Holland (and Sweden) : Part 13 - Day 9 Evening : Grane Gruva (Green Mine)

Day 9 of Holland (and Sweden) Drive

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 9. 

23/7 Day 9: Sumpfallen Parking -- Ullared -- Grane Gruva -- Stockholm  

Must-Incur Costs

(1) Petrol in Dalsjofors, Sweden  - SEK419.39 / EUR43.42 / 30.86 liter / SEK13.59 (EUR1.41) per liter / Distance from Christianfeld, Denmark to Dalsjofors, Sweden = 618km

Last filled in Christianfeld, Denmark on Day 7

Optional Costs 

None

The Story

230717 : From Sumpfallen Parking, we have driven to Ullared Shopping Mall to buy home provisions. Ullared is a huge shopping mall which sells a majority of items at wholesale prices. The founder did all the public relation by himself to liaise with all suppliers to get cheap prices for bulk items and unfortunately passed away from multiple tumor in his left brain. The same place where he always uses his handphone. It is suspected this is because he probably did all the supplier communication by himself. 

The parking lot itself is huge too. There are other shops here too, but everyone is mostly here to go to Ullared. I see a lot of camper vans too. We were here till 5pm.

After Ullared, the drive continues on to Stockholm and Prof Sweet Tooth saw a sign that says 'Grane Gruva'. He detoured to look for the Green Mine.

Green mine is located in Svenljunga municipality , one hundred meters in the woods from road 154 between Holsljunga and Överlida between the lakes Holsjön and Lilla Hallången. In the mine, the rock was erected between 1899 and 1932 with exports mainly to Germany . From the mine, the transport took place on a small railway that connected to the smaller railway line Falkenberg Railway between Falkenberg and Limmared . The mining is about 20x15 meters wide with 20 meter high walls. Green mine is included in the Lower Ätradalen Ecomuseum . The mine is visited by approximately 4000 visitors per year. Source from Wikipedia.

The mining place has become a small pond now. Its water is dirty. I was surprised to see a guest book in this place. People actually detour like Prof Sweet Tooth to see what a mine looks like. There were a display of the minerals that were previously mined here.

There were no more stops after this and we reached Stockholm at 1am.

That marks the end of my Holland trip. 9 days 8 nights. 

Here are the list of places I went. You can click on the link and be directed to the posts immediately. 

Day 1 to 2 - Drive from Stockholm to Holland
Day 3 - Zurich Village, Holland and Amsterdam Town
Day 4 - Bloemendaal Walk, Albert Cuyp Market and Amsterdam Town
Day 5 - Rijksmuseum, Flea Market and Flower Market
Day 6 - Zaanse Schans and Zaans Museum. Leave Holland.
Day 7 - Germany to Denmark. Stopover in Storebaelt. Ferry ride from Denmark to Sweden.
Day 8 - Kullaberg Nature Reserve : Beach, 2 Caves, Lighthouse and Walk in the Pasture
Day 9 - Ullared and Grane Gruva. Reach Stockholm. (this post)

I have mentioned some of my expenses in each post. But for total and different category of expenses, I will sum it here.  

1) Petrol - EUR262.79. We stopped for petrol filling 5 times. The more persons in the trip, this cost per person will be cheaper.  

2) Food - EUR236.67
3) Toll - EUR173.62
4) Entrance fees - EUR66.50
5) Accommodation - EUR176.24
6) Transport - EUR80
7) Souvenirs - EUR112.22 (mostly due to shopping in Flensburg)

Total Cost for the trip = EUR1,107.74 for 2 persons

It had been a nice short getaway during the summer to Holland. It would have been nice to go to more places during the summer. Anyway, Holland is a famous destination and it does not need further introduction or persuasion for people to visit.