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My travel in Sweden:
VSP, Värmland Star Party 2016

Värmland Star Party

By car from Värmland back to Stockholm, third day:

As usual when we go by car we avoid the fast highroads. We want to take it slowly to have the chance to stop when we see exiting places. Sorry that we had to skip the last talk in the morning at VSP to let us have more time to the travel home.

Our first stop was at Munkfors Bruk.

Munkfors Bruk:

Sweden has always been famous for it's steel, high quality and long tradition. This is the factory in Munkfors. Nowadays abandoned but it's very exiting to walk around here.

Munkfors Bruk:

Lot of interesting places to see.

Munkfors Bruk:

The old fire brigade station.

Munkfors Bruk:

The big hammer, part of a machine that makes iron bars.

Munkfors Bruk:

The old factory, it's placed where the river was earlier to take advantage of the hydropower.

Munkfors Bruk:

Today the river is dry. The new hydropowerplant had forced the river in an another direction. It's a little spooky to see the river dry like this.

Munkfors Bruk:

The dry river bed. The name of the river is Klarälven.

Munkfors Bruk:

The old fire brigade station.

Here is more information about Munkfors Bruk, sorry, only in Swedish:

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After we left Munkfors we headed towards Filipstad and then southwards.

Asphyttan:

Next stop was at Asphyttan. All the iron factories needed some way to transport the heavy iron, by boats was one solution. To build this canal they have to demolish a couple of houses and they started to build the canal i middle of the 19th century.

Asphyttan:

On of the highest locks in Sweden, 5 meters in height. In the summer there is a heavy tourist traffic of boats here.

Asphyttan:

We were lucky this day, normally the waterfall is dry. They only let the water flow when the water reservoir is overloaded.

Here is more information about Asphyttan, sorry, only in Swedish:

http://www.filipstadsbergslag.com/ hyttorbruk/hyttor/asphyttan00.html

Bjurbäcken's locks:

Just a few kilometers down the river there are more locks. Here they have a system of locks to handle the big difference in water levels between the lakes.

Here is more information about Bjurbäcken's locks, partly in Swedish:

Granbergsdal:

On the small roads on the way home we find an another old factory. We couldn't find any signs with the name of it. But nearby is the small village called Granbergsdal.

Granbergsdal:

They are always placed where the water is, they needed a waterfall nearby to get hydropower. They also needed a lot of wood, in Sweden we are lucky to have plenty of both.

Here is more information about Granbergs hytta, sorry, only in Swedish:

http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/ orebro/Sv/samhallsplanering-och-kulturmiljo/ byggnadsvard/

Skrikarhyttan's foundry:

Of this factory there is only ruins left. In front you see the viewpoint.

Skrikarhyttan's foundry:

Down there, close to the river is what's left today.

Skrikarhyttan's foundry:

This was the last of the old Sweden factories we see on our way home. We have to speed up a little.

Here is more information about Skrikarhyttan, sorry, only in Swedish:

Ströbohög grave mound:

We couldn't resist to stop here, this old grave mound is from the time before Sweden was Sweden. The rumors say that it's the Kung Öster or in English King East who is buried here, maybe from 5th to 10th century, Sweden isn't older than that. The Wikings ruled before.

Here is more information about Ströbohög, sorry, only in Swedish:

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My travel in Sweden: VSP, Värmland Star Party 2016

Värmland Star Party

By car from Värmland back to Stockholm, third day:

My travel in Sweden:
VSP, Värmland Star Party 2016