Siljansbygden

- 60.924|14.742 Siljansbygden is the region around lake Siljan in the Dalarna province in Sweden. The folk culture around the lake is known as an archetype of Swedishness, with many icons, such as the Midsummer pole and the Dala Horse and the Mora Knives, and hard bread.

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Cities

• Mora (Sweden)|Mora GPS: 61.004251,14.536699 — The only city in the area, known for the finish line of Vasaloppet, and the Dala Horse factory.
• Orsa GPS: 61.116886,14.621843 — Home to the Orsa spelmän folk music crew, and Europe's largest bear park.
• Rättvik GPS: 60.887486,15.123029 — Sweden's longest pier, as well as the Dalhalla amphitheatre, can be found here.
• Leksand GPS: 60.731819,14.991258 — Best known for ice hockey and crisp bread.

More Destinations

• Tällberg GPS: 60.826076,14.992000 — A traditional village and tourist resort, with an enormous Midsummer festival.
• Gesunda GPS: 60.886317,14.544006 — With a Santa Claus theme park and an alpine ski resort.

  Siljansbygden Halal Travel Guide

Dalarna has had an important role in Swedish history before modern times. Many rebellions started here; Gustav Vasa's campaign to liberate Sweden from Denmark in the 1520s might be the most significant.

As nationalist sentiment swept Europe in the 19th century, folklorists travelled to Siljan to seek Swedish folk culture, supposedly less adulterated by cosmopolitan influences of the nobles and the bourgeois.

Many cultural expressions of Siljansbygden have become icons of Sweden as a whole: the Dala Horse and the Midsummer celebration, fiddle music, red cabins, crisp bread, and Vasaloppet.

Travel to Siljansbygden

The Mora airport has very sparse regular traffic.

SJ runs a rail line between Stockholm and Mora (Sweden)|Mora, calling at Rättvik, Tällberg, Leksand, Insjön, Gagnef, Djurås and Borlänge.

How to get around in Siljansbygden

While rail transport reaches the settlements mentioned above, driving is the most practical transportation in the nationside.

What to see in Siljansbygden

Manufacturing of Dala Horses in Nusnäs, Mora.

Best things to do in Siljansbygden

• Vasaloppet - the ultimate cross country skiing race, attracting thousands of brave souls on the first Sunday in March.
• Watch ice hockey games in Leksand and Mora (Sweden)|Mora.

Stay Safe

Beware of cold weather.

Go Next

Sälen, in the trace of Gustav Vasa.

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