Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
0455-30 34 90;
www.visitkarlskrona.se
;
Stortorget 2;
9am-7pm Jun-Aug,
shorter hours rest of year)
Internet access and super-helpful staff.
Getting There & Around
Flygbuss leaves from Stortorget (adult/child Skr90/45). SAS flies to Stockholm Arlanda
(from Skr495, 50 minutes) between one and four times daily.
Stena Line
ferries to Gdynia (Poland) depart from Verkö, 10km east of Karlskrona.
The bus and train stations are just north of central Karlskrona.
Blekingetrafiken
(
0455-569 00;
www.blekingetrafiken.se
)
runs public transport in the Blekinge region.
Kristianstad (Skr420, 2¼ hours) and Karlskrona (Skr420, 3½ hours).
Direct trains run at least 13 times daily to Karlshamn (Skr85, one hour) and Kristianstad
(Skr158, two hours), at least 10 times to Lund (Skr222, two hours and 40 minutes) and
Malmö (Skr221, three hours).
For a taxi, call
Zon Taxi
(
0455-230 50;
www.zontaxi.se
)
.
Karlshamn
0454 / Pop 31,000
You'd never guess that quiet Karslhamn, with its quaint cobbled streets, old wooden
houses and art-nouveau architecture, was once so wicked. Alcoholic drinks, tobacco, snuff
and playing cards were produced in great quantities here, and it was a major 19th-century
smugglers' den. It was also the port from where many Swedes left for America. One of the
Jul)
sees a quarter of a million people roll in for bands and a carnival parade.
Sights
