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The Swedish royalty is smart about not testing the patience of their sub-
jects. The palace and garden complex is financially self-sufficient. And locals
brag that when the royals come down from Stockholm, they fly commercial.
If the first two rows are open when you board your Stockholm-Kalmar flight,
you know they'll soon be filled by a royal backside.
South Öland
A 60-mile loop south of the bridge will give you a good dose of the island's
more remote, windy rural charm. Head south on highway 136 to experience
the savannah-like limestone plain, old graveyards, and mysterious prehistoric
monuments.
Gettlinge Gravfält
(off the road about 10 miles up from the south tip, just
south of Smedby) is a wonderfully situated, boat-shaped, Iron Age graveyard
littered with monoliths and overseen by a couple of creaky old windmills. It
offers a commanding view of the windy and mostly treeless island.
Farther south is the
Eketorp Prehistoric Fort
(Eketorps Borg), a recon-
structed fifth-century stone fort that, as Iron Age forts go, is fairly interest-
ing. Several evocative huts and buildings are designed in what someone ima-
gined was the style back then, and the huge rock fort is surrounded by runty
Linderöd pigs, a native breed that was common in Sweden 1,500 years ago.
A sign reads: “For your convenience and pleasure, don't leave your children
