Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
KARLSKRONA
Train
Station
ACCOMMODATION
Aston
Clarion Collection Carlscrona
Dragsö Camping
First Statt
Scandic Karlskrona
Siesta
STF Vandrarhem Karlskrona
Borgmästarejärden
5
1
2
6
3
7
4
VÄGSTORGE
T
Bus
Station
V. V ITTUSGATAN
6
Hoglands
Park
Stakholmen
TROSSÖ
Blekingemuseum
FISK-
TORGET
Marinmuseum
Rådhus
Konsthall
STOR-
TORGET
Fredrikskyrkan
Båtsmanskasernen
Trefaldighets-
kyrkan
Kulenovic
Collection
V ÄS
Stumholmen
N
BARS, CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS
Café Tre G
Castello
Fox and Anchor
Lisas Sjökrog
Michelangelo
Montmatre
Nivå
Nya Skafferiet
2
8
6
1
4
3
5
7
AMIRALITETS
TORGET
Rosenbom
Statue
Kungliga
Amiralitetskyrkan
0
200
metres
Kungliga Amiralitetskyrkan
Royal Admiralty Church • Amiralitetstorget • Daily 11am-3pm
Down from Stortorget, the leafy square ahead is
Amiralitetstorget
,
at its centre the
huge, apricot-and-grey-painted wooden bell tower of the
Kungliga Amiralitetskyrkan
.
To see the church itself, head down Vallgatan on the left of the square, passing the
symmetrical austerity of the Marine Officers' School; just before you reach the harbour,
the beautifully proportioned, entirely wooden building is up on the right. Sweden's
biggest wooden church, it was built in 1685.
Marinmuseum
Maritime Museum • Stumholmen • June-Aug daily 10am-6pm; Sept-May Tues-Sun 11am-5pm • 90kr •
W
marinmuseum.se
Located on the tiny island of Stumholmen at the foot of Kyrkogatan, Karlskrona's
Marinmuseum
has a facade like a futuristic Greek temple; a portrait of Karl XI, who
had the navy moved from Stockholm to Karlskrona in 1680, features in the hallway,
a pet lion at his feet gazing up at the king's most unappealing, bloated face. Down a
spiral staircase from here is a transparent underwater tunnel offering a view of
hundreds of fish in the murky depths. The best room, though, contains the
figureheads,
designed and made by the royal sculptor to the navy, Johan Törnström.
King Gustav III declared that ships of the line should be named after manly virtues,
and so have male figureheads, while frigates have female ones. Among the finest is one
made for the ship
Försiktigheten
(
Prudence
; 1784) - a metre-long foot, perfectly
proportioned and complete with toenails.
