We rolled into Kalmar, Sweden which is a coastal city south of Stockholm. There is a very pronounced castle there that is claimed to be the best medieval castle in all of Scandinavia. It has a moat around it that you will see in some of the pictures below.
In the picture just below you can see the remains of the wall that was around the city of Kalmar many years ago.
This magnificent building is the cathedral that was built in the center of town on the town plaza.
This is the market square of old town Kalmar.
This hotel where we stayed was originally a mansion and just across the road from the castle grounds
I like this picture a lot. Notice the 5 round dots in the tower of the castle. These were the cannon balls that the enemy fired relentlessly during one of the battles. Even though the soldiers of the Kalmar castle returned fire, they eventually ran out of gunpowder and surrendered the castle to the enemy.
Standing on the castle side of the moat looking across the grounds.
The bridge over the moat leading to the drawbridge.
Another view of the moat extending around the gun tower of the castle grounds
A view of the castle and the wall from the opposite side of the moat.
A couple more pictures of old own Kalmar. The first one is a typical narrow cobblestone street.
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