Storsjön Lake Ferry Ride

On Saturday, Hella, a classmate, and I went on ferry ride across Storsjön Lake. It was a school organized adventure with the destination being an island named Verkön Island, about 90 minutes from Östersund.

The island, which is fairly small, was once owned by a family who built a mansion on it in the late 1800's. It has since then changed ownership and neighbouring islands use it for cattle grazing in the summer.

The views of the surrounding islands and distant mountains were beautiful from the boat.

The ride to the island was really cold as it was windy and overcast so there was no sun to keep us warm. On the island, Hella and I decided to have lunch in the mansion, which has now been converted to a hostel. We only had 1.5 hours on the island and the process of lunch took longer than expected, meaning we did not have much of an opportunity to look around as would have liked (I think it ended up to be 15 minutes)... besides the trees and cow manure I don't think we missed much...although there was a viewing tower that, I am told, allowed you to see far into the surrounding area.



Photo Album: Views from Storsjön Lake