Winter over the old houses at Hornbergsgården in Skärplinge

Today the busscompany UL once again made me have to wait out in the cold due to delays! I had to spend one extra hour between busses in the village of Skärplinge, Norduppland-Sweden!

I took the oportunity to visit the beautiful Hornbergsgården, also called Skärplinge Gammelgård where they have a great collection of old houses from the area.

The area is closed for the season, but still beautiful in all the snow.

The Russians burned down everything they could here 1719, not many homes or houses survived, but they have one unsual house from Fälandsbo that survived the Russians. It's from 1647 and have once been a house on stilts to protect against wild animals like wolfs.

There is so many beautiful things to see here, so enjoy:

It's hard to imagine the summer festivities here, National day celebrations and all the music gatherings, but I really enjoyed todays visit as well.

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I'm ending with my photo from a Swedish National Day celebration here, Per

Enjoying Tierps Gammelgårds wooden buildings while waiting

Today I had a meeting in Tierp, Norduppland. I had an hour over and the weather was fantastic. I took the short walk to Gammelgården (Old farm), a festivity place for the the county, where Midsummers and National days are celebrated.

The area have a beautiful collection of wooden buildings from the county, some several hundreds year old. I love to look at wooden buildings, you often see the tracks of handcraft and that makes my fantasies going.

Who made them, often from their own forest to planks to buildings they probably where very proud off. I especially like when You really can see the remains from a ax, knife or a hammer in the wood, or the ironworks.

Here are my photos from the area, Enjoy!

Hope You enjoyed them!

On the way to my meeting did I pass another favorite, a building that always showing off autimn colours the best way possible:

Take Care and enjoy your day, Per!