Candy shops
Striped rock.
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Gränna is a small town at the foot of a hill on the eastern shore of Lake Vättern, with steep streets and old painted wooden houses; from the top of the hill you see the town's red roofs and the wide blue lake. It was founded by Count Per Brahe in 1652 and has about 2,600 residents. It is famous for polkagris, red-and-white striped peppermint rock first made by a widow, Amalia Eriksson, in 1859; her statue stands in the town park. In the shops you can watch candy makers pulling and twisting the sugar. You stroll the main street past the candy shops, climb Gränna hill for the lake view and take the ferry from the harbour to Visingsö island, with old castle ruins and horse-drawn carriages among its fields. A small town museum covers its history and a polar balloon expedition led by a local man. It is about 33 km in a straight line northeast of Jönköping, on the E4 motorway.
Striped rock.
From the hill.
From the harbour.
Eastern shore of Lake Vättern, north of Jönköping
In the main-street shops.
Two to four hours.