Beat the Norwegians
by Sjalen
Because this is the municipality closest to the Trondheim-Meråker area in Norway, people from that area come shopping in the much cheaper Sweden. Prepare to queue if you go to tobacconists or the state liqueur shop Systembolaget during rush hour. In fact, its parking place could fool you that you were in Norway! :-)
Vålådalen
by Sjalen
At roads end, some 30 km south of Åre lies Vålådalen. A tiny village on an ice age ridge, which has grown up around early fell tourism and today houses an excellent well equipped STF fell station with a restaurant so it isn't completely deserted but not the first place you would go to unless you are a dedicated fell walker. There is also a "Naturum" (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency sponsored nature exhibition centres scattered around Sweden) on life in the highlands (reindeer herding, wildlife noises and ice age geology). From here, you can make daytrip walks or just go on to one of the many other fell cottages along various paths. It is easy to reach if you have your own car but there is a morning bus from Undersåker too.