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Värmland | Wilderness Holiday in Sweden | Holiday homes in Värmland

21/2/2016

Värmland | Wilderness Holiday in Sweden

Värmland is for nature lovers, anglers and water enthusiasts of all kinds, both those who love to swim and splash and those who love to move through the water in a canoe, kayak or drifting on a raft. In winter, many also visit Värmland to enjoy both the alpine slopes and the cross-country trails.
Finally, Värmland is also a natural therapy, for all who need a break from our media bombarding bustling electronic everyday life. Here you can hear yourself think, while the sun takes its evening bath in Vänern - one of Värmlands more than 10,000 lakes. Can you hear the silence?

The sun takes its evening bath in Vänern - one of Värmlands more than 10,000 lakes.

Whether you are a large family, a group of anglers or a company wanting team-building or a survival trip, Värmland will not disappoint you.

Värmland is also called "Sweden's southernmost wilderness", and here you can still encounter animals such as beavers, bears, moose, lynx and wolves. There are quiet a lot of tours and safaris, built around some of the animals you may encounter in the wilderness, and you can often choose whether it should be a one-day trip or longer, which allows you to plan a great tailor-made holiday.

Further down in the blog you can find big holiday homes in the wilderness.

Eco Activities in Värmland

On a raft down the river Klarälven. Photo: ©Hipfel/Starck

Safari in Värmland

Beaver Safari
First a meal is made over an open fire, while we hear about the beaver. When twilight sets in we glide silently through Klarälvens waters to spot beavers.
Evening walk organized by Vildmark i Värmland.

Moose Safari
The tours take place at dusk and at dawn; which are the best times to spot wildlife. Here you can be lucky to see moose, deer, foxes, owls, hares and you even have a chance to see wolves and bears, although they are rare.
Read more at SKOGGAARDEN

Ulve Safari
Have you ever heard a wolf howl? The tension rises when Outside Adventure Sweden's guides take you deep into the wolf forest in western Värmland.

Rafting in Värmland

Canoeing in Glaskogen Nature Reserve
Canoe routes in Glaskogen Nature Reserve is a beautiful experience, whether you rent a canoe for a few hours or for a longer trip with overnight stays.
Visit Glaskogen Nature Reserve

Sverigeflotten
A real Huckleberry Finn / Tom Sawyer adventure on your own original ready-made raft on Klarälven.
Read more at www.sverigeflotten.com

Värmland Wilderness Package
A 1 to 8-day trip on a raft down the river Klarälven. You build your own raft under supervision. The tour is arranged and sold by Vildmark i Värmland.

Attractions in the towns and villages of Värmland

There are a myriad of attractions and sights in Varmland, spend some time to check what you want to see and experience.

Click the name to read more info or watch the videoes to get a feel of the place. Enjoy!

Arvika

Filipstad

Karlstad

Torsby

Värmland

Kristinehamn

Säffle

Storfors

How to get to Värmland

It's always great to bring the car on holiday, then you just throw the suitcase in the boot - and no more waiting in endless queues to check in your luggage.

There are several ferry routes between Denmark and Sweden, which allows you to take your car to the wilderness, and furthermore the Oresund bridge in Denmark makes it possible to drive all the way.

You can also fly to Stockholm and continue to Karlstad by local flight or by rental car.

How far is it to Varmland?

Depending on which ferry route you take to Sweden, the distances and driving times are these:

Gothenburg to Karlstad: 247 km
The driving time is estimated to be 3 hrs 5 min.

Varberg to Karlstad: 320 km
The driving time is estimated to be 3 h 52 min.

Helsingborg to Karlstad: 459 km
The driving time is estimated to be 5 hours 5 min.

Stockholm to Karlstad: 311 km.
The driving time is estimated to be 3 hours 24 min.

Ystad to Karlstad: 568 km
The driving time is estimated to be 6 hours 9 min.

Flights to Stockholm

Airlines flying to Stockholm

Ferry Routes to Sweden

Ferry to Gothenburg from Fredrikshavn in Denmark and Kiel in Germany.

Ferry to Varberg from Grenaa in Denmark

Ferry to Helsingborg from Helsingor in Denmark

Ferry to Stockholm from Helsinki in Finland, Taillinn in Estonia, Riga in Latvia, Ronne in Denmark and St Petersburg in Russia.

Ferry to Ystad from Swinoujscie in Poland and Ronne in Denmark.

Big Holiday Homes in Värmland

Some of the big cozy holiday homes are situated by a lake and several of them have their own rowboat or canoe. Click on a house to get more pictures, more info and the possibility to book. Enjoy!

All Houses in Varmland

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Stockholm Archipelago | Swedish Island Paradise

16/2/2016

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A good book on a sun heated rock. A gentle lapping of water and the occasional sound of a passing boat...
Do you think it sounds heavenly? Read on, the Swedish island paradise has much more to offer ..

The Archipelago around Stockholm

Sweden's capital, Stockholm, is also known as the Venice of the North, because the city is spread over 14 islands. Stockholm Archipelago consists of about 30,000 islands and tinges sticking out of the sea, making it a paradise for people interested in fishing and maritime activities. The archipelago islands, many of which are uninhabited and accessible only via private boats, extends over an area of 150 km

Watch the video below to get a feel of the area.

5 Things you just have to do or see in Stockholm

1. Stockholm Gamla Stan

Gamla Stan, the historic area of Stockholm, where the city was founded in 1252. One of the best preserved towns from the Middle Ages in Europe. Gamla Stan is now equipped with cobbled streets, narrow alleys and Renaissance architecture.

Visitors can get to Gamla Stan by taking Tunnelbana (the subway) to Gamla Stan station, which is located on the eastern side of the district. From there it's easy to explore the area on foot.

You can also book a guided tour with Viator.

Book Guided Tour of Gamla Stan

2. Stockholm by Night | Photography Walking Tour

A professional photographer will guide you in how to shoot the city's landmarks such as the Old Town and the Royal Palace, when darkness shows them in a new light.

Learn the secrets of night photography while watching the best of Stockholm!

Book Stockholm by Night

3. Swedish Cooking Class in Stockholm

Learn how to cook a 3-course authentic Swedish dinner and eat your delicious, complete meal.

5-hour cooking course!

Book Cooking Class in Stockholm

4. Abba The Museum

If you are an incarnated Abba fan, this museum is a must! The interactive exhibition has a lot to offer; You can record a song, become part of a hologram, becoming the fifth member of the band and have a lot of fun.

Address:
Djurgårdsvägen 68 Stockholm

Transport to the Abba museum
Tram No. 7 - stop by Liljevalchs / Grona Lund
Bus No. 67 - stop at Liljevaljchs / Grona Lund
Ferry to Djurgården - stops at Allmänna Gränd

You can not pay cash only by card.

Book ticket to The Abba Museum

5. Kayaking Through The Stockholm Archipelago

Experience the picturesque Stockholm Archipelago up close - on this full-day kayak tour. The most adventurous and environmentally friendly way to explore the raw beauty of Sweden's unspoiled wilderness.

Learn paddle techniques and follow your guide on a scenic kayak trip around the islands. Eat lunch and take a dip on a deserted island, and enjoy the traditional Swedish afternoon tea, when you return. This trip is suitable for all levels.

Book Kayaking in Stockholm Archipelago

Big Holiday Houses in Stockholm Archipelago

Summer holidays in the Stockholm Archipelago is food for the Soul for nature lovers, and the red wooden houses, located on the cliffs, which there are many of among the cottages, is the epitome of Swedish archipelago charm. Many have sauna, a great deal has landing stage and boat and some have a jacuzzi.

Holidays in the Swedish archipelago is extremely popular and many of the houses are rented out a year in advance or more, so secure your summer vacation in the Stockholm Archipelago - sooner rather than later.

A vacation in the Archipelago has besides beautiful nature and fishing possibilities also the Swedish capital to offer, which from most holiday homes can be reached within an hour.

Happy hunting for a holiday house in the archipelago!

Ljusterö, 8 people, 4 bedrooms, Sauna & Motor Boat

Nacka, 8 People, 3 Bedrooms, Sauna

Vaxholm, 8 People, 3 Bedrooms, Spa & Sauna

Tyresø, 8 People, 3 Bedrooms, Sauna

Värmdö, 8 People, 3 Bedrooms, Sauna & Boat

Åkersberga, 8 People, 4 Bedrooms, Garden

Åkersberga, 8 People, 4 Bedrooms, Sauna & Boat

Trosa, 9 People, 5 Bedrooms, Sauna

Nacka, 9 People, 6 Bedrooms, Sauna, Spa & Beach

Nacka, 12 People, 6 Bedrooms, Sauna & Spa

Nynäshamn, 12 People, 4 Bedrooms, Angling Spot

Åkersberga, 12 People, 6 Bedrooms, Sauna, Spa & Boat

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Hotels in Stockholm & the Archipelagop

Gamla Stan

Nacka

Stockholm Archipelago

Åkersberga

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Set up a course in Denmark | Host your course in a big holiday home in Denmark

15/2/2016

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It is time to get started, if you want to have a course up and running next year or the year after. The earlier you are out, the greater range you have to choose from - among the best and most popular big holiday homes in Denmark.

Many of the big houses in Denmark gives you the ability to offer both weekend and week-long courses with room for 20 people and up to 40 people with accommodation in a double room. Many with pool and sauna and all the houses have satellite / cable TV, washing machine, dishwasher, whirlpool, internet and fireplace or stove.

There are many benefits attached to do a course in a big rented house. It is much more personal and private. Your trainees will not only learn; they also get a holiday together with new people somewhere in Denmark and you can usually make sure, they are placed in a beautiful location.

Plan your course

Naturally your priorities depend on what kind of training you offer, how many trainees you expect to get, and where you choose to place your course. In addition to the content of your course, and a description of the same, the following points are, however, something that all course providers of weekend and week-long courses must pay attention to:

Choice of course venue
Research activities and facilities in the area
Planning catering
Budget and course price

Choice of course venue

If you are thinking of arranging an intensive course in African drum dance, you might as an example be looking for a course venue with a large hall, which is located far enough away from the nearest neighbor to avoid any complaints or conflicts about noise.

If you are planning a slimming course, you probably need a house with as many opportunities for exercise, outside and inside, as possible, and also a kitchen with space for teaching and training to cook diet food.

You must, in other words clarify exactly what you need for your particular course. Once you have done that, you are ready to go on a house hunt for the perfect course venue.

Research activities & facilities in the area

Maybe you need to build in some excursions, a restaurant visit or some activities out of the house. Search the Internet, once you have chosen your big holiday home and know your area. Copy related link while you form a picture of what the area has to offer. It is also something that will come in handy when you write your final course description to potential participants.

Planning catering

If you are organizing a course with accommodation, you also have to consider various options for catering.

If it is suitable for your course to divide the participants into cooking teams, then it is not only cheaper than other solutions, it is also a good way for the participants to get to know one another.

Of course you can also check whether there is a possibility of catering services offered with the house or in the local area.

Notes down the price of respectively cooking yourself (catering 1) and catering service (catering 2).

Budget and course price

When you make your budget, start by deciding how much you want to earn on your course and for putting your project together. Let's say you want to earn a minimum of 2,000 EUR for your planning and execution of a course. Let's also assume that you book a house for 30 people, but only get 20 participants.

House for 30 people with 15 bedrooms: 2,600 EUR
Linens + towels:                                               300 EUR
Deposit                                                               700 EUR
Gas, water & electricity according to
consumption?

If you book a house for 30 people, but only get 20 participants, it means that you can have a bedroom for yourself (you will need it) and that you can offer some double rooms as single room at an additional cost.
Gas, water and electricity according to consumption is an unknown quantity, until the course is over, but when you pay 5,000 in deposit, which you get back - if nothing is damaged, it should level itself out.

Your salary:        2,000 EUR
House in total:   3,600 EUR
Catering 1:          2,000 EUR
Catering 2:         4,000 EUR

Course Price with catering 1: 7,600 EUR / per student: 400 EUR
Course Price with catering 2: 9,600 EUR / per student: 500 EUR

Whether you choose catering 1 or 2, you can now choose to round the course fee for each participant up to the amount that you're comfortable with. You do however need to have a look at prices at similar courses - hence the competition.

If you raise the course price with catering 1 to 495 EUR and course price with catering 2 to 600 EUR, then your total outcome will be:

495 x 20 =   9,900 - 7,600 =   2,300 EUR
600 x 20 = 12,000 - 9,600 = 2,400 EUR

And should you get another 5 sign-ups, you could make (4,775 EUR) or ( 5,400 EUR).

Not bad for a little planning and a week of intensive work!

Find the house that is best suited for your course

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Big Holiday Homes on the Danish Wadden Sea Islands | Fanø and Rømø

13/2/2016

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Is there anything better than a holiday home by the sea and the beach, when the weather is good?

A vacation on Fanoe or Rømø means you are surrounded by the Wadden Sea, which in 2014 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as the world's largest contiguous tidal system with a diverse flora and fauna.

Sea, beach, dunes and idyllic holiday villages with thatched roof cottages, from the time when great grandmother was young, is all part of the islands, each of which has much to offer for lovers of nature, watersports, hiking and not to forget - cycling enthusiasts.

This is the perfect place for a truly relaxing holiday with family in large holiday homes with room for several generations. Most big houses have an indoor pool, so a single overcasted day or two is not a problem.

Why not check out both islands before you decide, where the summer holidays are going to be spend this year?

Welcome to Fanø

Fanø, which is only 56 km2, is located just 1.5km from the mainland.

It only takes about 12 minutes to take the Fanø ferry (FanøFærgen) from Esbjerg to Nordby on Fanø, whether you are on foot, on bicycle or by car. There are approximately 99km from Flensburg in Germany to Esbjerg in Denmark.

The nearest airport is Billund.

Nordby is the largest town in Fanø and definitely worth checking out, but I have highlighted three holiday resorts on Fanø, all offering large, delicious holiday homes.

Billund Airport

FanøFærgen - Ferry service to Fanoe

Sønderho in Fanoe | The Most Beautiful Village in Denmark

Sønderho, located on the southern tip of Fanø, was voted The Most Beautiful Village in Denmark in 2011, and the old fishing village are unquestioned idyllic and romantic. In clear weather you can see Mandø and Ribe from the village, which has only about 400 residents.

The village has many beautiful houses from its prosperity period, from the mid 1700s until the year 1900th, of which 70 are protected.

The museum, Hannes Hus (The House of Hanne), which is a modest, but not poor, Sønderho home from the sailing ship heyday in the late 1800s, gives a good impression of how people traditionally lived in Sønderho at that time.

Quite a few artisans have settled in the small streets of the village with their workshops, gallewries and shops.

There are many seals in the Wadden Sea around Fanø. It only takes half an hour to walk out to the large sand reef with seals southwest of Sønderho, where you can experience them in their natural surroundings.

Rindby | Fanø International Kite Fliers Meeting

Rindby is located on the Post Road between Nordby and Sønderho. The development consists of houses, farms and major holiday areas. Rindby Beach is very shallow and child-friendly.

The area offers quaint eateries and incredibly varied natural areas.

It is also here the International Kite Festival takes place, every year in the middle of June. In 2016 it's happening from June the 11th to June the 25st. The flying area stretches from Rindby Strand to the north of Fanø Bad, and the flight time is 5:00 to 22:00.

Fanø Bad

Fanoe Bad is a popular resort area in Fanoe with countless older, beautiful cottages.

The main attractions are the 18 km beautiful white sand beach and Denmarks oldest 18-hole golf course from 1902. By Fanoe Bad, there are real good possibilities for surfing and collecting amber.

The resort Fanoe Bad is placed on Fanoe's west coast, just a few kilometers from the port city of Nordby, so it's no big deal to experience the old skipper town, and especially its Late Night events 5 Wednesdays from July the 6th through to (and including) August the 3rd.

Fanø Golf Links

Late Night in Nordby on Fanø

Big Holiday Homes in Fanoe | Sleeps 10 to 19 People

Below you will find a selection of big holiday homes for rent in Fanoe. The first house, in the upper left corner, is a holiday home in Sønderho. Then it reads 19-7, which refers to the fact that there is sleeping accommodation for 19 people in seven bedrooms.

Click on the picture of the individual house for more info, more photos and booking.

Click on the button under the image gallery for an overview of all holiday homes in Fanoe - large and smal...

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Vacation in Rømø

Welcome to Rømø

Rømø is situated about 10 km out in the North Sea, and you get there via the Rømø dam, a 9.2 km long causeway connecting Rømø with the mainland by Skærbæk in Southern Jutland.

Ferries depart between Havneby on Rømø and the island of Sylt in Germany every two hours, from early morning to late afternoon, all year round.

The nearest airport is Billund.

Billund Airport

Sylt-Ferry

Toftum

The resort area Toftum is located in the Northern part of Rømø and a bit further north is a bird sanctuary.

Toftum is surrounded by moors and hills, and the area lends itself extremely well for cycling, as you from Toftum can follow a bike path that leads around the entire island.

Toftum is located on Rømø's Wadden Sea Side on the east coast, which is not suitable for swimming, but there are not more than 5 km to a beautiful beach. The most visited beach is Lakolk Strand, which each year hosts several events, including a great kite festival.

Rømø Kite Festival 2016

The Sea Captain's House at Rømø

Lakolk Beach | Rømø

Lakolk beach is divided into different zones for various beach activities such as windsurfing and kite buggy.

The North Sea beach stretches all the way from the southern part of the island and up to the top of Rømø.

The last stretch of the west coast is designated as a bird sanctuary.

Kongsmark

Kongsmark is located on the middel of Rømø's east coast, just 4 km south of the dam.

Drive to Lakolk beach on the west coast for swimming, and remember that you can drive all the way down to the edge of the water, but keep an eye on the tide, as the water level on Rømø beaches changing faster than you can imagine.

Car racing on the beach in Rømø

Holiday Home in Kongsmark | 12 People | 6 Bedrooms

Vesterhede

The resort area Vesterhede is very idyllic located in the heathland in the middle of the island. As Vråby Plantation is located near Vesterhede, it is not impossible to see hares, deer and pheasants early in the morning.

Here is total peace and quiet in the middle of the beautiful nature, but it is not far to Sønderstrand and more of Rømø's activities and sights. A cottage holiday in Vesterhede provides a good opportunity to combine relaxation with exciting activities.

Go to the west coast for a swim in the sea, it is only a few kilometers away.

Sønderby

Sønderby is an area with summer cottages, just southwest of Havneby, where you are close to the beach and at the same time can make use of Havneby's shops, restaurants, golf course and cultural offerings.

Big Holiday Homes in Rømø | 10 - 22 People

Below you will find a selection of big holiday homes for rent in Rømø. The first house, in the upper left corner, is a holiday home in Sønderby. Then it reads 22-8, which refers to the fact that there is sleeping accommodation for 22 people in eight bedrooms.

Click on the picture of the individual house for more info, more photos and booking.

Click on the button under the image gallery for an overview of all holiday homes in Rømø - large and smal...