Sweden 2020 part VII - The provinces Hälsingland, Medelpad and Uppland

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August 8th 2020

Published: December 6th 2020

One planet, one former planet and Planet Tatooine Sweden is divided in 25 provinces. These provinces have no administrative or political function but may have identical borders with the administrative regions. In the previous two blog entries we wrote about what we did when we travelled in Ångermanland Province and in Jämtland Province. This blog entry will include stories from mainly the prov... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

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

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Decorated Farmhouse of Hälsingland

Building large houses, or even mansions, when you have a lot of money is not new. What made the farmhouses in Hälsingland unique is that they didn't live in these houses.

Decorated Farmhouse of Hälsingland

They built them solely for housing grand festivities. Actually these houses were often not in use at all for maybe a decade or two. It was only for the biggest events in your lifetime, typically weddings, that they were opened and guests were invited to come inside.

House in central Ljusdal

Just a pretty house in central Ljusdal

R2D2 and Princess Leia

In August 2019 an art festival took place in the small town Ljusdal. And now Star Wars fans have noticed that they are actually not on Tatooine. We know that. We cheated a bit to get a decent headline.

Gollum

As part of this festival dozens of artists created street art.

Bird

These works of art are scattered throughout the town, mainly on walls, and make the town unique.

Lion

Probably there is no other town in Sweden where this much street art can be found in such a small area in a town centre.

Banana and piano...?

Street art in Ljusdal

Woman and hourglass

Street art in Ljusdal

Decorated feeder pillar

Also this feeder pillar in Ljusdal is decorated

Hudiksvall

What makes Hudiksvall special is that there is an unusually high number of wooden houses in the town.

Hudiksvall

Warehouses in Hudiksvall's harbour

Hudiksvall

Warehouse on stilts in Hudiksvall's harbour

Hudiksvall

Warehouse in Hudiksvall's harbour

Actor known from Glada Hudik Theatre

Glada Hudik Theatre, a theatre where adults with intellectual disabilities are the actors. Swedish television has made several documentaries about this theatre.

Executioner Alley

We are not joking. A short street in Hudiksvall is actually called Executioner Alley

Old style petrol station

Three guys decided to recreate three petrol stations in the style they looked in the 1950-ies or 1960-ies.

Old style petrol station

They managed to locate genuine pumps, signs with correct looking brand names and even oil cans and boxes with spare parts for cars of that era.

The longest log flume in Sweden

This log flume is no longer used for transporting timber but is in use for water regulation purposes. At 30 km it is probably the longest one in Sweden

Elk pizza and reindeer pizza

In Ljusdal we found a restaurant where they served elk pizza and reindeer pizza.

6th December 2020

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Looks like fun ;)

7th December 2020

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

A well spent day
WE loved it. It was a really well spent day. /Ake

6th December 2020

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Loved the street art! Thanks for sharing!

15th December 2020

starship VT
starship - VT

There certainly looks like more than enough to do and see in this part of Sweden! Riding the Dellenbanan Draisin looks like so much fun!! The decorated farm houses are interesting, and I'd even be interesting in seeing the 'retro' petrol stations because they would be from the same time frame as when I grew up. Enjoyed your photos too!

15th December 2020

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

There is a lot to see in Sweden
We are only traelling in a small part of Sweden, and not any of the more populated parts either. We knew before we took off for this trip that tere was a lot we wanted to see. But we found more than we hoped for. Which looks good for next summer because we intend to travel in another part of Sweden then. And yes, riding the Dellenbanan draisin was so much fun. /Ake

19th December 2020

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Weapons and Guns
That is a real collection.

19th December 2020

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

It is very impressive
That collection is really impressive. From what i understand it holds quite a few rare items that are highly valued as well. /Ake

25th April 2021

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Brilliant!
Another enjoyable read, thank you Åke and Emma for enabling me to get a deep insight into travelling in Sweden. I seem to remember you enjoy street art very much, so Ljusdsal must have been a very interesting visit for you. "Draisine" - I learnt a new word today, thank you, and it looks great fun ?

25th April 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Draisine and street art
Riding the draisine was super-fun. Hopefully we'll be able to try it again sometime. You are right that we enjoy street art. I actually went on a guided street art tour in London a few years ago. That was really good. /Ake

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