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Route description for Sweden August/September 2022


Sweden August/September 2022

From 19.8. we were on the road until 13.9.22. We had changed our original plan in the meantime and made a detour to the center of the Arctic Circle in Norway. The post-processing is done gradually. About the route: From Stuttgart to Kiel, then by ferry to Gothenburg. Crossing at night to arrive rested in Gothenburg. From there to the Arctic Circle and back east with a detour to Stockholm. Since the map is based on Google Maps, it can happen again and again that the actual route suddenly looks different from what I had planned because the calculation is based on Google Maps and then suddenly looks different due to road closures or the like. Total distance in Sweden: originally planned: 4300km in 21 days. In the end it was 4500km in Sweden, with an arrival and departure of 6275km.

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Gothenburg - Abfahrt Montag 10:30 Uhr

Tip: Check beforehand where you are going after leaving the ferry. Unloading is all a bit hectic, then you have to pass the border controls and the port area is not so big that you can still stand comfortably somewhere. So you drive off, the navigation system isn't "awake" yet and you hit the wrong road. Ok, you always get to your destination, maybe with a small detour.

414 58 Gothenburg, Schweden

57° 41' 44.8" N 11° 54' 51.7" E

57.6957885 11.9143510


☍ 206,7 km (2 hrs. 28 min.)


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Forsviks Stellplatz am Göta-Kanal - Abfahrt Dienstag 10:00 Uhr

Hagenvägen 6, 546 73 Forsvik, Schweden

58° 34' 30.4" N 14° 26' 11.8" E

58.5751111 14.4366145


☍ 205,1 km (2 hrs. 22 min.)

Motor and Nostalgia Museum Grängesberg, Schweden

Much has been collected here that has existed since the 1920s. Radios, televisions, cameras, mobile phones, cars, aircraft and boat engines, forestry equipment, trucks and construction machinery, etc. Various shops from the 1930s were also reconstructed, as was a driving school. Definitely worth seeing.

Djupuddsvägen 14, 772 90 Grängesberg, Schweden

60° 3' 48.7" N 14° 59' 41.5" E

60.0635301 14.9948713


☍ 69,8 km ( 56 min.)


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Nås Camping Dalarna, deutscher Betreiber - Abfahrt Mittwoch 10:00 Uhr

Storängsvägen 14, 786 93 Nås, Schweden

60° 26' 49.8" N 14° 29' 48.5" E

60.4471545 14.4968033


☍ 60,6 km ( 44 min.)

Fabrikverkauf Knäckebrot

A must in Sweden :-)

Attention: The crispbread slices are loose in the large 4 kg boxes that the Swedes buy in bulk and not in packs of 10, as they are sold in stores. Unfortunately, we only noticed that outside.

240, 793 50 Leksand, Schweden

60° 42' 2" N 15° 2' 48.1" E

60.7005444 15.0466978


☍ 54,2 km ( 41 min.)

Nusnäs, Schweden

Here you can buy the famous wooden horses. You have the opportunity to walk through the workshops and see the production.

Edåkersvägen 21, 792 77 Nusnäs, Schweden

60° 57' 42.1" N 14° 39' 6.8" E

60.9616945 14.6518852


☍ 158,8 km (2 hrs. 1 min.)

Nationalparkt Wasserfall Njupeskär

Sweden's highest waterfall at almost 100m. Very worth seeing and the national park was created great. Overnight stays in the parking lot there are not permitted.

790 90 Mörkret, Schweden

61° 38' 12.3" N 12° 42' 59.9" E

61.6367425 12.7166480


☍ 5,8 km ( 12 min.)


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Rastplatz Fuluälven - Abfahrt Do 10:00 Uhr

MQ43+2X Mörkret, Schweden

61° 39' 18.1" N 12° 45' 17.8" E

61.6550343 12.7549332


☍ 162,5 km (2 hrs. 7 min.)


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Flatruetvägen (höchstgelegene Passstraße), Stellplatz zum Übernachten - Abfahrt Fr 10:00 Uhr

Flatruetvägen is a street in Sweden. It runs across the Flatruet low mountain range in north-western Härjedalen. At 975 m, the road is Sweden's highest mountain pass. Flatruetvägen connects the two towns of Funäsdalen and Ljungdalen.

Flatruetvägen, 845 99 Ljungdalen, Schweden

62° 44' 19.3" N 12° 44' 23.8" E

62.7386899 12.7399349


☍ 171,5 km (2 hrs. 12 min.)

Naturkundemuseum Jamtli, Östersund

A great museum showing the history of Sweden. A guided tour tells a lot about the past, such as that a former king decreed that every traveler must be able to find accommodation every 20km. Maybe that's one reason why there are still so many free parking spaces here today.

Museiplan 2, 831 31 Östersund, Schweden

63° 11' 13.4" N 14° 38' 11.9" E

63.1870567 14.6366381


☍ 114,8 km (1 hrs. 26 min.)

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Übernachtungsplatz, Schweden

Like so many rest and overnight places, a real dream and so typical for Sweden. Located directly on a lake, with fireplaces and absolute tranquility.

Located right on Vildmarksvägen.

ALLVIKEN 110, 833 95 Strömsund, Schweden

63° 58' 43.2" N 15° 28' 28.3" E

63.9786708 15.4745182


☍ 186,3 km (2 hrs. 22 min.)

Naturreservat Bjurälven, Schweden

We continue along the Vildmarksvägen, Sweden's most beautiful tourist road. Past the typical Swedish houses, through endlessly long forests and along umpteen lakes that never seem to end.
For hiking, we make a detour to the Bjurälven nature reserve. Unfortunately, rain forces us to turn back in between.

LEIPIKVATTNET 110, 833 99 Stora Blåsjön, Schweden

64° 55' 44.2" N 14° 9' 21.1" E

64.9289525 14.1558570


☍ 25,5 km ( 24 min.)

Stekenjokk Mine, Schweden

Then it goes further into the mountains, barren and unreal, the area stretches in all directions. At the top at almost 900m, on the border with Lapland, we will spend the night. There is a large gravel parking lot with plenty of space.
At only 7 degrees, we not only heat ourselves up with a schnapps, but also our camper.

3FQ5+XJ3 Stikkenjokk, Schweden

65° 5' 23.6" N 14° 27' 32.5" E

65.0898890 14.4590403


☍ 41,7 km ( 47 min.)

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Fatmomakke, Schweden

We continue along the Vildmarksvägen, Sweden's most beautiful tourist road. Today, however, downhill to an old Sami village, which arose in the 18th century, Fatmomakke. Today there are around 100 buildings from different eras.

Fatmomakke 87, 910 88 Marsfjäll, Schweden

65° 5' 15.9" N 15° 8' 9" E

65.0877404 15.1358455


☍ 31,6 km ( 37 min.)

Trappstegsforsen

Then a short stop at Trappstegsforsen, Sweden's most beautiful waterfall. Not high, but wide and long over many steps.

910 88 Marsfjäll, Schweden

64° 57' 22.4" N 15° 27' 51.4" E

64.9562251 15.4642868


☍ 81,6 km ( 59 min.)

Bergmans Fisk & Vilt, Sågån, Vilhelmina, Schweden

This restaurant was recommended to us by 2 people, so we gave it a try. It was really good, that's why we recommend it. But beware: opening hours only until 6 p.m.

Sågån 1, 912 92 Vilhelmina, Schweden

64° 38' 46.4" N 16° 36' 54.6" E

64.6462326 16.6151543


☍ 112,0 km (1 hrs. 19 min.)

Übernachtungsplatz, Schweden

Then, as always, the search for a nice place for the night. At Storuman we found what we were looking for just before dark.

C,, 923 99 Storuman, Schweden

65° 22' 39.2" N 16° 30' 23.6" E

65.3775511 16.5065634


☍ 147,5 km (1 hrs. 48 min.)

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Kåtaviken, Schweden

Shortly before the border with Norway in Kåtaviken there are many small caves to see, and then we had to walk up a mountain. Everywhere small entrances to the caves, unfortunately too narrow for an adult. Then finally a large grotto with a 5m waterfall. And again and again water-rich mountain streams that fill the many lakes

Kåtaviken 205, 920 66 Hemavan, Schweden

66° 7' 26.8" N 14° 47' 47.9" E

66.1241207 14.7966282


☍ 28,0 km ( 21 min.)

Übernachtungsplatz, Norwegen

Overnight place in Norway

E12 1, 8610 Mo i Rana, Norwegen

66° 17' 1.7" N 14° 31' 53.5" E

66.2838133 14.5315237


☍ 97,6 km (1 hrs. 13 min.)

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Polarkreiszentrum Norwegen

The detour via Norway was worth it. It wasn't planned, but the Arctic Circle is much more impressive here, like in Sweden at Jokkmokk.

9FRQG8P3+6W

66° 32' 7.9" N 15° 18' 17.3" E

66.5355406 15.3048131


☍ 172,7 km (1 hrs. 59 min.)

Übernachtungsplatz, Schweden

Overnight place with fireplace and dry toilet. Asphalt and very flat

4F3J+W3G Östansjö, Schweden

66° 6' 17.3" N 17° 28' 48.7" E

66.1048188 17.4801944


☍ 21,0 km ( 15 min.)

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Silbermuseum Arjeplog, Schweden

We continued along "Silvervägen" to Arjeplog, where we saw the church and the silver museum. A doctor who arrived there in 1922 opened the museum in 1965 and collected everything about Sami life. Definitely worth seeing.

In the shop you can buy nice silver jewelry. The prices are identical to those in the Jokkmokk silver factory.

TORGET 1A, 930 90 Arjeplog, Schweden

66° 3' 4.2" N 17° 53' 13.4" E

66.0511551 17.8870574


☍ 98,7 km (1 hrs. 14 min.)

Flughafen Arvidsjaur, Schweden

The big car companies have built winter test tracks in Arvidsjaur because the conditions here in winter are ideal. Accordingly, the place is booming. Everything about the creation and development of the test centers can be viewed and read at the airport. There is a small free exhibition here.

933 91 Arvidsjaur, Schweden

65° 35' 31.8" N 19° 15' 51.1" E

65.5921635 19.2642046


☍ 143,8 km (1 hrs. 40 min.)

Übernachtungsplatz, Schweden

Overnight spot just before the Arctic Circle near Jokkmokk. Here we also saw our first Northern Lights.

CMGM+H3Q Tårrajaur, Schweden

66° 25' 35.3" N 19° 40' 57.8" E

66.4264736 19.6827353


☍ 15,8 km ( 9 min.)

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POLCIRKELNS FISKECAMP

Today we cross the Arctic Circle from south to north for the second time, this time in Sweden.

POLCIRKELNS FISKECAMP 2, 962 99 Jokkmokk, Schweden

66° 33' 1.6" N 19° 45' 56.2" E

66.5504466 19.7656180


☍ 52,4 km ( 36 min.)

Kraftwerk, Schweden

Here we wanted to look at the power plant, there should also be tours in German. Unfortunately probably not in 2022, it was closed.

Strömgatan 41, 982 60 Porjus, Schweden

66° 57' 45.8" N 19° 49' 25.2" E

66.9627220 19.8236590


☍ 30,5 km ( 43 min.)

Muttos Nationalpark

Muttos National Park. Nice for hiking. However, the round trip is over 20km long. Since there is not enough time, we only hike about 1.5 hours into the park and then turn back.

9GR2Q4C5+GR

66° 46' 16.5" N 20° 6' 34.2" E

66.7712632 20.1095129


☍ 33,6 km ( 44 min.)

Übernachtungsplatz, Schweden

Overnight place just north of Jokkmokk. Great location on the reservoir with nice seating.

Here we also see the northern lights for the second time.

FORSVIKEN 1, 962 99 Jokkmokk, Schweden

66° 38' 32.5" N 19° 49' 37.9" E

66.6423607 19.8271843


☍ 166,6 km (1 hrs. 48 min.)

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Gammelstad, Schweden

Sweden's largest church town, Gammelstad with its 400 wooden houses, all of which are privately owned and temporarily inhabited for large church festivals. The steel ship shows where the trading port was 400 years ago. Due to land uplift (8mm per year) the sea has "retracted" 10km, where Luleå was built.

Kyrktorget 2, 954 33 Gammelstad, Schweden

65° 38' 44.5" N 22° 1' 42.5" E

65.6456986 22.0284800


☍ 55,5 km ( 36 min.)

Übernachtungsplatz Piteå, Schweden

In Piteå we go shopping again, not because we have to, but because we like the sweet pastries. A real sugar shock, but we are on vacation. Since I ate these parts on the 2nd day in Sweden, not a day goes by without them. We also become fans of the Coop, which has a great offer as "Stora".

Then it goes to the center of Piteå with the oldest standing wooden church. The pedestrian zone with the old wooden houses is also worth seeing. It is said to be Sweden's first pedestrian zone.

Kolugnsvägen, 941 38 Piteå, Schweden

65° 18' 58.2" N 21° 28' 13.6" E

65.3161712 21.4704473


☍ 48,6 km ( 38 min.)

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Laxobservatoriet

We could have saved ourselves the lax observatory. There were no salmon to be seen.

Hälleströmsvägen 8, 930 52 Fällfors, Schweden

65° 7' 27.1" N 20° 47' 33.9" E

65.1241811 20.7927632


☍ 53,5 km ( 41 min.)

Übernachtungsplatz, Schweden

Place to stay at a small port, 100SEK. With fireplace. Nice and quiet location.

Boviken 700, 931 99 Skellefteå, Schweden

64° 47' 44.3" N 21° 3' 55.8" E

64.7956486 21.0655036


☍ 284,9 km (3 hrs. 28 min.)

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Skuleskogen National Park, North Entrance - Abfahrt Montag 15 Uhr

N 63° 08.106 E 018° 30.932, 893 91 Bjästa, Schweden

63° 8' 6.4" N 18° 30' 55.4" E

63.1351238 18.5153961


☍ 217,3 km (2 hrs. 42 min.)

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Parkplatz Hudiksvall, Schweden

Then back on the E 4 and on we go south, including over the Höga Kusrenbro with its 180m pylons, one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
Today's destination is Hudiksvall, a former fishing and trading town by the sea. The many old warehouses still bear witness to this time.

Unfortunately, the much-advertised parking space at the harbor has fallen victim to a building site. There are still a few long-term parking spaces, but the location is not particularly great. We drive 2km out of town and find a great place to stay there.

Köpmanbergsvägen 12, 824 50 Hudiksvall, Schweden

61° 43' 20.3" N 17° 8' 3.5" E

61.7223011 17.1343013


☍ 152,3 km (1 hrs. 48 min.)

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Übernachtungsplatz Skutskär, Schweden

There are also goofy days, and today was one of them. "Only" drove 150km south on the E4 and then made a detour to the sea. But before that, I bought a couple of sweets from the Coop and arrested 3 of them. I love these things. The other 3 are for breakfast tomorrow. And then supplies are bought straight away, the navigation system is already programmed for the next Coop

50m from the beach we are now surrounded by trees and absolute peace

JCVH+M8J Skutskär, Schweden

60° 38' 39.1" N 17° 25' 41.8" E

60.6442044 17.4282685


☍ 164,8 km (1 hrs. 57 min.)

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Långholmens Husbilscamping - Abfahrt Donnerstag 10:00 Uhr

Skutskepparvägen 1, 11733, Stockholm, Schweden

59° 19' 13" N 18° 1' 50" E

59.3202778 18.0305556


☍ 202,0 km (2 hrs. 9 min.)


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Stellplatz an der Berg-Schleuse - Abfahrt Freitag 10:00 Uhr

58220, Linköping, Schweden

58° 29' 8" N 15° 31' 48" E

58.4855556 15.5300000


☍ 283,8 km (3 hrs. 24 min.)

Nordkroken, Schweden

Parking lot at Hallesnipen nature reserve, where we then hiked to the coast of Lake Vänern. A great view of the lake awaited us there.

We will spend the night here, in the middle of nature surrounded by trees and only the wind can be heard today.

9FW4+93P Nordkroken, Schweden

58° 23' 45.5" N 12° 27' 18.8" E

58.3959660 12.4552131


☍ 19,9 km ( 30 min.)

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Trollhättan, Schweden

We have arrived in Trollhättan and here we are in a huge hydroelectric power and waterfall complex. We walk a long loop, past a large hydroelectric power station into the adjacent nature reserve with its old, disused locks from the years 1800 and 1844, which were still operated with pure muscle power. Past the new canal with huge lock gates that make us humans look small next to them.

The dam hatches are normally opened here every day at 3 p.m. and 300,000 liters of water per second shoot through the rocky river terrain, but unfortunately only until the end of August. Unfortunately, we are left empty-handed.

But we found a quiet place to stay here and go to bed with many great impressions that can only be reproduced here to a limited extent.

Kyrkbrovägen 1, 461 34 Trollhättan, Schweden

58° 16' 44.3" N 12° 16' 45.1" E

58.2789782 12.2791832


☍ 79,5 km ( 56 min.)

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Göteborg - Fährhafen

Elof Lindälvs gata 11, 414 58 Göteborg, Schweden

57° 41' 33.8" N 11° 54' 47.3" E

57.6927220 11.9131409



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