Photos from Göta canal, Göteborg - Söderköping 2004

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The fortress west of Gothenburg	Another blue water cruiser	Fars Hatt ancient fortress up the river in Kungälv	The third bridge, Kungälv only one hour from the sea
The locks in Trollhättan, 7 m each	Very big lock for the merchant ships	Spikön in Trollhättan and "Björns bridge"	Lighthouse Naven in the Väner lake
There is a nice and big archipelago in the Väner lake		Sjötorp, just below the sea lock to the Väner lake	The first lock in the canal, up to the Väner lake it's a river
Sjötorp with the Väner lake in the background	The ships are designed after the locks! Not much air in between!	A simple rolling bridge, they are plentiful in the canal	Between Väner and Vätter lakes
A lifting swing bridge and five locks at Ricksberg	Sometimes there are unexpected effects	The house fro the director when the canal was built	Camping on an island in the canal
A draw bridge next to the lake Viken	Remaining from the wall where they used to pull the sailing ships in the lake Viken	You almost need a saw to cut your way	Forsvik with an ancient bridge a new bridge and a lock
It's cold for the crew in early June	We are not rescued, this is Karlsborg at the Vättern lake	Omberg on the east side of Vättern lake	Vadstena, an old town at Vättern with a castle and a monastery
Mooring in the castle	A perfect berth in the moat with the bow to the west and to the sun!	Harbour area in Vadstena	Motala
View east over Boren lake	Slaves? No just the crew	Aqueduct, one of two in the canal	Lock with a beautiful overflow
The canal was built  1812-1822	Stairs of locks in Berg and the lake Roxen	Berg, seen from the lake Roxen	Linköping south of Roxen
Annika having breakfast on Roxen	Shags in Roxen	Another railway bridge	Norsholm, with a railway bridge and a lock
The views along the canal are fantastic, even if the whether not always.......	Söderköping	Three more to go	Two storey houses is a must, Söderköping
Mem upper lock	Mem in the Baltic sea, Lindisfarne need some fuel