Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
London, United Kingdom has some really large green areas and the Regent’s Park north of Fitzrovia is one of them. People get here to relax, meet friends or do some sports. It is used for art exhibitions, the houses surrounding it are especially beautiful. In the north you can find the London Zoo and the Grand Union Canal.
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The Söderåsen Nationalpark near Klippan, Sweden was a very positive surprise for us. It was a recommendation from a guidebook but we didn’t know what to expect and whether it would be a good idea to go there while the temperature was so high. But it was! Continue reading “Söderåsen”
Who doesn’t know the do-it-yourself furniture company IKEA? Some of us use their products during the whole life. IKEA in fact is an abbreviation for Ingvar Kamprad from Elmtaryd near Agunnaryd and that named place is near Älmhult, Sweden where you today find an IKEA hotel as well as an IKEA museum. Continue reading “IKEA museum”
The Älgpark at Målilla, Sweden is a special one: it is run by a family and is therefore also very family-friendly and you cannot drive through by car or be driven through in a bus. Instead you walk on a path along and around the habitats of three elk families. It is therefore a bit harder to get in direct touch with the animals – but therefore you can also see them swimming. Continue reading “Swimming elk”
If you go to the long-stretched island Öland via the long bridge connecting it to the mainland at Kalmar, Sweden you might want to see how people were living there in the past and get to know something about their culture. One of the best places for that is the Ölands Museum Himmelsberga at Borgholm. Continue reading “Ölands Museum”
The castle of Kalmar, Sweden is beautifully located on an island in front of the city. It was started in 1180 as a tower and is today one of the best preserved renaissance style castles. As it was located near the former border to Denmark it played an important role in Swedish history. Continue reading “Kalmar Slott”
The Kleva Gruva is a former copper and nickel mine in the region of Alseda / Vetlanda / Holsbybrunn, Sweden. It was opened in 1691 after a ringer made a walk in the forest and found a stone that he believed to be gold. The mine was operated until 1920 with a lot of interruptions. In 1991 the mine was opened for visitors and is now operated by a family from Germany. Continue reading “Kleva Gruva”
A unique opportunity to explore Småland is to take a narrow-gauge train from Hultsfred to Västervik, Sweden. The track is 71 kilometers long, was officially in use from 1879 to 1984 and it has a width of 891 mm. At Hultsfred the tracks are located next to the normal railway tracks and at Västervik you can see combined tracks with three rails. Continue reading “Rälsbus”
If you read the tales written by Astrid Lindgren as a child then this theme park at Vimmerby, Sweden is a paradise for you. For every story there is an area that looks like the scenery for it. Half of the time scenes are staged and the rest of the time you can explore the stage and meet your favorite characters in person. Continue reading “Astrid Lindgrens värld”
Astrid Lindgrens stories about the young prankster Emil (in German: Michel) from Lönneberga are famous throughout the world. If you are close to Vimmerby, Sweden you can visit the place that was used to shoot the films according to the books. The Katthult from the movies is a nice place for a stop. Continue reading “Katthult”