After ten days in the out-
doors of Värmland, the five
firefighters and colleagues
from Belgian Antwerp arrive
at Arvika Canoe and Tourist
Centre and pull their canoes
up on shore one final time.
The adventure has come to
an end for now. They ”boast”
(nicely scruffy...) stubble and
nothing but smiling faces.
The peace and quiet has given
them new energy to tackle the
challenges of the everyday.
A few cans of beer appear on the table and
soon everyone wants to make their voice
heard, telling stories about the past week.
– Back home, buildings, roads and ten
million people await us, says Marc Bonne.
We come here every year to enjoy these
amazing outdoors, peaceful days, a lot of
fishing and canoeing.
Luc Dodeman is the manager and
owner of Arvika Canoe and Tourist Centre.
In a few phrases, the stubbled canoeists
confirm his entire business idea. It is
the canoeing which has made the centre
well-known in Sweden, Norway and other
parts of Europe. Every year, around 4,500
visitors get to experience the outdoors via
the centre.
– We can guide our visitors to a total of
800 kilometres of canoe trails around the
area that we cover, says Luc. From Svans-
kog in the south, far up the watercourses
north of Torsby and across the Norwegian
border.
The starting point
is Ingestrand next to
Lake Glafsfjorden, a few kilometres south
of Arvika. It only takes one look at the
Canoeing
into the wild
Back home, buildings, roads and ten million people await us.
We come here every year to enjoy these amazing outdoors,
peaceful days, a lot of fishing and canoeing.
Arvika Canoe and Tourist Centre
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