Amiralitetsklockstapeln

Kept Right On Going

Spied this clock tower in Admiralty Park as we passed by on the city's free tourist train that we caught at the cruise ship's tender location. Not much to the tower so we didn't stop.

Church tower

Originally (end of the 16-hundreds) this tower was built to help the nearby military shipyard to keep track of the time but in the beginning of the twentieth century it became the tower of the church ...

Fascinating remnants of Sweden's 300 year old naval dockyard

Karlskrona was built as Sweden's main naval base and shipyard in the late 17th century to give the then baltic power a base that could remain more or less ice free all year round and also keep the fle...

Be sure to look inside

Original Text

The Admiralty Church is one of the largest wooden churches in Europe. It is part of a naval port built at the end of the 17th century and preserved its original planning with m ...

Admiralty bell

Original Text

In the Carlscrony Park you can see an unusual yellow, bell. This is the Admiralte bell (swed.Amiralitetsklockstapeln). The fact is that west of Sturtoriet Square, in the shipyard area, eat ...