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sweden as a country for tourists.
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— which contact with modern days has not been able wholly to destroy.
Rättvik, Leksand, Floda, and other places still preserve the many-coloured national
dresses, and a Sunday spent at any one of the places just mentioned, when
the church-goers are assembled in their national dress, presents pictures which
are as unique in their beauty as they are touching in their effect.
At Falun there is a copper mine, once the richest in the world.
Värmland. Like Dalarne, the extensive län of Värmland is a country
distinguished by many streams and mile-wide forests. Of låte years this province
has been brought before the eyes of the European public mostly by means of
Selma Lagerlöfs story, "Gösta Berling’s Saga", the scenes of which are laid
in the districts around the Fryken lakes. Among other places in Värmland
may be mentioned Filipstad (with John Ericson’s grave in "the most beautiful
church-yard in the world").
Communications to and within Central Sweden. From Malmö the State
Railway line runs through the provinces of South Sweden, Östergötland, and
Södermanland to Stockholm, in addition to which there is steamboat service around
the coast. From Gothenburg there are three main routes to the capital; the first,
the direct State Railway line; the second the Bergslagen Railway lines
(Gothenburg—Falun), which run through Värmland and Dalarne and, at Ludvika, are
connected with the Stockholm—Västerås — Bergslagen Railway (through trains
Gothenburg—Stockholm); the third is the above-mentioned Göta Canal. From
Stockholm there are three routes to Dalarne; via Ludvika, Gävle, or Krylbo,
while in Dalarne there are railway communications with all the most important
places of interest.
3. Northern Sweden. Jämtland. Among the many beautiful provinces
of Sweden, Jämtland occupies a very prominent position. Mighty mountain-chains,
covered here and there with fields of eternal snow, traversed by the wandering
Laplander with his herds of reindeer; deep valleys, where waters glitter and
waterfalls thunder; magnificent views across immense landscapes; all these
attract the tourist to the province. Jämtland, above all, has been called "the
land of waterfalls", on account of the great number of cataracts there, such as
Tännforsen (30 m high, 70 m wide), Storbo, Ristafallet, Handöl, etc. The
highest mountain-peaks are Syltopparna, 1 765 meters.
The ozone-laden air has led to the establishment of a number of cure- and
recreation centres. Among the last-named may be mentioned, Are, Duved,
Enafors, and Storlien, all of which are winter-sport places, too.
There are through trains from Stockholm to Storlien. In the summer season
the tourist can also go by steamer direct to Sundsvall, and thence by train
through Jämtland.
The rivers Indalsälven and Ångermanälven. These two rivers are among the
largest in Sweden, the former being 316 km long, the latter 389 km. Both
play an important role in the timber-export trade of Sweden, unheard of
quantities of timber being transported on them from the great forests to the
sea. At the mouth of the Indalsälv lies the greatest timber-exporting port in
the world — Sundsvall. This timber-floating and the many large saw-mills at
the mouths of the rivers alone, are worth the attention of the tourist. But, in
addition, the rivers themselves are magnificent and flow through grand northern
scenery. A trip on the river Indalsälv, above all, is most interesting, among
other things from the fact that one of the steamers taken on the journey, runs
down large, foaming rapids.
The routes are either by the State Railway line from Stockholm to Bispgården
(for the river Indalsälv), or Sollefteå (for the river Ängermanälv), or by steamer
from Stockholm to Sundsvall or Härnösand.
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