Sweden, Walking tour of Karlskrona, the naval city that is a Unesco world heritage

Karlskrona is a naval city founded in 1680 and the city is a Unesco world heritage. Today we're talking a walk around the city.

The virtual tour of "Kruthuset på Ljungskär" mentioned in the subtitles:

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[Erikslust]

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.

[da]

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