Uddeholm holiday apartment accommodation, Hagfors with walking, beach/lake nearby, log fire, sauna, internet access, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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Star Rapids (apartment)

Home description

Roomy child-friendly apartment with Sat TV, DVD, Internet, Woodstove and Sauna in traditional Manor House Annex. Set in lovely garden with BBQ and large lawn, with riding stables, forest walks and river swimming all within walking distance. Tranquil, private and welcoming.

An ideal apartment for a large family or group or anyone looking for a peaceful place with an internet connection. A perfect retreat to really get away from it all, as well as providing plenty to do locally for both adults and children if the mood arises.

Local town 5 km away, Karlstad City one hour's drive.

Star Rapids (Stjarnsfors) Apartment House	Living room view 1
Living Room view 2	Bedroom 2

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The Svealand / Varmland region

Varmland
In English this means "warm land" and this part of Sweden is known for its warm and beautiful summers with long, long evenings and stunning landscape.

It is a wonderful place for a relaxing holiday with children or without. Everywhere you find lakes and rivers where you can swim and you can freely explore beautiful pine forests and rolling hills, on foot or by bike, stopping for coffee and a bite to eat at the little traditional coffee houses or local folk museums ("Hembygdsgard") along the way. Here you can see how people lived here from ancient times and see and buy hand-made crafts.

There are many outdoor activities, summer fairs and music festivals and places to visit. The local tourist office can keep you informed of what's on and where.

Local heritage sites include the homes of author Selma Lagerlof (world famous novelist and Nobel Prize winner) and poet Gustaf Frodin.

There is a bear park at Orsa, 200 kms away, and Father Christmas's summer residence ("Tomten i Halla") at Forshaga.

Uddeholm / Hagfors area

Local Art Gallery and museum 5 mins walk, restaurant 2 kilometres, Klaralven Riverside Bike Route (“50 miles of car free asphalt”) 3 km away. Lakes, rivers, forests, meadows all around.

Music, craft fairs and cultural festivals and activities all year round in the Varmland region.

There is a tourist centre in Hagfors, the local town, (5 km away). Hagfors has four supermarkets, several restaurants and pizza places as well as a good number of local shops, a sports centre, a disco, a hospital and museums.

Hagfors Local Airport (5 km) has daily flights to and from Stockholm. Karlstad has a railway station and an international airport, a university, cinemas and shopping centres and is one hour's drive away. There are regular local buses stopping off at Uddeholm.

How to get there

Uddeholm is 5 km from the town of Hagfors which is 90km from Karlstad, right in the centre of Sweden.

Hagfors has its own tiny airport and a regular little plane that flies (2 flights a day) to and from Stockholm Arlanda airport (except July, when it takes a holiday!) – 45 minutes – www.nextjet.se. Taxis can be ordered to meet visitors at the airport, which is 5 minutes from the apartment.

Karlstad airport serves the wider world via Copenhagen and also has regular flights to Stockholm. Stockholm airport is a hub and serves the whole of Europe and elsewhere.

Ryanair flies to Gothenburg (20 minutes from the centre), Stockholm (about an hour's bus ride from Stockholm) and Oslo Torp in Norway (about an hour's bus ride from Oslo) from the UK.

Karlstad Central Station has hi-speed trains to Oslo in Norway as well as Gothenburg and Stockholm with local trains to the rest of Sweden.

Activities near Uddeholm

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Sleeps 6 – 9 (3 bedrooms)
Two double or twin bedrooms*, one with two single beds; large sitting/dining room/play area; spacious wooden-floored living room with woodstove, Satellite TV and DVD, kitchen; shower-room and loo; sauna; utility area with w/machine and drier.

Wireless internet available.

An extra double bed and/or single folding guest bed is available on request.
*Where possible and with notice, we can adapt to suit your needs.

Large shared garden area around, ample parking. Pets are allowed by arrangement.

Further details outdoors:
The area is known as Stjarnsfors which means "Star Rapids" and is steeped in local history connected with the logging, paper and steel trades of which Uddeholm was the centre. There is a museum and art gallery with cafe half a kilometre away. You can hire a railway bike-trolley at the museum and pedal alongside the river to Hagfors, visiting the railway museum at the other end of the track. 3 km away in Uddeholm, the Klarälvdalen Bike and In-line Skating Track begins. 50 kilometres of carfree asphalt, following the old railway line all the way to Karlstad.

Local drive-to attractions include Torsby All Round Ski Tunnel (about 20 km), river rafting and canoeing (6 kms away), golf (Uddeholm Golf Club - 5km), mini-golf (Hagfors, 5km), wildlife museum (and restaurant) at Råda (5 km), Husky rides, wildlife safaris, Sunne Waterpark in summer, downhill skiiing (various locations, from 10 km) and cross-country skiing (Hagfors) in winter and much more. And Karlstad City is just an hour's drive away with all the amenities a thriving university city has to offer.

Further details

Bedding is provided for 6 people. Extra bedlinen (optional) £7 per person per week

Additional beds on request (no charge)

Final cleaning charge (obligatory) £25

Pets are allowed (subject to agreement in advance) at £10 per week

Conditions

25% of rental fee due at confirmation of booking.
Remainder of rental fee due 4 weeks prior to date of occupation.

A refundable breakages deposit of £100 may be required on arrival, to be refunded within two weeks of your departure (subject to satisfactory property inspection).

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Feb 28 - Jun 27	28 Feb 09	28 Jun 09	380£ 339	0-	0-	1 Week
Jun 27 - Sep 26	28 Jun 09	26 Sep 09	450£ 402	0-	0-	1 Week
Sep 26 - Dec 19	26 Sep 09	20 Dec 09	380£ 339	0-	0-	1 Week
Dec 20 - Jan 2	20 Dec 09	3 Jan 10	450£ 402	0-	0-	1 Week
Jan 3 - Feb 6	3 Jan 10	6 Feb 10	410£ 366	0-	0-	1 Week
Feb 20 - April 30	20 Feb 10	1 May 10	410£ 366	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Prices include heating, electricity, satellite TV and broadband

UDDEHOLM SWEDISH RALLY from February 7 - 16 special rates apply.

Weeks run from Saturday to Saturday (check in 2pm, latest check-in 10pm by arrangement with the owners, depart 10am).

Payment by bank transfer preferred. Cheques may be accepted. Credit card payments can be made via our website. An e-mail receipt and booking confirmation will be sent as soon as possible after funds arrive in our bank.

Guestbook for Star Rapids

"Wonderful stay, great for the children, thank you - we will come again!" Family from UK, 2 young children

"We felt like we were at home. Loved the sauna! Perfect holiday!" 8 young people from Holland

Availability

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