Vimmerby, Astrid Lindgren’s World

6 August 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Rotsee/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Rotsee/cc-by-sa-4.0

Vimmerby is a city and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality in Kalmar County with 8,000 inhabitants. Stångån is a small river running through the city. Vimmerby had its charter as early as the fourteenth century. The main street, Storgatan, still has the shape in which it was built in the medieval time. There are also many old wooden houses in the city.   read more…

Jönköping in southern Sweden

18 October 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Jönköping Collage © jonkopingsambassaden.se - Citronlemonad

Jönköping Collage © jonkopingsambassaden.se – Citronlemonad

Jönköping is a city in southern Sweden with 62,000 inhabitants. Jönköping is situated by the southern end of Sweden’s second largest lake, Vättern. The original town Jönköping has grown together with twin city Huskvarna (population 23,000) and suburb Norrahammar-Hovslätt (population 9,000), forming a contiguous urban area, with 94,000 inhabitants in 2013.   read more…

Växjö in Southern Sweden

3 September 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Växjö Theatre © Mikael Ekbäck

Växjö Theatre © Mikael Ekbäck

Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, with 60,887 inhabitants. It is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. The town is home to Linnaeus University. Växjö houses Sweden’s National Glass Museum and claims to be the capital of the Kingdom of Crystal as well as of the “Kingdom of Furniture”.   read more…

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