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pieces from their history, and all have a shop. Bus services to the glassworks, or to points
within easy walking distance of them, are extremely limited, and without your own
transport it is almost impossible to see more than a couple in a day (though this will
satisfy most people).
Kosta Boda glassworks
Take Route 25 to Lessebo, then follow signs to Kosta, or hop on the direct bus #218 from Växjö; timetables are at W lanstrafikenkron.se •
W kostaboda.se
While each glassworks has its individual design characteristics, Kosta Boda is the
easiest to reach from Växjö, has extensive displays and gives the best picture of what's
available. The Kosta Boda and Åfors glassworks are both operated by the same team.
While two of Kosta's most celebrated and hyped designers, Bertil Vallien and Ulrica
Hydman-Vallien, have their studios at Åfors, the bigger glassworks is at Kosta.
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Outlet store
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm
he outlet store here contains some of the most delicate fin-de-siècle glassware,
designed by Karl Lindeberg; for contemporary simplicity, Anna Ehrner's bowls and
vases are the most elegant. Among the most brilliantly innovative works are those by
Göran Wärff - examples of his expressive work can also be found in Växjö's cathedral.
Current design trends tend more towards colourful and rather graceless high kitsch;
nonetheless, new designer sculptural pieces can go for astoundingly high prices:
commercialized designs go for around 2500kr, although for a single, traditional akvavit
glass you're looking at paying something like 150kr upwards.
ACCOMMODATION, EATING AND DRINKING
KOSTA
Glasbaren Stora Vägen 75 T 0478 348 42. Inside the
hotel is this remarkable bar; its entire decor is cobalt-blue
glass - from panels on the bar to lights designed to look
like icicles. Try the excellent seared marinated salmon with
potatoes in a tangy mustard cream for 169kr. Mon-Fri
2pm-1am, Sat & Sun noon-1am.
Kosta Boda Art Stora Vägen 75 T 0478 348 30,
W kostabodaarthotel.se. No fewer than seven of Kosta's
designers helped create this incredibly stylish hotel and as
a result it's a glass lover's dream - even the sinks and
bedsid e lamps are made of glass. There's also a spa complex
onsite. 2590kr
Jönköping
Perched at the southernmost tip of Lake Vättern, northwest of Växjö along Route 30,
JÖNKÖPING (pronounced “yurn-shurping”) is one of the oldest medieval trading
centres in the country, having won its town charter in 1284. Today, it's famous for
being the home of the matchstick , the nineteenth-century manufacture and worldwide
distribution of which made Jönköping a wealthy place. With a plum position on the
lakeshore, the town makes a pleasant place to break your journey.
Radiomuséet
Radio Museum • Tandsticksgränd 16 • Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm, June-Aug also Mon 10am-5pm & Sun 11am-3pm • 20kr •
W radiomuseet.com
Jönköping's restored historical core is the most interesting part of town to explore. At
JÖNKÖPING FILM FESTIVAL
Each year, the town hosts a five-day film festival ( W jonkoping-filmfestival.se). It's not pure
art-house, but not mainstream Hollywood either, focusing on films from the rest of
Scandinavia and across Europe, and it's undoubtedly the best time to be in town.
 
 
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