Tjurkö Stenhuggeri
Tjurkö stenhuggeri
A 19th-century quarry where German stonemasons mined granite, leaving stone houses, abandoned quarry pits and rails; it is now an industrial heritage trail.
The quarry on Tjurkö Island reached its peak between the 1870s and 1910s, when over a thousand stonemasons mined granite here, which was shipped to Germany to build harbors and bridges. Today you can follow trails past quarry pits, stonemasons' houses and remains of the small railway that carried the stone. There are guided tours and a café in summer. Tjurkö is connected to the mainland by a bridge, about 25 minutes by car, or you can take a summer archipelago boat.
Opening hours
Open all day; guided tours in summer
Nearby sights
- Kungsholm Fortress
- Drottningskär Citadel
- Stumholmen
- Swedish Naval Museum (Marinmuseum)
- Admiralty Church & Rosenbom
- Karlskrona Naval Base & Dockyard
- Stortorget, Trinity Church & Fredrik Church
- Blekinge Archipelago Boat Trips