Canoe Nordmarken 2007

For seven days and seven nights on the lakes of Sweden and Norway - in 2007 this was not only a dream, I made it reality.

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I booked this journey by the German travel agency scandtrack. First I went by bus from the western part of Germany to Lennartsfors in Sweden, not for away from the Norwegian border. It takes us about twenty hours.

In Lennartsfors we were four persons and we started to paddle with our canoes, tents, a lot of food and other equipment (all included in the prize) to the north and then into a south west direction. This day there was only rain. A test for us and our things in the canoes. Everybody passed the test.

The next day we paddled to the norwegian border. And we had to pass the second test: waves and wind only against us. But the wind was really to strong for our canoes (canadier) and after some hours of very hard work we had to stop. It was better than going backwards in the waves.

Nordmarken is a part of the swedisch province Värmland. South of it you find Dalsland. Only a few peolpe are living in this region. And there is a lot of nature, water, many forests and many rocks.

You can chosse between a guided tour and an individual tour for which you get a map of all the lakes in Nordmarken. In this area are more than hundred campgrounds with a small hut, fire place and toilet.

The water of the lakes was drinking water for us and also for the few inhabitants at the shore. It was very clear and had a temperature of 15 to 18°C. Warm enough for having a bath.

After rainy, windy and sunny days the last evening was the reward for all the physical work before: a realy qualm lake, in the beginning with bright golden sunlight and later at midnight like a mirror of the colored sky.

This border region between Dalsland and Värmland (both Sweden) and Norway in the West is perfect for canoeing on the large and manifold lake area.

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• Canoe rent      in Sweden by Scandiatrail
• Paddle in Sweden      more than 450 canoe and kayak trips
• Dalsland      at Wikipedia
• Link collection Northern Europe     with more links to the world wide web

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