Högby Church, Öland

Name: Högby Church
Address: Öland, Sweden

#27 among attractions in Öland

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Högby Church is a Lutheran church on the Swedish island of Öland. It belongs to the Diocese of Växjö. ()

Local name: Högby kyrka, Öland Coordinates: 57°9'53"N, 17°1'12"E

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Högby Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Högby Lighthouse, Horns Kungsgård, Hornsjön, Källa Old Church.

1.6 miSE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Högby Lighthouse, Öland
42 min walk • Högby Lighthouse is a Swedish lightstation. The lighthouse is built of iron and painted white. The design by architect Johan Höjer is unique to Sweden. The tower was exhibited at the Stockholm Exposition in 1897 before being located in Högby on a narrow peninsula.
3.9 miNW
Park
Horns Kungsgård, Öland
100 min walk • Horns Kungsgård is a nature preserve in the northern part of Öland, Sweden. It was founded as a model farm by Gustav Vasa in the 1550s. It was incorporated in 1971 and expanded in 2001, and became one of the protected areas of the Natura 2000 network.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Hornsjön, Öland
83 min walk • Hornsjön, also known as Hornsviken, is the largest lake on the island of Öland, Sweden. Located in Högby socken near Löttorp, it has a surface area of around two square kilometres and a maximum depth of four metres.
3.9 miS
Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Källa Old Church, Öland
100 min walk • Källa Old Church is a former church on the Swedish island Öland, in the Baltic Sea. It was abandoned by its congregation during the 19th century but is still used occasionally during summer, for services and summer weddings.
0.6 miW
57°9'59"N • 17°0'17"E
Åkerbobadet, Öland
15 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Swimming
4.8 miNW
National park
Byrum's raukar, Öland
124 min walk • Byrums raukar are a geological formation of a group of rauks on the western shore in the north of Öland, Sweden near the village of Byrum. The group consists of about 120 limestone stacks, rich in fossils, of up to 4 m high on a 600 m stretch of beach.