holidays in Sweden, Hällingsfallet waterfall and Korallgrotan cave entrance (part 2)

Sweden is dotted with red houses, their windows and doors trimmed in white. But this little red cottage, surrounded by bright red fly agaric mushrooms, really stood out in the misty morning.

Švedska je posejana z rdečimi hišami, ki imajo okna v vrata obrobljena z belo. Tale rdeča hiška z rdečimi mušnicami pa je izstopala v meglenem jutru.

We then stopped in the small town of Mora, the birthplace of the Dala horse — a symbol of the Dalarna region. What was once just a children’s toy has now become a proud emblem of local heritage.

Sledil je postanek v mestecu Mora, ki je dom Dala konja, značilnega za pokrajino Dalarna. Nekoč je bil igrača za otroke, danes je simbol te pokrajine.

Next, we headed to the trailhead for Hällingsfallet waterfall, located at the end of Sweden’s longest canyon. It’s possible to drive most of the way there on a gravel road, but doing so means missing the most scenic part of the hike. So we chose to start a bit further down, walking first through the forest, then alongside the river and above the canyon. At the end of the trail, there was waterfall, a simple shelter and a few benches. Interestingly, this was the only time during our entire trip that we met other Slovenians — two of them, there on a work assignment.

Nato sva se odpeljala do izhodišča za slap Hällingsfallet, ki je na kocu najdaljšega kanjona na švedskem. Do slapa se je mogoče pripeljati po makadamski cesti, ampak v tem primeru bi najlepši del pohoda izpustili. Midva sva zato pričela hoditi nekoliko nižje, najprej po gozdu, ob reki in nad kanjonom. Na koncu poti je bil slap, bivak in klopce. Med celim dopustom sva edino tokrat srečala dva Slovenca, ki sta bila tu službeno.

Korallgrotan is the longest cave in Sweden, only recently explored. We didn’t go inside but hiked to the cave entrance, which lies beyond the waterfall. Once again, the path led us through forests and wetlands — a two-hour round trip — and once again, we were blown away by the landscape

Korallgrotan je najdaljša jama na Švedskem, ko so jo raziskali šele v zadnjem času. Midva sva šla le do vhoda v jamo, ki je za slapom. Spet sva hodila po gozdu, pa po močvirjih, skupaj približno dve uri in spet sva bila navdušena nad pokrajino.

That evening, we camped by a lake. It drizzled lightly for a while, then the sun broke through again... and we could watch the whole scene reflected on the still water. Even though it was already September, and the days were about as long as back home in Slovenia, the sunset seemed to last just a little bit longer here.

Zvečer sva prespala ob jezeru. Nekaj časa je rahlo deževalo, nato je spet posijalo sonce,.. in vse to sva lahko opazovala na jezerski gladini. Čeprav je bil že september in je svetli del dneva približno toliko dolg kot v Sloveniji, sončni zahod traja nekoliko dlje.