by Carl Fredrik Sundvall
and dates back to 1804.
GPS: Lat 56.248500 Long 16.417522
43 KARL X:S WALL
This wall stretches across the entire island and
was raised by the king to protect the farmers’
grounds from the animals in the game park.
GPS: Lat 56.294443 Long 16.479492
42 EKETORPS FORTRESS
Reconstructed ancient fortress where you can
visit residential houses, animal dwellings and
storage buildings from the Iron Age until the
early Middle Ages. There is also a museum.
GPS: Lat 56.339759 Long 16.53356
41 SEBY BURIAL FIELD
One kilometre-long burial field with more
than 210 visible Iron Age remains. South of
the field stands Öland’s tallest limestone slab,
probably erected in the 1040s.
GPS: Lat 56.340901 Long 16.530304
40 J.A.G.S. MUSEUM IN SEGERSTAD
Exhibition of wood sculptures by ”Gustaf-Jon”
Johan August Gustafsson. Dreams were his reality and here you can enter his fantasy world,
with characters from tales, myths, history and
the Bible.
GPS: Lat 57.227508 Long 16.956367
6 BYRUMS SEA-STACKS
Nature’s ”stone statues” at Byrum’s beach - pieces of limestone art created by the waves of the
Kalmar Strait. Similar to Gotland’s sea-stacks
and certainly worth a visit.
GPS: Lat 57.246226 Long 17.005720
5 SKÄFTEKÄRR
A reconstructed Iron Age farm and a museum. Slightly to the north lies Rosendal,
northern Europe’s best preserved Iron Age
village. Skäftekärr is located in a beautiful
park with over 100 different types of trees and
shrubs.
GPS: Lat 57.253238 Long 16.792774
25 KARUM´S ALVAR
This alvar contains the stone ship burial field
Noah’s Ark, one of Öland’s most famous ancient
remains. 500 metres south of Karum’s Alvar are
the mighty upright stones of Odens Flisor from
the Iron Age, the largest of which is 3 metres tall.
Legend has it that the Nordic god Oden parted
a single slab with his sword in order to tie down
his horse.
GPS: Lat 56.792418 Long 16.736813
24 GÄRDSLÖSA CHURCH
Princess Margareta and John Ambler were married here in 1964. It is the best-preserved medieval church on the island and probably the most
remarkable. The poet Erik Johan Stagnelius grew
up at the old vicarage 1 km south of the church.
GPS: Lat 56.812814 Long 16.745653
23 STÖRLINGE KVARNAR
The second largest village on Öland houses the
longest remaining row of windmills on the island.
These seven post mills form a piece of cultural
history from the days of Öland’s peasant culture.
GPS: Lat 56.791008 Long 16.579399
22 HALLTORPS HAGE
Remains of the broad-leaf forest that spread across
southern Sweden 5,000 years ago. Hornbeams,
hazels, ash trees, limetrees and enormous oak trees
grow here. Amongst the trees you will find enormous
Stag Beetles, rare Great Capricorn Beetles, small Old
World Flycatchers and Golden Orioles.
GPS: Lat 56.34781 Long 16.40915
39 Geological garden OF ART &
Bergstigen hiking trail
The geological garden near Södra Bruket in
Degerhamn is an exciting and informative place to visit. The garden consists of two separate
parts; an information point in the northern
part of the area, and the Geological garden of
Art on the south slope of the alum factory ruins. Bergstigen is a path along cultural and natural sites - 6 km through the World Heritage
Site of southern Öland.
GPS: Lat 56.395854 Long 16.426964
38 GETTLINGE BURIAL FIELD
From the ridge near these archaeological finds
you have a fantastic view over the Kalmar
Strait. The remains include a 30-metre stone
ship burial field, stone circles and two tall limestone slabs.
GPS: Lat 56.421782 Long 16.388855
37 ECKELSUDDE
Most famous for being a relatively sure spot
for watching seal. Both common seals and a
few grey seals may be spotted. Many species of
birds breed in the bay.
GPS: Lat 56.526643 Long 16.439323
36 MYSINGE BURIAL FIELD
One kilometre-long area with many different
burial types: mounds, stone settings, upright
stones, stone cists, a trident and remains of a
stone circle. The mound at Mysinge has a diameter of 42 metres and is 3 metres tall.
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Nationalpark
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Nationalpark
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18 SOLLIDEN
Sandvik
Persnäs
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Frönäs
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The royal family’s summer paradise on Öland.
GPS: Lat 56.774645 Long 16.624460
Hallnäs
L Horn
Knisa SödThe white palace and wonderful gardens were
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vik
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26 ISMANTORPS FORTRESS
created by Queen Victoria during 1903-1906.
Sandvik
Persnäs
Hjälmstad
12Lofta
This 5th-century fortress is embedded in the
GPS: Lat 56.866522 Long 16.636648
Knisa Söd- Hallnäs
green foliage of Mittlandsskogen. The nine gates
Vässby
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vik
Själgrund
Djupvik
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19 HÖRNINGE MOSSE
and all archaeological findings indicate this was
Föra
Hjälmstad Husvalla
Hörninge mosse lies a few km south-east of
Lofta
a place of cult ceremonies and markets. Legends
Grönslunda
Ingelstad
Klockholm
Köpingsvik. It is one of Öland’s largest retell stories of a creepy atmosphere, uroborus, tall
Vässby
Själgrund
Djupvik
Korntorp
maining wetlands. In the centre of the bog
men and night-time guard dogs.
S Greda
Aske- Föra
14 Husvalla
are peat pits with open water all year round,
GPS: Lat 56.744628 Long 16.646175
Lillholm
136 lunda
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Grönslunda
Ingelstad
Djurstad Klockholm
Ebbewhere peat was extracted during the 1870s
Äleklinta
Korntorp gärde
and 1940s. Abundant bird life and 20 different
Gullehamn
Aske- S Greda
Kårehamn
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types of orchids.
Lillholm
136 Stacketorp
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20 SKEDEMOSSE GÅRD
Stacketorp
Kårehamn
Löt
Vannborga Alböke
Trindborgen
One of Sweden’s most prominent places of sacriNorrby
Lundegård Dalby Unnestad
Valsnäs
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fice between 0-500 AD. The most famous sacriUnneborg
Bodudden
St Haglunda
ficial finding is the so-called Skedemosse gold.
Mörby
Hässleby
Löt
Vannborga Törneby
Trindborgen
Museum with the story of the excavations and
Norrby
Sjöåsen
Köpingsvik
Dalby
Kalleguta
Valsnäs
Borgholm Lundegård Klinta
guided tours to the excavation site. Hiking trail.
Egby udde
Unnestad Sandby
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Bodudden
Köping
Fagerhult
Borgholms slottsruin
GPS: Lat 56.836767 Long 16.742649
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Törneby
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Kolstad
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18 Hagaberg
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Köpingsvik
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21 KAPELLUDDEN
Ramsättra
Kalleguta Sandby
Borgholm
Trygge-Klinta
Egby udde
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stad
Bredsättra
Ruins of St Bridget’s chapel
and a tall stone
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Fagerhult
Kläppinge
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Egby
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cross from the 13th century. During the
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an important commercial centre.
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Störlinge
Strandtorp
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Skedstad
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Karum
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23 Störlinge
Sˆreg‰rde
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22 Rälla
Högtomta
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Vedby
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Halltorp
Hultsbyˆ
Jämjö
Rälla
tall
Karås
Störlinge bodar
GPS: Lat 56.870322 Long 16.645746
17 BORGHOLMS CASTLE
Scandinavia’s finest castle ruin and one of
Sweden’s large historical monuments. The
castle has endured many battles and attacks
since the Middle Ages and has been restored
successively. A fire devastated the castle in
1806 and today only the limestone walls remain.
GPS: Lat 56.87886 Long 16.65768
16 BORGHOLM
The city was founded in the 19th century and
is an old seaside resort with special architecture. There are still some buildings left from
this era, such as the Wollin’s villa at Villagatan,
Lilla Nyborg at Storgatan, and parts of
Villagatan and Badhusgatan. Just north of
Borgholm lies Blå Rör, an enormous Bronze
Age mound of stone with a 36-metre diameter.
-From north to south
4 BLÅ JUNGFRUN
Small island west of Byxelkrok, 86 metres
above sea level in the Kalmar Strait. Covered
with broad-leaf forest and on the stone slabs
with stunted pine trees. It became a national
park in 1926 and legend has it that this is
where the witches fly at Easter. Ferry from
Byxelkrok during the summer season.
GPS: Lat 57.342967 Long 17.121849
3 TROLLSKOGEN
Storm-twisted pine trees with ivy clinging
to the trunks. This area resembles a wonderland where trolls and other curious creatures exist. At the entrance are information
displays about Öland’s nature and a small
museum with natural objects and old forestry
tools. Start of the heritage railway Böda
Skogsjärnväg.
GPS: Lat 57.349126 Long 17.031384
2 NEPTUNI ÅKRAR
A wide rubble-stone expanse with wavelike embankments stretches out north of
Byxelkrok. Carl Linnaeus named this area
after Neptune, the god of the sea. Abundant
flowering of Viper’s bugloss around midsummer. You can see the mighty Forgalla
stone ship burial field and the island of Blå
Jungfrun in the background.
GPS: Lat 57.369125 Long 17.101593
1 LÅNGE ERIK
Lighthouse Långe Erik guards the waters at
Öland’s northernmost point. The lighthouse is
36 metres tall and has been in operation since
1845. Almost as famous as its larger twin in
the south.
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