Sweden has become one of the world’s most advanced countries when it comes to recycling and waste management, to the point where the country has at times imported waste from other nations in order to keep its waste-to-energy facilities operating efficiently. For many people outside Scandinavia this sounds almost absurd. In most countries garbage is …
Tucked into Dalsland, in a part of Sweden that rarely makes it into travel itineraries, stands a tall wooden cylinder by the water. It used to be a grain silo. For decades, farmers brought wheat and rye here by boat and wagon, and the building did exactly what it was meant to do. Nothing more. …
People often imagine Sweden as a calm and orderly place. Clean cities, quiet streets, well organized trains, forests that stretch for miles without interruption and a society that seems to function almost effortlessly. For travelers it can feel like stepping into a peaceful version of the future. Everything works, everyone is polite and there is …
