Did you see Rökstenen ("the Smoke Stone", which has nothing to do with smoke)? It's located not far from the Alvastra Monastery ruins, only like 7 km or 4 miles. It's a big rune stone with the longest rune script ever found and it was created during the Viking era in the early 800's. The text has not been fully understood but it has some lines referring to different gods in the Norse Mythology (which was the actual religion back than).
I didn't see that no, but I shall add it to my Sweden list of places to explore. That sounds awesome and definitely something I would love to go find! One of the more interesting things to learn about while I was there was how religion has changed in Sweden over the years. My cousin was telling me about some of the history of it and it certainly does play a role in how Sweden changed through the centuries.
WOW.. Loved all the history.. :) Very very cool.. Really liked all the cinematic shots.. Started uploading videos with my GrandDaughter and our hikes. Thank you for sharing..
Thank you 😁. I'm glad you enjoyed the history, there's so much history in Sweden and it's so well preserved. Oh wonderful! I can't wait to watch them 😊
The mountain (Omberg) behind Alvastra monastery ruin is "special" too, it's home of the legendary "Queen Omma", who you could consider being the prototype of "mother Sweden". Queen Omma is more, she was an oracle/"seer" that lived in this mountain, she have a place (Queen Omma's fortress) at the north end of the mountain just next to Borghamn. Queen Omma was a magician, a shapeshifter, who travelled in disguise of an owl, nobody knew how she looked in her human form. Story goes that Queen Omma chose her successor among the young girls of the area, and the chosen one was "snatched away" and came to live in the fortress for the rest of her life, never to see her family again. A father who's daughter had been chosen to become the new Omma, couldn't bear to lose his daughter never to see her again so he went to the fortress to talk to Omma, demanding her to release his daughter. Omma refused, turned into an owl and the desperate father shot an arrow to the owl and killed it. Now dead, Omma turned back to human shape. He could now see it was his daughter. She never got to choose a successor of course so she was the last Queen Omma. To go to Queen Omma's fortress you take "Turistvägen" from road 50 just north of Alvastra, to Stocklycke, and then follow the "Norra Sjövägen" along the steep cliffs next to the lake. The road ends in Borghamn and between the road and the lake is the fortress. Borghamn is amazing too, as you'll find out! ;-) While at it, walk to the top of the mountain, you'll find the path to the top on the Tourist road (Turistvägen) in the middle between road 50 and Stocklycke.
Ooohhhhh.....okay definitely going back to go check out the mountain behind Alvastra! I absolutely love folklore and exploring where it originated, so you have absolutely sold me on Queen Omma 😊 Very sad for the father in the story. Would you by chance happen to know about what time frame in history the story of the Queen came about? I look forward to finding the fortress and also experiencing Borghamn! Thank you so much for the information!
Bjälbo ätten. And the son you mentioned would probably the son of Birger Jarl. Birger Jarl is considered as the founder of Sweden. Before him what is now Sweden was devided in 3 different kingdoms. Svealand, Västra götaland and Östra götaland. If you had gone to Varnhems monestary you would have seen the ruins of the monestary but also the still standing church. In it you have the grave of Birger Jarl. It's a shame you did not get the guided tour in Vadstena castle. When we were there a cuople of years ago we had a female guide dressed as Cecilia Wasa. (Doughter of Gustav Waswa and a verry coulurful person in her own right). In Kalmar you should not miss the Kalmar castle as well as the Kalmar Museum and the Maritimeb museum.
Oh that's interesting to learn, thank you! I definitely need to dig into some more history on Sweden before I go again to get some more information to share with people. Ohhhh okay, noted and will add it to the list of places to try and visit when I make it back again. That would be pretty nifty to see the grave. I absolutely want to go back to Vadstena, and next time plan to stay there a couple days in order to have time to tour the castle. I really want to see the inside. A fun tour guide would add icing to the cake :) Kalmar is another location ill be giving myself more time at next time I am there. As well as for Öland.
And the Bjälbo farm is still worked. The owners used to dislike the fact that it is protected as a national heritage site, the poor guys couldn't do basically anything on the land without a permit - or worst case an archaeological survey.
@@_Wolfsbane_ Did you see the church with living quarters in the tower? I have not been to Bjälbo myself but I have seen about it on TV. The church tower functioned as a stronghol for Bjälbo when they were under attack.
Unfortunately we didn't have time to go see it. The day that we got into Kalmar it was already dinner time and everyone was tired. I had hoped to go and see it the next day after we got back from exploring Öland, but we got back later than I thought we would that day and again was exhausted. It's definitely on my list of places to go to when I get back to Sweden a second time though. I have a lot of places I have to go back to hahaha.
Vasstena and Gränna are really beautiful. I am glad you liked them!
They absolutely are! I loved them and can't wait to spend more time there!
I am from Mexico and went to Gränna 2 years ago, nowadays its my favourite place! great video!
I'm glad you got to go and explore there! It is a very beautiful place, so not a bad choice on your favorite place 😁
Did you see Rökstenen ("the Smoke Stone", which has nothing to do with smoke)? It's located not far from the Alvastra Monastery ruins, only like 7 km or 4 miles. It's a big rune stone with the longest rune script ever found and it was created during the Viking era in the early 800's. The text has not been fully understood but it has some lines referring to different gods in the Norse Mythology (which was the actual religion back than).
I didn't see that no, but I shall add it to my Sweden list of places to explore. That sounds awesome and definitely something I would love to go find! One of the more interesting things to learn about while I was there was how religion has changed in Sweden over the years. My cousin was telling me about some of the history of it and it certainly does play a role in how Sweden changed through the centuries.
WOW.. Loved all the history.. :) Very very cool.. Really liked all the cinematic shots.. Started uploading videos with my GrandDaughter and our hikes. Thank you for sharing..
Thank you 😁. I'm glad you enjoyed the history, there's so much history in Sweden and it's so well preserved. Oh wonderful! I can't wait to watch them 😊
The mountain (Omberg) behind Alvastra monastery ruin is "special" too, it's home of the legendary "Queen Omma", who you could consider being the prototype of "mother Sweden". Queen Omma is more, she was an oracle/"seer" that lived in this mountain, she have a place (Queen Omma's fortress) at the north end of the mountain just next to Borghamn. Queen Omma was a magician, a shapeshifter, who travelled in disguise of an owl, nobody knew how she looked in her human form.
Story goes that Queen Omma chose her successor among the young girls of the area, and the chosen one was "snatched away" and came to live in the fortress for the rest of her life, never to see her family again.
A father who's daughter had been chosen to become the new Omma, couldn't bear to lose his daughter never to see her again so he went to the fortress to talk to Omma, demanding her to release his daughter. Omma refused, turned into an owl and the desperate father shot an arrow to the owl and killed it. Now dead, Omma turned back to human shape. He could now see it was his daughter. She never got to choose a successor of course so she was the last Queen Omma.
To go to Queen Omma's fortress you take "Turistvägen" from road 50 just north of Alvastra, to Stocklycke, and then follow the "Norra Sjövägen" along the steep cliffs next to the lake. The road ends in Borghamn and between the road and the lake is the fortress. Borghamn is amazing too, as you'll find out! ;-)
While at it, walk to the top of the mountain, you'll find the path to the top on the Tourist road (Turistvägen) in the middle between road 50 and Stocklycke.
Ooohhhhh.....okay definitely going back to go check out the mountain behind Alvastra! I absolutely love folklore and exploring where it originated, so you have absolutely sold me on Queen Omma 😊
Very sad for the father in the story. Would you by chance happen to know about what time frame in history the story of the Queen came about?
I look forward to finding the fortress and also experiencing Borghamn! Thank you so much for the information!
Thanks 4 showing this part of our country, there probably the old capital of sweden was(or more specific were the king lived.)
You're very welcome 😊. I've been told that it was some what where the old capital was, but I don't remember what year that changed.
In Kalmar you have a museum of Kalmar Nyckel which was a ship from the 1600's and sailed to swedens new country in north america.
Ooohhh, good to know, thank you! That is definitely getting added to the list of places to go back to when I visit Sweden.
Nice area of Sweden.. 🇸🇪
Nice indeed 😁
Bjälbo ätten.
And the son you mentioned would probably the son of Birger Jarl.
Birger Jarl is considered as the founder of Sweden.
Before him what is now Sweden was devided in 3 different kingdoms.
Svealand, Västra götaland and Östra götaland.
If you had gone to Varnhems monestary you would have seen the ruins of the monestary but also the still standing church.
In it you have the grave of Birger Jarl.
It's a shame you did not get the guided tour in Vadstena castle.
When we were there a cuople of years ago we had a female guide dressed as Cecilia Wasa.
(Doughter of Gustav Waswa and a verry coulurful person in her own right).
In Kalmar you should not miss the Kalmar castle as well as the Kalmar Museum and the Maritimeb museum.
Oh that's interesting to learn, thank you! I definitely need to dig into some more history on Sweden before I go again to get some more information to share with people.
Ohhhh okay, noted and will add it to the list of places to try and visit when I make it back again. That would be pretty nifty to see the grave.
I absolutely want to go back to Vadstena, and next time plan to stay there a couple days in order to have time to tour the castle. I really want to see the inside. A fun tour guide would add icing to the cake :)
Kalmar is another location ill be giving myself more time at next time I am there. As well as for Öland.
And the Bjälbo farm is still worked. The owners used to dislike the fact that it is protected as a national heritage site, the poor guys couldn't do basically anything on the land without a permit - or worst case an archaeological survey.
@@_Wolfsbane_
Did you see the church with living quarters in the tower?
I have not been to Bjälbo myself but I have seen about it on TV.
The church tower functioned as a stronghol for Bjälbo when they were under attack.
Yeah that would make it a bit difficult to do your farming I would imagine.
Unfortunately I did not get to see that, but I'm hoping to go back and see it next time I'm there.
No no . Fika you doesn't drink tee. You drink coffee!!!
Haha yes, I have learned that now. Fika is for coffee lol.
Sure you can have a cup of tea if you like. @@candytechadventures
Didn't Coca cola start out as medication aswell? Or am I completely delusional?
No you're not delusional, Coca Cola also was originally created to be a medical drink in 1886 by a pharmacist names John Stith Pemberton.
And Kalmar slott? Don't say you missed it!
Unfortunately we didn't have time to go see it. The day that we got into Kalmar it was already dinner time and everyone was tired. I had hoped to go and see it the next day after we got back from exploring Öland, but we got back later than I thought we would that day and again was exhausted. It's definitely on my list of places to go to when I get back to Sweden a second time though. I have a lot of places I have to go back to hahaha.
Since you like the castle and all that maybe you should think of playing D&D
😂 I do indeed play D&D
32?!! Thats really old!! Oh, wait. Im 58. Fuxk! 😞 😉
Hahahahahah I know I'm just getting so old ;)
In my dads perspective, you're only 58% of the way there hahaha.