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In Orsa you travel through four climatezones, from a gentle, undulatingcultural landscape with a view by Lake Orsasjön and Lake Siljan to barren wilderness with bogs and mountains in the northern parts. There are a number of good reasons to stop over in Orsa. A meteorite strike 365 million years ago created a fantastic cultural landscape. Otherwise Orsa is best known for music and the Bear Park. Here you will find beautiful vistas, fantastic swimming and one of Europe’s most interesting zoos, unique for its large enclosures for Siberian tigers and polar bears, among others. For music lovers Orsa in the summer is an Eldorado with live music every day, culminating in the crazy street musician festival Orsayran.     

 

Orsa Camping – ”The Riviera of Dalarna”, location for the ”Moraeus med mera” show
Only one kilometre from the railway station lies Orsa Camping, known as ”The Riviera of Dalarna”. Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but the one kilometre long sandy beach is wonderful, beautifully framed by Lake Orsasjön, blue mountains and open pine forest. There are lots of activities. The long sandy beach is shallow and lovely for swimming. You can hire pedalos, canoes, and rowing boats. If you are looking for less shallow water to swim in, you can walk out to ”Ångbåtsudden”, one of the most beautiful places in Sweden. It is the location for the TV music show ”Moraeus med mera” and there is a beachside restaurant with a lovely view of the lake and mountains. The beach area near Orsa Camping is so large that you can choose whether to be right in the centre of all activity or have a quiet and peaceful bit of beach all to yourself. Right next to the beach is Orsa Swimming Baths with lovely pools for both children and adults. Nearby there is minigolf and one of Sweden’s most modern bowling alleys, with twelve lanes and McGregors Sportbar. Welcome to Orsa swimming paradise!
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Orsayran – and other music festivals
Orsayran is ”the world’s only organised spontaneous street festival”. Hundreds of musicians armed with everything from triangles to bagpipes invade the streets and cosy pavement cafes of Orsa for four Wednesdays in July and one in August. If you are lucky you will spot Kalle Moraeus in the crowd. Do you want to join in? But there are lots of other wonderful music events in Orsa in the summer, for instance ”Moraeus med mera”, Midsummer Pop, the Vattenfestivalen water festival and ”Rainbow Fields Festival and Gathering”.
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World premiere for Kodiak bears!
Orsa Björnpark in Grönklitt is the first animal park outside the USA to welcome two orphaned Kodiak bear cubs. The Kodiak bear is the world’s largest land predator, and can weigh up to 800 kg and grow up to 3 metres tall! The bear cubs have been named Taquka and Shaguyik. The park is famous for allowing the animals to live naturally in large enclosures, and it is already home to brown bears, wolves, lynx, wolverines, Siberian tigers, Kamchatka bears, polar bears
and snow leopards. 
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Did you know that …
… Lake Orsasjön is part of the ”Siljan Ring” which was formed through a meteorite impact 365 million years ago.
… musical all-rounder Kalle Moraeus also runs a wood products company, where he makes ”instrument cases” (transport boxes for musical instruments).
… the sandy beach at Orsa Camping is around 800 metres long.

Highlight! Orsa camping, one kilometre from the railway station. Beautiful scenery with a festival stage, pretty view over lake Orsa, a sandy beach and meandering beach path. Good food and activities. A place to remember!