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evaanna Says: Take a tour of the workshop where Dala horses are produced. The idea of making them dates back to 1928 when two brothers, Nils and Jannes Olsson, began to carve and sell them to help their parents make ends meet. For some reason, the colourful figures became famous and even...
evaanna Says: Lake Siljan came into being millions of years ago when a meteorite struck the earth at this place. The area around the lake is very popular with Swedish people, being famous for its natural beauty, the charming villages, the local handicrafts and cultivation of old...
Vastanviks Camping: Campsite on Lake Siljan
evaanna Says: We stayed on this campsite in 2003 on our way from the Lofoten. It's situated at the other end of Lake Siljan from Nusnas close to Leksand but as I am not going to write a page on Leksand until I visit it again (if ever) I hope its inhabitants won't mind.It's a big campsite...
Vardshuset Moraklockan: Motel near Mora
evaanna Says: We spent our first night ever in Scandinavia there. It was also the only time when we stayed at a motel. But, still inexperienced in looking for accommodation there and exhausted after a whole day's drive from our ferry at Nynashamn, all we wanted was a bed and a shower. And...
Dizzyhead Says: After a tour at the factory and watched when they do the special horse, it is really nice to sit down att he café and have a cup of coffee. It only costed 15 Swedish kronor for one cup of coffee.
Grannas.: Cheap sekunda things.
Dizzyhead Says: I bought two cheap heads of horses in wood, and I can paint them by myself. I will probably give them away to some kids. This things who arent in the ebst condition or they have destroyed them a little, so they cant sell them in the real shop. These things are really cheap...
Long-boat races on Lake Siljan
evaanna Says: Near the workshop where Dala horses are produced you can see an interesting old paddle long-boat, one of the boats that were used by the local people to get to church on Sunday in past times. If you happen to be in the area around St. John's day (24 June), you can see the...
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After a tour at the factory and watched when they do the special horse, it is really nice to sit down att he café and have a cup of coffee. It only costed 15...
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Nusnas is a small village on lake Siljan, east of Mora. It is famous for one thing - its manufactory of the so called dalahastar, red wooden horses with floral patterns that no Swedish home can do...
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