Guide to Gränna with surroundings
Swedish Fika
Fiket in Gränna is something as unusual as a well-preserved 1950s coffee shop. With a unique environment & atmosphere, you can experience nostalgia at a high level.
The bakery bakes Swedish classics as well as newer trends. You will also find delicious freshly baked bread and in "Bakfickan" you can buy freshly baked bread rolls in the early hours of Monday to Saturday.
Fiket
43 BrahegatanFiket in Gränna is something as unusual as a well-preserved 1950s coffee shop. With a unique environment & atmosphere, you can experience nostalgia at a high level.
The bakery bakes Swedish classics as well as newer trends. You will also find delicious freshly baked bread and in "Bakfickan" you can buy freshly baked bread rolls in the early hours of Monday to Saturday.
Kaffestugan / The Coffee house up on the Gränna mountain, is a wonderful excursion destination for anyone who loves breathtaking scenery and a moment of relaxation.
Here you will find several varieties of yummy sandwiches (eg shrimp, salmon, meatballs with beetroot salad), delicious cakes, coffee and soft drinks.
You get there either by stairs up the hill from Gränna or a 5-10 minutes drive by car from central Gränna.
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Kaffestugan Grännaberget
1 StadsbergetKaffestugan / The Coffee house up on the Gränna mountain, is a wonderful excursion destination for anyone who loves breathtaking scenery and a moment of relaxation.
Here you will find several varieties of yummy sandwiches (eg shrimp, salmon, meatballs with beetroot salad), delicious cakes, coffee and soft drinks.
You get there either by stairs up the hill from Gränna or a 5-10 minutes drive by car from central Gränna.
Haglund's Confectionery AB
57 BrahegatanA classic patisserie dating from the 40's with a large selection.
At Brostorp's farm, milk production is carried out and some of the milk turns into cheese and cheesecake in the farm's own dairy.
There is also a small farm shop where you can buy our cheeses and their cheesecake, some other food crafts and textile crafts from the farm's sewing studio.
Brostorps Gårdsmejeri
At Brostorp's farm, milk production is carried out and some of the milk turns into cheese and cheesecake in the farm's own dairy.
There is also a small farm shop where you can buy our cheeses and their cheesecake, some other food crafts and textile crafts from the farm's sewing studio.
Flättinge Gårdscafé is a family owned café in a rural setting. They serve coffee/tea/soft drinks, simple lunch, sandwiches and "fika".
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Flättinge Gårdscafé
4 UppegårdFlättinge Gårdscafé is a family owned café in a rural setting. They serve coffee/tea/soft drinks, simple lunch, sandwiches and "fika".
The best ice cream in Gränna in our opinion :)
They also serve pannacotta, brownies, cinnamon buns and sandwiches.
http://www.gelatofactory.se/
Gelato Factory
42 BrahegatanThe best ice cream in Gränna in our opinion :)
They also serve pannacotta, brownies, cinnamon buns and sandwiches.
http://www.gelatofactory.se/
Café Kleven 7
Café with magnificent view over lake Vättern and Visingsö.
Restaurants, Pubs & Bars
Amalia's Restaurant & Bar has a dining room in a beautiful setting and a sunny outdoor terrace overlooking Lake Vättern.
À la carte is served here and for lunch you will always find "Husman".
Amalias Café & Bistro
47 BrahegatanAmalia's Restaurant & Bar has a dining room in a beautiful setting and a sunny outdoor terrace overlooking Lake Vättern.
À la carte is served here and for lunch you will always find "Husman".
Restaurant Valvet is located in a basement vault dating from the late 17th century. It's a small personal restaurant serving lunch mon-sat and dinner fri-sat. Sundays closed.
Restaurang Valvet
1A RibbagårdsgrändRestaurant Valvet is located in a basement vault dating from the late 17th century. It's a small personal restaurant serving lunch mon-sat and dinner fri-sat. Sundays closed.
Restaurant situated close to the harbour with in- and outdoor seating and a very nice view.
Hamnkrogen
52 AmiralsvägenRestaurant situated close to the harbour with in- and outdoor seating and a very nice view.
Pir Kro
63 AmiralsvägenRestaurant in the harbour serving pizza and á la carte.
Pizza / Fast food / Á la carte / "Husman"
Very nice outdoor seating in the garden with a small playground for children.
https://jkpg.com/sv/granna-visingso/grennabaren-mac-andree/
Grennabaren Mac Andrée
37 BrahegatanPizza / Fast food / Á la carte / "Husman"
Very nice outdoor seating in the garden with a small playground for children.
https://jkpg.com/sv/granna-visingso/grennabaren-mac-andree/
Grocery Stores
Coop Gränna
4 HamnvägenOpening hours: Mon - Sun 06.00 - 23.00
ICA Nära Gränna
9 HävdevägenOpening hours: Mon - Sun 08.00 - 20.00
Pharmacy & Health Center
PHARMACY
Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri 08.30 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:30
Krona Pharmacy Gränna Medical center
31 HävdevägenPHARMACY
Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri 08.30 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 17:30
Gränna health center
31 HävdevägenHEALTH CENTER
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 08.00 - 17.00
Shops with local delicacies
Charming little shop where a various sort of crisp bread, crust and biscuits are all baked by hand in the display bakery.
The products are baked from well-selected ingredients, Swedish if possible.
The store is filled with handmade delicacies along with a variety of Swedish & locally produced products.
Gränna Knäcke
42 BrahegatanCharming little shop where a various sort of crisp bread, crust and biscuits are all baked by hand in the display bakery.
The products are baked from well-selected ingredients, Swedish if possible.
The store is filled with handmade delicacies along with a variety of Swedish & locally produced products.
Grenna Polkagriskokeri is one of the largest manufacturer in Gränna. The famous Polkagris and other sweets are still hand made with traditional recipes and technics dating back to 1859. See for yourself in the display bakery.
Choose from plenty of delicious flavours, you'll find the classic peppermint as well as new flavours such as Yuzu and Sour Apple and lots more.
If you want to experience something different you can join the baker at this bakery and try out the handicraft yourself, book in advance. Perfect for kids :)
Grenna Polkagriskokeri AB
39 BrahegatanGrenna Polkagriskokeri is one of the largest manufacturer in Gränna. The famous Polkagris and other sweets are still hand made with traditional recipes and technics dating back to 1859. See for yourself in the display bakery.
Choose from plenty of delicious flavours, you'll find the classic peppermint as well as new flavours such as Yuzu and Sour Apple and lots more.
If you want to experience something different you can join the baker at this bakery and try out the handicraft yourself, book in advance. Perfect for kids :)
Polkaprinsen's shop is well stocked with polka dots, candies and other local goodies.
The polka dots are made by hand, just like in Amalia's time. Display of the bakers' production of pigs, canes and lollipops.
Here you can also try baking together with their talented bakers.
Polkaprinsen
45 BrahegatanPolkaprinsen's shop is well stocked with polka dots, candies and other local goodies.
The polka dots are made by hand, just like in Amalia's time. Display of the bakers' production of pigs, canes and lollipops.
Here you can also try baking together with their talented bakers.
At Gränna Choklad the chocolate pralines are made from the best raw materials. The pralines use butter, cream, fruit purees as well as real liqueurs and spirits to make it as delicious as possible. No preservatives are used and the products are completely free of palm oil.
In summertime they open up a café serving waffles.
Gränna Chokladmakeri & Café
40 BrahegatanAt Gränna Choklad the chocolate pralines are made from the best raw materials. The pralines use butter, cream, fruit purees as well as real liqueurs and spirits to make it as delicious as possible. No preservatives are used and the products are completely free of palm oil.
In summertime they open up a café serving waffles.
We can warmly recommend this delicious and locally produced meat of the highest quality.
The meat is hung tender for at least 14 days, then anatomically cut, vacuum-packed and deep-frozen.
Contact the farm for ordering before you go there.
Bosons Gård
We can warmly recommend this delicious and locally produced meat of the highest quality.
The meat is hung tender for at least 14 days, then anatomically cut, vacuum-packed and deep-frozen.
Contact the farm for ordering before you go there.
Family-owned farm and farm shop with sales of home-grown vegetables, meat from the farm and other local meat producers and delicacies. All of excellent quality.
There is also a café with homemade cakes and ice cream.
Café & Gårdsbutiken i Ravelsmark
Ravelsmarks gårdFamily-owned farm and farm shop with sales of home-grown vegetables, meat from the farm and other local meat producers and delicacies. All of excellent quality.
There is also a café with homemade cakes and ice cream.
A short drive from Gränna
Narr Chocolate is a family business that specializes in the production of chocolate coating of nuts, licorice, fruits, berries and more.
The store offers factory sales of its complete range and a great view of the production.
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Narr Konfektyr AB
12 LievägenNarr Chocolate is a family business that specializes in the production of chocolate coating of nuts, licorice, fruits, berries and more.
The store offers factory sales of its complete range and a great view of the production.
Sightseeing
27 meters high lookout tower with 144 steps on a creaking, heeling spiral staircase before reaching the top 351 meters above sea level and a magnificent view of Lake Vättern with Visingsö.
Not to recommend for the disabled.
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Tegnér Tornet
27 meters high lookout tower with 144 steps on a creaking, heeling spiral staircase before reaching the top 351 meters above sea level and a magnificent view of Lake Vättern with Visingsö.
Not to recommend for the disabled.
Brahehus is one of the country's most visited ancient monuments, built with an architecture inspired by the Italian Renaissance and completed in 1651. The castle was never used as a residence and instead served as a pleasure castle for Count Brahe's guests.
After his death in 1680, the county was drawn into the crown during the reduction of Karl XI and in 1708 it burned to the ground. The castle ruin was first restored in the 1910s and most recently in 2012.
Walking up to Brahehus from Gränna, like in the old days, can be demanding. Good shoes and plenty of time is recommended.
Parking and trail start: 58.050603, 14.497154.
It is also possible to get there by car or on foot via a nice forest road, 5 km one way from the cottage. Ask us how to get there.
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Brahehus
BrahehusBrahehus is one of the country's most visited ancient monuments, built with an architecture inspired by the Italian Renaissance and completed in 1651. The castle was never used as a residence and instead served as a pleasure castle for Count Brahe's guests.
After his death in 1680, the county was drawn into the crown during the reduction of Karl XI and in 1708 it burned to the ground. The castle ruin was first restored in the 1910s and most recently in 2012.
Walking up to Brahehus from Gränna, like in the old days, can be demanding. Good shoes and plenty of time is recommended.
Parking and trail start: 58.050603, 14.497154.
It is also possible to get there by car or on foot via a nice forest road, 5 km one way from the cottage. Ask us how to get there.
The first in Sweden to bake Polkagrisar was Amalia Eriksson, an orphaned girl from Jönköping who moved with her husband to Gränna. There she married the tailor Anders Eriksson in 1857 and the following year their daughter Ida was born. Anders died of dysentery just a week after the birth and Amalia suddenly found herself alone with a daughter to support.
With the new business freedom, it would have been easier to start a business, but women were still out of many types of business. In special cases, on the other hand, one could apply to be allowed to run a business for social reasons, so in 1859 Amalia applied to the magistrate to be allowed to run a sugar bakery with caramel production.
On weekends and holidays, she baked a hard peppermint candy that she called Polkagris. The name comes from the dance polka which was popular at the time, and gris (pig) which was a general term for sweet.
Polkagrisar quickly became popular and several bakeries took up production. Amalia herself became wealthy and one of Gränna's greatest personalities. When she passed away in 1923, the business continued under the direction of her daughter Ida until 1945 and today the polkagris is one of Sweden's most famous souvenirs.
At Amalia Eriksson's place in Södra parken on Brahegatan, a bronze sculpture has stood in her honor since 1997.
https://uddautflykter.se/guide/smaland/amalia-eriksson/
Amalia Eriksson Staty
BrahegatanThe first in Sweden to bake Polkagrisar was Amalia Eriksson, an orphaned girl from Jönköping who moved with her husband to Gränna. There she married the tailor Anders Eriksson in 1857 and the following year their daughter Ida was born. Anders died of dysentery just a week after the birth and Amalia suddenly found herself alone with a daughter to support.
With the new business freedom, it would have been easier to start a business, but women were still out of many types of business. In special cases, on the other hand, one could apply to be allowed to run a business for social reasons, so in 1859 Amalia applied to the magistrate to be allowed to run a sugar bakery with caramel production.
On weekends and holidays, she baked a hard peppermint candy that she called Polkagris. The name comes from the dance polka which was popular at the time, and gris (pig) which was a general term for sweet.
Polkagrisar quickly became popular and several bakeries took up production. Amalia herself became wealthy and one of Gränna's greatest personalities. When she passed away in 1923, the business continued under the direction of her daughter Ida until 1945 and today the polkagris is one of Sweden's most famous souvenirs.
At Amalia Eriksson's place in Södra parken on Brahegatan, a bronze sculpture has stood in her honor since 1997.
https://uddautflykter.se/guide/smaland/amalia-eriksson/
Åsens By (village) Culture Reserve is a unique example of how a small village in Småland looked like 100 years ago. You will find activities for the whole family.
Café and shop is open during high season, in low season only during activity days.
https://asensby.se/en/home/
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Åsens By
Åsens By (village) Culture Reserve is a unique example of how a small village in Småland looked like 100 years ago. You will find activities for the whole family.
Café and shop is open during high season, in low season only during activity days.
https://asensby.se/en/home/
Röttle village is an idyll with moods from the past and a lush greenery in garden plots and streams. In winter, some of the red cottages from the 18th and 19th centuries are barred, but in summertime they are populated by summer guests.
In the river the salmon jumps in the natural steep "stairs" but it takes a lot of effort to succeed in getting to the top.
Two mill buildings - Rasmus mill and Jerusalem mill - speak of the heyday of the village. Along the river you will also find grounds for two more mills and the town's first power station. The old restaurant building is cared for by the Röttle village team for various activities. Rasmus mill dating from the 17th century was renovated in 1976–1977 and was restored to its original condition and is still in operation.
https://www.grennamuseum.se/?page_id=51
Röttle
Röttle village is an idyll with moods from the past and a lush greenery in garden plots and streams. In winter, some of the red cottages from the 18th and 19th centuries are barred, but in summertime they are populated by summer guests.
In the river the salmon jumps in the natural steep "stairs" but it takes a lot of effort to succeed in getting to the top.
Two mill buildings - Rasmus mill and Jerusalem mill - speak of the heyday of the village. Along the river you will also find grounds for two more mills and the town's first power station. The old restaurant building is cared for by the Röttle village team for various activities. Rasmus mill dating from the 17th century was renovated in 1976–1977 and was restored to its original condition and is still in operation.
https://www.grennamuseum.se/?page_id=51
Gränna hamn
In Gränna harbor you will find the ferry to Visingsö island.
Here, experiences from both Gränna and the polar world are collected. Inside the entrance to Grenna Kulturgård there is always an interesting exhibition in the Gallery.
In the Gallery you can see temporary exhibitions with photos, sculptures, paintings or exhibitions about local historical events.
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Grenna Museum
38-40 BrahegatanHere, experiences from both Gränna and the polar world are collected. Inside the entrance to Grenna Kulturgård there is always an interesting exhibition in the Gallery.
In the Gallery you can see temporary exhibitions with photos, sculptures, paintings or exhibitions about local historical events.