Travel Reference
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fors (one-way adult/seven to 12 years Skr300/150) and can be combined with a return trip
7-12yr Skr360/180)
. These mainly run from late June to late August, and can be booked at
the tourist office.
The Dalslands Center is the main venue for
Bokdagar i Dalsland
(
www.bokdagaridalsland.se
)
, a three-day literature festival held annually in late July or early
August, with readings, seminars and book launches focusing on Nordic writers. The
tour-
ist office
(
0530-189 90;
www.haverud-upperud.se
;
Dalslands Center;
10am-7pm Jul-mid-
Aug)
, also based here, can organise fishing licences and canoe hire.
The
STF Hostel Håverud
(
0530-302 75; Museivägen 3; dm/s/d Skr195/275/390;
)
could use a coat of paint but has a winning location overlooking the canal. Rooms are
pleasant but can feel rather like a pressure cooker during summer heat waves. Outside May
to August, book ahead.
Based in an old paper mill and part of the Dalslands Center,
Håfveruds Brasseri
(Dals-
lands Centre; mains Skr169-249; 9am-6pm daily Jun & Jul, 9am-6pm Sat & Sun only May & Aug)
,
with shaded lockside tables, serves everything from smoked salmon with new potatoes to
hamburgers. The attached smokery is the place to stock up on fishy goodies or grab a
shrimp baguette (Skr59).
Around Håverud
About 3km south of the aqueduct is
Upperud
, home to the savvy
Dalslands Museum &
for a compact collection of local art, woodwork (including a shell-shocked wooden cat),
ceramics, ironware and Åmål silverware, as well as thought-provoking photography exhib-
itions. The small sculpture park in the grounds features an anarchic wooden tower by ec-
centric artist Lars Vilks. The on-site Bonaparte cafe (so-called because Napoleon's niece
Christine once lived there) combines yummy coffee and snacks with soothing lake views.
Another few kilometres south at
Skållerud
is a beautiful, shiny-red, 17th-century
wooden
church
(
9am-7pm Sat & Sun Apr-Oct)
, with well-preserved paintings and baroque
fittings.
Atmospheric
Högsbyn Nature Reserve
, about 8km north of Håverud near Tisselskog,
has woodland walks and a shallow bathing spot. Best of all are its impressive Bronze Age
