Vimmerby
Sweden · Småland · 140 m
Description
Astrid Lindgren was born on a farm outside Vimmerby in 1907 and set most of what she wrote in the country she could see from it, which is why a small Småland town of eight thousand people receives several hundred thousand visitors a year. Astrid Lindgrens Värld builds her stories at child scale and stages them with actors rather than rides, and it works on adults too. Näs, the farmhouse itself, is open and deliberately quiet. The town itself keeps a low wooden centre around its market square, and the forest starts more or less where the houses stop.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 3 days (optimal 2 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: June – August
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- Apr
- May
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- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Astrid Lindgrens Värld theme park (May - August)
- Näs, Astrid Lindgren's childhood farm
- Vimmerby wooden town centre
- Storgatan and the low painted houses
- Vimmerby church and the market square
- Småland forests and the lake country
- Krön lake and the bathing places
- Astrid Lindgren walking trail through the town
- Småland cooking and the local bakeries
- Vimmerby to Västervik heritage rail (June - August)(Day trip)
Getting there
- Train stations:
- Vimmerby