Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Don't miss the display about the
Titanic,
which takes pains to point out
that—after Americans—Swedes were the second-largest group to perish on
that ill-fated vessel. On view are a few items that went to the bottom of the
Atlantic with one of those Swedes.
The Moberg Room celebrates local writer Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973),
who put the Swedish immigrant experience on the map with his four-novel
series
The Emigrants.
(These books—and two Max von Sydow/Liv Ullmann
films based on them,
The Emigrants
and
The New Land
—are essential pre-
trip reading and viewing for Swedish-Americans.) Here you'll see a replica of
Moberg's “writer's hut,” his actual desk, and some original manuscripts.
Powerful as the museum is, it's become even more poignant in recent
years, as Sweden—which not long ago scattered its people far and wide—has
become known for taking in other countries' emigrants.
Växjö Town Park (Växjö Stadspark)
—Directly downhill from the House
of Emigrants, you'll reach the big lake called Växjösjön. This is a fine place
to relax with a picnic or go for a stroll. The pleasant three-mile path around
thelaketakesyoufrommanicuredflowergardensthroughforestedareas.The
top part of the lake borders the delightful Linnéparken next to the cathedral
(both described next). The TI has a good
Växjö Town Park
brochure in Eng-
lish that explains your options.
A 10-minute walk around the top of the lake from the House of Emigrants
is the town's modern
swimming hall
(
Simhall,
75-kr base price includes
sauna; extra fee if you want to tan, use the exercise room, or rent a towel
or locker; 230-kr family ticket, call for open-swim hours, tel. 0470/41204,
