July 6th, 2024. The James Bond Museum, Nybro.

Day 17: The James Bond Museum, Nybro

So when we first confirmed we would be coming to visit Ana, I pulled up her area on Google Maps, and the landmark I saw first was the James Bond Museum. Well shit, we gotta check that out! Their website is a dizzying mid-2000s era jumble and it was hard to know what to expect, but we pulled up this morning.

He was born Gunnar Schäfer, and changed his name to James Bond in 2007… of course!

The proprietor is a trip – he legally changed his name to James Bond! You watch a film at the beginning that tells his origin story. Basically his father disappeared when he was 2, and he latched on to Ian Fleming as a father figure that had some similarities to his dad. He became obsessed with James Bond and eventually opened this museum.

It’s got a bunch of vehicles from the movies, costumes, props, memorabilia, video games…everything James Bond! My favorite part was getting to play the cello from The Living Daylights!!!! The museum has a kooky roadside America feel that we always enjoy.

After that, we took a walk around one of Ana’s favorite nature spots, went to visit an exhibition of some of her glasswork at a historic home, and walked a bit around the cute town of Växjö.

Good reminder that the world isn’t on vacation

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