Thus ended our last day in Norway. On the 28th we headed back into Sweden, towards Sundsvall on the east coast. A leisurely 6hour drive and our last mammoth drive for the trip. We had only one stop planned for this - Tännforsens waterfall in Sweden, but we did find an extra quick stop along the way.
Before we passed the border into Sweden, we passed a small town in Norway, called Hell. Being that it was pretty far north I'm expecting that it does indeed freeze over in winter. There was a distinct lack of capitalizing on the name as you would expect in the USA or Australia, so we had to settle for a few shots of the area and it's sign:
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| The Scandic Hell Hotel - Sounds lovely |
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| Hell Street in Hell |
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| Hell Shopping Centre |
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| Welcome to Hell |
After a lovely stop in Hell, we passed over the Swedish border:
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| Border |
and into the Åre region - famous for skiing and its mountains. Despite being midssummer, there was still some snow visible:
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| Åre |
Our only real stop of the day was the Tänneforsten Waterfall - Sweden's largest waterfall:
We got some pretty good view points from right at the top and standing partway down:
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| The top |
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| Looking downriver from the falls |
We then headed to a viewing platform about midway down the falls:
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| Shelf of rock just below the top |
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| A lot of white water! |
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| Posing with the falls |
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| Looking downriver |
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| Base of the falls |
After the falls it was a straight through drive to our accommodation in Sundsvall - a hostel with a huge kitchen, Gaffelbyn. The place was comfortable and the kitchen was awesome (we cooked our last remaining meal - spaghetti), but despite us booking for 5 people, we ended up with 2 single bunk beds. So I spent the night sleeping on the floor.
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| Travel for the day |
Overall it was an impressive 480km drive to cross Norway and Sweden and begin the final leg of our trip.
Total distance traveled: 2380km
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