In a beautiful Swedish mountain scape that you drive through on the freeway on the way to Norway, lies a Word Heritage Site with spectacular Bronze Age rock carvings. To go there was top of my list for our family vacation in Västra Götaland this year.
We stopped at the Vitlycke Museum on a bright sunny day and explored the museum and three of the sites with rock carvings in the area. Several of the rock carvings of my game Petroglyph are from the sites at Tanum and I wanted to experience them first hand.
Access to the sites are free and open all day. I believe the rock carvings are covered by blankets during the winter months so you want to go there in the summer. As the freeway cuts right through the site, it is easy to get to by car. Judging from the license plates, the site attracts lots of international visitors.
The museum tells the story of the Bronze Age through a family of fictive characters. Through information boards, movies, and displays with historical artefacts you learn about life and death in the Bronze Age. In addition the museum has a (quite good) restaurant, a shop, and a Bronze Age village replica with activities for kids. This was great for our 11-year old who otherwise thought she had seen enough rock carvings by now.
Naturally I also pitched Petroglyph for the museum shop and with a little luck it will be available there soon.
