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Deep forests & history at Styggforsen
Sweden | Travelogue

Deep forests & history at Styggforsen

ByRania March 16, 2023August 18, 2023

We explored Styggforsen, a nature reserve shaped by a meteorite strike that hit the Siljan area 377 million years ago. This place is home to a lot of history, lore and deep forests.

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Winter Weekend In Dalarna – A Cozy And Unique Experience
Sweden | Travelogue

Winter Weekend In Dalarna – A Cozy And Unique Experience

ByRania January 21, 2022April 24, 2024

Sleep in a treehouse, snowshoe hike through fields of crystals and soar through the forest on a dogsled. Enjoy a winter weekend in Dalarna!

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A slow Dalaweekend – Exploring nature in Dala-Floda
Sweden | Travelogue

A slow Dalaweekend – Exploring nature in Dala-Floda

ByRania August 16, 2021February 28, 2024

It’s becoming a yearly tradition t travel to enjoy a weekend in Dalarna at the end of summer. This time we explored nature in Dala-Floda.

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Getting Out And Seeing The Beauty In Bad Weather
Sweden | Travelogue

Getting Out And Seeing The Beauty In Bad Weather

ByRania November 18, 2020April 18, 2024

November is grey and dark and it’s easy to feel depressed, so here are my tips to on how to get out and see the beauty in bad weather!

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Travelling alone & enjoying a slowcation
Sweden | Travelogue

Travelling alone & enjoying a slowcation

ByRania October 21, 2020April 18, 2024

As I travel alone I realise how much I enjoy it. During a slowcation in Örebro I get to wind down, focus on work and find new inspiration.

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Hiking In Vålådalen Amongst Mountains And Reindeer
Jämtland | Sweden | Travelogue

Hiking In Vålådalen Amongst Mountains And Reindeer

ByRania September 19, 2020August 18, 2023

Hiking in Vålådalen, located in Jämtland, is beautiful and the STF Mountain Station located at the base of Ottfjället is a great base camp!

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Cabin Life in the Forest of Dalarna
Sweden | Travelogue

Cabin Life in the Forest of Dalarna

ByRania June 13, 2019March 18, 2023

I recharge my batteries while enjoying cabin life in the forests of Dalarna, living in a sustainably built cabin at Näsets Marcusgård.

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Life above the Arctic Circle
Sweden | Travelogue

Life above the Arctic Circle

ByRania March 25, 2019April 21, 2024

I love traveling through Sweden by train, and in this post I take you along to explore life above the artic circle.

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hello and welcome!

My name is Rania

I live in a small northern town of Sweden where I work as a freelancing photographer, visual communicator & photography educator. I strive to live slow, sustainably and intentionally and in this blog I will share my life from outdoor adventures and photography tips to traveling and foraging & using wild food.

May also contain traces of coffee and cats.

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Grain & Fern

photographer, content creator and maker of things

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Fotograf & kommunikatör med fokus på natur & livsstil 🌲 @omsystem.cameras ambassador. Represented by @johnerimages📍Sundsvall, Sweden

This is my garden, wonderfully wild and unkempt. B This is my garden, wonderfully wild and unkempt. But even though it's ours, it's not for us, it's for them 🐝🦋

In return, there is so much beauty and life for us to enjoy, and for me to photograph 📷 🌼

#liveslowstaywild #savethepollinators #nomow #biodiversity #biologiskmångfald
//sponsored post // ✨️ These images perfectly capt //sponsored post // ✨️ These images perfectly captures what this summer is all about. After a long, hard winter and spring, all I plan on doing is bike around enjoying nature. Just slow living and close by adventures 🚲

I've teamed up with @sportproffsen.se who's made sure me and my partner can enjoy this together, so you can expect a lot of bike adventures, photography and camping 👌🏽 I love biking SO much, and nothing makes me feel quite as free as when I'm gliding through a golden sunset with a camera slung over my shoulder. 

If you need a new bike, SUP or anything else for an active summer, use the code Rania8 for 8% off the entire selection at @sportproffsen.se.

#liveslowstaywild #näräventyr #sportproffsen #fitnord #summervibes
The other day I went to check the mail and found a The other day I went to check the mail and found a wool carder bee 🐝 We gently got it out onto a log with some damp moss, offered it a flower and after a little while it flew away. Luckily not before I could get my camera + macro lens. What a cute fuzzy buzzy!

As we work on making the garden better for biodiversity, I keep coming across species I've never seen before and it is such a joy ✨️

The day after heavy magazines from both @cameranaturamagasin & @fotografernasforbund were thrown down into the mailbox, and I'm glad the bee was no longer there!

📷 OM-3 + M.Zuiko 60mm F2.8 

#svenskafotografer #biologiskmångfald #macrophotography #cameranatura #naturfotograferna
The first rays of the sun illuminating 'my' local The first rays of the sun illuminating 'my' local forest. 

#omsystemcameras #putyourselfoutthere #cameranatura #skyddaskogen #biodiversity
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