Today I want to share a very large WINTERY RIVER with you. The VINDELÄLVEN - VINDELRIVER in the #VINDELFORSARNA #NATURE #RESERVE ~ in VINDELN, Västerbotten County, SWEDEN. 🇸🇪
We will explore walking trails, HEAR the sounds of the #RAPIDS and see a #MILL HOUSE and much much more… come along to see it all ☃️❄️
With this visit at the LARGE RIVER and nature reserve in VINDELN, SWEDEN 🇸🇪 I enter in this MONTH’S #WINTERCHALLENGE from @worldmappin. You can read all about it 👇🏻
Are you joining us? Do try, it is FUN! : Winter is coming 🥶🥶🥶 - and with it the Worldmappin Winter Challenge 🥳🥳 So let’s join in, in the #WINTERCHALLENGE ☃️❄️
Today’s photographic selection will be of 76 PHOTOGRAPHS and 1 VIDEO 🎥
Date : 5 APRIL 2024
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.
Location of the VINDELFORSARNA NATURE RESERVE we find on the following screenshot of Google Maps :
Even on google maps you see the force of the water along the rapids.
More information about the Vindel river you find here in Swedish: Wikipedia Vindelälven.
Information in english on Wikipedia about the river here! or on Visit Vindeln - Vindelälven in English.
More information about the VINDELFORSARNA NATURE RESERVE you find : here in english on the Visit Vindeln website! and In Swedish on the Lansstyrelsen website.
❄️ Do check out the following website with more information in Swedish… it is worth just looking at some STUNNING #PHOTOGRAPHS: Naturkartan - Vindelforsarna!
Got your winter clothes on? Sturdy boots 🥾 too? Perfect 😊
Let’s walk to the Nature Reserve…
Here we gooooooooo 😁
As we walk along the road from the little village towards the NATURE RESERVE we see this large sign 🪧 it tells us there is a hotel, camping 🏕️, nature centre and art. Very promising 😁
This icy 🥶 and snowy road leads towards the river. Watch your steps.
We walk along further.
The signs show us walking #trails.
We decide we follow the trail towards the right. It was snowploughed so we can walk over it. Next to the path the snow is too soft and we sink in deep.
We entered the Nature Reserve 😁
The path goes through the tree line 🌳🌲🌳 we follow it into the forest.
After a while next to us. Looking up we see steps… we can’t climb up as the snow is too deep. The hill next to us goes fairly steep up.
Our first glimpse of the Vindel River, through the trees. 😊
As you can see the path runs along it. So let’s walk 😎
Not far along we see a large information sign about the nature reserve. The river in the background.
We are looking over the river towards the right. I am so happy we still can see the water running through. Even though the snow is thick ☃️
We wander further along the path.
This cute bench is just visible under and in the snow. Look at the carvings on the top. HIKING BOOTS. 🥾 Cool 😎
At this spot we take in the #SCENERY. The views are stunning 🤩
Imagine the river is much wider than the water you see 😳 most is under the snow.
In front of us we see the layers of snow on top of the water. It forms some pretty cool layers / formations.
Looking a bit better. 🤓
Our view of the #wintery #landscape towards the left. You see the river tries to break through the layers.
In the distance we see a building on the left, just next to the river. 😊
We walked further to the right, and see a long hanging bridge going over the river. You can see how WIDE the river really is 😳 as the bridge is hanging fully over it.
More signs, we don’t cross the river today. (We have done it another time and that hike, I will show you one day 😎) We go back along the path now and walk further on the left side of the river. Towards the hotel and the building we saw in the distance.
There are wooden walking paths, boardwalks through the forest. The river is right from us. It just looks so beautiful with all the snow ⛄️
Above us along the mountain we see some cabins. What a view they must have over the river. 🥰
We peek at the river through the trees 🌳
Suddenly I see next to the path:
Aaawwww look how cute, some snow ⛄️ puppets. They have been weathered a bit.
They are very small. Some of the long ears still surviving 🐰 so cute ⛄️☃️
We walk along and looking back along the river, beautiful birch trees lining the edge.
The path we walked over / came from.
The water is very dark blue next to us 😎
We look closely at the snow and ice formations on the river. I guess they must be rocks 🪨
Another cute bench to rest and take in the views… probably better in the spring and summer haha 😂
I must say the view there is STUNNING. We walked far now and you can’t even see the views we had before or the bridge.
It almost looks like the further we walk now the thicker the layer of snow and ice becomes.
Do you see that? So beautiful 🤩
We found a little pier that goes into the water a bit. We walked through the deep snow to get towards the end of it.
These are the views towards the right.
Focussing on all the details 😎
Next to us we see the #RAPIDS. The sounds are amazing here 😉
We slowly look towards the left. We see more from the (wide) river here.
The building gets better visible the closer we get towards it.
This is a perfect stop for a break from the photos. Let me show you my video 🎥 now.
I made a video in 3 different spots along this river and combined them.
‼️TURN UP THE VOLUME!‼️ and check it out here:
Did you see that THE RIVER is much wider than you actually can see on this video. It goes from river #edge to river #edge (tree line and the barricades) on each side… it streams literally under the ICE AND SNOW. ❄️ It truly is a very very WIDE RIVER 😁
Hope you enjoyed this video. 😊
We are still standing on the lookout / viewpoint on the pier.
I zoom in for you at the building on the left.
A few more captured behind us.
I see so many beautiful details 🤓 look closely!
We wandered further over the boardwalk and reach this building. It stands out against the snow with its red #paint and blue coloured #shutters.
The boardwalk goes next to it. Lets wander further to see it better 🥰
We have these views towards the right.
How can I not capture sooooo many photographs 🫣
We look just past the shed in front of the large building.
The sound you have heard now… so imagine that, standing here.
We can’t see along the bend.
Ok, let’s check out the building and its #architecture.
Typical Swedish. 🇸🇪 I do like the blue shutters.
The corner 😎 some lights to lighten the path.
A rusty ventilator.
Looking up, do you see the iron cables? You pull the shutter close with from the inside without opening the window. 🪟
All the way up the window and roofs details.
We walk around the building and find more. This is the area that is used for exhibits. Of course everything is closed during the winter. So we can’t check it out.
View from further away.
We check out the signs and see where we want to go next 😁
I like the little wooden signs better 🙂
Let me show you more information on the signs about this nature reserve.
The English part is very small 😋
We walk further along the path as we want to discover even more.
This path is next to the camping that is on the left here. The river still on our right.
A little bit further we see this sign 🪧
The English part of it tells us… YES, JUST WHAT I THOUGHT. 💭 THE BUILDING WITH THE BLUE SHUTTERS IS A MILL.
Read the text for more information. It does tell us the #MILL was founded in 1888 and closed down in 1958 😳
Further along the path we see some picnic tables 😎 shall we have a sit hahaha 🤣
Maybe not right now, the snow is as high as the benches. 😋
We turn around and walk back to the entrance of the nature reserve.
We see a few smaller buildings with more information in Swedish.
The area from the locals where they gather for events.
Cool silhouettes on the side of this cabin. Check out its #FOUNDATION 😳
Just a large rock on each corner.
The road back towards the village. The goodbye 👋🏻 sign on the shed.
The beautiful birch tree 🌳
Closer to the village of Vindeln we see a #SNOWMOBILE trail. You recognise them on the red cross ❌
I just had to share this car too with you before we say goodbye 👋🏻
It is pretty buried hahaha 🤣
Let’s go and warm up now with a HOT drink, you deserved it 😊
…and here I say that’s all for today’s post my friends.
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