Kalmar Getting there & around

Getting there & around

The airport (587 00) is 6km west of town. SAS (0770-72 77 27) flies several times daily to Stockholm and European Executive Express (0859-36 31 31; www.european.se) flies weekdays to Copenhagen. Town bus 20 runs to and from the airport (Skr30).

All regional and long-distance buses depart from the train station; local town buses have their own station on Östra Sjögatan. Regional buses are run by Kalmar Länstrafik (0491-76 12 00; www.klt.se in Swedish), including buses to Öland.

Four Swebus Express (0200-21 82 18; www.swebusexpress.se) services daily run north to Västervik (Skr130, two hours), Norrköping (Skr220, four hours) and Stockholm (Skr316, 6½ hours); and two services daily run south to Karlskrona (Skr80, 1¼ hours), Karlshamn (Skr110, two hours), Kristianstad (Skr170, three hours), Lund (Skr230, four hours) and Malmö (Skr230, 4½ hours). Svenska Buss (0771-67 67 67; www.svenskabuss.se in Swedish) has four services per week on the same route; journey times and prices are similar. Silverlinjen (0485 261 11; www.silverlinjen.se in Swedish) runs three daily direct buses from Öland to Stockholm (Skr270), calling at Kalmar; reservations are essential.

SJ trains run every hour or two between Kalmar and Alvesta (Skr181, 1¼ hours), where you can connect with the main Stockholm-Malmö line and with trains to Göteborg. There are direct trains running to Linköping up to five times daily (Skr268, three hours), also with connections to Stockholm.

For bicycle hire, contact Team Sportia (212 44; Södravägen 2; per day/week Skr100/400; Mon-Sat). Taxi Kalmar (44 44 44) can help you get around town.