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Brätthäll seems to be off the beaten track. We found this peak on OpenStreetMap but no real information about it anywhere else. Forest trails and lakes were all the convincing we needed to head that way for an adventure though. Most definitely a "fixer-upper". It's a
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Djurås gave us a fantastic day of adventure. This small town is only a 20 minute train ride from Borlänge and full of trails to explore. We stepped off the train and into the forest within a few minutes — after making a pitstop at a local supermarket to stock up
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Our hike from Säbysjön lake to Järvafältets nature reserve started at Akalla metro station — which was the most direct route based on where we were staying. The area was crammed with apartment blocks so it was hard to imagine a lake and nature reserve nearby but green space was just
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You know it's going to be a good day when getting ice cream is first on the to-do list. We caught the tram from central Stockholm to Ålstensgatan and joined a line of people queueing out the door at Scarfo Gelateria, in the blazing hot sun. Hazlenut and
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Our final week in Sweden was a holiday which started with a train journey from Stockholm to the Dalarna region. We spent most of our time exploring the great outdoors Sweden has to offer. These photos were taken on our first hike of the week from the centre of Borlänge
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This video marks the end of our time in Sweden sob. We booked some time off work for the last week and explored Dalarna, an area filled with deep forests and lakes. This part of our trip was very last minute so we didn't get a chance to
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This was our last week in Stockholm before moving on to another part of Sweden. We thought the it had been pretty chilled out but looking back on all the video clips, it was quite eventful afterall. We visited an open air museum called Skansen where we saw wooden houses,
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Minna is a barnacle gosling small enough to sit in the palm of your hand. She was waddling along behind her parents and two siblings, who were all industriously nibbling at the soil. Out of nowhere, a magpie swooped down and flew away with her in its claws. The parents
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Our second week in Sweden has been an eventful one. We've discovered some great spots to satisfying our cravings for green, open space. Fewer buns have passed our lips — a failure for our happiness, a win for our waistlines. We took a boat to Stockholm's closest
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Our adventure has begun and we've quickly settled into Swedish life. We arrived to a grubby Airbnb late at night, after a delayed flight. Needing to give this place a damn good clean wasn't what we were expecting after putting the keys in the door but
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Rosendals Trädgård is one of my favourite places in Stockholm. It is a biodynamic garden with several glasshouses containing a fantastic cafe, seating and plants for sale. We first visited three years ago for lunch after getting engaged in the Winter. Things looked quite different this time around… The plant
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This pocket of greenery is our back garden for a little while. Although it looks miles from anywhere, there are actually several apartment buildings along the street. We are living in a city but the whole area feels quite wild thanks to the maze of trees and trails surrounding us.
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