VADSTENA: A roadtrip to LAKE VÄTTERN'S most beautiful village and it's castle // EPS 24

Sweden's second biggest lake and it's most idyllic town Vadstena with its Rennaissance castel: A place, in the center of Sweden, between Gothenburg and Stockholm, where 4 provinces are linked, and where beautiful shores meet history.


We took off from the city Gothenburg early in the morning to drive to Lake Vättern and look for the graves of my travel partner's grandfather. The ride took us to "Torpa Stenhus". Torpa stenhus is a well-preserved medieval castle near lake Åsunden, in the county of Västra Götaland, The first stone house was built around 1470 but Reconstruction and remodeling of the fortress was made during the 1500s and 1600s.


After we found the grave that we were looking for it was only a short ride to famous lake Vättern. Vättern is not only Sweden's second largest lake, it is also the fifth largest lake in Europe. The lake is 135 kilometres long and 31 kilometres wide, and it links together the four provinces of Östergötland, Västergötland, Närke and Småland.


But we didn't have much time to enjoy it's beuaty before we realized that we lost a very important part of our motorcycle. Watch the video to find out what part it was - and to visit the beautiful town Vadstena, it's Rennaissance castle ( Vadstena slott ) and the best restaurant Hörnet with me.



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//Join the journey from Switzerland to Nordkapp - to Europes barely inhabited places and it's last big secrets. The wild ride takes my travel partner and me 12.000 kilometres through 6 countries: Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden.

Time of the journey: July 2020 to September 2020

// Welcome to the journey! I am Lea Rieck, a journalist and author and I want to take you with me on a motorcycle overlanding adventure to all the wild and beautiful places in the world!

// I circumnavigated the world solo from 2016-2017 and now I am going to all other places I have not seen yet. Now on the channel: my motorcycle trip around africa/ the first stage of the journey through westafrica.

// Riding a BMW 1200 GSA (2016 model) that was kindly rented to my by a friend

//Equipped by myself (all my usual gear is still stuck in Africa and I self-bought these new items):
Klim Artemis jacket & Krios Pro helmet
BMW Motorrad Pants + gloves
Alpinestar Boots
Leatt Neckbrace (given to me from Leatt as my self-bought neckbrace is still in Africa)

Watch the review of my riding gear here:
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//Filmed with:
Drone: DJI Mavic 2 Zoom
Camera: Sony Alpha A7 rIII
2 x Go Pro Hero 8
DJI OSMO Pocket
Iphone 11
Tripod: Manfrotto BeFree
Tripod Iphone: Joby GorillaPod
Editing Program: Final Cut Pro X

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