This is probably one of Swedens most famous places. At least it used to be the reason why Sweden had the world’s largest export of copper and also gave birth the famous Swedish sausage "falukorv", Falu-sausage.

Down in the mine we got to learn about the lady of the mine, who according to legend would appear in a white dress if she wanted to reward the minors the mine, or a black dress if she wanted to punish them. Usually a cave in would occur if anyone had seen the lady of the mine in the black dress.

We also got to see the golden engravings of old Swedish kings or queens and European royalties, but maybe most excitingly we got to hear about the legendary Fat Mat. A minor who many hundred years ago got trapped and died in the mine. Not until many years later a pair of minors find his body preserved exactly as when he died and the only one who could identify the young man was a 70 year of woman who claimed him to be the childhood sweetheart.

The most amazing part about this story is that it is 100% true!!

Our guide even turned the light of so we would get to experiance the true darkness of the mine.

Also took some pictures of our morning walk around Lerviken where we have our summer house and our dinner. BBQ Swedish style ^^