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Where is the cultural heritage in our landscape and environment? What can a medieval herb garden, a meadow, school garden and leaf gathering tell about the human use of soil and landscape? What do these places mean for us today? The theme Green places can be told from different perspectives.

Production resource

Humans have always tended to use the landscape to produce food and take out the raw materials for different purposes. Different-time farming methods, choosing plants and the need for natural resources has made its mark in the landscape - the forests, meadows and pastures. There are also interesting stories about the buildings and equipment associated with the wild heritage: barns, potato cellar, meadow barns, barn, mills and more.

The green such as cultural, social and / or aesthetic function

Knowingly landscaped green spaces in the city and in rural areas, such as parks, herb gardens, cemeteries, gardens, school gardens, allotments and greenhouses.

Everyone can participate

All who so wish, are welcome to contribute with activities such as visits and guided tours to which the public will be invited free of charge.

On this day the focus is on Sweden's historic environments, cultural landscapes, heritage buildings and sites. The history of these places is also told and illustrated.

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School paths, motorways, waterways, railroads, gin paths, mountain passes, church paths, bicycle paths, children’s routes, cultural walks, track ways, the Eriksgata, the Kungsled hiker’s trail, the Inland Railway Line. In Sweden there are thousands of well-known and less familiar routes along which people have travelled since ancient times.

Where is the cultural heritage along the way?

What histories can roads, paths and routes relate?

Who travelled along them, why and towards what goal?

A route usually leads to a goal. Perhaps it is the goal – a school, a church, a pasture, or an important cultural building or site –  that contains the history of a route? What stories does the goal have to relate?

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For several hundred years, Swedes and Finns lived in the same country. Finland and Sweden separated in 1809 - exactly 200 years ago. In 2009, the bicentenary of this separation is being commemorated through "Märkesåret 1809", a joint Finnish/Swedish project. The theme for this year's European Heritage Days,"Finland - Sweden, a shared history" is linked to these celebrations. The National Heritage Board invites everyone to take part in the European Heritage Day on 13 September 2009. * Open up and display buildings and historic environments demonstrating the common Swedish-Finnish heritage in Sweden. * Provide visitors with an opportunity to explore the history and traditions we share with Finland.