3 days ago my family and I went on our yearly holiday trip to the place where my father is from. Every year we go to this place in Hälsingland called Delsbo, where my grandmother and most of my other relatives on my fathers side live. It was a great feeling being back again. These 12 hours I spent in the car really had paid off. Every time I come back It feels like I’m home. I see mountains. I see a lot of forests and lakes. Something rare back in Scania with its big plains.
Dellenbygden
The weather has been great so far, a bit too great. It has taken some time to adapt to the warmth. But today It has been quite a enjoyable day. Neither cold or hot. I went swimming in Sördellen, one of the great Dellen lakes. The temperature in the water was about 22 deg. Celsius. I later spent the evening with some relatives.
Tomorrow (Sunday, July 5) it is spelmansstämma at Delsbo forngård, an ancient farm. A lot of folk musicians are coming to play traditional folk music. People come and meet new people and also experience a bit of the culture of this area. One of the things that a visitor should not miss is ostkaka (lit. cheesecake). It is indescribable for those who haven’t tasted it. And if you are from Delsbo or any other place you may wear your own traditional regional costume. Delsbo has its own and almost everyone here has got one which they wear at special occasions. The spelmanstämma has been held for more than a 100 years now, and it is well known around the country.
The spelmansstämma (musician gathering) is held every year in the first weekend of June. This is strictly a folk music festival. There are a couple of other events like this but not all of them is are devoted to just folk music. One of them is in Bjuråker two weeks from the one in Delsbo. It is a larger event than Delsbo, which is the oldest. Many prefer to visit it instead.
Delsbo is an average town located at the southwest shore of Sördellen, the southern lake. It is about 30 kilometers from Hudiksvall, the nearest big town. There’s a school (elementary and upper) and there’s two supermarkets. Normally it does not seem to be much life in this town but in the summer it becomes flourishing because of the summer residents.
Delsbo
I would like to tell more about the Dellen lakes. That is a landmark which also has given the town its name. The lakes form a lake system in two craters originally created when meteorites fell down on Earth millions of years ago. Due to volcanic activity in the ground a special type of rock was created from the lava which came from the ground. It is called Dellenite. There are two types of it: the red one from the southern lake and the black one from the northern. The Dellenite has become the regional rock type of the whole province of Hälsingland.
I really like being back in Delsbo and I think this summer will be at least as good as the ones I have spent here before.
this trip will make you lose weight