Sundsvall and Östersund

07/16/21:

In the last few days we have traveled a bit south by train and bike and first spent a day in Sundsvall.

Swim in the Baltic Sea again, see the city - Sundsvall is called Stenstad, stone town because the city center was rebuilt entirely in stone after a fire in 1888, in part by the same architects and craftsmen who had just redesigned one of Stockholm's islands. Accordingly, one also has an urban impression. Then we did a little hike up the 'North Hill', enjoyed a great view and saw a few old houses and a sawmill from the open-air museum, which wasn't really open.

Yesterday afternoon we took the train inland to Östersund, which has a lot of ups and downs in between. We will stay here for a while or explore the north of Sweden from here. Östersund is not bigger than Rüsselsheim, but here is the big center and roughly the geographic center of Sweden.

07/17/21

First ride on the Inlandsbanan, a kind of museum railway that runs 1,300 km north-south in the Swedish interior. Today until about 11 a.m. in Vilhelmina and back from 4:30 p.m. The big tour beyond the Arctic Circle is being planned...