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Getting There & Away
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goes to Düsseldorf Weeze. An airport bus (Flygbussen)
connects with flights (Skr25); otherwise, take a
taxi
( 135 00)
(fares from Skr240).
bus network, with daily buses to Halmstad, Jönköping and Kosta. Long-distance buses de-
daily to Eksjö (Skr250, 1½ hours), Linköping (Skr320, 3¼ hours) and Stockholm (Skr420,
6½ hours).
main north-south line; from Skr50, 15 minutes) and Kalmar (Skr146, 1¼ hours). A few
trains run daily directly to Karlskrona (Skr163, 1½ hours) and Malmö (from Skr195).
Kalmar
0480 / Pop 64,000
Not only is Kalmar dashing, it claims one of Sweden's most spectacular castles, with an
interior even more perfect than its turreted outside. Other local assets include Sweden's
largest gold hoard, from the 17th-century ship
Kronan
, and the cobbled streets of Gamla
Stan (Old Town) to the west of Slottshotellet.
The Kalmar Union of 1397, when the crowns of Sweden, Denmark and Norway became
one, was agreed to at the castle.