Southern Sweden in September

Short stop at the daughter for coffee ;-)

We stay here with country pleasures and are served a really great meal. In addition to Basthorst Castle, there is also plenty to see nearby, including redwoods.

We stay 2 nights in this place. 4 km to the ferry, which is ideal when getting off the ferry or for the way back.

We then explored the city by bike.

We start at the southernmost point of Sweden. A small lighthouse and a rather cute harbor can be visited.

The journey continued to Ystad. Finding a parking space is not a problem if you have downloaded the various parking apps ;-). Inspector Wallander's town is quite interesting and has a cozy pedestrian street.

The small town lives from the ship setting, which is very close by. A short walk of about 2 km leads to the destination - Ales Stenar.

You can then walk down to the harbour.

From Käseberga we went to the above campsite. Very clean and located directly on the Baltic Sea. Priced one of the more expensive places with about 30 euros for everything.

But there wasn't much going on anymore.

Via Broby and Osby we finally reach the Älmhult area. Ikea and Co. say hello. The area is quite nice.

The campsite is in a very rustic location in the forest on the outskirts of Älmhult. Direct access to the lake is probably a hit, especially in summer.

Before we leave for the next campsite, we pay a visit to a car graveyard. We don't find it that interesting now, but we have to pass the time ;-)

The most beautiful campsite in our holiday this year.

A place laid out over terraces in the middle of the forest. Located directly at Åsnen.

We felt so comfortable that we immediately extended one more night here. However, it has its price: in the front row 36 euros. We were all alone the first night, and on the second night we had neighbors within earshot.

We go on a great hike here, have a cozy barbecue on the specially created barbecue area on the seating area provided, just great.

The journey continues. Via Rönneby Hamn we then get to ...

Karlskrona. We only make a short flying visit, because we don't particularly like the place. Unfortunately, there are construction sites everywhere, so that the sights are not easy to reach.

About 50 km before Kalmar we land at Bergkvara on this campsite. Here, too, the reception is no longer manned. Short call: stand where you want. :-) The season is over, we're a bit surprised.

Before we head over to Öland, we pay a visit to Kalmar. We have no regrets. In bright sunshine we pay a visit to the castle and the old town. Great !

In the evening we stranded in Borgholm on Öland at the above campsite.

We drive to the north of Öland and look around the Trollskogen National Park. It's nice here, a hike of about 6 km leads through the forest and always along the Baltic Sea.

We spend the night in the north and are surprised again that there is hardly anything going on here. There are 12 pubs and restaurants at the port, only one is still open. The season would already be over and it's not worth leaving everything open. Funny.

Today we cross the whole island and drive south on the east side.

We stop at the remains of Eketorps borg. It has been restored and is worth a short visit.

We continue to the southern tip of Öland to Sweden's highest lighthouse. Of course, the ascent is part of it.

We spend the last night on Öland. We didn't like the island that much. One hears again and again that it is Sweden's Mallorca, but certainly only in midsummer when everything is full.

Back to the mainland. Via Nybro we drive to Kosta in the Kingdom of Crystal. However, apart from an outlet and numerous shops where glass is sold, there is not much to discover here and we drive on again after 3 hours.

Today's stage ends just north of Målilla. We are standing by a small lake. We have to go straight through the middle of a construction site. In addition to us, a camper actually got lost here ;-) We are spoiled with a great sunset.

Hooray, we see moose. Not in the wild (it's like winning the lottery), but in a small but nice moose park. The boss also speaks good German and explains great.

The journey continues in the direction of Vimmerby. We visit the amusement park and unfortunately don't learn much new about the writer and her well-known book characters such as Pippi, Karlsson and Co. But we don't miss a show with Michel, who is called Emil in Sweden.

We spend the night at Långsjön on the campsite there. The location isn't that great, because you can only get to the lake via a busy road and every now and then a small railway tinkles. But the CP has by far the best sanitary facilities, almost new and immaculate.

Continue to Vastervik. We like the city, it has something.

We then drive across the country via Linköping to Berg to the Göta Canal.

We actually want to use the public parking space, but it's already closed. Then we just draw a day ticket and stay here anyway.

We then drive via Motala, here we make a tour, always in sight of Lake Vättern.

Just before you reach the E4, there is a ruined monastery. If you drive a little further here, you can climb a mountain from which you can enjoy a great view of the lake. It's a bit steep though ;-)

Finally we reach Gränna. We have already stood on the CP on our trip to Norway. And we are rewarded with a great sunset.

We stay one more night and rest a bit, drink the brown delicacy (I think it was cappuccino) in a cute cafe, buy polkagrisar and enjoy the sunset again.

The journey continues to Store Mosse National Park near Värnamo.

#Not so well suited for dogs because many paths are designed for three boards.#

And finally we land on the CP near Höör. We liked it, it wasn't too expensive and again the reception wasn't manned. We experienced the most surreal sunset ever here.

It's also quite nice in Höör in the morning ;-), but the journey then continued to Trelleborg.

Again a great sunset for the last night in Sweden

Entrance to the port

On the long return journey we make a stop at the Elbe near Dannenberg and stretch our legs a little.