Karlskrona Things to Do

A very good museum is the Marina Museum in Karlskrona. It gives information on all aspects of civil and military sailing and boating. You will see boats, ships and get information on the life on boats. There is even a tunel with windows into the sea below the museum. I enjoyed my stay very much and spent quite some time there.

Admission

Winter season (October – April)
NO CHARGE!
Summer season (May – September)
•Adults: 85 SEK
•Senior Citizens: 60 SEK
•Students: 50 SEK
•Children 0-18 yrs: 0 SEK
Groups of 10-24 persons: 65 SEK/person
25 persons or more 60 SEK/person

Opening times:

Museum
January – April
Tuesday – Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (closed on Mondays)

May
Open every day 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

June – August
Open every day 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

September
Open every day 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

October - December
Tuesday – Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (closed on Mondays)

Library and archives:
All-year-round: Wednesdays 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Sloop and Longboat Shed:
May
Daily 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

June – August
Daily 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

September
Daily 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Museum vessel ships:
May (upper deck)
Daily 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

June – August
Daily 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

September, (upper deck)
Daily 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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The whole harbour and isles in them are part of big national heritage site.

This museum wil show you all you want to know about ships, artefacts, history etc etc. Nice modern museum to walk through. Outside there are a few ships that can be viewed.

There are lots of historically interesting buildings and technical constructions, such as for exampel the Polhem's dock and you can also get a glimpse of some naval boats or submarines (the Swedish submarines are very small, though). Guided walks are arranged by the tourist office at the big square. (Since the area is still in use by the Navy you can't go in on your own).

It is just very beautiful. I guess some more detailed description might come later on...

I'll give the description of how to get there here, since there isn't space under any other title: Boats take off from the square Fisktorget on the central island Trossö (and from the small village Torhamn) during the summer (May-August). To the bigger islands in the inner part of the archipelago there are bridges and you can get there by busses or car or sometimes by boat. To Aspö a ferry takes off from the harbour Handelshamnen.

A dressin is a kind of bike which is used on railways. You can go by such ones under the central square in a tunnel which was built probably for connecting the harbour with the railway. I enjoyed this a lot when I was a kid! In the tunnel there is usually some kind of exhibition made by for example school kids, with a theme like ghosts (not too scary, though :) ) or something historical and it's a bit dark and some drops of water are falling from the roofs.

Great circus! Great acrobats, dancers and clowns from all over the world. The Spanish clown Sousso was so terribly fun! I thought clowns were a thing mostly for children, but this one was really great. It isn't a permanent circus, shows take place in a big tent during two weeks in February every year until 2006. (During those weeks there are several different shows, and performances almost every night and afternoon). This year (2003) the shows take place in the evenings and afternoons between 5th and 16th of February.

In Värmland the Tiveden National Park is a highlight in the already magnificent nature. Here is a little lake that holds the only place in Europe where the pink waterlilly still grows in the wild. In July one can enjoy the beauty of the flower. Hikes through the park can bring you to wonderfull tops of hills from where breathtaking views show you the surrounding lakes and forestry.

Take a walk at Björkholmen and look at the cute old houses!
At the beginning (some hundred years ago), Björkholmen was an island in Karlskrona where the workers from the shipyard lived in their small houses. This photo is from around the year 1900 (it may look a bit grey and boring), but nowadays many of the small houses are still left, and they're painted in different nice colours and have cute small gardens behind them.

Most shops, the cinema and the library are located at the streets Borgmästaregatan and Ronnebygatan, which are both close to the big square (which is really unusually big, the second biggest in northern Europe after the Red Square in Moscow, some people say. Nowadays one part of it is used as parking space.) On the square there is a small market every Saturday forenoon. (hm..I miss a picture here, but will add one later)

A good place to visit if you are interested in, or want to learn about, ships and naval history. The building is stretching out in the sea, and one can walk around it and look at different boats and ships, which are made fast there. Inside the museum I would recommend the hall with glass walls where you can watch the sea and where the old figure-heads, which are wooden statues that were previously put on the front of ships, are exhibited. That is really a beautiful view!

Karskrona is not so big city but very nice. You can take small boat and go around to look at Karlskrona from the sea, visit some islands. (realy nice man, who tells many interestings things about Karskrona and history) You can go to Marinmuseum and see for example monuments from the fronts of boats. You can also sailing, walking around, relax.

While going around in the Naval city have a look for sign posts on buildings. They will tell you what the building was used for and by this give you a better understanding of the whole town.

If u r developer or from Telecommunication field....this is place for you...
Its Ericsson office in Karlskrona

This is place from where you can have almost full view of the Karlskrona City...

Looks nice at nite !