Björkö Gård in the northern part of Småland is a cross between Astrid Lindgren´s Bullerbyn and Saltkråkan. At the island of Björkö there is a village of farms in a row all in a genuine fishing- and archipelago environment, in the middle of a nature reserve. Björkö is an active farm with cows, horses, hens, dogs and cats and with 600 ha own fishing waters in the Tjust archipelago. Here you can stay in one of the farm cottages and after the day’s fishing, playing with the dogs or looking for berries in the forest, you can relax in the sauna at the pier and swim in the sea.
Fishing
Björkö´s own water include 600 ha of varied archipelago. The eastern part, towards the open sea, is less shallow with depth less than 6 m, while the western parts in the bay Gudingen offers depths up to 22 m. In the fishing waters of Björkö there are plenty of pike and perch as well as bream, tench, eel and whitefish. The average weight for pikes is approx. 4 kg and the record is 18 kg and 115 cm.
The fishing season in open waters is between middle of April until December. Spinning rods are nearly exclusively used for the pike fishing but even fly-fishing has been tried with good results. Perch can be caught using either angle or spinning rods. Angling is the best for catching tench and bream. As the nature reserve around Björkö is excluded from the free hand tackle regulation, you need a fishing license, which can be included in the package for the stay at Björkö or you can contact us and pay for a license. The fish you do not eat during your stay at Björkö should be put back. Each guest may take 2 fishes each home after the stay.
Other activities
At Björkö, you can also do horseback riding out in the forest, berry and mushroom picking, rowing with rowing boat and of course swimming and bathing. You may accompany when we go fishing with professional tackle and if we have luck in fishing, you may want the catch for dinner?
Loftahammar is situated an hours drive from Vimmerby and Astrid Lindgrens Värld (ALV) and also an hours drive from Västervik. If you do not want to drive to Västervik, you can choose to go by tour boat at least two days a week.
Accommodation
There is one guest cottage on the farm. "Lillstugan" approx. 46 m2. There is a modern kitchen with electric cooker, oven, refrigerator, freezer and coffee maker. In this house there is a radio, colour TV, DVD, WC, kid’s bed and high chair. Shower is available in the sauna building by the sea (approx. 80 m). Lillstugan has 4 beds and a bed sofa and Wi-Fi for free in some of the rooms and in the garden. Price for one week (Saturday - Saturday) is 6 300 SEK.
Other service
Marina, grocery store, petrol, tourist bureau, restaurants and other basic service is available in Loftahammar on the main land, 4 km from Björkö´s main land pier. You can also find a store at Björkö´s neighbour island Hasselö and you can visit restaurants at Hasselö, Rågö, Grindö and Idö.
How to reach Björkö
Approx. 30 km north of Västervik and 70 km south of Söderköping on the E22 road there is a signpost for Loftahammar. When you are booking your stay at Björkö we will send you more detailed information. When you are at our main land pier, we will pick you up and then there is a 5 minutes boat ride out to Björkö.
