Funäsfjällen

Ski Touring in a Prepared Piste

Two decades ago, no one would have imagined an urge to go up in a perfectly prepared piste with skins. Randonné / Ski Touring was only something for hills without ski lifts. Today it is becoming increasingly popular in Sweden to go uphill within bounds. More and more discover Ski Touring as a sport and […]

Åre Funäsfjällen Östersund Skiing Södra Årefjällen Winter +3

Swedish Mountains – Helags Massif & glacier

The holy mountain Helags is the highest peak among the Swedish mountains south of the Arctic Circle and offers a lot more than just hiking. Helags is home to: Sweden’s southernmost glacier, 600m long and 50m deep, adorable Arctic foxes and some of the most breath-taking views of the panoramic mountainside. It’s an easy day trip to […]

Autumn Funäsfjällen Hiking Ljungdalsfjällen Summer Trail Running +3

A Hike to a Mountain Top in Sonfjället National Park

Seen from a distance the Sonfjället mountain has the silhouette of a volcano. Beautifully shaped and surrounded by lush greenery. Climb the mountain or hike around it and look for bears, since this area, The Sonfjället National Park of Sweden, has quite a few brown bears. Do not miss the summer grazing farm, shieling, by the […]

Autumn Culture & History Flora & Fauna Funäsfjällen Härjedalen Hiking Lofsdalen Östra Härjedalen Södra Storsjöbygden Spring Summer Sveg Vemdalen Winter +11

Horseback Riding on a Ranch in the Swedish Mountains

Trumvallen is an old summer farm, a shieling, just a few kilometers from the Vemdalen Ski Area. The summer farm is a group of sun kissed log houses in different shades of grey with the beautiful backdrop of the Härjedalen mountains and pine forests. One of the houses holds a ranch where you can go […]

Åre Autumn Funäsfjällen Härjedalen Östersund Södra Storsjöbygden Spring Strömsund/Frostviken Summer Vemdalen Winter +8

365 Everyday Adventures

The project ‘365 Everyday Adventures’ is Louise Östberg´s attempt at exploring whether the sum of many small adventures can match one great adventure.

Autumn Funäsfjällen Härjedalen Spring Summer Winter +3

“Ölgås & Lagom” – how swedes learned to be moderate

An “Ölgås”, a wooden bowl with a bird neck handle, was used on festive occasions to pass around beer. Maybe the use of this festive bowl is the origin of the swedish expression “lagom” – to think about your fellow man and not use more than you have to, to be moderate. In Jämtland Härjedalen […]

Autumn Culture & History Funäsfjällen Gastronomy Härjedalen Krokom Östersund Spring Summer Winter +7

Muskox – survivors from the ice age

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 […]

Autumn Flora & Fauna Funäsfjällen Härjedalen Lofsdalen Spring Summer Vemdalen Winter +6

Saepmie – the People and the Land

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 […]

Autumn Culture & History Funäsfjällen Härjedalen Krokom Ljungdalsfjällen Lofsdalen Östersund Reindeer Saepmie Sami Södra Årefjällen Strömsund/Frostviken Summer Winter +12

Five Winter Experiences to make you “Ski like a Swede”

Ever wondered why swedes seem to be born on skis? And, what do they do besides skiing with all that snow? How about getting it all solved once and for all. Get your gear ready, or by all means, hire the latest on site. Fly north for an epic winter journey and witness your own […]

Åre Funäsfjällen Härjedalen Lofsdalen Östersund Skiing Södra Årefjällen Vemdalen Winter +6