Karlshamn - culture quarters and beautiful nature

In the "Kulturkvarteren" (Culture quarters) the Museum, housed in the old tobacco barn, and the Swedish punsch factory, shows local art and history.

Among the most famous buildings in the centre of the city are the house where the famous writer of many of Swedens most loved children's and family songs, Alice Tegnér, was born and Harmska huset and Hotel Hope that was mentioned in the emigrant epic written by Vilhelm Moberg.

Karlshamn was one of the really big meeting places for the emigrants before they continued their long journey to America. In the park by the harbour there is a monument "Karl-Oskar and Kristina" by Axel Olsson, in honour of all the emigrants that left Sweden here.

The citadel "Kastellet", on Frisholmen at the harbour entrance of Karlshamn, is a popular destination for an excursion in the summer, with regular boatrips. It is built in granite in an anomalous hexagon and 400 men worked here until it was closed in 1865. Eriksberg is one of Northern Europes largest national parks and wildlife refuges. Red and fallow deer, elk, European bison and many other wild animals roam freely here.

The archipelago of Karlshamn has more than 250 islands, islets and skerries. Tärnö is the largest one, and from its higest point, Drakberget, (Dragon mountain) one can see more than half of Blekinge´s coast.

The salmon fishing in Mörrumsån is a time-honoured tradition and nowadays anglers come from all over the world to fish. Another interesting place to visit is "Laxens Hus" by the "Kungsforsen" - an establishment which gives a fantastic insight into the life and existence of the salmon.