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who still run the place. Watercolor paper and stationery are available for pur-
chase.
Cost and Hours:
20 kr, late June-late Aug Mon-Fri 9:15-17:00, closed
Sat-Sun, off-season closes at 16:00 and for lunch 12:00-13:00; 35-kr extra for
tour, departures at 9:30, 10:30, 13:00, and 14:15 (no tours off-season); look
for black-and-white
Handpappersbruk
sign just after the Kosta turnoff, Stor-
gatan 79, tel. 0478/47691,
www.vida.se/handpappersbruket-1.aspx
.
Grönåsen's Moose Park (Älgpark)
—This offbeat attraction, just outside
Kosta, demonstrates the love-hate relationship Swedes feel toward their
moose population. (The Swedish word
älg
can be translated both as “moose”
and “elk,” but these are the same Bullwinkle-type moose you'll find in the
northern latitudes of North America.) A third of a million of these giant,
majestic beasts live in Sweden. They're popular with hunters but unpopular
with drivers, because collisions on backcountry roads have caused fatalities.
At this attraction, you'll walk through the moose-happy gift shop before tak-
ing a mile-long stroll around the perimeter of a pen holding live moose. Peri-
odic museum exhibits—life-size dioramas with stuffed moose (including one
plastered to the hood of a car)—round out the attraction. You can even buy
moose sausage. Sure it's a hokey roadside stop, and will hardly be a hit with
animal-rights activists, but for many the park is an enjoyable place to learn
about Swedish moose.
