Kategorie-Archiv: Karlstad

Karlstad, a town with 60000 inhabitants is in Värmland, on the northern end of Lake Vänern. weiterlesen Karlstad→

Near Sunne we stop at Mårbacka estate, former home of Selma Lagerlöf who was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909. weiterlesen Selma Lagerlöf and Mårbacka Estate→

Today we drove back towards the south of the country. 260 km through wood, wood and wood – and some settlements. Around Sunne we are surprised to see that we’re back to farmland.

Interesting: The many road signs for Oslo. We’re less than 200 km away from Oslo – while Gothenborg is more than 300 km away… weiterlesen Mora – Malung – Torsby – Sunne – Karlstad→

Via Malung, Torsby and Sunne, where the museum or residence of the well-known writer Selma Lagerlöf is located, we drive through a classic, Swedish landscape, which consists mainly of many forests and lakes. It goes as far as Karlstad (235 km), the largest lake in Sweden, the Vänern. Karlstad is crossed by two broad branches of the river and lies directly at the mouth of the Klarälven in the Vänern. We are to explore the main island with Residenzplatz, town hall and cathedral, which was rebuilt after the city fire in 1865 in the original baroque style. weiterlesen Karlstad→