Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
0491-770 72;
www.oskarshamn.se
; Hantverksgatan 3;
9am-6pm Mon-Fri,
10am-3pm Sat & Sun)
Helpful tourist office with plenty of information about the town and region.
Getting There & Away
Boats to Visby depart from the Gotland Ferry Terminal near the now-disused train station
Byxelkrok, Öland (adult/child Skr150/100), departs twice daily in summer from the ferry
terminal off Skeppsbron.
Long-distance bus services stop at the very central bus station. Regional
KLT
(
www.klt.se
)
bus services run up to six times daily from Oskarshamn to Kalmar (Skr64, 1½
hours).
Swebus Express has four daily buses between Stockholm and Kalmar, calling in at Os-
karshamn. The closest train station is in Berga, 25km west of town. Here, regional trains
run from Linköping and Nässjö. Local buses connect Berga and Oskarshamn.
Västervik
0490 / Pop 36,460
Västervik is a bustling, picturesque coastal summer resort, with cute cobbled streets, a
buzzing nightlife, sandy beaches just east of town, and 5000 islands on the doorstep. Har-
ried by the Danes in its early years, it bloomed into a major shipbuilding centre between
mid-Jul)
, Västervik's
famous folk-song festival, is held in summer.