We’re going on a Sunday road trip in the Swedish vikings countryside, butt still very nearby the capital!!! It’s not the last part of the secret islands though… *giggles*
Remember when we were leaving the secret island aka Viking Town Birka? Yes, we were hungry, butt we also wanted to see the island across the water from Birka, Adelsö since the weather improved so miraculous as soon as I had left the island 
The name Adelsö translated from Swedish to English means Nobility island and it probably got it’s name because the Swedish nobility established itself here already around 1280, but the story of Adelsö goes back from the stone age, even if there are most graves from the viking age.
They don’t seem to know which Svea (old expression for Swedish) King that founded The Swedish Viking Town Birka for the trading. It’s assumed that the king avoided the noise and dirt of Birka and instead made his royal estate called Hovgården (The Court Farm), on the Island of Adelsö.
So we had to go with the boat from Birka to Kaggeholm to fetch our car and then drive around to Adelsö by the island Munsö, where we did a stop at the country store to fill up the car with gas before going on the ferry to Adelsö, since there is no gas station!
To get to Adelsö, we had to take one of Swedens many free road ferrys, butt this one is driven by cable, you don’t see many of those any more. The lake is still the sweet water lake Mälaren. Crossing time for the ferry: 6 minutes.
Our first sight of Adelsö when coming across with the ferry was these boats. Since there are so much water surrounding Stockholm, there is so many people having boats around here.
There is unusually many remains of kings from the Viking Age and when Birka was abandoned, Adelsö continued to have an important role long into the middle ages.
We didn’t get to see Adelsö properly though since we were so late there, considering we had been in Birka for several hours too.
Adelsö has many permanent residents today and most of them have work in Stockholm, even if there still are farmers and fishermen too.
One of Sweden’s few authentic runic stone carvers still work here at the island!
It’s also a very popular place to have summerhouse – not to mention all the stables and horses! The first time I was out here was to visit a friend and her horse.
We had to go some where to eat and since we were many miles from home, it became urgent. It was there we found this wonderful old Ferguson tractor.
That’s the beauty with road trips, you’ll never know what you’ll find!
We had another place in mind from the beginning, for dinner, butt we couldn’t wait… OK, OK, the hungry monster Captain weren’t that manipulable at that time…. *giggles* So we went to the local road “krog”.
It’s funny how we can be so lucky to see some very plain and simple food dishes as Kebab (mine!) and Swedish hash… *giggles*
So after that we did catch the ferry back because it was 06.00 pm already. You can see the short water way it is with the ferry in this photo.
This kind of alley is very common in Sweden generally, butt this one is leading us to….. tomorrows post!!!!
*teasing you*
We also have some more photos at Flickr:
Lifecruiser Adelsö photos in large
Lifecruiser Adelsö photos as a slideshow
What a pretty landscape ! Looks so calm ! No wonder that nobles settled down there. I love these swedish wooden houses I saw them a lot in Wisconsin copied from Swedish imigrants.
Sorry, but now you have to hurry to London if you don’t want to miss a shopping tour in Croydon lol ! And you have to be there because you are the Captain, lol ! They also peeled me with that onion meme !
I go from surprise in surprise!!! it’s an hot time for the Lifecruiser Cyber Cruise!!!! I have to go now by the daughter of my sister in law! All the family is invited because she bought a new appart just near the sea! So I’ll come back in the evening to have a good time on the isle with you and in London too! Don’t drink all the guiness and you know I like to eat kebab!!! See us in the evening! Have a good sunday!
[...] Hé! Hé! An another beautiful destination! Let’s go to visit a swedish vikings countryside! [...]
Wonderful place! There’s an island in the north of Scotland called Iona which was the traditional burial place of Scottish kings until the Vikings started “visiting”.
Hmmm… I need to explore the Vikings in Scotland more, although I’ve never been that far north.
Oh I would love to go for lunch there. The food looks wonderful!
All looks well and fun He!He!He! Have a good time my friend in Croydon,Its nice there He!He!He!.Wishing you well
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Flippin eck Captain, i am worn out after that trip.I like the way though you look after your belly, looks like nice food again.
Cheers Mark
Thanks for the calendar link
I love Road Trips too. You are so right about that Captain – you’ll never know what you’ll find when you’re out there. Lovely pictures you’ve got. The weather looks fantastic. I’m glad you found a place to eat this time
and it looks very yummy too.
I love the picture of the old ferguson tractor.
sara from farmingfriends
Interesting road trip. I don’t know about that hash, though.
Aiyana
Wonderful photos and the food especially look great!
A lovely walk you had in Adelsö! I’d like to stay there a few days and not work tomorrow!
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What lovely countryside
It looks lovely, Swedish hash included, lol
What a Noble post and no wonder people love to go there – amazing its so close to the capital of Sweden. The landscape is so beautiful and even the Krog looks peaceful and county like.
The tractor looked nice, but glad to see they still have some horses too!
I’m so much looking forward to go to Edinburgh on Monday and then hope you all will join my wife guest posting about her wildlife experience in the mountains of Norway on Tuesday and Thursday.
I’ll have my Boats on Mondays post up in a minute with some link love to you and our cruise
This was nothing butt a big and pleasant surprise. Understand why people have settled and lived here for centuries – and still do. It looks so peaceful.
Interesting you still have a cable ferry. There is one in the Oslo area as well, but not for cars.
Haha – you rembered to take photos of your meal.
[...] “The Nobility Island Adelsö” by Mrs. Lifecruiser! [...]
I’ve never been on a car ferry before. I feel like I am learning so much about Sweden. So many places you are showing us, that I feel like it’ll be home when I visit one day.
Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing!! Happy Green Thumb Sunday!