Tyresta park

The National park of Tyresta is situated 20 km in the south-east of Stockholm. Very close to the city, it is however a wild and preserved place which covers 2000 hectares. One finds there 300 years old pines.

In 1999, a big part of this park (450 hectares) was destroyed by a fire. Fires of forest are rather current in Sweden since each year, approximately 1% of the Swedish forest burns : the forest burns on average every hundred years. That can appear much, but it is a natural process of regeneration.

In spite of that, it is a park where it very pleasant to walk and very easy of access. Regular buses coming from Stockholm are going there.

Related subjects : Tanum, Västmanland, Old Uppsala,

	Tyresta park The entrance of the park.
	Wooded bridge The passe goes on a wooded bridge over a swamp. Swamps are very common in Sweden and more generally in Scandinavia. The problems is that mosquitos like it! Beware of stings!
	Lake After swamps, here is a lake. They are often surounded by mosses like that one on the picture.
	Swamp Swamp around the lake.
	Reeds You can also find a lot of reeds.
	Swamp A swamp.
	Rock. Rocks are often visible around Stockholm. Actually there are rests of the ice which was covering Scandinavia during the last glaciation.
	Burned forest We arrive in the burned part of the park.
	Burned trees The trees are still standing, which gives a stange aspect to the countryside.
	Burned forest Another sight of this burned forest.
	Lake A small lake covered with reeds.
	Edge of the fire We arrive at the edge of the fire.
	Burned forest Still burned trees.
	Burned trees Even the trees above the swamps were burned.
	Vegetation The vegetation is already growing.
	Swamps The path is passing through swamps.
	Ant-hill A very big ant-hill that was approximately 1meter-high.
	Lake Another lake.
	Edge of the lake The edge of the lake.
	Lake Sight on the lake.
	Edge of the lake The edge of the lake.
	Protective wall Here are the rests of a viking village. We can see the rocks that formed the wall that was protecting the village.
	Viking village The protective wall of the viking village.
	Viking village The viking village was built on a small hill where we can observe the surroundings.
	Meadows A farm at the entrance of the park is surrounded by large meadows.
	Farm The farm.