Sweden
Things to do in Kalmar & Öland
16 places13 stories2 routes
Sightlore has 16 places to explore in Kalmar & Öland, and 13 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Kalmar & Öland's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Eketorp Fort
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages.
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Kalmar County Museum
Regional cultural history museum of Kalmar County, housed mostly in Kalmar's former steam mill.
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Southern Öland cultural landscape
The agricultural landscape of southern Öland is an area of more than 56,000 hectares (140,000 acres) located on the island of Öland, Sweden. It includes Stora alvaret (great alvar), a limestone plateau of around half that surface.
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Kalmar Maritime Museum
Maritime museum on Kvarnholmen in Kalmar, in a building erected in 1889 as a private residence.
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Öland Bridge
The Öland bridge is a road bridge in Sweden that spans the Kalmar Strait, between Jutnabben in Kalmar on the mainland and Möllstorp in Algutsrum parish near Färjestaden on Öland in the Baltic Sea.
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Kalmar Castle
Kalmar Castle is a castle in Kalmar, in the province of Småland, Sweden.
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Kalmar Cathedral
Kalmar Cathedral is a cathedral in the city of Kalmar, Småland, in southeastern Sweden. Located at Stortorget, construction began in 1660. The cathedral was designed for the Church of Sweden by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder.
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Kalmar gamla vattentorn
A 65-metre red-brick Art Nouveau water tower in Kalmar, built 1887–1900; today it contains flats.
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Långe Jan
Långe Jan ("Tall John") is a Swedish lighthouse located at the south cape of Öland in the Baltic Sea, Sweden's second largest island.
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Solliden Palace
Solliden Palace – commonly referred to simply as Solliden – is the summer residence of the Swedish Royal Family and is privately owned by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Discovery routes in Kalmar & Öland
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Kalmar: castle and cathedral
From Kalmar Castle to the Art Museum and the Old Water Tower, then Kalmar Cathedral, the Kalmar County Museum and the Maritime Museum.
Öland: from the bridge to Långe Jan
From the Öland Bridge to Solliden Palace and Borgholm Castle, then Gråborg, the agricultural landscape of Southern Öland, Eketorp fort and the Långe Jan lighthouse.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Kalmar Castle
Kalmar Castle is a castle in Kalmar, in the province of Småland, Sweden.
Kalmar gamla vattentorn
A 65-metre red-brick Art Nouveau water tower in Kalmar, built 1887–1900; today it contains flats.
Solliden Palace
Solliden Palace – commonly referred to simply as Solliden – is the summer residence of the Swedish Royal Family and is privately owned by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Borgholm Castle
Borgholm Castle in Borgholm, Sweden, is today only a ruin of the fortress that was first built in the second half of the 13th century and rebuilt many times in later centuries. It is linked to Halltorp estate, to the south.
Gråborg
Gråborg is the ruin of a hillfort on Öland, Sweden. It is located in Algutsrum, in Mörbylånga Municipality. The oldest parts of the ancient hillfort are plausible from the 5th century.
Eketorp Fort
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages.
Långe Jan
Långe Jan ("Tall John") is a Swedish lighthouse located at the south cape of Öland in the Baltic Sea, Sweden's second largest island.
Museums
Kalmar konstmuseum
Regional art museum founded in 1942; since 2008 it has shown contemporary art in a new building in Kalmar's city park.
Kalmar County Museum
Regional cultural history museum of Kalmar County, housed mostly in Kalmar's former steam mill.
Kalmar Maritime Museum
Maritime museum on Kvarnholmen in Kalmar, in a building erected in 1889 as a private residence.
Sydfart
Swedish cargo ship launched in 1879 as the steam freighter Olof Trätälja; the oldest engine-driven cargo ship in the world still in service.
Places of worship
Kalmar Cathedral
Kalmar Cathedral is a cathedral in the city of Kalmar, Småland, in southeastern Sweden. Located at Stortorget, construction began in 1660. The cathedral was designed for the Church of Sweden by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder.
Hagby Church
Hagby Church is a medieval round church in Hagby, Kalmar County in Sweden. It belongs to the Diocese of Växjö.
Voxtorp Church
Voxtorp Church is a medieval round church in Kalmar County in Sweden. It belongs to the parish of Halltorp-Voxtorps in the Diocese of Växjö.
Monuments
Öland Bridge
The Öland bridge is a road bridge in Sweden that spans the Kalmar Strait, between Jutnabben in Kalmar on the mainland and Möllstorp in Algutsrum parish near Färjestaden on Öland in the Baltic Sea.
Nature
Southern Öland cultural landscape
The agricultural landscape of southern Öland is an area of more than 56,000 hectares (140,000 acres) located on the island of Öland, Sweden. It includes Stora alvaret (great alvar), a limestone plateau of around half that surface.
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