Visingsö

Visingsö is an island in the middle of Lake Vättern. It is located in Jönköping Municipality, in the Swedish province of Småland, and has around 750 inhabitants. During the summer this number increases due to the tourism. The island is famous for its horse and carriage, known as remmalag.

Understand
Visingsö is the biggest island in Lake Vättern and is 14 km long and 3 km wide. According to the legend the island was founded by the giant called Vist that left a piece of grass in the middle of the lake to step on. That piece of grass is now the island Visingsö.

Get in
To get to the island there are ferries that frequently departure from Gränna all year around. Between Gränna and Visingsö there is 6 km and estimate to take 25 minutes to get there.

See
There are many things you can see on the island during summer:



Go next

 * Gränna
 * Jönköping