I grew up in Karlskrona and I plan to move back there. Wonderful town and the surrounding areas are amazing as well. If you ever visit again try and visit the outer areas
Thanks for the tour of Karlskrona! I think Karlskrona is a real gem among swedish cities. Granted, I grew up reasoanbly close to Karlskrona so I have been there many times. I have not been to all other cities in Sweden, but still I would say that Karlskrona is really nice and very underrated. The choice to found a city on the Island of Trossö and later on the surrounding islands has created a really special scenery, it is like Stockholm in a way with lots of water and different islands, albeit of course a lot smaller and more limited scale. The fact that one can still feel that strong presence of shipbuilding/military in the city is great and all the historical buildnings from several hundred years back gives a unique atmosphere in my view. I think that Stortorget is the biggest stone-clad square in northern Europe (now how that is defined...). I think it is interesting that they built two so big churches (Trefaldighetskyrkan, and Fredrikskyrkan) so close to eachother both in location and in time. Also they already had a church (Amiralitetskyrkan) in place. They sure felt a big demand for churches at that time! The area of Stumholmen is very beautiful with all the surrounding water I think and I really recommend the Marine Museum situated there. Another thing that I would recommend to visitors is to take a trip in the archipelago. There are boats that go (from Fisktorget I think) on a route to 5-6 different islands/places in the archipelago. Then you can select at each stop if you want embark and if you do you can just catch a later boat to bring you to the next island/place. It is really nice and gives a really pleasant experience of life and surroundings in the archipelago.
Thanks! Yeah, Karlskrona was a really nice city. Speaking of Amiralitetskyrkan, I really wanted to visit it (and Rosenbom), sadly it was in the area where I didn't really dare walk around with a camera, and that seems to have been a good choice. As far as I can tell, "Sjöstridsskolan" right next to it seems to be one of those protected places which you're not allowed to take photos or videos of. I will have to give the boats a try next time I visit Karlskrona.
@@MiddleAgedSwedeGoesForAWalk Yeah, that area is closer to the current active military installations. To be honest, I have been there but never really thought about the photo limitations but of course if one wants to film that is a factor to consider! Karlskrona has a lot of very nice views to the water on the different islands. For people who have a small boat and like to spend time on the water it is perfect city.
