Astrid Lindgrens Värld

She invented Pipi Longstockings. And of course, this has a massive theme park.

Started the morning with a hike in the forest. Got to use the Kraxe again.

Then going back to find a bakery.

The Danish Wienerbröd was stored in a different container as the Swedish Wienerbröd. Apparently danish and Swedish wieners don’t mix.

And then a straight shot to Astrid’s World. This place was actually a perfect hit. Lots of small theater plays and small for us big for Freya play houses. Worked out perfect for her.

Tons of tiny houses and stories and non stop stuff for her to play with that was all perfect. Could barely walk a step without being sidetracked to the next distraction.

Enjoying the Mattis show (I understood nothing, was very dramatic)

At the end a Pipi specific show. Was highly energetic and entertaining!

That entire house was cool, everything mega oversized. Was filled with older kids going on a rampage, so hopefully next time.

At the end there was a balance area where Freya had a great time. And then the horses, one of each letter. Freya had to ride every single one. Was great, took an hour.

They polka dotted the poor horse (two of them) for pipi.

All the plays were in Swedish. But was easy to understand. The language hasn’t changed much over the past thousand years. Pillage rape burn plunder Volvo sugar sweets. Easy to follow stories.

Guess we took no pictures of the plays. Better that way.

And then we spent the night there.

Next morning we figured out this park is in a pure industrial area and all the bakers were closed cause of Sunday and or holiday. We did get some groceries and supplies, and Freya got some ice cream.

Linköping

Next stop was Gamla Linköping, an open air museum with a supposed old Swedish city.

Everything was very new and every museum was a Chinese import store with a big sign accepting all credit cards.

Freya at the… Detective House / museum. It was a gift shop.

Good news is we made the best out of it. And found out Freya is clairvoyant. While playing on a tractor/train she kept saying she wanted to ride the choo choo.