Visit to Ven

Island of Ven (Note. If new to blogspot by clicking once on a picture it will enlarge and you can flick through the pictures on their own) Copyright@L D Breitholtz. All rights reserved. We have now been in Sweden nearly 4 weeks. The initial chores are done, i.e. strimming/cutting the grass, cleaning and treating all the decking, touch up paint work, repairing cellar door etc Time for relaxation.  So it is a Monday 24 June and we are off to the Swedish island of Ven situated in the straits between Sweden and Denmark.. Apart from being a beautiful island (as we discovered) it is mainly known for the 2 observatories created in the between 1576 and 1596 by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. The island became Swedish 1658. It is approximately 6km long. Wikipedia says 371 people live there throughout the year. The island of Ven from the ferry as we leave Landskrona harbour Arriving at Backviken's harbour We were going there with Anders...