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is found on the island serving simple food items and other necessities as well as a community centre which is rented out for summer camps and the like. The island's old teacher's residence is also rented out during summer, as are many smaller cottages, both municipally and privately owned.
112:(a hollow centuries-old oak tree), a few Iron Age graves as well as a large naturally formed stone terrace. A number of military installations is still found on the island as a remnant of the time it formed part of the 104:. A large wooden one featuring a drum lens at the island's highest point was built in 1910 to replace a predecessor. The other one is a simple structure for guiding coastal fishery which only has a 40 197: 63:
The island's population was once a farming and fishing community, to which many traces bear witness to this day. Tärnö was an important
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centre during the first half of the 20th century. During that same period, cobblestones were hewn on the island for shipping to
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bulb. A known sight apart from the picturesque cottages and the unique natural surroundings is the
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Ferry services to Tärnö are maintained from Karlshamn and from
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and other countries. The island featured in a number of
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Blekinge archipelago
Hällaryd archipelago
Karlshamn
Blekinge County
ha
piloting
Germany
Per Gunnar Evander
Matvik
kiosk
lighthouses
Watt
Swedish Navy
Swedish article on Tärnö
Svenska Fyrsällskapet
Archived
Wayback Machine
56°7′0.49″N 14°58′19.68″E / 56.1168028°N 14.9721333°E / 56.1168028; 14.9721333
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Islands of Blekinge County

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