Every design for Borgholm

On Öland lies Borgholm, a town that carries its history openly and visibly. High above the town rises the ruin of Borgholm castle, a mighty limestone skeleton that speaks of other times and still holds the eye. A little way off stands Solliden, known as the royal family's summer retreat, with an altogether different and lighter character than the austere ruin.

Borgholm is a small town day to day, but it is transformed over the summer months, when the population multiplies and the streets fill with life. Greenery belongs to the town's soul: Societetsparken near the water, the green Borga hage and the leafy Bäckmanska parken give the place its calm, summer-warm tone.

It is exactly that contrast that makes Borgholm special – the stately ruin against the flowering summer idyll, all within a walk. On the map you see the ruin enthroned above the town while the parks spread down towards the coast, a reminder of the Öland town where history and sea air meet.