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Roadtrip Dalarna 2021

Summer 2021 is all good. Borders are opening and we can start to travel if. I am staying… Summer 2021 is yet another year of staycation. I will do my traveling in two parts. One trip to Dalarna and one…

July 24, 2021

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Malmö. Unicorn love. #malmö #roadtrip @visitsweden @visitmalmo

When in Malmö, you need to eat falafel. This evening at Malmö Saluhall. @malmosaluhall #falafel #roadtrip @visitsweden @visitmalmo

Room with a view. @clarionmalmolive #malmö #roadtrip

Sofiero. Once voted as being the most beautiful park in Europe (2010). Royal resort for three kings. But I am not overly impressed. The estate was not a lot to see. The garden is interesting because the crown princess and later queen started the habit of having the same (!) flowers in a bed. Not mix and match. And it has a labyrinth. I give this destination a 7 out of 10. Norrvikens trädgårdar 30 minutes away is a 10 out of 10. #roadtrip @visitsweden @visitskane @sofieroslott @norrviken_bastad

Helsingborg. #roadtrip @visitsweden @visitskane

Roadtrip continues. Now in Skåne. #roadtrip @visitsweden @visitskane

Lunch and mini-golf in Tylösand. #roadtrip @visithalland #tylösand @ahlqvisthans @pettasthlm @freddiefredster @jonathanblom

Quick stop looking at the summer house by renowned Swedish architect and designer Bruno Mathsson. #roadtrip #halland #halmstad @visithalland

First stop of the day. Mjellby Konsthall with the collection for Halmstadsgruppen. Today also a temporary exhibition with surrealism and mobiles. Pretty small. Had higher expectations. I give this a 5 out of 10. @visithalland #halland #halmstad

The beaches of Halland. Here at Skummelslöv and Mellbystrand. @visithalland @visitsweden #skummeslöv slöv #halland #roadtrip

Tjolöholm Castle is 30-40 minutes south of Göteborg. Absolutely worth a stop. Ten of ten points. Fun history. There was an old castle but in ruins. One hundred years ago a British couple took over and rebuilt everything. So the castle isn’t that old. Finished in 1904. But lots of money. They could do whatever they wanted. No nobility. Just pure creativity. And amaaaaaaaaazing Arts & Craft. The whole castle is full of it. @tjoloholm @goteborgcom #roadtrip #kungsbacka

Göteborg. Thanks for having me. Three days are over and we continue our roadtrip further south. It was good. Even great. Normally a Stockholmer like me just stay a day and do the things you normally do. But this time I had prepared myself. My top three things must be Konstmuseet, Botaniska trädgården and walking in Lorensberg and just look at houses. It is interesting that you really don’t find any local craft and design here. There are amazing brands and designer but not present in shops. Not even at Rhösska (Sweden’s official design museum - a terrible museum but that is another story). But Göteborg has a great food and wine scene. This surprised me. In my prejudist mind you only eat burgers and drink beer in this industrial city - but I was wrong. Food here is diverse and great. Göteborg is a large city. Three days in Göteborg is absolutely 9 out of 10. Do it. Oh last thing - they say they are celebrating 400 years but that is not really present anywhere. @goteborgcom #göteborg #roadtrip

Chasing monsters (and drinking wine) in Göteborg. @goteborgcom #roadtrip #göteborg

Dinner with a huge horse. @goteborgcom #göteborg #roadtrip @tavolorestaurant

Absolutely one of the top three best experiences in Göteborg is beautiful Botaniska Trädgården. I hear Guide Michelin actually gives this two stars. Sooooo worth a stop. @botaniskatradgarden @goteborgcom #roadtrip

Chasing monsters in Göteborg. Dinosaur at Slottsskogen. @goteborgcom #göteborg #monsters

Starting our tour today at Masthugget and Stigberget. Lots of old wooden houses from 17th century. And the church even has a stone mural of Thor. Strange… @goteborgcom #göteborg #roadtrip

Sweden is of course not a nation spared from slave stories. Vikings took slaves… But we don’t have a huge history of colonization. In the 18th century the Swedish king felt left out from the colonization race with other nations so he gave the French a piece of Göteborg for an island in the West Indies (St Bartholemy). And that is Sweden’s only mark in the story of colonization. Of course Swedish shipowners were shipping slaves from Africa, so Swedes were absolutely contributing but this exchange is the only land we had. So, this land is called ”French Block” and was simply owned by the French with French laws etc. As a stop on our tour in Göteborg it is absolutely worth seeing. But it would be nice to have more signs or landmarks. @goteborgcom #göteborg #roadtrip #slavery

Chasing monsters in Göteborg. (Torstenssonska palatset). #göteborg @goteborgcom

Strolling Göteborg and looking at 1920s architecture. @goteborgcom #göteborg #roadtrip

Touring Göteborg. I always like Göteborgs Konstmuseum. Always a good stop. During summer they have temporary exhibtion called Focus on Europe. About the time between the two world wars. Amazing exhibition. Well curated. 10 out of 10 points. Perhaps the best we have in Sweden now (besides Zorn at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm). @goteborgskonstmuseum @goteborgcom #roadtrip

Love the curation at Göteborgs Konstmuseum. Here in background classic painting by Prince Eugene. And update by Carl Johan De Geer. @goteborgcom @goteborgskonstmuseum #roadtrip

Chasing monsters in Göteborg #götaplatsen #göteborg

Monsters in Göteborg. And it rains…

Göteborg day one. Well, not a full day yet. Arrived by lunch and checked in at @clarionpost. View from room at last picture. A day with rain and sunshine. Walked the city park and by the canal. Found some lovely local design brands at @rumforpapper. Such as @pap_madeinsweden and @ballografab. Lunch at @klangmarket and dinner somewhere fancy. This was a good day. I give this 9 outof 10. @goteborgcom #göteborg