{"id":8556,"date":"2017-09-13T06:32:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T06:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2019-05-23T09:52:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T23:52:44","slug":"vimmerby-sweden-%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%aa-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=8556","title":{"rendered":"Vimmerby, Sweden 2017 \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelled: 208 kilometres from S\u00e4terdalen to Vimmerby in Sweden.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Link\u00f6ping, G\u00f6ta Kanal and Vreta Abbey Church.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Astrad Lingred World Stellplatz, SEK150 (but free out of season !) all services.  N57.67538, E15.84220<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s a very grey and misty morning looking across the Br\u00e5viken channel.  Laying in bed I heard the ferry start it’s engines around 6am, since then about every 30 minutes there is a thud and a few cars obviously roll off the ferry.  No early walk here this morning as the paths are all wet from some rain last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After coffee and fruit we roll up to the ferry ramp.  There are already a few cars waiting and now so are we.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rolling onto the S\u00e4terdalen ferry. It’s free, unlike the other 20 or more ferries we have taken in the last couple of months.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our first planned stop is Norrk\u00f6ping about 50 kilometres to the west.  We cruise along at 80kph most of the way, hopfully avoiding a speeding fine from one of the 20 or so speed cameras we have seen this morning.  We roll into Norrk\u00f6ping but cannot find a parking spot anywhere near the town centre.  Any parking sign we follow eventually leads to a multi level car-park, so we give up and head on the Link\u00f6ping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We find a parking spot in Link\u00f6ping easily enough but we have to shell out SEK15 for the privilege. It’s only a 5 minutes walk to the town square.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Found this ominous looking fellow looking down on those lined up at the adjacent bus stop.  We are slowly making our way up the hill, looking for the DomKirke.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mm…looks interesting but its a bit early for a liquid lunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Cathedral in Link\u00f6ping is one of the largest in Sweden and full of interesting stuff, so here we are.  A church has stood here since the 12th century.  A similar story of the original church being extended and built over for a period of 300 years till its current form.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The ornate door and side entry to the Cathedral.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The main entry point to the Cathedral with its gilded panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Inside the Cathedral looking toward the alter. The 17th century pulpit dominates the crossover.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This 14th century bronze font is a masterpiece in its detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Time to keep moving, we walk back through town to the Hymer and head off on our next adventure.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Looking like another nice day in Sweden.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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12 kilometres from Link\u00f6ping<\/span>  we come to the locks of the Berg’s Slussar. There are 7 locks in the series with a climb of 19 metres from the lake in the background of this photo into the G\u00f6to Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pam with the lock keeper’s cottage in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The G\u00f6ta Canal above the locks. Very pretty, Pam and I chatted about how clean the water in the G\u00f6ta appeared in comparison to our experience on the Midi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Anyway there are no boats scheduled to run through the canal today, so we soon loose interest.  There is a motorhome service point in the canal carpark so that fixes that problem.  It’s only a kilometre up the road to the Vreta Abbey Church, so we head off to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Erected in the early 12th century, it had been expanded extensively by 1162. It has served as an episcopal church, abbey and parish church to date.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The alter of the Vreta Abbey Church. You can see one of the many murals on the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of old and interesting things to be found wandering the church.  No need for me to translate, but the third passage is particularly relevant even today.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The amazing burial chamber sits in an alcove. The Douglas Family, what are a family of Scottish Knights doing in Sweden ?  Its a very interesting story.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The ruins of the abbey cloisters adjoining the church are beautiful, covered as they are in ivy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This last glimpse across the cemetery to the Abbey Church as we make our way back to the Hymer.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We spend the remainder of the afternoon driving driving south, finding a spot for the night at Astrad Lingred World at Vimmerby.  Its a Swedish version of Wally World.  The stellplatz has room for more than a hundred motorhomes and facilities, mind you we are here on our own and no one comes asking for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Travelled: 208 kilometres from S\u00e4terdalen to Vimmerby in Sweden. Visited: Link\u00f6ping, G\u00f6ta Kanal and Vreta Abbey Church. Stayed: Astrad Lingred World Stellplatz, SEK150 (but free out of season !) all services.  N57.67538, E15.84220 It’s a very grey and misty morning looking across the Br\u00e5viken channel.  Laying in bed I heard the ferry start it’s engines around 6am, since then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[93],"class_list":{"0":"post-8556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sweden","8":"tag-swedish-villages","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8556"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18174,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions\/18174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}