{"id":8598,"date":"2017-09-14T14:56:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T14:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=8598"},"modified":"2020-01-19T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T21:51:00","slug":"oland-sweden-%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%aa-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=8598","title":{"rendered":"\u00d6land, Sweden 2017 \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelled: 246 kilometres from Vimmerby to Gr\u00f6nh\u00f6gen on the island of<\/b> \u00d6land, Sweden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Borgholms Castle SEK90pp, Solliden Slott SEK100pp and\u00a0Gr\u00f6nh\u00f6gen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Gr\u00f6nh\u00f6gen marina stellplatz SEK150, all services including washing machine and dryer. N56.26635, E16.39670<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 69 days @ \u20ac89 per day<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All was good in Astrid’s stellplatz last night, just us and a hundred vacant motorhome spots all around us.  Some company would have been nice, but the fact it was a free night was more comforting.  We have a quite a few kilometres to do today so we have a coffee and go over to the service point and do the usual business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving south-east down the 34 there is little traffic and we spend most of our time looking out for speed cameras.  Sweden is not a drivers paradise, so its 80-90 kph passing pine forests lakes and more pine forest.  At Kalmar we turn off for \u00d6land.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crossing from Kalmar to \u00d6land along the 12 kilometre long bridge. The views are amazing up and down the Kalmar Straights.  \u00d6land sits in the Baltic Sea, being 137 kilometres long and 16 kilometres wide, surprisingly it has a population of 25,000 people.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Once on \u00d6land we turn north for Borgholm Castle. Looks interesting.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We pay our entry fee and go to the castle entrance to start exploring. We download the App and listen to the commentary as we walk around. It started off a little corny, but once we got past the start it was very interesting.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Borgholm was built in the 12th century, but extended several time in the Middle Ages. Having been the site of several battles and sieges against the German and Danes. It’s use as a castle discontinued in 1772. A fire in 1806 burnt through the castle, leaving it in ruins.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tessin’s Gate is one of the view pieces of facade left from the 1650 baroque renovation by KIng Karl Gustav X.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Now here is an interesting fact. Good old King Karl was so concerned about the peasant farmers poaching his game he decreed that only 3 legged dogs where allowed on \u00d6land. Understandably this caused some consternation amongs the dogs \ud83d\udc36!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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