Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

The forecast for today called for sun all day, with the same for tomorrow. The following day, my last full day in Gothenburg, is currently...

I got to Gothenburg just before 1:00 in the afternoon today after an almost three-and-three-quarter-hour train ride from Örebro. The first thing to know about...

This afternoon in Örebro, or close thereto, I spent most of my time in the Oset och Rynningeviken nature reserve (“och” is Swedish for “and”),...

Having been awed by Örebro after my arrival early yesterday afternoon, I doubted I could top the experience during my day here today, but I...

Örebro. Another city. Another Umlaut. And another wonderful city in Sweden. The train from Gävle to Örebro took about three and a half hours. On...

This afternoon, I took a walk through Gävle’s old town, Gamla Gefle, eyeballed its old castle, Gävle Slott, and walked along its river, Gavleån. It...

I managed to take in a fair bit on the half day after I arrived in Gävle yesterday, but today is my only full day...

This morning, I took a train from Uppsala to Gävle, Sweden, a journey of not much more than an hour. Faithful followers of this journal...

I don’t normally provide a “previously on Joel’s Journeys and Jaunts” introduction as they might on each episode of a television series, but I’ll make...

All three guidebooks I’m using on this trip through Sweden highly recommend Gamla Uppsala. It’s the primary sight they list in Uppsala. Aside: Yes, I’m...