Northern Scandinavia In northern Scandinavia it is quite easy to spot them if you are in the right area. I've seen reindeers both in Norway and in Sweden. If you are in a region where they roam you see them pretty much everywhere. /Ake
Fantastic Oh, fantastic! I really enjoyed reading about these unusual places to visit in Sweden. The UFO landing site looks very interesting, as do the talking stones and the three bridges. I would very much like to go for a walk in the beech forest, the mystery of them seems very attractive. Thank you for posting such an interesting blog.
Three quirky sites and one genuinely good We really like sites that the word "quirky" probably describes well. We have several of those scattered throughout our blogs. This time we put a few of those together to be able to make a blog all of its own. But I'd like to point out that the talking stones/beech forest was, although there is some "quirkiness" to it, a genuinely good site to visit. If you like hiking in forests that is. /Ake
Rock Engravings Fantastic. How old are they supposed to be and is there any reason they are in such good condition? I have posted them in the Rock art of the World thread in the Photography Forum. Great additions from Sweden.
Rock engravings are quite common in Scandinavia Rock engravings have been found in more than 10,000 different places in Scandinavia, so they are quite common. In most places there are only a handful of pictures though. They are probably between 2500 and 5000 years old. They are engraved in granite, which is a hard rock. That might explain why they are well preserved. /Ake
Nice! Very nice pictures! To all who wonders how to actually eat fermented herring I would recommend Ake's youtube tutorial of the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGRyr8yIo9w
We travelled four weeks and barely skratched the surface This summer is the first time we have spent an entire vacation in Sweden. We travelled for four weeks and still we barely skratched the surface. When you plot our route on a map you see that we saw very little really. We plan to travel for four weeks next summer too and we will still haven't seen much. /Ake
Lake monsters are quite common There are legends of lake monsters in other Swedish lakes as well. But at least one of them is referred to as an extremely large fish. Legends about lake monsters seem to be quite common. Popular folk lore apparently. /Ake
Interesting Wow, a very interesting and unique sight to visit. I would also have enjoyed the nostalgia of visiting such a place. Amazing that it still works, but a shame that there's no place out there that can receive a message anymore. Thank you for sharing 🙂
It is cool It is cool if you are into that kind of stuff. Even if you are not, the antennas are impressive. I remember seeing those many years ago and wanting to know what it was. That was before it was opened as a museum so I couldn't visit. I am happy that I can now. /Ake
Åre It was very interesting to see all the natural spots of beauty in and around Åre, as well as the man-made attractions -- the preserved farmhouses, rock carvings, the beautiful hotel and even the WWII bunker. I would have really liked seeing a reindeer! Great photos!
We stayed in the other one We did sleep one night in the other ARKNAT tean-to we took a photo of. When we saw it we fell in love with it and decided to sleep there. It was a bit hard on our backs but we slept good. /Ake
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden.
We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them.
Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are
Angel Falls in Ven... full info
D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
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I'd love to see one of these up close and personal.