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TOP 10 REASONS
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Why travel to Oland: Find out the top 10 reasons to visit
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01
A SNEAK PEAK
A SNEAK PEAK
A SNEAK PEAK
A Sneak Peek into Oland
- For almost a century, the Swedish royals have made the land their summer retreat, and it's easy to see why once you arrive on the country's second-largest island.
- From the vast fields that dominate the southwest to the deciduous woodland in the centre area, to the dramatic cliffs and shoreline of 'Stenkusten,' its nature is remarkable wherever you are (the stone coast).
- Land's peculiarity begins with the ground beneath your feet, stretching 137 kilometres north to south and only 16 kilometres broad at its widest point.
- The shallow, exposed limestone bedrock has given rise to alvars - open, dry heaths – over the millennia, with 'Stora Alvaret' being the largest (the Great Alvar).
- The land is a haven for a diverse spectrum of visitors due to its unique characteristics.
- Windsurfers and kite surfers take advantage of the constant breeze in the 75 natural reserves, containing fauna unique to the island and hundreds of bird and mammal species.
- The origins of its ancient ruins, rune stones, and rauk fields will be revealed to history and culture lovers.
- International Airport: Öland Airport
- Population: 37.92 Million
- Currency: Swedish Krona
- Time: UTC+01:00
- Driving Side: Right
- Main Electricity: 230V
- Official Language: Swedish
- Religion: Catholicism
02
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Top Tourist Attractions in Oland
- The Lange Jan lighthouse is Sweden's tallest lighthouse and one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.
- Naturum Ottenby is a nature reserve near Lange Jan.
- Fort Eketorp is one of the country's most impressively reproduced Iron Age and Medieval strongholds.
- Karlevistenen is also the country's oldest runestone, erected in the year 900.
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SEASONS TO TRAVEL
SEASONS TO TRAVEL
SEASONS TO TRAVEL
Best Months to Visit Oland
- Temperatures feel cold for roughly half of the year due to humidity, but otherwise pleasant with a low risk of precipitation for most of the year.
- Compared to other tourist attractions worldwide, the area is relatively temperate (in the 41st percentile for pleasant weather).
- If you're seeking the hottest months to visit Oland, July, August, and June are the best options.
- Early August is the hottest season of the year, with highs around 73.5°F (23.1°C) and temperatures seldom dropping below 60.1°F (15.6°C) at night.
04
WORTH A VISIT
WORTH A VISIT
WORTH A VISIT
The Best Places to Visit in Oland
Borgholm Castle
- Borgholm Castle, built in the 13th century to safeguard trade along the southeast coast, was rebuilt several times before being destroyed by fire in 1806.
- Today, the remains are one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island, with visitors permitted to see practically every portion.
- The views from the towers are stunning, and you get a real sense of what it was like to live as an emperor in the past.
Ottenby Bird Station
- Whether you're a serious birder or have a passing interest in birds, Ottenby Bird Station will leave your jaw on the floor.
- It is regarded as one of Sweden's most excellent birdwatching locations.
- The observatory, founded in 1946 and dedicated to bird studies, welcomes tourists who want to see the remarkable variety of birdlife that can be found here.
Solliden Palace
- This Italianate renaissance-style house, located at a short distance from Borgholm Castle, was erected by Sweden's Queen Victoria between 1903 and 1906 and serves as the Swedish royal family's official summer residence.
- The lovely grounds are available to the public, and there is a fantastic café where you can relax and enjoy a fika (coffee break).
- When visitors are not permitted to enter the palace, many tourists have seen members of the royal family while visiting the stunning Solliden Palace.
05
DISCOVER MORE
DISCOVER MORE
DISCOVER MORE
Oland Off the Beaten Track
Ismantorp Fortress
- This massive ruin, which was most likely used between 300 and 500 AD, is the oldest ring fort in the country.
- Inside a 300-meter-long limestone wall, you can view the ruins of nearly 100 dwellings and nine gates that continue to confuse historians.
- Ismantorp Fortress is a deep the woods fortress that may be reached by foot, bike, or car.
- A 17-kilometre hiking track connects Grberg with Ismantorp, making this an ideal day trip (but pack supplies as no tourist shop or café nearby).
- It's assumed that, like other unmanaged archaeological gems in Sweden, you'll respect the site, so proceed with caution.
Eketorps Fortress
- Eketorp Fortress is an Iron Age fort extensively rebuilt and expanded during the Middle Ages.
- While it has had a variety of uses throughout the ages, it is now one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, with a fully excavated historic fort, reconstructed walls and dwellings, and several mediaeval war reenactments.
- More activities, as well as guided tours, are available for people of all ages.
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CULTURE & TRADITIONS
CULTURE & TRADITIONS
CULTURE & TRADITIONS
Oland Culture and Traditions
- Because of the abundance of landland, eateries everywhere use and emphasise locally grown products.
- If you genuinely want to "get local," try 'kroppkaka,' a speciality of landland.
- The potato-based bun, stuffed with roasted pork and onions and garnished with lingonberries, is not for the faint of heart!
- Many restaurants are eager to tempt you to try them, with Arontorps Kroppkakor & Mat being one of the best.
- Please pay a visit to the island and take in everything it offers.
- Pay a visit to the Himmelsberga Museum, a settlement preserved as an open-air museum, to learn more about the island's history.
- Himmelsberga comprises numerous big farms with buildings dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.
- The VIDA Museum & Art Gallery, nine kilometres south of Borgholm, offers additional contemporary culture.
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FOOD FUN FASHION
FOOD FUN FASHION
FOOD FUN FASHION
Oland: Food, Fun & Fashion Guide
Meatballs
#Food
- Sweden's national cuisine, which has become famous worldwide thanks to IKEA restaurants, is a classic!
- The ingredients are simple and have been around for a long time: minced pig or beef, onion, egg, milk, and breadcrumbs.
- It's generally served with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam, and brown cream sauce after being mixed and fried in a lot of butter.
- The meatballs are mildly seasoned, as is typical of Swedish cuisine. In most cases, salt and pepper are sufficient.
- In Swedish cuisine, the classic meatball plays a crucial part.
- It's eaten as a regular meal and on special occasions like the holidays.
- The meatball and a few other items on this list will be present at Christmas, Easter, and Midsummer.
Räkmacka
#Food
- In Sweden, seafood is prevalent, especially on the west coast.
- Fishing was the principal occupation for many generations, and fish and seafood were an essential element of the local cuisine.
- Local seafood and fish are now considered delicacies.
- Räkmacka is a type of open-faced sandwich made using rye bread.
- It's piled high with lettuce, mayonnaise, egg, dill, caviar, and shrimp. The sandwich can be served as an appetiser or a main course.
- The amount of shrimp on the sandwich reveals a lot about the restaurant's quality.
Paradisverkstaden
#Fashion
- Paradisverkstaden, a pottery centre with a view over the saltmarsh meadows and Kalmar Sound, is located just south of Land Bridge.
- Visitors can admire the glass and ceramics on display in this airy and open structure flanked by a lovely garden.
- Here you'll find anything from small candlesticks to enormous garden urns made by Eva and Olof Paradis.
Borgholm City Centre
#Fashion
- It is a city and the seat of the municipality of Borgholm.
- It is a popular tourist destination with a spike in visitors throughout the summer months.
- There are several shops open during the summer here as well.
Bödasågen Allhandel
#Fashion
- Bödasgens Allhandel is a family business whose sole source of income is landland.
- Our company name originates from the fact that we operate out of an ancient sawmill.
- Apart from food, our shop, 600 square metres in size, provides everything you might need.
- From Easter until the Harvest Festival, we are open. In our 60 square metre sweets section, we sell 300 different types of sweets.
- Pick'n'mix, ice cream, beverages, coffee, slush drinks, and more items are available. From mid-July until mid-August, it is open every day.
- They strive to offer a diverse, high-quality selection at reasonable pricing. We keep a basic range and try to keep the rest of the choices as diverse as possible so that clients can constantly discover something new.
Ölands Zoo and Amusement Park
#Fun
- Land Zoo and Amusement Park is Sweden's largest combined animal and amusement park, with attractions for the entire family.
- It's about an hour's drive from First Camp Gunnarsö-Oskarshamn to the park, so it's a terrific day trip!
- The park was also named the 2017 tourism destination of the year.
- Whether you're searching for thrills or want to appreciate nature and the fantastic creatures, the park is ideal during the summer.
- There is a large zoo here and a fun amusement park with about 20 free carousels and a Pirate-themed Aqualand.
- A day at the zoo is unlike anything other. For both the young and elderly, watching animals from all over is a fun experience.
- Tigers, lions, zebras, snakes, alligators, raccoons, gibbons, and chimps can all be found here.
- The zoo also collaborates with several groups to help save several endangered animals.
- There is everything you might expect from a traditional amusement park.
- The attractions are various entertaining carousels, candy lotteries, chocolate wheels, air rifles, and much more.
08
NATURE & SAFARI
NATURE & SAFARI
NATURE & SAFARI
Oland: Natural Beauty & Safari Adventures
- Stora Frö is a little picturesque village in the south of landland, between Färjestaden and Mörbylnga, about 10 kilometres from the land bridge.
- We have a Herb Garden in the village, and the shop sells a wide selection of products for flavour, health, and harmony, including more than 60 different spices, homemade gels, and mustard.
- There are also some adorable ceramics. Beijershamn, a natural reserve and bird sanctuary, is within walking distance.
- Stora Frö, located between the lush plains to the east and the pine forest, grassland Litorina, and variegated Kalmar coast to the west, was named "Village of the Year" in 2005.
- The community is concerned with both reverence and modern buildings.
- StrandNära steps away from the beach and the highsand hills of Sandbergen and Haga Park.
- Sunbathe and swim in the shallow sea with a soft and smooth sandy bottom.
- The vista includes Kalmar and its magnificent castle.
- Enjoy a gorgeous sunset while walking over the undulating sandhills in the evening.
- The Haga Park recreation area, which includes a swimming pool, playground, windsurfing centre, and volleyball court, is only a few hundred metres away.
- Windsurfing, kayaking, miniature golf, and cycling equipment can all be rented here.
09
EVENTS & FIESTAS
EVENTS & FIESTAS
EVENTS & FIESTAS
Oland Must-Attend Festivals and Events
- Since its debut year in 1997, the Land Harvest Festival – lands Skördefest – has attracted many visitors and has evolved to become Sweden's most popular harvest festival.
- The celebration celebrates Michaelmas, the end of the growing season when the crop is collected, and the animals are brought inside for the winter.
- There was a Michaelmas feast and Michaelmas marketplace when the newly grown goods were traded.
- The Land Harvest Festival follows this tradition and serves as a showcase for the island's exquisite cuisine, innovative culinary items, and rich culture.
- Orange pumpkins symbolise the Harvest Festival. During the Harvest Festival, pumpkins have become so prevalent on the island that a writer once referred to it as the Kingdom of Pumpkins.
- Approximately 900 activities are available during the festival, from the lighthouse Lnge Erik in the north to the lighthouse Lnge Jan on the island's southern tip.
- Each year, nearly 200,000 people attend these programmes.
- The islanders freely open their doors to the public, inviting them to village celebrations, gastronomic excursions, markets, art exhibitions, and various other activities.
- New Year's Eve is a worldwide event marked by great excitement and passion.
- People join together in Poland, too, to plan exciting events, family reunions, and parties. However, Krakow, Poland's capital, has much more than typical home parties.
- The RynekGlowny arena in Krakow hosts Poland's largest open-air New Year's Eve party.
- At midnight, the event concludes with a spectacular light and laser show.
- These Poland festivities used to culminate with stunning fireworks in the sky, but lights and a laser show have recently replaced this.
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