”How does it feel to have balanced life by living ‘lagom’? In Holland it’s hot to try and do everything lagom now, didn’t you know? You find ‘lagom’ books in every bookstore and lots of articles about it in magazines,” said Willems brother when he visited us a few weeks ago. We were at a loss for words. We thought hygge was still THE thing to strive for. But in the tv program “Allt för Sverige” (about Americans going back […]
Our holiday homes were filled the last few days, with my (Willem) family visiting us. A so-called Terstegen-weekend, which meant a weekend full of memories, stories, good food and activities. Besides some walks from our own issued booklet: “8 trails to walk around Ore/Furudal”, we choose to visit the Falun copper mine with its recently modernized museum and had lunch at restaurant Geshwornergården. Unlike me, my family is very sporty: yoga, horse riding, mountain biking/cycling, and football. To let them […]
Last weekend we noticed it was already 3 years ago since we moved to Sweden. We began our adventure, we were ready to break new grounds! Was it easy to quit our old life and take a leap of faith? No, it was not easy. All four of us had some problems and wished that we should have stayed in Holland sometimes. Particularly leaving family and friends is difficult. Sure calling, skyping or mailing is a way to keep in […]
How pretty they look again: the Rowans-trees. Besides mushrooms, one of the very first signs of Autumn, because it’s leaves, are turning bright red and orange and are already covered in clusters of bright orange and red berries. Since I’ve just seen birds eating these so far, I always thought they were poisonous (bright colours in the natural kingdom can be a warning for such isn’t it). So I just admired them. No problem in a country like Sweden: here […]
All over suddenly, it feels like the summer season is over. Kids have to go to school, Swedes have to work again. The Tourist office in Furudal is closed for the season now. But is the season really over? Or is it over for just the Swedes? Next couple of weeks we still have guests, no Swedes but foreign guests. At the very moment we write this, we have some guests from Belgium and Israel. These guests are also in […]
For some time we have been warned of a shortage of drinking water in the region. It has been dryer than usual for more than 2 years now. Especially during the wintertime, there is less precipitation so that the groundwater reserves are not being replenished. If your drinking water source is not deep enough, you have a problem: no more drinking water. During the farmers dinners we organized the last few weeks, the topic -shortage of drinking water- was often […]
Did you notice it? Our village Furudal is full of activity. Last week we’ve had a special “wakey-wakey” weekend: most of the shops were open, Furudals tourist office was open and even the Bra-bus showed up. Today we’ve read a post on Facebook telling that the Furudals famous Ice hockey school is doing the last preparations for the arrival of the boys and girls enjoying their Ice hockey summer camp. There is a wave of new energy throughout our village. […]
In less than ten weeks, it will be Midsummer in Sweden, the start of the summer season! Whether you’ll stay at Näsets Marcusgård or elsewhere, check out the Ore (Furudal) surroundings, do some local shopping and enjoy the countryside scenery. Here’s a little guide to summer activities and culture around Ore. #1 Go for a swim in Lake Ore (Oresjön) or Lake Skattungen Both lakes have many private swimming spots, sandy beaches, and places where you can walk a couple […]
(Lantliv) Almost Easter, the first extended weekend of spring! For many people here a good reason to visit their summerhouse and make everything ready for the summer, meet the family, eat Easter eggs etc. Well pretty much the same as in Holland, just a little different. You decorate your house for instance by putting birch twigs in a vase and decorating them with artificial feathers in lively colour’s, preferably in yellow. You see witches who flew against the walls here […]
What is that mysteriously naked woman doing in our garden on the picnic table? Something different isn’t it, and she made our boys blush. She’s made of snow and created by one of our guests this week. She is a sculptor and almost couldn’t stop snow sculpturing last Wednesday. We already said so, slowing down at our place and enjoy Siljans culture and beautiful surroundings gives the right energy to create and get new ideas to almost all of our […]
