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and slippers by the door; it's so convincing you'd swear the inhabitants just popped out for
a minute. Extras include a dinky cafe and modern art gallery.
Ölands Djurpark
ZOO
10am-5pm daily mid-May-mid-Aug, 11am-4pm Apr-mid-May & mid-Aug-Oct; )
A zoo, amusement park and water park combined. Free admission for children under 1m.
Sleeping & Eating
STF Vandrarhem Ölands Skogsby
HOSTEL
(
MAP
0485-383 95;
www.vandrarhskogsby.se
;
s/d per person Skr180/320;
mid-Apr-Sep; )
This charming STF hostel claims to be Sweden's oldest (it dates from 1934). It's based in
a flowery old wooden house 3km southeast of Färjestaden. The Färjestaden-Mörbylånga
bus 103 (Skr30) runs past at least five times daily.
Gärdby Kafe
CAFE
(
MAP
0485-330 06; Gärdby; snacks from Skr50;
10am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm
Sat & Sun)
Take a sidestep to this heartwarming cafe, which dates from the 1920s and oozes old-fash-
ioned charm with its dazzling white stripped-back tearooms and expansive garden with
well-weathered sculptures and randomly placed tables and chairs. Savoury snacks, tradi-
tional sweets, locally produced deli items and superb coffee are on offer.
Outhouses have been resurrected into small stores selling clothes and tasteful home-
wares, plus there's a playhouse for children.
Southern Öland
The southern half of the island has made it onto Unesco's World Heritage list. Its treeless,
limestone landscape is hauntingly beautiful and littered with the relics of human settlement
