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 by MikaelPersson
The coppermine was used until 10 years ago and had been that for several hundred years and is now a World Heritage Museum well worth a visit.
You can go 60 meters down on a guided tour and there's a museum about the mine on ground level.
There's also a café and a shop where there's alot of handicrafts to buy.
If you have the interest count on a half day for this experience. Leave a Comment
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 Korså bruk, Falun, Sweden by MikaelPersson
Unfortunately there's no information whatsover there if it's not open and open it is only in july and august. It's not a big area so an hour is enough to see everything. Leave a Comment Address: Korsan 35 km east of FalunDirections: Drive towards Sundborn and in Karlsbyheden you have to take the local street and then take right to Korsan and drive on 20 km.
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 Gamla Staberg, Falun, Sweden by MikaelPersson
There are timberbuildings from the 17th century and a newly restored baroque garden.
Very nice indeed! Leave a Comment
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 Kopparberget by PetraTravelsLeave a Comment
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Let's face it, this is your main reason for going to Falun and it's worth it. The mine, once so important to the Swedish economy, closed down in the early 90s after more than a millennium of mining! The company however still use the copper pigment for making paint and this is the reason so many Swedish houses are red. Swedish noblemen wanted their houses to look as posh as the brick houses they saw in Germany and this was the practical solution to brighten up their grey, wooden estates...
It was once the world's largest copper mine and one of Europe's largest employers in the 17-18th centuries. You start in the ticket and shop area which is also a World Heritage house with a great film on heritage sites around the world and such. There you also pay and are allocated a time to go down the mine on a guided tour. Summertime, tours are available at least every half hour in several languages (May to August) but off season, it is twice a day on weekends and an afternoon tour most weekdays (check page) and mostly in Swedish unless you book for a whole group.
You go down to 60 metres below ground level (but measured from the hill below the entrance) where you are taken on a tour of the 18-19th century mining area with everything from huge halls to ltiny tunnels. The mine has been improved for visitors here with wooden plank gangways and such but you can still see much muddier tunnels around you and don't come in your best clothes as you will get splashes on your trousers and shoes. Best is of course to come in boots but failing that, something you don't mind that it takes on a rusty colour here and there :) As for the rest of you, you get to borrow a rain cap and hard hat for the visit so don't worry about that. If you visit in winter, it feels nice and snug down there but in summer it will feel cool. You need to click on some of the naturally very dark pictures to see details. Leave a Comment
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The old mine office building is used as a mining museum and I have to say I was a bit disappointed as there wasn't much about the life of miners and their families which I always like to learn about. But I did enjoy the geology maps and historic models of the mine as well as the different minerals. There is also a collection of Lancaster smithery and of tools used in the mine as well as a collection of Swedish coins used in the 17-18th centuries when they were made of local copper and absolutely huge. You almost needed a sledge to transport money for a cow...But this, along with the visit to the mine itself, makes you realise the importance of the mine to the entire Swedish economy and why we could afford all those wars...
The building next to the museum houses what looks to be a very nice inn but it is closed wintertime so we could never try the food. There was probably the sausage we were looking for...:))) Leave a Comment Directions: Opposite the mine shaft entrance.
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 A funny tricky slope to take
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In the pretty village of Sundborn, not far east of Falun itself, you will find the home of one of Sweden's most famous painters. This is the house he was given by his local father-in-law and where Larsson (AND his very talented artistic wife, often overlooked) lived happily with their many children. All of this can be seen in his paintings; his house, the children...all in a comfy and happy atmosphere in typical Dalarna rustic country style. To be ctd. Leave a Comment
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