A visit to the Swedish island of Öland | DW English — Transcript

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1. 0:01for most visitors a trip to the island
2. 0:03usually begins with drive across Gulen
3. 0:06bridge the island is a tremendously
4. 0:08popular summer destination for Sun
5. 0:10starved Swedes but its natural beauty is
6. 0:13best experienced when fall sets in the
7. 0:16weather gets rougher and peace and quiet
8. 0:19descend on island there's the lighthouse
9. 0:27at each end of the 137 km/h akhirin has
10. 0:36a longtime maritime tradition and the
11. 0:38lighthouses are remnants of that history
12. 0:40currents around the island are tricky so
13. 0:42there are not just the two big
14. 0:43lighthouses but also many smaller ones
15. 0:46along the coast Astana
16. 0:50[Music]
17. 0:53the wooden windmills that dot the
18. 0:55landscape are typical of the region most
19. 0:57of them are out of service but time was
20. 1:00they turned year-round in the Baltic
21. 1:01breeze windmills were long key to
22. 1:04agricultural operations here just about
23. 1:10every farmer on the island put up a
24. 1:12windmill on his farm to cover his own
25. 1:14energy needs in the heyday in the mid
26. 1:1619th century there were some 2,000
27. 1:19windmills on Garland roland has been
28. 1:23inhabited since the early Stone Age
29. 1:26broom stones testify to the Vikings
30. 1:29presence
31. 1:33Bork own castle was built from a 12th
32. 1:36century rampart and long served as a key
33. 1:38fortress in battles against Denmark
34. 1:40today all that remains is a ruin
35. 1:45so leaden palace is located nearby known
36. 1:48for its good air the spot was selected
37. 1:51for our Royals summer residence by
38. 1:52Sweden's Queen Victoria in the early
39. 1:5520th century the gardens are a major
40. 1:57attraction the oldest part of the palace
41. 2:04garden consists of an English Park and
42. 2:06Italian garden it too was commissioned
43. 2:09by Queen Victoria then there are later
44. 2:12additions we take good care of the park
45. 2:15to ensure it looks as good in the future
46. 2:17as it did in the past the expensive
47. 2:22estate continues to be used by the
48. 2:24swedish royal family as a vacation
49. 2:26retreat to this day every year the
50. 2:29family gets together to celebrate the
51. 2:30birthday in July of Crown Princess
52. 2:33Victoria
53. 2:36the royal family spends eight to ten
54. 2:39weeks a year on saladin the palace and
55. 2:41Erland are the starting point for their
56. 2:43excursions we always fly the royal flag
57. 2:46so that everyone knows a member of the
58. 2:48royal family is here even in the quieter
59. 2:52months so leaden is a popular
60. 2:54destination for visitors who want to see
61. 2:56where Carl Gustav Sylvia and other
62. 2:58family members spend their summers it's
63. 3:00coming up sunporch day I can see the
64. 3:02attraction of getting away from the
65. 3:03hustle and bustle and taking some time
66. 3:05off here if you love Erland there's no
67. 3:10way around this palace you simply have
68. 3:12to come whenever I'm here for a few days
69. 3:15I come and pay a visit the park is
70. 3:18simply beautiful vamsi knees racket
71. 3:20didn't have potica a half hour's drive
72. 3:23south the restaurant aren torps serves
73. 3:26up local specialties prop or our
74. 3:29bacon filled potato dumplings they
75. 3:31prepare hundreds here every day by hand
76. 3:38invent it sod it all the dumplings have
77. 3:41a filling made from cured and diced pork
78. 3:43belly seasoned with clove pepper and
79. 3:47onion after they're filled we boiled
80. 3:52them for an hour that's they're served
81. 3:55with butter cream and lingonberries the
82. 4:00perfect way to round off a long
83. 4:01windswept walk on the beach
84. 4:03the Swedes favorite Island with its raw
85. 4:06and picturesque landscapes