Roundtrip: The Wilderness Road for Little Explorers

At the homestead farm in Strömsund, there is Jorm the Giant with a small house on his nose. Photo: Anne Adsten

The forests, the mountains and the lakes form a gigantic playground for little explorers – do our kids really need a Disneyland? A journey along the Wilderness Road in northern Jämtland Härjedalen is suitable for kids with adventurous families who want to follow in the footsteps of the Swedish fairy tale character Dunderklumpen, meet friendly […]

Tour suggestion: Wildlife and Mountain Views

Muskox

The region Jämtland Härjedalen in the Swedish Mountains is loved by tourists since centuries. This roundtrip of about 550 km takes you south from the provincial city Östersund, to see wildlife and breathtaking views of the mountains. We can promise your taste buds will have a trip of a lifetime as well. See the roundtrip […]

Roundtrip: VILDMARKSVÄGEN – the Wilderness Road of Sweden

Vildmarksvägen| Foto: Madeleine Aaraas

Strömsund is called a gateway to the wilderness and yet into a landscape clearly shaped through being part of Saepmie for centuries. Follow in my footsteps and fold westward to start your adventure into the area of Sweden, most dense with bears per square kilometres. Keep to the Vildmarksvägen road (the Wilderness Road) and make […]

Muskox – survivors from the ice age

Muskox thriving in Härjedalen

The Musk ox was once quite widespread in Scandinavia. More than 30,000 years ago, around the last ice age, they would have been a relatively common sight – wandering across the northern regions of Norway and Sweden alongside wooly rhinoceros and mammoths. The small group in Sweden thrive today much thanks to the care from the […]

Saepmie – the People and the Land

Mountain bog

Saepmie is both the Sami people and a land area in the northern part of the globe. The Swedish part of Saepmie is a rich cultural landscape among vast mountains, villages and towns from the Dalarna region in the south, including Jämtland Härjedalen and all the way up through to the swedish border in the […]

Taste of Sapmi

Taste of Sapmi | Adventure Sweden

Few Swedes have tasted Sami food. Not even in Jämtland or Härjedalen, which is part of Sapmi, the region of the Sami people. Reindeer tenderloin with chanterelle mushrooms at an up-market restaurant is wonderful, without a doubt. But, until you have tasted blood pancake or reindeer broth with marrow, you haven’t even begun to explore […]

Bear’s Den in Lofsdalen

Bear´s Den in Lofsdalen Photo: Martin Olson

Adventure with added comfort Bear’s Den in Lofsdalen is a hideout for watching wildlife up close, especially the Scandinavian brown bear.

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