Sights in Kalmar - 28 matches
Hiring a guide
Guided tours, History At Kalmar Tourist Center, you can hire a guide any time of the year for city walking tours or sightseeing tours around Kalmar, Öland, the Kingdom of Crystal and the emigration r...
Union Monument
History, Nature and culture This work of art commemorates the 600th anniversary of the Kalmar Union.
Kalmar Theatre
Other Kalmar Theatre is definitely one of the most beautiful theatres in Sweden. Throughout its history, it has served as the major entertainment venue of Kalmar, and has been the sit...
Kalmar Art Museum
Museum, Sights In the centre of Kalmar you will find one of Sweden's most renowned art museums. This is an extremely contemporary art museum, aimed at stimulating discussion of issues that aff...
Kalmar City Park
Nature and culture, Other, Sights Kalmar City Park is situated next to the the castle. Johan Jeansson, a merchant of the town, a bust of whom has stood in the park since 1937, was the driving force behind the pa...
Kalmar Castle
History, Museum, Ancient castles [...] The history of this legendary castle stretches back over 800 years. For a long time, Kalmar Castle was an important fortification and known as the key to the kingdom because of ...
Kalmar Slottskyrka
Churches One of Sweden’s most popular wedding churches!
Västerport (The West Gate)
History, Other, Sights This magnificent town gate is called Västerport (The West Gate) or Högvakten (The Main Guard). Completed in 1658, it was the main entry to Kvarnholmen right up to 1870.
Art galleries
Exhibitions, Galleries Art galleries in Kalmar
Castens gården
History, Other Saddler Castens and his wife Anna Hermansdotter built the stepped gable house at Storgatan 20 in 1667. Ever since then some sort of trading activity has been pursued in the prop...
Rosenlundska huset
History, Other Dating back to 1658, Rosenlundska huset is the oldest stone building in Kalmar’s central district of Kvarnholmen.
Brewery Nordstjernan
Sights, History The brewery today houses apartments.
The Old Town in Kalmar
History, Other, Sights The medieval center of Kalmar, known today as the Old Town, lies right next to Kalmar Castle. It still has many well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings and is an invitin...
Old Cemetery
History, Other The Old Cemetery is the oldest Christian burial ground preserved in Kalmar. A church was built during the first half of the 13th century and in this connection they started to l...
Kalmar Cathedral
Sights, History, Churches Kalmar Cathedral is one of the few unaltered buildings from Sweden’s period as a great power. It was completed in 1703 but construction started already in the 1660's. The archit...
Kalmar läns museum
History, Museum Kalmar County museum is found in a big building that once contained Kalmar steam mill. The museum offers exhibitions throughout the year. The biggest exhibition presents the war...
The Krusenstiernska Garden
Museum, Other, Sights A lush garden with a 19th century, middle-class home in the old town, only 200 meters from the castle. With its furnishings intact, the house is a museum open for groups. The fi...
Kalmar Maritime Museum
Museum, Sights During the last few hundred years a great number of the men of Kalmar have been employed in building ships at "Varvsholmen" (the "Ship Yard Island") for Swedish as well as forei...
Klapphuset
History, Other This is the only wash house remaining in Scandinavia.
The Öland Bridge
Other The building of the Öland Bridge officially started on 30 December 1967, and it opened on 30 September 1972.