Kiviksgraven — Attraction in Simrishamns kommun

The grave from the bronze age has been restored, concrete walls has been built around it and then the stones were put over it again. The original grave hill was larger. The symbols / petroglyphs on the big stones from the grave are very interesting and mystical. You can read about that in a small booklet (20kr) you can buy or on the big sign before the "entrance house". I think the ticket you need to buy to watch the grave is too expensive. It was a bit dissappointing, we thought, that we see more for this price of 45 kr. It is just a small walk around the grave and that's it. Inside the entrance house is a small...

Costs money! Even if it's cheap there is almost nothing to see here, really. You will be better of just taking a coffee/fika here, trust me.

EDIT: What you get when you park is a massive grave (cool!), inside it are six (6) stones with hieroglyphs/drawings on (seams cool!). Two of them, you can't read/see anything on (not cool). Yet one is just put there in place of one that got stolen (bummer). Three remaining. Nothing special on them (boring). The written texts describing the stones and the tomb feels...

The King's grave in Kivik is in the same league as the mound graves that can be admired north of Dublin in Ireland. It is one of those man-made structures that leave you wondering about the meaning for which they were made, who built them, and why - of all place - precisely where they were built. The artistic elements are very simple (the ancient engraved stones inside the structure), but it is the monument as a whole that conveys an aura of mysticism which leaves the visitor bluffed at...