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Visit to see a heritage-listed church with a recorded founding date of 1240.

Go to meet and play with characters such as Pippi and Emil in settings associated with their stories.
Vimmerby

Go to see the preserved childhood home where Astrid Lindgren was born and began writing.
Vimmerby
Number 14Book the manor for a private group stay in the forests of Misterhult, with 37 beds on site.
Oskarshamn
Number 15See a courthouse where court sessions began in 1730 and continued until 1935.
Kristdala
Number 16Go to see household objects, older agricultural tools and displays of trades such as tailoring and shoemaking across several buildings.
Kristdala
Number 17Come for the chance to pick berries and other produce at the farm during its season.
Kristdala
Number 18See the late-14th-century triumphal crucifix that once hung in the earlier church.
Figeholm
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Number 20Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.
Updated 3 November 2026
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