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Although today it is snowy and still above zero, the freezing temperatures are in sight! The Swedish weather forecasters predict mid-November will be colder for Dalarna. Being a Dutchie, I automatically feel all excited: when can we skate again! In Holland, everyone gets Skatingfever when a severe cold is predicted (mostly in February) because it’s rare. This stays in your blood. We even have a word for it in Holland: Elfstedenkoorts, after the Elfstedentocht. The Elfstedentocht is a speed skating […]

Fall break: super boring? No, it’s super cool! If you know how and where to spend it. Walk, play, go out and explore! Fill your days with special fall-activities you’ll find all over the place during your break and then hygge in our Fähus or Hölada. From spooky activities in Siljans theme parks to an outdoor cinema, a campfire or exploring our autumn forests or if it’s raining cats and dogs, do experiments in a laboratory of the Falun mine, […]

For some people there’s no holiday without some art. My cousin is such a person. So we went to the Zornmuseum in Mora. A nice little museum with beautiful paintings by Anders Zorn (1860-1920). Zorn is one of Sweden’s most famous artist, from Mora. No one has painted water, created portraits with the same bravoure and reproduced women as sensual as Zorn. You can see some reproductions of his work in the Hölada and Fähus. Unique and really different are […]