Karlshamn is a city in the Blekinge province of southern Sweden..

Get in

Karlshamn is connected by railway, the nearest major stations are Kristianstad to the west and Kalmar to the east.

DFDS Seaways provides a few places for passengers on their near daily service to Klaipeda in Lithuania, on board ro-ro freight ferries. The journey takes around 15 hours.

See

Axel Olsson's statue of Karl-Oskar and Kristina.

The Cultural Centre, Vinkelgatan 8. Historic buildings of Swedish punsch factory, the silver forge, the art gallery, the print workshop and merchant houses converted into a museum.

• Eriksberg. A wildlife park with a conference centre, and Scandinavia's only wild population of European bison. 

Do

Kreativum Science Centre, Strömmavägen 28.

Sleep

Hostel Karlshamn, Surbrunnsvägen 1C, tel. +46 454 14040. Double 420 kr.