A visit to the Swedish island of Öland | DW English

Öland is popular with Swedes, because it gets more hours of sunshine than anywhere else in the country. But the island has much more to offer, including palaces, windmills and regional specialties.
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[@okantee]

I would love to visit some day as my great grandfather Lars Peter Swanson (Svensson) was born on a farm near Aby Village in Sandby Parish.

[@imrecoskun2625]

If i am ever in Sweden i will definitely visit the island. Because of the books by Theorin Johan. Salut from the sunny Azerbaijan :-)

[@Darkwell0071]

I would like to visit because my grandfather and father were both born there. They lived there until my father was10 you. I am American but have a feeling for the island

[@hidden953]

Same, my great grandfather was born there.

[@StacySpivey-it1oj]

Interesting!

[@user-sn3ch4mt4i]

Sweedish? BBC says it is a German island in Reels.

[@blackhunk2265]

so nice. so pleaceful to live and do vipassana (meditation)