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Tjolöholm Castle
Just south of Kungsbacka
Gothenburg
Southern Sweden
Sweden
0300-544200
Type: Historical Interest
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Gothenburg
Southern Sweden
Sweden
0300-544200
Type: Historical Interest
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The first city you will encounter on your way south on the E6 highway is Kungsbacka and just south of Kungsbacka on a little peninsula is Tjolöholm Castle, built between 1894 and 1904. The owner was a wealthy merchant named James Dickson, who unfortunately died from blood-poisoning after cutting his finger before his new home was completed. His widow, Blanche, moved into the castle and generously built a little village nearby for her employees to live in. Although the castle’s architecture is rem-iniscent of 16th-century England, Tjolöholm was extremely modern at the time it was built, with electricity and a central heating system. Vacuum cleaners were not too common in those days, but they had one at Tjolöholm, although it weighed one ton and had to be pulled by horses from outdoors. The vacuum cleaner and other interesting objects can be seen here every day during the summer. Guided tours are available.
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