Beautiful old costal town, walking tour of Västervik in Sweden.
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Västervik is a beautiful old costal town located on the east coast of Sweden and this is were we're going for a walk today.
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Västervik is one of my favourite cities in Sweden! I have family coming from Västervik so I spent quite a lot of time, especially in summertime in Västervik when i was a kid. It feels very familiar to me, almost like home actually. So I really enjoyed seeing all these sights that you shared, it brings a lot of good memories for me. I go to Västervik still almost every year or every second at least I wish you had stayed longer but I know that you mentioned it was more of a quick stop!
I think the area at 05:30 is really beautiful, all those old wooden houses in different colors. Västervik has managed to keep quite a lot of the old buildings which is nice. I can tell you that it is very popular to drink coffee and eat våfflor at Båtmannstugorna in the summertime. Another area that I think is very scenic and nice is where you end the video, out on the other side of the bay where you can see the city on both sides. Very pittoresque especially in summer. Too bad there was a lot of kids at Stegeholm castleruin, but to be honest it is not that much left to see anyway. It is mostly famous nowadays for the Visfestival in the summer, where they use that ruin as a concertvenue. It can be very nice in the evening there with water on both sides! Another thing, you mentioned Björn Ulvaeus, he (or at least one of his companies) has actually built/financed the hotel/apartment complex you can see at 26:17 (straight ahead). That building replaced an old restaurant that used to be on that spot that was a bit worn down. A lot of controversy around building something at that area since it is very close to the ruin and all, but I think in the end it turned out quite nice!
Finally for those who to think about going to Västervik, for you info, there is a really nice archipelago outside Västervik so it is a very popular place for people with boat to visit. Thanks!
Thank you for watching and for all the added information! It really was a very nice city, I can certainly imagine the cafe at "Båtmanstugorna" being a great place for some waffles. Doing these quick stops on our road trips is a great way to get more content for my channel but I have to admit it also means that I don't quite get the time to really appreciate the cities and what they have to offer. But I guess I'll see it as scouting out places where I can make longer stop at for future trips :)