An art café on an archipelago island. A cemetery where dead trees became sculpture. A runestone carrying a 1,400-year-old curse. And the most popular summer day in the district - with an auctioneer's hammer and a hot dog.
Four places in Ronneby — each one different, each one with something to give. A short drive in different directions. All worth the detour.
Listerby · Blekinge archipelago
Torkö is a small island in the Blekinge archipelago, reached by driving south at the Listerby roundabout towards Kuggeboda and turning left at the sign. The island is small. You will find it.
Majas Konstcafé is a gallery with café tables in the middle of the Blekinge archipelago - the kind of place that only works because someone decided it would. Each season, artists exhibit inside: watercolour, ceramics, textiles. Outside - or inside if the weather decides - Maja serves an open-sandwich buffet of prawns, salmon and herring, alongside pastries and Otto ice cream. If you want the prawn sandwich, ring ahead.
The artists' materials shop is open daily by arrangement. A particular combination of things that is hard to find anywhere else.
Getting there: South at the Listerby roundabout towards Kuggeboda → left at the Majas konstbutik sign → follow the road out onto the island → follow signs to Majas Konstcafé
Season: 1 May – 28 September
Phone & reservations: +46 706-26 12 49
Ring ahead for the prawn sandwich
A gallery with café tables on an island in the Blekinge archipelago. Each season, artists exhibit inside. Outside, Maja serves prawns and herring. It only works because someone decided it would. - Majas Konstcafé, Torkö
Eringsbodavägen 1–3, Kallinge
Öppen dygnet runt
Bredåkra kyrkogård anlades 1861 som gemensam begravningsplats för Ronneby stadsförsamling och landsförsamlingarna i pastoratet. I dag rymmer den ungefär 9 000 gravplatser och är en av de äldst bevarade anläggningarna i regionen . med klassisk uppdelning i tio kvarter, kors- och mellangångar.
Sedan drabbades de planterade hängalmarna av almsjuka. Alla 134 träd dog. Svenska kyrkan gav konstnären Susanne Demåne uppdraget att förvandla de döda stammarna till skulptur. På kyrkogården står nu fem almar bearbetade till konstverk - ett av dem nästan fem meter högt. Trä som var sorgträd. Nu minnesmonument.
Kyrkogården innehåller även familjegraven för skulptören Per Hasselbergs föräldrar - ett besök för den som söker konsthistoriska spår i Blekinge.
Adress
Eringsbodavägen 1–3
372 92 Kallinge
Tillgång
Öppen dygnet runt, fritt inträde
Friluftskapell på plats
Eringsbodavägen 1–3, Kallinge, Ronneby municipality
Bredåkra Cemetery was established in 1861 as a shared burial ground for Ronneby's urban and rural parishes. Today it holds around 9,000 graves and remains one of the oldest well-preserved cemetery landscapes in the region - its ten sections still divided by the original cross-paths and central avenues.
Then the elm trees died. All 134 of them - killed by Dutch elm disease. The Church of Sweden commissioned artist Susanne Demåne to transform the dead trunks into sculpture. Five elms now stand on the cemetery grounds as carved artworks - one of them nearly five metres tall. Trees that were planted as symbols of mourning, now turned into monuments of memory. It is an unusual thing to see, and worth the short drive to Kallinge.
The cemetery also holds the family grave of sculptor Per Hasselberg's parents — a point of interest for anyone following art history in Blekinge.
Access: Open around the clock · Free entry
Open-air chapel on site
Address: Eringsbodavägen 1–3
372 92 Kallinge, Blekinge
Iron Age monument · Signed from the E22
Gnistans festplats, Listerby, off E22 at Hasslörondellen
Since 1979, Listerby IK sports club has gathered the Ronneby district at Gnistans festplats for the year's biggest outdoor market. It is the largest flea market in south-eastern Sweden, drawing between 3,000 and 5,000 visitors on an average year. Furniture, clothing, books, mirrors, lamps, decorative objects - and a live auction with a proper auctioneer's hammer.
Getting there: Exit E22 at Hasslörondellen → left-hand side of the road approx. 2.5 km from the motorway
Date & time: Sunday 19 July 2026, 13:00-17:00
Organiser: Listerby IK
Gnistans festplats, Listerby
Majas Konstcafé is a seasonal art gallery and café on the island of Torkö in the Blekinge archipelago, south of Ronneby. It is open from 1 May to 28 September and serves an open-sandwich buffet with prawns, salmon and herring alongside pastries and ice cream. Artists exhibit inside each season. Ring ahead if you want the prawn sandwich. The artists' materials shop is open daily by arrangement: +46 706-26 12 49.
Bredåkra Cemetery, established in 1861, lost all 134 of its planted elm trees to Dutch elm disease. The Church of Sweden commissioned artist Susanne Demåne to transform five of the dead trunks into carved sculptures — one nearly five metres tall. The cemetery is open around the clock and free to visit.
The Björketorp Runestone, dated to around 600 AD, carries one of Sweden's oldest runic inscriptions in Proto-Norse - a cursing text warning that whoever disturbs the monument will be struck down by treachery and destruction. It is one of only four places in Sweden where this archaic runic alphabet appears, all in Blekinge. The site is 7 km east of Ronneby, signed from the E22 at Leråkra.
The Björketorp Runestone is approximately 7 kilometres east of Ronneby town centre. Exit the E22 at Leråkra and follow signs for around 400 metres to the signed car park. The stones are 150 metres from the car park on foot. Open at all times, free entry.
The Listerby IK flea market and auction takes place on Sunday 19 July 2026, from 13:00 to 17:00 at Gnistans festplats, Listerby. It is the largest flea market in south-eastern Sweden, with 3,000–5,000 visitors. The live auction starts at 14:30. Food and drinks are available on site.
Brunnsparken, Holy Cross Church, archipelago boat trips and coastal walking trails. Everything you need to know before visiting Ronneby.
