Join us as we camp and bike along the remarkable Göta Kanal, and look at the sluices and locks. We set camp at Töreboda in our tent and bicycle along the canal to Sjötorp and then back, with a nice lunch at Norrqvarn. In this video we share some of the beautiful scenery and interesting history of Göta Kanal. Sweden’s coolest historical engineering achievement!
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Följ med och campa och cykla längs med fantastiska Göta Kanal och kika på slussar. Vi bor på Töreboda Camping i tält och cyklar jämte kanalen till Sjötorp och sedan tillbaka. Lunchar i Norrqvarn. I denna video visar vi upp lite av den vackra naturen och berättar om kanalens imponerade historia. Sveriges häftigaste historiska ingenjörsbedrift!
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LINKS
Töreboda Camping
Göta Kanal Tourist Information
https://www.gotakanal.se
Göta Kanal Map 1
Göta Kanal Map 2
https://www.gotakanal.se/media/1742/karta-swe-netpublicator-2016.pdf
Arrows from Pixabay
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Baltazar von Platen portrait:
Public Domain
File:Baltzar Bogislaus von Platen, 1766-1829 (Johan Gustaf Sandberg) – Nationalmuseum – 40325.tif
Soldiers at work:
Public Domain
Soldater i arbete vid Göta kanal (Vreta kloster). Målning av A C Wetterling 1856.
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Te rebuda to huertorp and then back we have arrived at terebuda and uh we have a huge camping spot just for us look at this so now we’re having difficulties deciding where to put the tent yeah it’s like with the caravan yeah what direction how to put it
Oh yeah we have no idea so this is what it looks like from this perspective the inside this is one gorgeous tent ah i love this look at this oh you have a lot of pockets and stuff for stuff and yeah so this is what you call glamping
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Spades as tools can’t imagine it was commissioned by this man called balthazar von plotten and the construction started 1810 and was completed 1832 so 22 years later and it was really costly nine million rich dollar which is approximately 12 billion in 95. so honeybun how did the first stretch feel felt feels great
[Applause] we are at no return and we’re gonna eat something this is lovely for the kids a mini pond well swedish engineering benefited a lot from the building of the canal new techniques were introduced from england baltzer recruited a number of highly skilled english foremen for the project the excavation work started
In the small town of mutuala which ended up being a modern industrial town at smotola workshop was where new engineers were taught and foreman received their training in these new production methods on our way back to toribuda we got hit by some heavy rain so no more film that said we
Loved the excursion and can definitely recommend it next up we continue on to mutola and the famous stare of sea locks or sluices at berg in sweden and we take on some more heavy rain camping in our car please join us don’t forget to subscribe and like our videos