Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 5

JonKoping is about halfway between Kristianstad and Stockholm so makes a good place to stay on our trip north. It is perhaps best known in many countries as the birthplace of Agnetha from Abba, but we’re hoping it also has something interesting enough for a 2 night stay. Southern Sweden is home to most of the elk in the county and we find an “Alg” park not too far away. This park also has Red and Fallow deer but the standout sight are the Elks (or Moose). There are 4 male elks with huge antlers, 3 calves all born this year and 5 females. The elks have names and are tame enough to come close to the safari wagons for feeding. Eskjo is a nearby town with pretty old wooden houses, mainly painted red, which surprisingly ... read more

Car wrecks en masse In 2013 Ake visited a car cemetery in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden. After he published a blog entry about that visit he learned that there is at least one other similar site in Sweden. This other one is near Årjäng in Värmland County. The idea of going there to see this car cemetery has been on our minds for a few years. In August 2022 we had a few days where we had nothing better to do so we decided to go on a little road trip with the ultimate goal of looking at rusty cars in Värmland. Some of you who read this might feel that car wrecks dumped in the nature is nothing but an eyesore. If you feel like that we would recommend you to stop reading because ... read more

It was time to head back home- we had a rental car to return and a 6 hour journey, south bound on highway E6 towards Malmö, Sweden. We took a little break and trekked up to explore a bit of the Swedish countryside to view the magnificent coast line! As highway E6 ran parallel to the coast we were never too far away from the water! Most of the countryside in Sweden and Norway had the classic red painted barns and vast expanses of agricultural land. Also along the highway were numerous windmills fulfilling the need for green Eco-sustainability We reached Malmö and had dinner at an Indian restaurant called Urban Turban, to overcome our spice withdrawal :) and then walked around the city to see Malmö’s pride — the Turning Torso, the tallest skyscraper in ... read more

We were back on the road and our next stop was Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. I was prepared for cooler temperatures as we were heading closer to the northern latitudes. and but the weather here took me by surprise! I learned later that day from the tour-boat operator that this was due to the moderating influence of the Gulf Stream. The drive on E6 through Sweden resembled driving through south central Pennsylvania, with similar vegetation greeting our eyes. Along the highway that hugged the west coastline of Sweden; were signs for McDonalds and Burger King and surprisingly, none for local eateries. We stopped at a McDonalds for lunch and what was interesting and different about this was the way they recycled/disposed their waste. Once used, every item had its own dispose slot and ... read more

Spain, why not? My stepdaughter got rid of her boyfriend and is flying free doing things that he did not want to do, she went to Spain and I tagged along a little later, some time together and some time on my own and I’ll rent a motorbike and scoot along in Spain for ten days or so. I left home in the afternoon for a long wait at the aeropuerto in Gothenburg and a cheap flight later landed in Malaga at midnight. Of course everything was closed, but Fia had some snacks in the car and that kept me going until breakfast, lunch ended up being a soggy petrolstation sandwich. The Costa del Sol is best defined by the word ghetto, so many holiday homes wherever the eye roams, not my cup of tea at ... read more