Day's Trip to Gysinge

1 May 2019

It is Labour Day today! It is a public holiday! In Sweden, it is a public holiday because it is May Day, in conjunction with Valborg/Walpurgis Day. My partner decided that we should drive out of Stockholm. We started the drive at noon and got back by 10pm. It was cold today too. The days had been warm for the past two weeks and the temperature has dropped again this week. It was between 8-10 degrees. 

He chose to drive to Gysinge which is a 2.5 hour drive from Stockholm. This is our route that I took from Google Map to give you an idea on where the places are located. He could have used a different road.

Stockholm -- Ingbo Spring Water -- Färnebofjärden National Park -- Gysinge -- Stockholm.

First place of interest - Ingbo spring water and flour mill. The waters were clear and one can even drink the waters (cups were provided) but I did not dare to drink it.

Inside the red house is a flour mill. 

The drive continues to another place of interest - Färnebofjärden National Park.

Färnebofjärden National Park is a Swedish national park traversed by the river Dalälven, about 140 km (87 mi) north of Stockholm. It covers 10,100 ha (25,000 acres), of which 4,110 ha (10,200 acres) aquatic, on the frontier between the counties of Dalarna and Gävleborg. The park takes its name from Färnebofjärden, which designates the entire section of the river between Tyttbo and Gysinge. The name means "fjärd of Färnebo". At Skekarsbo, an observation tower 20 metres (66 ft) in height was constructed in 1995 and offers a panoramic view over the major part of the park. Source from Wikipedia.

We climbed up the viewing tower to see the view. There are about 88 steps to the top.

Finally, we reached our destination - Gysinge. Gysinge is an area in Sandvik municipal and was famous for its iron works. The iron works were carried out using hydro power as there were strong rapids here. Some of the factory's structures still remain in the area.

We saw a tree growing inside a tree.

We walked on an old railway track that was previously used to transport the produced iron from Gysinge to its destination. 

Then, we called it a day and headed back to Stockholm.