Byxelkrok/Ölanda

Byxelkrok/Ölanda is an aerodrome in Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County. Byxelkrok/Ölanda is situated nearby to the hamlet Mickelsmad, as well as near Getterum.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neptune’s fields and Saint Olaf’s chapel.

Neptune’s fields

Nature reserve

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Neptune's fields is a nature reserve in the north of the island of Öland, Sweden. Located in Borgholm Municipality along the Kalmar Strait, north of the village of Byxelkrok, it consists of a long stretch of cobble beach covered with Echium vulgare which blossoms in June and July, coloring the entire area blue.

Saint Olaf’s chapel

Church

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Saint Olaf's chapel in Byxelkrok, on the island of Öland, Sweden, was built in 1976. The modernist design is by Anders Berglund. The chapel is in Böda socken in the Diocese of Växjö, and is one of three 20th-century churches on the island.