Back home in Sweden it’s the time of year when summer feels extra summery with the greenery & lushness that nature offers. It’s wonderful with all the overgrown berry bushes. Like this red currant plant that can still be found growing wild, but are more often cultivated for commercial sale. It’s beautiful ⭐️
Time to move out to the summer cabin, the best time of the year, according to swedes, is definitely the summer. The red little cottage in the heart & soul of us all ❤️
Sweden’s National Day, June 6, a day when most people are free. There’s a thought to it – to simply have time to celebrate, relax & rejoice.
But just the day itself, June 6, is a perfect day to celebrate the country, the people and the turning point between spring & summer when Sweden is dressed in summer attire & for many is the most beautiful.
Did you know – that Swedes are among the people in the world who drinks most coffee ☕️
Falu red – a color we love ❤️ & it’s never as current as during the summer with all the red cottages suddenly in focus. The Sweden we know today has a lot to thank Falu Mines for. Copper was mined there for over a thousand years before the mine closed. That’s where Falu Red color was born, the color that’s become a hallmark for Sweden.
The history of the red color begins in the 16th century when the Swedish king wanted the roof of his castle to be made of copper, as in the really large castles in Europe. But copper for an entire castle roof was too expensive, so the solution was to dye the roof with red paint made from pigments from Falu Mine – which almost looked like copper.
In the early 18th century, the red color continued to be very exclusive, having a red-painted house was a status symbol. It was therefore common for the side of the house facing the road to be painted red, so the houses along the entire main street were red, while the alleys & walls towards the courtyards were left colourless.
There’s no other country where the color of a house ties the population together as this red color ties Sweden & Swedes together. Most people here has a relationship with some kind of red cabin today, centuries later.
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