Pippi Longstocking
Villa Villekulla
Pippi's colorful house at the edge of the little, little town – with a horse on the porch and Mr. Nilsson. There's always something going on here.
The most beautiful places in Småland
Astrid Lindgrens Värld
Where the stories of your childhood come to life – in the heart of Astrid's Småland.
Arriving
Some places feel like coming home to your own childhood.
In Vimmerby, in the middle of Småland, Astrid Lindgren's world becomes something you can touch: Villa Villekulla, Katthult, Mattisborgen – it's all really there. Not an amusement park with roller coasters, but a big theater world where Pippi, Emil and Ronia come to life every day. For me, it's far more than a day-trip destination – it's a place where my inner child is simply allowed to marvel.
What touches me most is how close everything is here: the stories of my childhood, the meadows and red houses that look exactly like they do in the books. Nearby lies Näs, the farm where Astrid Lindgren herself grew up. If you linger there for a while, you understand where all the warmth in her stories comes from – from exactly this landscape, this light and this calm.
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In a nutshell
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Place
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Place
Vimmerby
Astrid's hometown in the heart of Småland.
Province
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Province
Kalmar län
In eastern Småland, close to the Baltic coast.
Opened
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Opened
1981
A theater world you can touch for more than four decades.
Visitors
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Visitors
≈ ½ million/year
One of Sweden's most popular places for a day out.
Tip: The park is open seasonally (mainly in summer) – it's best to quickly check the current opening hours on the official website.
What you should see
Little favorite worlds
Emil of Lönneberga
Katthult
The Svensson family's farm as it was around the turn of the century. In the carpentry shed, Emil busily carves his little wooden men.
Ronia the Robber's Daughter
Mattisborgen
High above the robbers' forest towers Mattis' fortress. Here you'll meet Ronia, Birk and the whole wild band of robbers.
The Children of Noisy Village
Noisy Village (Bullerbyn)
The little village with its three farms, where everything revolves around play – just the way childhood should be.
Every day
Living theater
Sweden's largest open-air stage: in peak season, the actors perform dozens of scenes from Astrid's stories every day.
Inner child ♥
Being allowed to be a child
Astrid agreed to the park on just one condition: that children could simply be children here – free, playful, without the noise of the grown-up world. That's exactly what moves me most here.
Impressions
Pictures from Astrid's world
Here I share my very personal vacation photos – little moments from Astrid Lindgrens Värld, just as I captured them with my own camera.
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Why this place
Astrid Lindgren's stories comforted me and kept me company as a child. Between Villa Villekulla and the robbers' forest, I feel how light it's allowed to feel: playing, marveling, simply being there. A place that takes my inner child by the hand.
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The journey continues
More places in Småland
Discover the other stops on my journey through the land I long for – place by place, with heart.
