A Day tour of the Swedish island of Öland
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When I moved to Sweden, I had known about a few of its cities like Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Uppsala but I never heard much about other places, let alone some popular Swedish islands. Gotland is perhaps the most popular island in Sweden as it is where Swedes go during the warm winter months for holiday.
It wasn’t until my visit to the small Swedish city of Kalmar, that I had first heard about the island of Öland, which lies right next to the city, accessible by a bridge and is full of old relics of Sweden’s past. So you can rest assured that I took some time out to explore this island when visiting Kalmar.
As I alluded to before, the origins of Öland date back to around 8000 BC where early settlers were able to access the island (and present-day Kalmar) by using an ice bridge that formed across the Kalmar Strait. The island is full of Viking-age burial grounds and ring forts, all of which have yielded about 24,000 artifacts to date.
I’m such a sucker for incredibly old historical finds and combine that with my love for Sweden, and you have a perfect marriage, and a very excited CK to explore the island. Getting to Kalmar (and therefore Öland) is easy as it requires just a 4.5 hour SJ train from Stockholm with 1 change.
Check out my drone video on Öland, Sweden below!
If you’d like a bit more information about some of the other Swedish cities I have seen, check out my blog posts below:
Stockholm (Blog Post Title: Why Stockholm is the best Scandinavian capital)
Stockholm Tunnelbana (Blog Post Title: The World’s Longest Art Gallery - Riding on the Stockholm Tunnelbana)
Gothenburg (Göteborg) (Blog Post Title: A Tour of Gothenburg: Sweden's 2nd Largest City)
Uppsala (Blog Post: Uppsala: the hidden gem just North of Stockholm)
Helsingborg (Blog Post: Just a few reasons to see Helsingborg in the South of Sweden)
Malmö (Blog Post: Take a weekend break in Malmö, Sweden)
Lund (Blog Post: A Day tour of the university town of Lund)
Kalmar (Blog Post: Kalmar: The town you should know more about in Sweden)
Marstrand (Blog Post: A day trip to the Swedish island of Marstrand)
Swedish Castles (Blog Post: A Tour of Sweden’s Coolest Castles)
Fårö (Blog Post: A Guide to the Swedish Island of Fårö)
Visby (Blog Post: A Closer Look at the Hanseatic Town of Visby)
Gotland (Blog Post: A Guide to the Swedish Island of Gotland)