Karlskrona Sweden
Sweden
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Azamara Club Cruises (6 Cruises)
Azamara Quest
6 Cruises
Crystal Cruises (2 Cruises)
Oceania Cruises (9 Cruises)
Regent Seven Seas Cruises (14 Cruises)
Seven Seas Mariner
14 Cruises
| 30 May | 101 days | One-way from Barcelona to IJmuiden |
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Seabourn Cruise Line (3 Cruises)
Silversea Cruises (2 Cruises)
Viking Ocean Cruises (51 Cruises)
Viking Saturn
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Frequently Asked Questions
Either near the centre, in which case everything is walkable within a kilometre and a half, or at the Verkö terminal about ten kilometres out, with shuttles into town — roughly a twenty-minute ride. The daily programme confirms the berth before arrival.
Because it is a baroque naval port preserved almost intact. In 1680 King Karl XI chose this Blekinge archipelago as the base for his war fleet and had a new city laid out with broad avenues and outsized squares, spread across some thirty islands. The Swedish navy is still based here.
Its size: one of the largest squares in northern Europe, set at the top of the main island. Two baroque churches face each other — twin-towered Fredrikskyrkan and the domed Holy Trinity — on either side of the founding king’s statue. The scale is startling in a town this size.
The collections of Sweden’s naval museum, facing the sea on the island of Stumholmen: monumental figureheads, models, guns and above all a 1960s submarine preserved intact, which you walk through from bow to stern. An underwater gallery even lets you look at an old wreck resting in its element.
A good two hours, more with children — it is usually their favourite part of the day. The museum is a fifteen-minute walk from the centre.
The Marinmuseum and Stortorget are the essential pairing for a half-day. Between them, the straight streets reveal ochre wooden houses, admiralty buildings and the sea gate the crews once passed through. The ground is perfectly flat and distances are short.
A statue holding out his hat to passers-by, the remnant of an almsgiving tradition that became the town mascot thanks to a famous tale. He stands in front of the Admiralty Church, one of the largest wooden churches in Sweden and worth seeing in its own right.
Yes, in good weather: launches run one- to two-hour circuits among the islands and skerries that shelter the roadstead, past stone forts, boathouses and island villages. It is the perspective you cannot get ashore — Karlskrona was conceived from the sea, and from the sea it makes the most sense.
Very much so. The Marinmuseum submarine is walked through end to end, distances are short, the ground is flat and the town is in no way overwhelming. The Rosenbom statue and its hat amuse younger visitors too.
The ship slips between fortified islands along the very channel the king’s squadrons used, and the town recedes in the perfect order its founders intended. This is a departure worth watching from the deck rather than the cabin.
