When I first saw Karlskrona, a prosperous looking town on Southern Swedish coast, I was quite impressed with its beautiful location with beautiful Baltic Sea, many fortified islets and countless yachts and boat mooring in the marinas and bay. The market square was the first place I saw, reputedly to be the second biggest square in Europe; however I was not sure for this superlative claim since I could not feel any grandness from this square. The Frederick Church in the square was quite pretty, when I entered the church I was surprised with its white marble interior that make the church looked pretty lavish, until I discovered that the marble was actually a wood painted! Since I visit on the weekend, the square was full with market stalls and many part of the square had turned to be a big car park. The market was lively but the car park really ruined the view.

My next destination was the Church of Holy Trinity, it was closed during my visit, but the exterior was quite interesting with very Classic Italian touch. Then I leisurely walked to see the red Admiralty Church, a biggest wooden church of Sweden. This church had strong link with navy so many decorations were related to war history, but in general the church was quite lovely and the story of Rosenbom in front of the church was quite unique. After nice walk along the coast passing many nice fortress wall and grand manors, I was at Marine Museum; the place was quite popular with its cafeteria as I found that most of tourist I met in other places of the city came to have lunch here! In my opinion the taste was quite OK but the portion of the buffet was the real deal. The reason I came to see this museum was not the cafeteria but its great collection of ship figureheads, a real gem of my Karlskrona trip.

I finished my day at Karlskrona; it was a nice day, but no sites that really made me want to come back or praise. The city was not pretty and its monuments looked decay. The beautiful location was this city main asset. Seeing the navy activities were also interesting, the city was full with them similar to students in the university town. Nevertheless Karlskrona will, for sure, not be on my list of recommended places to any Swedish tour.