Let’s explore an open air museum today: The ORSA HEMBYGDSGÅRD ~ in ORSA, DALARNA County, SWEDEN. 🇸🇪 You will see old buildings, such as log cabins, hearths, barns, a salt mill and a smithy. source The buildings are from the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s except the cottage which was built in 1921. source
Come along and check out all the cute wooden buildings and details around us while we walk over the grounds 😊 during a warm summers day ☀️
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Today’s photographic selection will be of 57 PHOTOGRAPHS
Date : 21 JULY 2024 a visit during our road trip through many countries in the summer. 😋
The Photographs in this post are taken with my #iPhone 📱
I will follow the time stamps on them. So it looks like you are experiencing my #adventures on this #walk to 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 #discover everything what I saw, like the little #details seen through my eyes.
More information about this museum you find here in Swedish: orsa-hembygdsgard!
In English you have the following information available for you: Visit Orsa - Hembygdsgård. and Discover Orsa attractions, the hembygdsgård.
All ready now? 😁 Ok… let’s go…
After we park our car on the parking 🅿️ we see next to the road this sign with many directions you could cycle or walk.
A little bit to the left I hear water, so I take you along to check it out. There is a river flowing just next to the parking and the hill the museum is located on. We look over the edge of a little bridge 😊
Next we wander up the long and winding path going up the hill towards the open air museum / the old buildings. We take a peek. Nobody is there. Wow 🤩 we can properly explore this site.
We see the old wooden buildings are spread around the grounds.
We walk and take in the overall view and later we will take in all the details. 😎
If you look closely the old tools 🛠️ are in front of the buildings, stalled out to see what they used in times long gone 😊
Look at how this log 🪵 building was built.
We walk further around and see even more wooden buildings.
We go to the back end of the grounds and look back.
Hubby took a sneaky photo of me 👇🏻 it gives you an idea of how large or small the buildings are. 😊
Let's look closer to each one of them.
Imagine how old they are 😳 some have open spaces where they store their tools.
I find this sign on the following building.
To my surprise the door is not locked and we can enter. We look around. It looks like a place to prepare food.
A large table on the left.
The entrance hall has #logs as #walls 🪵 between them we find moss. This is how they #insulated and made sure the logs are not drafty.
Another larger building. I think this was the smithy.
Behind it is another path you can follow towards other areas.
We continue up here on the grounds with the most buildings. The sun and blue sky is wonderful this day. The large trees 🌲 give us some protection and shade.
The buildings we see next have lots of tools and machinery stalled out around them.
The barns. Shall we take a closer look? 😊
Of course we will 😁 We see machinery that is used on the fields for grains.
We peek inside this large one. Looks like this one separates the grains from the large stems… not sure though it is a guess.
Some details 😎 as you know I love details.
Next to the large carriage we see more tools and machinery. Everything a farm back in the days would need.
We step closer and look around inside.
I love the old looks, the metal feel of the tools. 🧰
We take a look at this machine closer.
Zooming in we see straw inside… of it.
A sign with a description on it.
Zooming out again.
Some pretty heavy metal tools in here.
We look closer 🤓
Stepping outside again we walk further and see more tools used on the fields behind horses 🐎
We walk further around the buildings to really take in the views and how they were constructed.
It is unbelievable that in the height of summer we are here alone… and can wander around 😊 I so do not mind btw. Hahaha
I see this trailer with new little benches and long planks on them. The town celebrates and organises gatherings here on the grounds. These become places to sit on in the middle of the grounds in the grass.
This next building is cool. I like it.
Just look at the chimney on the roof. Beautiful craftsmanship 😎
The entrance… very cute 😊
More little buildings on the outside.
In the middle of the grounds we see the #maypole for the #midsummer #celebrations ☀️ if you want to know more about these celebrations see : Midsummer in Sweden
The top of the maypole 😎
The following website has even more #information about the celebrations around the maypole and #MIDSUMMER : Dalarna midsummer!
We walk further… I like the grass everywhere. No hard paths, just grass or bark under our feet. It grounds you fully to this place 🥰
We see in the distance the last built building. You can see the difference between the centuries.
Let’s look a bit more at the old wooden log 🪵 buildings.
We really take our time to wander around as it is a beautiful day. ☀️
Some old wheelbarrows to help on the fields.
I notice something 🤓 just look at the roofs construction! 😳
Let me show you closer by at this marvel of an #architectural feature.
If you look carefully you see tree bark under the logs 🪵 that compile the roof. Everything is renovated in the old way. Even the top, where the cut was, has tree bark on it to protect against the rain. PRETTY COOL 😎
As we walk further we notice we can enter an old barn. Were the animals were kept. 🐏🐄🐐
A view around for you 😊 look at the ceiling, the #wooden #beams.
Towards the right.
Outside we find more tools.
There are even picnic tables to sit and enjoy some food and drinks.
Another view of the entire MAYPOLE in an important location on these grounds.
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