{"id":224,"date":"2009-06-27T10:16:51","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=224"},"modified":"2009-06-27T10:16:51","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T14:16:51","slug":"interesting-places-linbana-in-norsjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/interesting-places-linbana-in-norsjo\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Places – Linbana in Norsj\u00f6"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week ago the season started at one of my favorite tourist attractions in Sweden. And I hear you groan\u2026 If it\u2019s one of Anna\u2019s favorite attractions it must be somewhere up north. Ridiculously up north. Hard to get to. Rather obscure. Infested with mosquitoes. Filled with blueberries. And surrounded by wild nature. Yep. You\u2019re right. On all accounts, except for the \u201cridiculously up north\u201d bit. The place I\u2019m going to tell you about today is moderately up north by Swedish standards. It\u2019s practically southern Lappland<\/strong>. And that\u2019s practically central Sweden if you squint at the map at just the right angle.<\/p>\n

And the attraction I\u2019m talking about? V\u00e4rldens L\u00e4ngsta Linbana<\/strong> (the world\u2019s longest ropeway) in Norsj\u00f6<\/strong>. Well, technically it\u2019s between \u00d6rtr\u00e4sk<\/strong> and Menstr\u00e4sk<\/strong>, but since nobody\u2019s ever heard about those places, we\u2019ll stick with Norsj\u00f6<\/strong> \u2013 much easier to find on the map.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s the longest ropeway in the world doing in the woods, you might ask? Hmmm\u2026 It\u2019s a long story.<\/p>\n

It started with a mine (gold, silver, copper, zinc, and lead) in Kristineberg<\/strong>. Back in the olden days, the ore had been transported to Boliden<\/strong> by road \u2013 about 100 kilometers (or 10 Swedish miles). But then WW2 happened and with it came severe shortages of fuel and rubber. In other words, road transport became pretty much impossible. But the world still needed that ore. And even more so than before. The problem of how to transport it to the coast was solved in a rather ingenious way.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, let\u2019s build a ropeway,\u201d<\/em> someone said. And the rest is history.<\/p>\n

And boy, did they build a ropeway, or what? 96 kilometers of it. Through the woods and over the lakes. It took 1500 men two years to finish it.<\/p>\n

So how did they transport that ore using a ropeway? They simply loaded it into buckets and moved those buckets on a cable. Kind of like that:<\/p>\n

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These days 13 kilometers of this ropeway are used for moving tourists. Not in buckets, of course (but hey, now THAT would be an attraction, don\u2019t you think?), but in comfortable cabins. The trip takes about an hour and a half and you can even order lunch. Or bring your own picnic along. And a camera \u2013 don\u2019t forget about the camera!<\/p>\n

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And the best part? If you go towards the end of the season, you can see all the best hjortron<\/strong> patches from the air!<\/p>\n

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Yeah, yeah, nice bucket of hjortron<\/strong>. (Seen from the air).<\/em><\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the official website<\/a> of V\u00e4rldens L\u00e4ngsta Linbana<\/strong> with all the relevant info. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

A week ago the season started at one of my favorite tourist attractions in Sweden. And I hear you groan\u2026 If it\u2019s one of Anna\u2019s favorite attractions it must be somewhere up north. Ridiculously up north. Hard to get to. Rather obscure. Infested with mosquitoes. Filled with blueberries. And surrounded by wild nature. Yep. You\u2019re…<\/p>\n

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