The tower
White with a black band.
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Långe Jan, Tall John, is a lighthouse at the southern cape of Öland in the Baltic Sea, Sweden's second-largest island, about 52 km south of Kalmar in a straight line. It is the tallest lighthouse in Sweden and one of the country's most famous. It was built in 1785 of stone from an old chapel. At first its light was an open fire and the tower was left unpainted; it was painted white in 1845, when its lantern was installed for a rapeseed-oil lamp, and a black band was added a few years later. The lighthouse is still in use, controlled remotely from Norrköping. The round white tower with its black band rises over flat land at the island's tip, surrounded by small red and white buildings that house the Ottenby Bird Observatory, with sea in every direction. A long straight road leads to it between pastures and rocks. In summer visitors can climb the tower for a small fee for views over the tip of the island and the sea. Many also walk around the bird observatory buildings and the rocky shore nearby.
White with a black band.
Ottenby.
Long and straight.
South cape of Öland, Ottenby, Sweden
Yes, in summer for a small fee.
Ottenby Bird Observatory.