Orrefors

Orrefors is a town in Nybro municipality in Småland with 663 inhabitants, best known for the glassworks of the same name. The forest lies right next to the buildings, and water and field are a couple of minutes' walk away.

Everyday life can be managed in the town. A café and restaurants, among them Orrefors Hotellet and Orrefors Värdshus, lie right next to the middle, and the fire station, the school and a sports ground, Orrevallen, are a couple of minutes' walk away or slightly further. The grocery shop, Tempo Orrefors, is within walking distance but not close for a typical property, and the school about as far. Here there are also two preschools, a petrol station, a pizzeria, an antiques and flea market, Folkets Hus and a campsite, MOMOS Camping, as well as a hostel, STF Vandrarhem Orrefors. Association life is rich for the size, with among others Orrefors IF, a fishing conservation association, a community association and a pensioners' association.

The train station is far away and requires a car, and the neighbouring town Nybro is a drive away. By car it takes about a quarter of an hour to the municipality's main town and about four hours to Göteborg.

In the area around the town just under a fifth are under twenty and three in ten are over sixty-five. Orrefors suits someone who wants to live small in an old glassworks town with a shop and an inn close. It suits less well someone who wants a train within walking distance.