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Trelleborg is a town in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden. It is a town with a rich history, dating back to the Viking Age, and is known for its strategic location along the Baltic Sea. Today, with its harbor, it is an important gateway for Swedes traveling to the European continent. Trelleborg is…
Horsvik is an old coastal farmstead and current nature reserve along the Baltic Sea coast of Nyköping Municipality in eastern Sweden. This natural beauty is a neighbor to the former nuclear test facilities of Studsvik. With the well-known nature reserve of Stendörren nearby, this small reserve is a bit less crowded. It is, however, still…
Harsprångsfallet is a former waterfall just south of Porjus in Jokkmokk Municipality. The waterfall is today blocked most of the year by the hydroelectric power plant Harsprånget, owned by electric company Vattenfall AB. The waterfall once had a height of 75 meters. Today you will instead see the 50-meter-tall embankment dam and a large mostly…
Krokek is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in the county of Östergötland. It lies along the northern shores of the bay Bråviken, which connects the area with the Baltic Sea. The locality is not only home to around 570 inhabitants, but just a few kilometers to the east is the Kolmården Wildlife Park. The name…
Krokeks Konvent is a former convent right at the border between the provinces of Södermanland and Östergötland. It has also been known as Vårfruklostret and was originally home to Franciscan monks. Today, it lies in Norrköping Municipality in the eastern part of Sweden. There are no longer any monks here, and the old church that…
Welcome to the Arctic Circle. It is here at Naisheden that you will find one of the few easily accessible markings of the line in Sweden. This is a rest area along Road E10 with a former inn. Nearby is also the former military airfield of Överkalix-Naishedens Flygfält. The area lies within Överkalix Municipality in…
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…
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…