Go to Sweden for taking gold medals and viewing beautiful landscapes

        It is the country of woods and lakes, meadows and mountains – differently from the majority of the European states, in Sweden it is possible to have a rest without habitual vanity of a modern megacity and to live in small towns where life flows measuredly and quietly in the middle of the picturesque nature.

       It is uneasy to find on a map of Sweden small town Ljuksele. The town has an old history despite of the little sizes – it was founded 400 years ago. In this significant case it has been solved to organize the Armrestling European championship, in Ljuksele in which I took part.

       How do you look like - Lapland! It is recommended to drink water under the tap.

       Everyone know that Lapland locates in Finland, but it not absolutely the truth. Swedes also have saam’s areas where Santa Claus and Snow queen live. Exactly in this place the small town Ljuksele is located. It has hidden in the middle of picturesque and almost untouched nature - around extensive coniferous woods, lakes, mountain plateaus and the bogs which overgrown moss.
       Most eloquently speaks about ecology of these wonderful places that fact is to find here potable water in bottles impossible. In fact pure spring water flows directly from the water tap.
       We have been in this wonderful sight during the white nights in the summer, therefore we could enjoy beauty of the nature all day long. In breaks between competitions I together with my national team friends observed vicinities, walking on foot on local reserves. A northern nature is severe, but it is very beautiful. The landscape will consist of the low rocky ridges overgrown with a pine forest, lakes and bogs between them. As a rule, the track passes through ridges, therefore we walked on almost smooth l stone surfaces with an abundance of various and multi-coloured mosses.
       There are canopies, timbered ladders and benches located in picturesque on the parking places. They are constructed in such a manner that does not disharmonize, vice versa combine with the nature. Therefore it is unusual for us cleanliness in the wood. Swedes since the childhood know, it is forbidden to cut trees, to break twig, to peel smooth-leaved elm. And, naturally, there is the main law - any dust. Mentions of your stay on the nature should not remain at all. By the way, the majority of Swedes do not smoke, and smell tobacco. Chain smokers carry with themselves pocket ashtrays. It is no matter in high penalties – no one can think to break the law. Concepts « it is necessary - it is not necessary », various unwritten laws are studied since the childhood.
       The same careful attitude is to fauna with which it is accepted to live in harmony. Therefore you can meet in the middle of city of a hare or even a deer and it is quite habitual business. By the way, we have not got nearly road accident because of the local fauna’s representative. Our bus only due to skill of the driver has managed to avoid collision with a deer which has decided to go through a road during the most improper moment.
        You can found set of a fish in the crystal-clear lakes. So local areas are paradise for fishermen, and not casually that fishing world championship was carried out here some time ago. Therefore, having won two gold medals, I have decided to take rest of аrmrestling together with national team friends and our old contenders Russian sportsmen. We have created a certain similarity of fishing tackles and have gone on local reservoirs.

       Features of the Swedish fishing during the summer times

       Fishing in Ukraine and in Sweden are very different. For us it is the certain ritual, for Sweden fishing is more sports. The fish here “jumps above water”, and only the person, without a passion can ignore this pleasure. So painful expectation of next catches is not about Sweden. Here only you also have time to pull out next catches. You have not time for heart-felt conversations. Probably, therefore local residents also concern to this action by a principle – who doing more, better and fastly. And to the man not able to hold in hands a fishing tackle, here concern approximately in our country to the one who « cannot hammer a nail into the wall »
.        It is no wonder, that Swedes support nationally popular hobby at a level of the legislation. "Easy approach" to the nature is a well-known here. It is the arch of simple rules which enable to behave freely even on the private grounds, but impose on the tourist the big responsibility. Any vehicle with the engine is outside of the law in the nature side. It is authorized to move only by a bicycle, foot or a horse in wood and field areas.
       By the way, it is ordinary opinion that in Europe all fishing paid and without the license you will not doing it, this rule does not concern to Sweden. Of coarse, there are lakes where it is necessary to pay for fishing, but it is not a problem to find a place for free-of-charge. The most interesting, it is possible to buy the license directly on absolutely lonely edge. You need to put the necessary sum and filled "declaration" about catches in a box on the special stand. And, in spite of the fact, that no one keeps up for fishermen, legislative Swedes fairly write amount of catch and they pay for it.