A really nice city park can't be complete without a restaurant. An octagonal pavilion was built here, popularly called "Byttan" (Swedish word for bucket) because it resembled an old wooden butter bucket. Four small horse chestnuts were planted around the pavilion, and the large beautiful horse chestnut we see today is one of these.
The name "Byttan" is still associated with it, even though today's building does not have much in common with a butter bucket. It is instead a stylish example of functional architecture by the architect Sven Ivar Lind.
The large house with a black facade is Kalmar Art Museum. An international architectural competition was won by Videgård & Tham in 2004, and the winning proposal was much debated here in the city. Voices were raised that it would destroy the entire City Park. But now it has become an indispensable part of the park.