• Get in
• Get around
• See
• Do
• Study
• Buy
• Eat
• Drink
• Sleep
• Contact
• Get out

Kalmar [1] is a city in the Småland province of the Götaland region of south-east Sweden with a population of 60,000 (2007). It is one of the oldest Swedish cities, dating back to the year 1027.

[edit] Get in

You can go here by train from Malmö, or from Copenhagen Airport. Flying to Stockholm (Skavsta) is another option, and driving down the E22. Kalmar does have an airport with connections to Stockholm Arlanda.

For boat lovers Kalmar has a beautiful harbour with good facilities for the visitor. Occasionally cruise ships stop at Kalmar.

[edit] Get around

You can walk to all interesting locations. The city centre is relatively small, with two main squares. On one you find the cathedral (Domkyrkan) and the other is called Larmtorget. From the second you you can walk to the Baronen shopping centre. You an also rent canoes at the low cost hotel Svanen, and you can paddle your way around the centre, which is an island.

[edit] See

• Kalmar Castle (Kalmar Slott) [2]
• Kalmar County Museum (Kalmar läns museum) [3]
• The cathedral (Domkyrkan) dating back to 1660
• Kalmar Art museum opens 2008 in a new, highly controversial building
• Salve experience the middle ages, live!

[edit] Do

Kalmar is an interesting town in many ways. The town is old, and has some interesting architecture. The Castle dates back to the year 1160 A.D. It is also connected to the island of Öland by a bridge, which used to be Europe's longest (6 km). Kalmar is about 45 minutes away (by car) from the Glass Kingdom (Glasriket)where the famour works of Orrefors, Kosta Boda, Nybro, Pukeberg, Målerås are located. Kalmar has a football team, Kalmar FF, [4] that won the Swedish cup in 2007. They play in the highest division, the Allsvenskan. You can watch them play at Fredriksskans, one of Sweden's prettiest football stadiums.

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[edit] Study

Kalmar has a University, Högskolan i Kalmar. is known for it's courses in seafaring, teaching and economics (Baltic School of Economics)

[edit] Buy

The past couple of years many shopping malls and establishments have opened in Kalmar. The main shopping areas are

• Billen. IKEA, CityGross and other large stores. By the E22.
• Giraffen. ICA Maxi, Onoff, CoopForum and many other stores
• Baronen. Close to the harbour. Many smaller shops and a movie theatre
• the city centre has many small shops

In the museum Länsmuséet you can buy many Christmas articles, some made after designs by Jenny Nyström, a famous swedish artist born in Kalmar.

[edit] Eat

• Thai Silk Palace, Fiskaregatan 8
• Kama Sushi, Västra Sjögatan 13
• Helén & Jörgens Larmtorget, voted by many as the best in town
• Calmar Hamnkrog the restaurant with the best location in town, on the water!
• Larmgatan 10, Larmgatan 10, combination of Asian and European cuisine

[edit] Drink

Coffeshops

• Krusentiernska gården A wonderful coffeshop in a beautiful garden setting
• Kullzénska caféet Wonderful small coffee shop in an old building in the centre

[edit] Sleep

• Calmar Stadshotell [5], Stortorget 14 - classy and centrally located
• Hotel Packhuset on the harbour
• Hotel Witt
• Brofästet Hotell & Konferens
• Lågpris Hotell och vandrarhem Svanen
• Frimurarehotellet

[edit] Contact

• Café Dream [6] (Västra Sjögatan 17) is an Internet cafe. 30 SEK for 30 minutes.

[edit] Get out

• Take the Ölandsbron bridge over to the Öland island.