Friday, September 04, 2020

A walk around a lake

Sumpen Boardwalk Lissmasjön Lissma Park WWII History Duckboard Bird Watching Tower Bird Tower View Lissmadalen Tvillingträd Nybygget I decided to go for a walk around a lake recently. In the neighboring municipality Huddinge. The lake is called Lissmasjön. There are a couple of farms nearby. It is in a nature reserve these days. It's a short walk, around 3km. I started my walk at an abandoned cottage known as Sumpen, back in the day it was home to the farmworkers. From there walked down to the lake via the boardwalk. You have a great view of the lake from there. If you enjoy miniature golf, flea markets or classic car meets Lissma park would normally be a good place for you to visit. I then continued to one of the old farm buildings where I got an interesting history lesson. Many Soviet soldiers fleeing from prison camps in Europe during WWII fled to Sweden. Some of them ended up in internment camps like this one at the Lissma farm. It was all very hush-hush. In reality, the camp was run by the NKVD that later became the KGB. The camp closed in 1946. Many of the soldiers that were sent back to the Soviet Union ended up in the Gulag. During their stay here the prisoners that included opera singers and Kosack dancers set up dances and concerts. I should point out that this building at the farm was not used by the prisoners. My walk continued on duckboards over to the bird tower from where you had another view over the little lake. Following the path, I walked into a cow pasture where I snapped the tree photo, before walking past the farm with the unusual name Nybygget.

7 comments:

s.c said...

Interesting place with a lot to discover. Wonder how the KGB could run a camp with russians in sweden.

jennyfreckles said...

It looks idyllic on such a beautiful day. I'd enjoy a walk there.

Stefan Jansson said...

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PerthDailyPhoto said...

Two super walks Steffe, here and last post.. I would enjoy both ✨

William Kendall said...

Wonderful views.

RedPat said...

Another great walk!

Amy said...

Nice to see that what was once a historic place is now a wetlands, nice idea.