Sandviken

Sandviken is a bay in Södermanland County, Svealand. Sandviken is situated nearby to the neighborhood Gamla Oxelösund, as well as near the suburb Stenvik.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Femöre battery and Femörehuvud lighthouse.

Femöre battery

Museum

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Femöre battery is a facility previously operated by the Swedish Coastal Artillery arm of Swedish Armed Forces. Also known as "Battery OD", it is located only a short trip south-east of Oxelösund on the Swedish east coast, and is blasted into the rock on the Femöre peninsula.

Femörehuvud lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Saint Botvid Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxelösund and Stjärnholm.

Oxelösund

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Oxelösund is a town in Södermanland, at Sweden's coast to the Baltic Sea. Here there is, among other things, a church that looks like a lighthouse, a secret underground fort from the days of the Cold War, a sculpture park on the theme of faith and old archipelago settlements dating back to the 17th century.