Sweden Road Trip 2006- Day 12

Today was supposed to be our day in the national park, but weather put a little change in the plans. So instead of that, we are taking a rest day in Örebro at M’s parent’s house. Not an ideal choice, since we have a second rest day tomorrow, but still the logical thing to do with N.

For the most part, it feels as though we have done everything there is to be done in Örebro. So we did not play tourist/traveler today. That does not mean that you don’t get to hear what there is here to do though. First of all, if you ask any person from Örebro what there is to do and see here, they will all mention the water tower. When M first told me that several years ago, I had to laugh, but it is true. That is the one thing they are most proud of. There is a café located at the top of it and it does offer nice views of the lake. They also have the “most photogenic” castle in all of Sweden. Even in my critical self must admit it is a pretty storybook castle. The third item of fame is an old wooden village that is now craft stores and a nice café (we did spend a little time there today). That is about it for the tourist things here, but there is more to see and do.

Three additional things is what I would recommend in fact. The first, when the weather is bad, is Gustavsvik. This is a indoor water park that is actually impressive. It has been given the title as Sweden’s best water park for a number of years. The slides are not for the little kids, probably not for the old either. Upstairs they have a little spa area for those who are not interested in the rides, slides and the wave pool. The second thing is a nice place to have fika. It is about 2km outside of town, past the hospital. It is called Naturam. It is very new, only opening this year, and well worth a visit. The area use to be an industrial area that was polluted. They cleaned it up and now you can walk through the restored nature. They have done a great job with it. The last one is actually not in Örebro, but all around it. They have one of the best hiking trails in Sweden called Bergslaladen. It goes from the south of the landscape up to the far north of the landscape.