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An enterprising 17-year-old built Vidablick Utsiktstorn, a viewing tower about 5km south-
east of town, from where there are great panoramas of the lake, a good cafe and a summer-
only youth hostel (dorm beds from Skr150). On your way up the tower, check out the
miniature reconstruction of the village as it was at the turn of the century, made by a local
carpenter in the 1930s.
SommarRodel
ADVENTURE SPORTS
(
073-671 00 10;
www.rattviksbacken.se
;
1/3 rides Skr60/150;
10am-6pm Jun-Aug, closed when
raining)
The 725m-long SommarRodel, a sort of snowless bobsled chute, is lots of fun. You hurtle
down a ski hill at 56km/h, which feels very fast so close to the ground. Now with paint-
ball!
Ski Slopes
SKIING
(
www.rattviksbacken.se
;
day pass adult/child Skr260/200)
The easy ski slopes are excellent; there are four lifts.
Sleeping
Summer accommodation in Rättvik disappears fast, so it's worth booking ahead - even for
camp sites. Central places to stay are few and far between, but the STF hostel is tops.
STF Vandrarhem Rättvik
HOSTEL
(
0248-561 09; Centralgatan; s/d from Skr400/500;
reception 8-10am & 5-6pm;
)
Toward the edge of town is this comfortable hostel with cosy rooms in three wooden
buildings clustered around a grassy courtyard. It's a quiet place with good facilities, in-
cluding a nice kitchen with a large dining/TV room in the main building, and picnic tables
on the lawn for alfresco meals. Reception is at the Enåbadet campground office.
Enåbadet
CAMPGROUND
( 0248-561 00;
www.enabadet.se
;
Furudalsvägen 1; sites from Skr240, cabins Skr555-1160)
A large, bustling campground by the river off Centralgatan (1km from the train station),
behind the STF hostel, this area includes a
fäbod
(summer livestock farm) and is built to
