Road Trip 2025 (7) - Åtvidaberg

 

Monday 11 August - Part 3
Åtvidaberg Golf Club

Driving on towards our goal for the day, Västervik, we were hoping to find somewhere to have lunch in Åtvidaberg - a small town (~7000 inhabitants) neither of us really knew much about. As we approached it, we saw a sign pointing to a golf course, though - and one thing we've learned on previous road trips is that golf clubs usually also have restaurants serving lunch... So we turned down that road - and weren't disappointed! 
 

After having had lunch in their rather elegant (but at the same time cosy) dining room, we also went for a stroll down to the golf course and lake nearby. 

They even have a hotel on the premises - I suppose convenient for golf tournaments etc.

"Villa Baro is an exclusive and very cosy hotel situated by the lake in Åtvidaberg, 30 minutes from Linköping and 2 hours and 20 minutes by train from Stockholm. - Villa Baro offers meeting facilities, a 18-hole golf course, yoga, relax, paddle, kayaking, hunting and fishing (crayfish) – great kitchen with locally produced food. All in a very relaxing atmosphere creating energy and harmony in beautiful surroundings." 
(Text from the hotel's website)

I think this was the club house for the golf club.

 

A Swedish Inn

After our visit to The House of Glass we had lunch at the local inn, Limmareds Värdshus.

The inn was founded in 1962, after an old hotel in the village had been destroyed by fire, and a new restaurant was needed. The low building (2nd picture) was moved from another town and added as wing to the big house (1st picture), which was originally the residence of the managing director of the glassworks (but in 1962 owned by the municipality).

In the ceiling there are signs with proverbs.

“You should eat to live, not live to eat.”
“Eat little and say little, and you will have no regrets.”

(I have to say I’m not sure I ever actually heard the latter saying before.)

Wooden garden sculptures at the entrance.

ABC Wednesday–R for Restaurant

Yesterday a friend and I had lunch at a restaurant in an upper secondary school which has an education program for that kind of business. Good food and table service at low price in their ‘training’ restaurant. I hadn’t been there before but my friend had. It’s not open every day of the week and apparently it is popular, tables are booked far in advance. The meat was a little too rare for my taste but then I had not specified how I wanted it… Otherwise everything was delicious and the raspberry ice cream we had for dessert was excellent!

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ABC Wednesday