Did You Know That…
...the creator of Father Christmas, Jenny Nyström, was born in Kalmar in 1854.
...Erik XIV had a secret escape route via the royal privy at Kalmar Castle.
...potato dumplings and Kalmar flounder are two well-known dishes from here.
...Gustav III had a royal distillery at Kalmar Castle.
...there are about 64,500 bolts in the Öland Bridge.
...Kalmar’s city arms are the Nordic region’s oldest.
...in Kalmar, there are two extremely rare handkerchief trees, that bloom in spring like fluttering white handkerchiefs.
...Kalmar has twice been awarded Europe’s finest architectural prize, Europa Nostra.
...you see only about one-third of the Öland Bridge. The remaining two-thirds was erected under the surface of the water.
...the Old Water Tower has been converted to attractive flats, which are somewhat difficult to furnish with their curved walls.
...'Kalmar' is an old Swedish word that means stony ground or stone embankment.
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