Tällberg

Tällberg is a small village in Dalarna, in Leksand municipality. It is well known for its traditional midsummer (midsommar) celebration, which is listed as one of the "1,000 Places to See Before You Die" in the famous travel book of the same name.

Understand
As the rest of Siljansbygden, Tällberg is considered an archetype of Swedish folk culture.

Tällberg traces its historical roots to the middle ages, and is mentioned in written sources as early as 1320. The name comes from the Swedish words "Tall", which means pine tree, and "Berg", which means mountain, and translates into "the pine covered mountain".

In the early 20th century it became a summer residence of several notable Swedish cultural figures, including the artists Gustaf Ankarcrona, Ivar Nyberg and Gabriel Burmeister, the mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler, as well as the composer and director Hugo Alfvén. In 1914 Tällberg Train Station was constructed, facilitating communications and thereby consolidating Tällbergs status as a tourist destination. In the 1920s the village consisted of some 50 farms, and a dozen typical Dalcarlian villas.

Today the village has some 200 permanent residents, plus another 400 holiday cottage owners. The village has remained a popular tourist destination with eight hotels and guesthouses, offering a total of about 1500 beds, and servicing a quarter million visitors annually. It is one of few places in Sweden which only consists of traditional wood buildings, most of them painted in the classical Falu red color. Between 2005 and 2013 it hosted the annual international conference Tällberg Forum.

Get in
Dalatrafik is the regional traffic company, and operate bus 274 between Tällberg Station and Leksand. The trip lasts some 20 minutes and costs 33 kr.

By car route 70 carries traffic south towards Leksand, Borlänge and Västerås, and north toward Rättvik and Mora. Just north of Tällberg it intersects with route 69, which continues east towards Falun.

Get around
The village is tiny and you can easily get around on foot.

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Eat and drink
The best place to get a meal or a drink in Tällberg is probably one of its hotel restaurants. All of the village hotels, listed below, offer dining in their respective hotel restaurants. The restaurants at Tällbergsgården Hotell and Åkerblads Hotell och Gästgiveri are mentioned in the national restaurant guide White Guide. Aside from these hotel restaurants, your options are limited to lunch open cafés.

Sleep
Nicknamed "Hotellberg", the village features 1,500 beds for hire.















Go next

 * Falun — A mining town renowned for its UNESCO listed copper mine.
 * Leksand — Known for hard bread and ice hockey.
 * Mora — The largest city in Siljansbygden.
 * Rättvik — Home of the longest pier in Scandinavia and the famous outdoors theater Dalhalla.