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Welcome to one of the crime capitals of Sweden. This is Ystad, the home of the fictional police officer Kurt Wallander. This town in southern Sweden has become famous due to the crime novels by Henning Mankell. In reality, this is a historical town with a harbor in the province of Skåne. With around 20.000…
2023 was the year that I found the perfect day trip from Stockholm Skavsta Airport. It was possible to fly to the Polish city of Gdansk in the morning and return in the evening. I had already used the possibility three for solo trips. That was before reading the news that Wizz Air was to…
After four solo visits to Gdańsk during the year I had finally convinced Little A to join me. With the daughter onboard, it didn’t take long before Susann also decided to join. Our father-daughter trip to Poland became a family trip. A family day trip. Yes, we left Sweden and Stockholm at Skavsta Airport in…
I really took the opportunity this summer to explore Gdansk. Not only during one visit, there were actually several of them. The first visit of the year was during a cold winter weekend. That was about to change during the summer and I discovered the possibility of going on day trips. That meant a morning…
There are plenty of waterfalls and rapids along Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road. One, or rather two, of these are found at Brakkåfallet. This is a waterfall in two parts close to Stora Blåsjön in Strömsund Municipality in Jämtland County. For many Swedes, this is a place known from the movie about Dunderklumpen. This was…
Gaustafallet is an impressive waterfall just south of the Stekenjokk plateau along Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road. It lies in Strömsund Municipality in the northern parts of Jämtland County. The Gauste River continues into a deep canyon after the waterfall. This waterfall has also been the filming location for a film based on a book…
Trappstegsforsen is one of the most well-known waterfalls along the tourist road Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road, in northern Sweden. They are a part of the river Kultsjöån and lie in Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten County, within the historical province of Lappland. The intensity of the rapids increases significantly during the spring and early summer…
Litsjöforsen is a waterfall and a rapid along the river Kultsjöån in the municipality of Vilhelmina in Västerbotten County. This is an area in the southernmost parts of the province of Lappland in northern Sweden. It lies along the well-known tourist road Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road. During spring and early summer when the snow…
Dimforsen is a waterfall, or rather a rapid, along the river Kultsjöån in the southernmost parts of the province of Lappland in northern Sweden. Today this area is a part of Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten County and lies along the tourist road known as Vildmarksvägen, the Swedish Wilderness Road. During spring and early summer when…
Welcome to the southernmost point of Sweden. Smygehuk is a headland with a small harbor and former fishing village in Trelleborg Municipality in the province of Skåne. Just to the northeast lies the locality of Smygehus, which is the southernmost locality in Sweden. Smygehuk is one of the main tourist attractions along the coast of…
Welcome to the southernmost locality in Sweden. This is Smygehamn in the province of Skåne. With a population of around 1,200 inhabitants it by far manages to clear the threshold of 200 set by Statistics Sweden to be called a locality. The locality is just slightly to the northeast of Smygehuk, the southernmost point in…
Imatra is a town in the southeastern part of Finland, in the region of South Karelia. It lies just a few kilometers from the border with Russia and the Russian town of Svetogorsk is 7 kilometers away. The town is the seat of the local municipality and has a population of around 25,200 inhabitants. A…