Långasjönäs nature reserve

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Långasjönäs nature reserve

In this nature reserve, you will find an area called Nytorpet. Nytorpet provides you with hiking trails, exercise tracks, sauna, rowing boats and barbecue areas. Nearby you will also find Långasjönäs campsite where you can rent cottages or camp with a caravan, camper van or tent. There is a swimming area with accessibility jetty. In the 18th and 19th centuries, there were paper mills, distilleries, sawmills, starch mills in the area. Most of the buildings are now only ruins that are well worth a visit. Långasjönäs nature reserve is located about 10 kilometers north of Karlshamns city center.

Do & See

To get a sense of what Karlshamn was like in the past you should head for the cultural quarter and visit Karlshamn's Museum, Skottsbergska Gården and the Punsch Museum - here it feels as if time has stood still for over a century. If you would rather get in touch with modern-day Karlshamn you might like to head for the nearby art gallery, explore the mysteries of science at Kreativum Science Center, try fishing on the river Mörrum, visit Karlshamn's beautiful archipelago or enjoy the freedom of the outdoors at Eriksberg Wildlife Park.

The archipelago

The archipelago

Visit Karlshamn's beautiful archipelago. The archipelago extends from the western municipal border to Sweden’s southeastern corner. This group of islands is called Hällaryd’s archipelago and consists of 270 scenic islands of different sizes with stone or rocky beaches and meadows. Joggesö, Ekö, Hallö, Östra Bokö and Fölsö are the names of some of the …

The Mörrum river - Mörrums Kronolaxfiske

The Mörrum river - Mörrums Kronolaxfiske

The salmon fishing in Mörrum river is world famous. People come from near and far to enjoy the angling, but also to experience the area with the river falls in central Mörrum, the restaurant, the fishing shop and the aquarium next to the exhibition (The House of Salmon). Here you can meet the mighty …

Eriksberg Hotel & Nature Reserve

Eriksberg Hotel & Nature Reserve

Go on a safari tour at Eriksberg's wildlife park and see wild animals in their proper environment. Red deer, fallow deer, Père David’s deer, European bison, wild boar and moufflon freely roam around in this unique nature reserve in the archipelago. The tour goes through a fascinating rocky landscape of oak woodlands, dense hornbeam …

Karlshamn's Museum

Karlshamn's Museum

The museum is located in the cultural quarter in Karlshamn. Here you will find the city museum, the old punsch factory, tobacco factory, the silversmith's workshop, the printing factory, art gallery and also the famous song writer for children Alice Tegner's special room. Skottbergska Gården is also in the cultural quarter. It is one …

Punsch Museum

The only Punsch Museum in Sweden is located in the Cultural quarter in the northern part of the town centre of Karlshamn, next to the Art Gallery. See how the Karlshamns' Punsch was manufactured in the 19th century. The old steam boiler, punsch cooker and lager barrel are well …

Skottsbergska Gården

Skottsbergska Gården

Skottsbergska Gården, the old merchant´s house from the 18th century, is situated in the cultural quarter of Karlshamn. Skottsbergska Gården is one of our countries most prominent monumental bulidings. There is quite a number of castles and manors in Sweden, but burghers houses, mantained in their initial condition as in the case of Skottsbergska …

Art Museum - Martinssonska Gården

Art Museum - Martinssonska Gården

A beautiful art museum filled with sculptures from Johnny Martinsson, together with pieces by Thure Wahlström, Oscar Wickström and Per Serre. The sculptor Johnny Martinsson's artisitc expression is characterized by his childhood on the island Tärnö and life by the …

Maritime Museum

Maritime Museum

Located in the southern part of the town centre of Karlshamn. The Maritime Museum is located in an old tobacco warehouse from 1875. At the marine museum you can see, for example, an old ships fortlet from the mid 1800´s. You also get to know the history of shipping in Blekinge over the …

The Emigrants Monument

The Emigrants Monument

Axel Olsson's monument "Karl Oskar & Kristina". The statue commemorating the migration to America via Karlshamn in the 19th century. The author Vilhelm Moberg wrote about the Swedish emigration to America in his novels and a large number of people left Sweden via Karlshamn. Axel Olssons famous statue depicts the key characters, Karl Oskar and …

Kreativum Science Center

Kreativum Science Center

Kreativum Science Center is a place for both young and old. Discover and explore the wonders of nature and great inventions of our time. An exciting place for all senses. Rediscover humanity, nature and technology in this science center for curious people of all ages. The different discovery zones at Kreativum stimulates your curiosity …

Fortress island Kastellet

Fortress island Kastellet

Fortress island located in the entrance of Karlshamn's harbour. The entire island is in fact a fortress dating back to the 17th century when feuds with the Danish were common. Today Kastellet is a beautiful, exciting and easy-to-reach destination for visitors of all ages. For many years Kastellet has provided the scenery and venue …

Outdoor swimming bath - Kallbadhuset

Outdoor swimming bath - Kallbadhuset

Enjoy swimming in the sea regardless of the weather and water temperature. "Kallbadhuset" is an outdoor swimming bath with wonderful view overlooking the sea, with access to showers, sauna, separate sections for ladies and gentlemen and shared lounge. Bring your own food, drinks and padlock for the lockers and just enjoy the beautiful and …

Sternö-Boön nature reserve

Sternö-Boön nature reserve

A unique and beloved preservation of nature. This nature reserve is filled with deciduous forest, seaweed belts, pines and a bloomy open ground that borders with a waterfilled quarry. Here you will find the rough Karlshamns granite and coast-gnejsen with its tunnels of pegmatite and fine-grained granite. Around Sternö-Boön along the sea you can …

Långasjönäs nature reserve

Långasjönäs nature reserve

In this nature reserve, you will find an area called Nytorpet. Nytorpet provides you with hiking trails, exercise tracks, sauna, rowing boats and barbecue areas. Nearby you will also find Långasjönäs campsite where you can rent cottages or camp with a caravan, camper van or tent. There is a swimming area with accessibility jetty. …

Karlshamn's Golf Club

Karlshamn's Golf Club

Karlshamn's Golf Club is a pearl on the beach of the Mörrum river with its 36 holes in forest and park nature. The end of the old course runs along the well-known Mörrum river. The course runs in a mix of deciduous and coniferous forests where each hole is beautifully embedded. The new course …

Seaside promenade - Strandpromenaden

Seaside promenade - Strandpromenaden

The seaside promenade is a lovely hiking trail along the coast in central Karlshamn. It is about 2 kilometers long and starts by the statue of the emigrants, Karl Oskar & Kristina, in Näsviken. The hiking trail goes all the way out to Vägga fishing harbor, where you will find a smokehouse, fish restaurant, …

ARK56

ARK56 is a network of trails in the Blekinge Archipelago, designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO for its unique natural and cultural heritage. The trails guide you through this fascinating area by bike, on foot, in a kayak or by boat, coming together at 13 hubs where you will find services and can swap …

Väggabadet

Out & indoor swimming pools. The swimming pools at Väggabadet are beautifully located by the seaside. Four outdoor pools are open in the summer. Indoors there is a children's corner, water slide, jacuzzi and a relax pool. The facility also provides gym, tanning salon and a …

ABU Museum

1887 Henning Hammarlund founded "Halda Fickursfabrik" (pocket watch factory) in the town Svängsta just outside of Karlshamn. The Swedish-made watches were sought after worldwide and were manufactured in the same building until the 1940s. Just over three decades later, the old factory was transformed into one of Sweden's most distinguished industrial museums: the ABU …

The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden

Beautiful park located near the city center. The Rose Garden was established in the 1920s as an entrance to the school Väggaskolan. Here you will find different kinds of flowers, vegetation, statues and fountains. There is a rosarium with a lot of roses, spring and summer flowers, woodland plantation and unusual bushes and …

Karlshamn Relax & Spa

Karlshamn Relax & Spa

When you step inside the doors at Karlshamn's Spa & Relax, you leave everyday life for a while and think beyond your routines - here you are in focus. Enjoy a warm bath and beneficial treatments in a tranquil environment. Feel the peace in you and find new …