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Excursions
Due to its very central
location Träporten is, an excellent starting point for exploring
the area. Everyone will find something of his liking here. Do
you want to be active, enjoy nature, admire art, learn about local
history or make a visit to an interesting city or a shopping
paradise? Within an hours drive from Träporten all of this
is possible.
Under the captions Active, Nature, Interesting
and Towns you will find a short description of the most pleasant
trips. For reasons of space, it is just a brief description. But when
available, there are links to websites of relevant organizations, so
you are only one click away from more information. More information
can also be obtained from what should be the first trip of anyone who
visits Träporten: Naturum.
Naturum is the tourist
information office of the municipality Ånge. It is located
in the same building as Träporten, you can enter it
directly from the restaurant. This touristoffice is not just a
distributionpoint for leaflets, far from that. The Naturum also
houses a small, free, museum with a permanent display on the history
of and nature around Ånge and every month another local artist
exhibits its work.
Of course, the hostesses of Naturum can also
help with sound advice on exploring the area. They can even supply
you with information on the rest of Sweden and the other Nordic
countries.
Active
Swimming
The lakeside of
the campground offers a wonderful sandy beach, a waterslide and a
jetty to jump into lake Borgsjö. Together with the
pleasant water temperature this guarantees a lot of swimmingfun.
Besides the one on the campsite, there are numerous lakes
scattered around the area wich invite you to a refreshing dive into
it.
Mid Adventure
In
Torpshammer you will find Mid Adventure a parc where you can
play paintball, participate in survival activities and ride on
a quad or snow scooter. The latter only during the winter
naturaly. For more information on Mid Adventure, you look at this
website.
Golf
Hussborgs Herrgård
in Ljungaverk is very beautiful country estate. Golf players can use
the excellent maintained and challenging 18-hole golf course. More
information can be found on their
website.
Fishing
Fishes in lake Borgsjö
lead a good life, there is little fishing. But those people who
do fish there are very enthusiastic about it, but apparently they
want to keep it to themselves. In order to discover this secret a
fishing license is required. More on angling and hunting
opportunities can be found on this website.
Cycling
Stage 10 of the
Sverigeleden, a 9.500 Km long cyclingtrail throughout Sweden passes
just behind the campsite. More information on the Sverigeleden is to
be found at this website.
For the less ambitious cyclist there are itineraries on quiet
paved roads to Ånge, Fränsta or Ljungaverk. Even on the
highway, you can cycle nice and quietly.
For Mountainbikers,
there are numrous possibilities to leave the marked roads.
Winter sports
On Getberget there are alpine slopes with two drag lifts.
The mountain is not particularly high, but the steepness of the
slope is such that the Swedish skitop is so excited about it that
there are advanced plans for building an indoor skislope next to the
current slope. So in the future you will be able to ski here 365
days a year.
Cross country skiing can be done on a loipe
close to Träporten in Erikslund. The potential for making your
own track in the vast forests are numerous.
Naturely
skating is possible too. Ånge is the birthplace of Samual
Påhlson, a living hockey legend, who in 2007 won the Stanley
Cap with his team Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
Hiking
The vast forests around lake Borgsjö offer
many opportunities for walking.
Two long distance routes, the
Mitt-Nord Leden and the Pelgrimsleden pass near Träporten.
There is also a marked walking trail on Rankleven mountain. The
main attraction for walking however is Borgsjö Runt. This is a
20 km walk around the lake wich is an organized event at the
end of june or the beginning of july (website).
The start and finish are near Träporten. To enjoy this
beautifull walk through nature you don´t have to wait for this
event. The route is permanently marked out and your invited have
this walk at any another time you want. It is also possible to just
walk a part of the route, for example, there is a roundtrip
from Träporten which gives you a beautifull walk in the nature
in just over an hour.
Nature
Wolves
There are wolves in the
forest. You wil probably not notice this unless you go to the
forrest with someone who knows his way around. Someone like Tryggve
Hedtjarn. His company ´Rovdjurs-Eko´ organises various
activities in which you can learn more on these wild dogs. Its
offers include a lecture with slideshow, a day excursion, a tracking
expedition and an evening with the howling wolves. It even offers a
night camping in wolve territory. The activities should be booked in
advance, at Träporten we can help you with this. More
information (mainly in Swedish) can be found on his website.
Hiking
As described under the
caption "Active" there are several marked walking trail in
te vicinity of Träporten. especialy the Borgsjö Runt is an
advisable route to enjoy the nature.
Jamtgavln
At just over 15 km
from Träporten lies Jamtgavln. A special nature reserve. But in
order to experience something special you do not even have to
go that far. In the summer of 2007 when a Dutch family drove on the
road towards Jamtgavln, they spotted a brown bear at less than
5 km from Borgsjöbyn. An almost unique experience, which was a
frontpage article in the local paper. This article and some of their
photo´s are at this page.
Flatklocken
Mount Flatklocken is one of the
highest mountains in the area. On top of this mountain there is
a viewing tower. From this tower you have a magnificent view
of the virtually endless forests of Medelpad.
Interesting
Mittpunkt
By coincidence, on
top of Flatklocken mountain the geographical center of Sweden
is located. The small metal pyramid with which it is indicated,
is not very interesting, but as described before, the view is
certainly an attraction to be visited.
St. Olofs källa
When
the Norwegian King Olof II came along Borgsjöbyn in 1030, on
his campaign to reconquer the throne, he had a problem. There was no
water for him and his entourage. But just when the need became
desperate, the king hit the ground with his staff and at
that location a well formed, at which he and his entourage could
quence their thirst. But the problem was still not completely
solved, for reasons unclear to me, the horses could not drink from
this well. The king sat down on a stone to review this issue.
When he stood up again a second miracle happened, the spot
where he had been seated, had formed into a bowl from which
the horses could drink. Olofs story does not have a happy
ending. His campaign ended with the battle of Stiklestad where he
did not only lose the battle but also his life. As Olof was the
first Norwegian king to convert to christianity, the miracles like
the ones at Borgsjöbyn resulted in him being canonized into
sainthood in 1164.
Nowadays you can find this historic place at 2
Km from Träporten and you can drink the water from the well.
More on the St.Olofs kalla can be found on this
website.
Borgsjö Kyrka
In
Borgsjöbyn there is a beautiful rococo church. This was built
in the 18th century on the same spot where there had been a small
church since the middle ages. In the well preserved
interior you will find various items from the older church. In front
of the church there is an 18th century belfry , built by Pål
Persson. This belfry is praised as the "king of the wooden
towers of the nord".
Boda Borg
Scattered
across Sweden there is a chain of hands-on museums which
call themselves adventure houses. It is a house which you enter in
groups. In every room your group must solve various problems in
order to gain access to the next room. It offers a combination of
doing things and thinking, an outing that even adolescents will
enjoy. There are now 9 Boda Borgs, but the best is of course
the original, which is Torpshammer. More on Boda Borg can be found
on their
website.
Slöjd Museum
Gösta
Sundin (1926-2000) has lived in Borgsöbyn since his early
childhood. Professionally he worked in road construction as a
explosives specialist. As a hobby he started to cut figures out of
wood. Meticulously and with a keen eye for detail he recreated
scenes from the time in which he grew up. Since 1995 his works of
art are exhibited in his own museum. This museum, which is a must
see, is just a few hundred meters from Träporten.
Tomtelogen
It is said that the
woods around Träporten are packed with gnomes. To see them you
have to look very hard. But you can also visit the Tomte house. Here
you can see a couple of thousands of gnomes made from yarn,
leather, plastic as well as wood.
Ånge Zoologiska Museum
A museum with a
collection of more than a thousand stuffed animals. In addition
to the animals from this area, this collection also includes animals
from all over the world. Among the 550 stuffed birds
there are an ostrich and several eagles. Furthermore, the museum has
a large collection huntingtrophies like animal heads and antlers.
The museum has its own web
site.
Towns
Ånge
In the
past Ånge was Swedens central railroad junction. The
emergence of the private car, has had its impact on the Swedish
railways. But Ånge still has a substantial railway-yard.
Unfortunately the old station has been replaced by a rather
unspectecular new one. Therefore, besides the Ånge Zoologiska
Museum, there is hardly anything remarkable in this city. But it is
a city worth visiting for you daily shopping. It has two well
stocked supermarkets, a Konsum on the central square and an ICA on
the outskirts of the city.
Östersund
As told in the
myth there is a monster which lives in lake Stensjon.
Presumably a brother of the one in Loch Ness. Walking through the
park along the shore is something special due to this monster.
Beside the alleged monster Östersund is not a very spectacular
city with its long straight streets and lots of new constructions.
It is however a good city for shopping.
Worth visiting,
especially with children, is Jamtli Land , the large open air
museum.
Sundsvall
An old port, with a
large number of beautiful buildings and a well-equipped center.
Besides a stroll to the towns center you should have a rest at the
square in front of the town hall to admire the buildings around is.
You may notice that these buildings are made out of bricks, whereas
most northern cities wood has been used as main building material.
The reason for this lies in a devastating fire in 1888 wich reduced
the city to ashes. To avoid such a tragedy in the future, a law was
passed that in the reconstruction only stone buildings were allowed.
If your feeling lucky, you could visit Sundsvalls casino.
Birsta City
On the north side of Sundsval lies Birsta
City. This is not a real city but it is a shopping paradise in which
almost all Swedish retail chains have opened a shop. Some of the
very large ones such as IKEA and Media Markt have their own
building, but besides that there is a large mall with shops
like H&M, Intersport etc.
