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Mariebergsskogen
This pleasure park is
one of the most popular in Sweden, and comprises of a fair (with
numerous rides and attractions), a theatre, an open-air museum, an
animal park (with a petting zoo) and a restarant.
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Alster's Herrgård
This manor a few miles
east of Karlstad is most famous for being the birthplace of Gustaf
Froding, one of Sweden's most famous poets. Today, it is a memorial to
the artist, and contains a exhibition chronicling the private man behind
the works. There are also constantly changing temporary exhibitions
dedicated to the culture of Varmland.
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Alfred Nobel's Björkborn
This manor house
located 35 miles east of Karlstad was once the home of Alfred Nobel, the
man who invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize. Among the many
interesting sights of the manor is the laboratory where Nobel did some
of his world-changing work and a library containing many of the
philosophical and scientific works Nobel himself once read.
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Stone Bridge
Formally known as the Eastern Bridge, this span of stone was built in
1797 and is considered not only the longest bridge in Sweden, but
also in Europe. It is currently open only to motorized traffic, but it
is a popular photography subject.
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Värmlands Museum
This museum is a storehouse of antiquities covering the history of the
Varmlands from the prehistoric to the modern day. The items on display
range from the precious to the prosaic: for example bronze swords once
used by local warriors are on display together with farm implements from
a typical home in the 1950s.
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The Goddess of
Peace
This statue was raised in 1955 in memory of the signing of the peace
treaty between Sweden and Norway in 1905, which gave Norway the right to
become an independent country. The statue is enscribed with the phrase, "Wars gives birth to hate between peoples, peace bringeth
understanding".
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