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Place in Dalarna, Sweden
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Orsa is a small town of 7,000 in Dalarna, Sweden, mostly known for its ski resort, Grönklitt, and the Bear Park - Europe's largest. Also known for its folk music, in particular "Orsa Spelmän".
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Orsa rovdjurspark
PERMANENTLY CLOSED -- More of a safari park than a zoo, this place features the Big Four (brown bear, wolf, lynx and wolverine), and exotic animals such as Siberian tigers, Kodiak bears, and snow leopards.
Orsa Slipstensmuseum
Museum decicated the history of grinding stones made of the local Orsa sandstone, a red Silurian sedimentary rock with few fossile remnants that qualifies for the making of excellent sharpening stones and millstones.
Cinema
Screenings usually take place on Thursdays and Sundays; At weekends sometimes children's performances are also organized. The cinema is run on a volunteer basis by a small association. The conversion to digital technology but still current movies, sometimes even in 3D offered. English films are not dubbed, but have Swedish subtitles.
A wildlife park renowned for its bears.
Street music festival every Wednesday during July and the first Wednesday of August. Live music in and around the railway station.
With a scenic view of Orsasjön you can eat in the beach restaurant Orsa.
Simple dishes are also offered in the restaurant next to the bowling alley.
As a café in a cozy atmosphere.
Historic railway hotel, first opened in 1894.
A hostel
By bus
Orsa is connected by bus through the company Dalatrafik to regional transport. There is also a bus to and from Östersund twice a day. The central bus stop is called Orsa busstation.
By car
The European route E 45 (old name: Riksväg 45) passes by Orsa. It continues south towards Mora and Gothenburg, and north towards Karesuando.
In Orsa proper there are only a few bike paths. Nevertheless, Orsa and its surroundings can be easily explored by bicycle.
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