Northern Sweden’s famous Kungsleden — trekking in Swedish Lapland

So from now on we go on alone, which is quite strange at first. 😱



From the STF mountain station in Ritsem I take the bus to Vakkotavare for about an hour. There I get on the northern Kungsleden, the last eight stages of which should lead me up north to Abisko.



The vast majority of hikers take the path… read more

Mixed weather today. "Something of everything" is on the weather map today. 😉 Sometimes the sun peeks out and illuminates part of the landscape, then another cold shower from above, in front or from the side, depending on nature's mood. But it is precisely this wild and unpredictable nature that somehow… read more

Fresh snow! When I wake up in the morning, the mountains are dusted with powdered sugar again. What is not by chance: It's cold, it's wet, it's uncomfortable!



Sometimes the rain lashes mercilessly in my face. But the weather changes just as quickly. It is simply unpredictable and sometimes not that easy… read more

How much I loved this stage !!! 🙏❤️🙏



And that in spite of all adverse weather conditions! All the rain, snow and even small hailstones, some of which the wind blew painfully in my face, could not affect my enthusiasm. 😍



The contrast between the bright autumn colors in the fells and the snow-capped mountains… read more

Actually, I didn't want to do anything else on my day off today than just lie lazily in my sleeping bag. I managed that for quite a while 😜. But then I still got bumblebees in my butt and just wanted to get out again briefly, take a few steps towards the Nallo hut.



And what can I say, as soon as I got… read more

Let it snow! ☃️🙈❄️



Not even really digested last night's northern lights, today we go straight to the next adventure!



The Tjäktja pass, which at 1,150 meters marks the highest point of the Kungsleden, is waiting for me. And I have to admit that I'm pretty excited. In my hiking guide it says that the ascent… read more

Phew, somehow today is not my day ...! And there isn't even any good reason for it. The landscape remains spectacularly beautiful, vast and vast. But somehow I feel totally exhausted and can't make any headway.



It all starts with the fact that when I start at the Tjäktja hut I don't feel like going back… read more

This is the longest of my eight stages on the Kungsleden. Normally I could have shortened the first four kilometers along the Alesjaure river bank with an STF water taxi, but that no longer drove due to the end of the season.



But that wasn't bad at all. On the contrary! I found the route along the lake… read more

Ok, the time has come. This is my last stage on the Kungsleden, and admittedly I am quite melancholy and wistful when I leave Abiskojaure in the morning. The weather also depresses my mood, it rains sometimes more, sometimes less. And to be honest, it's not that I'm particularly looking forward to civilization… read more