The story of Nusnäs

This is the village of the Dala horse. Nusnäs lies on the northern shore of Lake Siljan, about 10 kilometres southeast of central Mora, and it is known for making these painted wooden horses.

Today they are produced at two workshops, Grannas A Olsson Hemslöjd and Nils Olsson Hemslöjd, on either side of Edåkersvägen, and visitors are welcome to watch the work. The village had 729 inhabitants in 2010. Along the shore you will find many boathouses, among them several old church-boat houses, and two church boats, Yrvädret, 200 years old, and Lissnien, 160 years old.

Fishing has a long tradition here: from 1981 to 1998 Nusnäs hosted the Swedish championship in seine-net fishing, where the prized catch was a small fish called blikta. For many years the cooperative grocery store Hoppet, founded in 1912, was a village meeting place, until it closed in 2006. And the ground beneath you has its own drama: Nusnäs sits on the southwestern edge of the Siljan Ring, Europe's largest impact crater.