The Falun tours help the visitors coming to the city know more about the place and get acquainted with it. There are many reasons to visit Falun and if you are a tourist wondering about where to start from to see the city then here are some suggestions. Start with the sightseeing tours in Falun to enjoy the various attractions in the city.
Falun today offers a rich and vibrant cultural life, particularly at the Dala Theatre and the Dalarna Museum. Take a museum tour in Falun to know more about the past and culture of the town. Dalarnas Museum, Stigaregatan has several exhibits about the province and its history. Its main attraction is the reconstructed library and study room of famous writer Selma Lagerlöf. Staying in shape is easy in Falun as you can go for the various walks and bicycle tours, or skiing and skating in the winter. Falun is surrounded by forests and is home to various animals like elks, lynx, wolves and bears. You can also go fishing and join wildlife excursions and elk and wolf safaris.
Besides that the most popular Falun tours among the tourists is the sightseeing tour in Falun. The famous Great Copper Mountain and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in December 2001. This is a must see attraction in the town. The Great Pit (Stora Stöten) can be seen from the surface for free. There is also a mining museum in the area. It has exhibitions about the history of coins in Sweden and scale models of mining inventions by medieval tech genius Christoffer Polhem.
Church of the Great Copper Mountain, near the corner of Kyrkbacksvägen and Seminariegatan were most likely built during the 12th and 13th centuries. In the cemetery outside the church rests Fet-Mats Israelsson, a miner who was killed in a cave-in at the mine in the year 1677. Falun tours cannot be complete till you enjoy some shopping in Falun. The town has an amusing mix of old and new in the various boutiques, big chain stores and arcades. Once you are out shopping in Falun, you will understand why Falun is called as the ‘Dalarna’s downtown’.
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