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views with those who've seen the monster, monster-catching gear and a pickled monster
embryo.
Outside, you can stroll the paths around the bakery, smithy, woodman's cottage and
18th-century farm, and take part in milking, baking, tree felling and more. Kids can get ac-
quainted with different farm animals, run wild in the playground or ride a children's rail-
way.
Frösön
ISLAND
Large and peaceful Frösön island sits just across the bridge from central Östersund, reach-
able by road and by footbridge from Badhusparken. The island takes its name from Frö,
the pagan god of fertility, worshipped by the Vikings originally resident here.
Just across the footbridge, outside Landstingshuset and near the Konsum supermarket,
is Sweden's northernmost rune stone , which commemorates the 1050 arrival of Aust-
maður or 'East Man', the first Christian missionary on Frösön.
Frösöns Kyrka
CHURCH
( 8am-8pm; 3)
Five kilometres west of the centre of Östersund is the restored, late-12th-century Frösöns
kyrka, with its distinctive separate bell tower, built on a sacrificial site to the ancient gods
( æsir ) and incredibly popular for midsummer weddings. Catch bus 3.
Exercishallen Norr
GALLERY
(Infanterigatan 30; noon-4pm Thu-Sun)
A worthwhile contemporary art museum, Exercishallen Norr lives across the E14 motor-
way from Jamtli. It's a cavernous room with an ambitious curatorial scope and always
something curious on show, from installations, painting and sculpture to photography and
soundscapes.
Storsjöhyttan
GLASSWORKS
( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ; www.storsjohyttan.com ; Sjötorget;
10am-7pm Mon-Thu, to 4pm Fri,
11am-3pm Sat)
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