Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
One very busy lunch spot is this bakery-cafe, with a wide choice of quiches, salads, baked
potatoes and hot dishes.
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
( 0492-310 10;
www.vimmerbyturistbyra.se
; Rådhuset 1, Stångågatan 29; 9am-8pm daily late
Jun-mid-Aug, to 6pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat & Sun late Jun & end Aug, shorter hours rest of year)
Facing Stora Torget is Vimmerby's helpful tourist office.
Getting There & Away
All bus and train services depart from the Resecentrum, downhill past the church from St-
ora Torget. Swebus Express runs to Eksjö, Jönköping and Göteborg, and in the other direc-
tion to Västervik (Skr79, 1¼ hours). Svenska Buss operates daily between Stockholm,
Linköping and Vimmerby.
South of Vimmerby, bus services continue on to Oskarshamn, Åseda, or Kalmar and
Nybro.
Trains run several times daily south to Kalmar and north to Linköping.
ÖLAND
0485 / Pop 25,000
Like a deranged vision of Don Quixote, Öland is
covered
in old wooden windmills. Sym-
bols of power and wealth in the mid-18th century, they were a must-have for every aspir-
ing man about town and the death knell for many of Öland's oak forests. Today 400 or so
remain, many lovingly restored by local windmill associations.
At 137km long and 16km wide, the island is Sweden's smallest province. Once a regal
hunting ground, it's now a hugely popular summer destination for Swedes - the royal fam-
ily still has a summer pad here. The island gets around two million visitors annually,
mostly in July. Around 90% of them flock to the golden shores fringing the northern half
of the island to bask and bathe. Behind the beaches, fairy-tale forests make for soulful
wanders.
