Dubbelgångaren

Dubbelgångaren. That is the name of the nine meter high iron sculpture down by Lake Roxen at Berg in Östergötland. The artwork from 2006 weighs four tonnes and consists of two identical profiles and depending from where you see the sculpture it will look different. The name in English would be The Doppelgänger. It was made by the sculptor Kent Karlsson. Part of the art project Visions by the Water that needed the help of the local military to get the sculpture to where it stands today on one of two breakwaters out on the lake. I would have liked to get closer to the impressive sculpture, but from where I was standing up at the locks it was impossible to safely walk down to the lake because of the weather condition.

Bergs Slussar

If I were to make a bucket-list chances are that a Summer boat ride along the famous Göta Kanal would be on that list. If you want to learn more about it (and you really should), I can recommend the official web site. On my recent trip south together with two of the usual suspects one of the suspects and I decided to check out the locks at Berg which is part of the Göta Canal system. A Winter visit here is a but unusal as there's no traffic on the canal but there you go. The first two photos here shows the seven Carl Johan stairway locks that will take you from the canal to lake Roxen. The third snap shows houses close to the canal and marina. The fourth photo shows the frozen and over-snowed guest harbour at Bergs slussar. It's an artificial man-made harbour. The fifth and final photo shows what I believe to be a retirement home that sits just a few meters from the lock.