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

Our guests say there is a space for everyone to do their own thing in this unique Swedish apartment, with its spiral staircase, wooden floors and sauna. The huge living room, with a collection of English speaking DVDs to choose from, has wooden beams and a large woodstove. In the dining/sitting/play room downstairs, there are games and books and room for the family to spread out and feel completely at home. Outside, there is ample space to play or just relax at the picnic table or enjoy a barbecue. The large lawn with its beautiful ancient trees around is great for the odd game of football or superb playing area for kids. The river is within view, a short walk away, and perfect for a refreshing swim during summer. A slightly longer walk (5 mins) will bring you to the local small museum, from whence you can hire a bike trolley and take a trip to Hagfors in style!

From tranquil lakes to river-rafting, wildlife excursions to golfing, there is so much to see and do in the sunny county of Varmland, this is a magical place to visit especially for families. There is a Local Art Gallery and museum 5 mins walk away, a good restaurant at 2 kilometres and many pizza and kebab restaurants in the local Hagfors town, some that deliver for last-minute meals. The Klaralven Riverside Bike Route (“50 miles of carfree asphalt”) begins about 3 km away and can take you all the way to the City of Karlstad if you are hardy enough! Bikes can be hired locally and we have one or two to lend, also.
Lakes, rivers, forests are all around for walking, hiking or swimming, and there's even a beach just 3 kms down the road.

Local family attractions include a Cinema, Indoor Go-karting and Bowling in Hagfors, Uddeholm Golf Course, a family-friendly Wildlife Museum and restaurant at Råda (just 5 kms away), Sunne Waterpark, Torsby all-year-round ski-tunnel and Lars Lerin's Art Gallery in Munkfors. Not to mention fishing, boating of all kinds, river rafting, horse-riding, canoeing and many cultural and music festivals and activities all year round.
In winter, there is downhill and cross-country skiing, dog and pony sledding, husky rides and much more.

The City of Karlstad is one hour's drive way and has a University, cinemas and shopping centres.
Supermarkets and local shops are 5km from the apartment in Hagfors, the home of the annual Swedish Rally.

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

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The 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.

Local attractions include Wildlife Park, Waterpark, Torsby all-year-round ski-tunnel, Uddeholm Golf Course, swimming, horse-riding, hunting, fishing, boat hire, canoeing, river-rafting and much more. 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 – at a very reasonable government - subsidised price (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.

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.

Ryanair flies to Gothenburg, Stockholm (not Arlanda - about an hour's bus ride from Stockholm) and Oslo Torp in Norway from the UK. You can get a train from any of these places to Karlstad (approx 2.5 hrs) and hire a car there, or drive direct (from 3 - 5 hours).

Activities near Uddeholm

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Sleeps 7 – 8 (3 bedrooms)
Downstairs: 2 bedrooms, large one with three single beds or* one double bed and one single, smaller one with two single beds; large sitting/dining room area; kitchen; shower-room and loo; sauna; utility area with w/machine and drier
Upstairs: bedroom 3 with double or* twin beds and large, wooden-floored living room with wood stove and sofas. Satellite TV, DVD player, stereo. An extra folding guest bed is available on request. Wireless internet available.
*Where possible and with plenty of notice, we can adapt to suit your needs.

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

Further details outdoors:
This is a private apartment with its own entrance, set in the annex of a Swedish Manor House ("Herrgard") and a short walk away from the river where you can swim in summer. There is a barbecue and lots of space for children to play, indoors or out. The setting is peaceful and secluded, surrounded by meadows with grazing horses from the next door riding stables.

The area is known as Stjarnsfors which means "Star Rapids". There is a museum half a kilometre away showing the ironworks that used to be the centre of Uddeholm's economy until quite recently. Nowadays the steel industry is still going strong in Hagfors and retains the Uddeholm name. You can hire a railway bike-trolley at the museum and pedal alongside the river to Hagfors along the old railway track, visiting the railway museum at the other end of the track. Interestingly, Buzz Aldrin, one of the Apollo astronauts, was born just nearby.

Further details

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

Additional folding bed on request (no charge)

Final cleaning charge (obligatory) £25

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

Conditions

Refundable breakages deposit of £100 required on arrival, to be refunded within two weeks of your departure (subject to satisfactory property inspection).
25% of rental fee due four weeks before your stay to secure booking.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
April 1 - July 5	1 Apr 08	6 Jul 08	350£ 299	0-	0-	1 Week
July 6 - Sept 27	6 Jul 08	28 Sep 08	420£ 359	0-	0-	1 Week
Sept 28 - Nov 30	28 Sep 08	1 Dec 08	350£ 299	0-	0-	1 Week
Dec 1 - Dec 20	1 Dec 08	21 Dec 08	350£ 299	0-	0-	1 Week
Dec 21 - Jan 4	21 Dec 08	5 Jan 09	420£ 359	0-	0-	1 Week
Jan 5 - Jan 31	5 Jan 09	1 Feb 09	350£ 299	0-	0-	1 Week
Feb 1 - Feb 27	1 Feb 09	28 Feb 09	420£ 359	0-	0-	1 Week
Feb 28 - Jun 27	28 Feb 09	28 Jun 09	380£ 325	0-	0-	1 Week
Jun 28 - Sep 26	28 Jun 09	27 Sep 09	450£ 385	0-	0-	1 Week
Sep 27 - Nov 28	27 Sep 09	29 Nov 09	380£ 325	0-	0-	1 Week

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

Prices include heating, electricity, satellite TV and broadband

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

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Contact details for home 28484 Please mention Holiday Lettings
Name:	Frances Tait
Tel:	+46 563 23232
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