World heritage The rock-carvings in Tanum have the same status as the pyramids in Egypt or India’s Taj Mahal and have –like these – been made World Heritage sites by the UN. Almost 70 percent of the rock-carvings depict ships floating across the rocks. The rock-carvings were knocked in 3,000 years ago by the people of the Bronze Age. The famous rock in Vitlycke is more than 20 metres long and seven metres high. The motives are men with long legs lifting their axes towards the sky. But it’s not only wars and warriors that we meet. A man and a woman are embracing each other in love - or do they fear the giant holding a hammer above their heads? Magical. Ritual. A world heritage for eternity.

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Top 15 Dalsland

Dalsland offers deep forests and lakes as far as the eye can see. A landscape with a unique natural richness, marked by beauty and tranquillity.

Dalsland’s Museum in Upperud
In a red building by lake Spången in Upperud is Dalsland’s Museum and Art Gallery. The beautiful museum building fits in well among the red houses of the old ironworks community, and was created in accordance with ecological principles.
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The House of Straw in Bengtsfors
The House of Straw is Scandinavia’s only museum specialising in the history of straw craft. Here you can learn how the straw craftspeople work, and you can view special straw products from different periods.
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The Håverud Aqueduct and passenger boat traffic
Håverud is a site of particular interest. Completed in 1868, it features a combination of a roadway bridge, a railway bridge and an aqueduct. Three companies operate passenger traffic that passes through Håverud: M/S Dalslandia, M/S Storholmen and Hamfri. Read more

Beaver and elk safaris
The forests of Dalsland are rich in both beaver and elk. The beaver is Europe's largest rodent and it lives in family groups, by lakes and waterways. The elk is Europe's largest land animal and there are an estimated 5,000 of them in Dalsland alone. On guided tours you can learn about beavers and elks, and often see them as well. Read more

Pedal on a railway out into the wilderness
A popular way to experience the magnificent countryside of Dalsland is on a railway inspection trolley. You travel on disused railway lines straight into the wilderness, where you can spot elk, deer and various birds. The route is between Bengtsfors and Årjäng, a distance of 52 kilometres.
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Gammelgården in Bengtsfors
High up on Majberget mountain in Bengtsfors, with magnificent views of the surrounding countryside, is Gammelgården, incorporating 18 historical buildings and a large collection of objects. This is one of Sweden’s largest outdoor museums.
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Dalsland - a mecca for kayakers and canoeists
Probably more than anything else, Dalsland is known as a mecca for kayakers and canoeists. As a service to them and to the landowners who make their land available, a large number of campsites have been established throughout the lake system.
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Dalsland Canal - one of Europe’s most beautiful waterways
One of the most beautiful waterways in Europe, the Dalsland Canal connects a labyrinth of large and small lakes and rivers, and idyllic, meandering canals. Only ten kilometres of the canal is man-made; the rest is a 240-kilometre navigable system of lakes with a total of 31 locks at 17 different stations.
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Pleasure craft on Dalsland Canal
Many people consider the Dalsland Canal to be one of Europe’s most beautiful waterways – 250 km long and with a total of 31 locks at 17 different stations.
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Baldersnäs Manor
Baldersnäs Manor is located on a lush peninsula by lake Laxsjön and the Dalsland Canal. The manor’s two hundred years of history has its origins in the ironworks of Dalsland.
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Hiking in Tresticklan – Dalsland’s National Park
In Tresticklan National Park in northwestern Dalsland, by the Norwegian border, visitors can experience large tracts of virgin forest, thin, barren pine forest and rift valley landscapes, as well as pine forest birds like capercaillie, black grouse and hazel grouse.
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Falkholt’s and Dalsland Food
Falkholt’s, one in the group of quality restaurants that wear the Västsvensk Mersmak badge, serves up exquisite culinary experiences in the heart of Dalsland. Falkholt’s is located in a charming old building, used as a schoolhouse through the first half of the 20th century.
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Fishing in Dalsland
The fishing waters of Dalsland are numerous and varied. Large, clear lakes and small waterways, as well as trolling in Vänern, Europe's largest lake. Vänern is also considered to have some of Scandinavia’s best trolling waters.
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The House of Crafts in Upperud
The House of Crafts in Upperud is one of Sweden’s largest and most diverse. Beautifully located by Lake Upperudshöljen, it occupies more than five stories in an old granary, and features all types of craft products made of wood, metal, textile, straw and paper, from Dalsland and the rest of Sweden.
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Rock carvings in Tisselskog
The rock carvings at Högsbyn, Tisselskog are Dalsland’s largest and most extraordinary ancient site and also one of the largest in the country. The carvings are situated in a beautiful natural setting, also a nature reserve.
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