Central Sweden - Where the moose is at home

Sweden, at the very top of the Norwegian border, 150 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle: Heidi Andersson lives here in a village called Ensamheten - Loneliness. That is quite apt. That's why they all stick together, work with wood and in agriculture and do the same sport - arm wrestling. Heidi is eight times world champion in this unusual sport for women and enjoys her life in "loneliness".

The Baltic Sea coast in southern Lapland: Here there is a herring delicacy, the surströmming. And as is so often the case with specialities, the spirits differ - smell and taste are unique.

Then the journey leads into the forests and swamps of Sweden. About 400,000 moose live here. But you hardly get to see them. Unless you visit Sune Häggmark. He takes care of orphaned and sick animals. The tourists have turned this into a business for him.

Another moose friend is Lars Mortimer. He is the father of the melancholic and often depressed animal comic hero "Hälge".

If you ask a child in Sweden to paint a house, he will paint a red house. Copper was extracted from the Falun pit. From the stony remains one still wins the coveted red color, the Swedish red. It preserves the wood and is as modern as ever.

Sundborn lies in the heart of central Sweden. After a visit to the pilgrimage site for Swedish fans from all over the world - the home of the probably most popular Swedish painter Carl Larsson - the Swedish journey ends with Peter Mosten. He produces birch champagne. He drills holes in the trunks to tap the birch trees. He uses a secret recipe to make sparkling wine from the juice. The business flourishes, and so he has set himself the goal of one day bringing 50,000 litres onto the market.