RIDE in GETMOSSEN / RID i GETMOSSEN
Gunnar and Britt Nilsson, Getmossen Där Öst, 66592 Kil, Tel. +46-554-21050 gunnar@getmossen.se
Landscape
The Swedish province Värmland is located around and north of the big lake Vänern on the same level as Oslo and Stockholm. Characteristic for central and northern Värmland are dislocation valleys running straight in north-south direction. In these valleys, the soil is fertile and often there are long and deep lakes. The valleys are separated by long hills, rounded during the ice age, covered by forests, moorland and many small lakes.
The hamlet Getmossen
lies between the small towns Kil and Sunne in the Fryken valley and
forms an "island" in the forest, open towards the west. Getmossen
has kept its small scale character of houses and landscape from about
100 years ago. At that time, there existed four farms and a large number
of cottages (torpställen). Therefore, Getmossen is now a cultural
heritage area.
The small road ends here, there is hardly any traffic and children can
simply be "let free". In the forest there are berries, and
many wild animals such as roe-deer, fox, beaver, elk and lynx. There
are paths for walks, in winter for skiing, there are lakes and picnic
places where you can be quite sure goblins and trolls live under stones
and roots.