Updated: October 2026 | Västervik Resort, known to many as Lysingsbadets camping, is a large holiday resort by the sea with camping, cottages, swimming and activities. We visited the campsite with our camper in May 2013 and especially appreciated the location by the water, the walk among the rocky islands and a nice evening together with camper friends.
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Updated: October 2026 | Gamleby camping, or KustCamp Gamleby, is located at Gamlebyviken in northern Småland, not far from Västervik. There are campsites, cabins and a sea bath with a sandy beach and lagoon. We visited the campsite with a camper in 2012 and found a nice spot high up with a lovely view of the water.
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We have always called this fish seabream, but now we have seen that it can also be called guldsparid in Swedish. Many people may recognise it from the Mediterranean countries, where it is usually called dorada, dourada or similar depending on the country.
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We have previously told you about the Tapout XT training programme, which we have now been doing for more than 90 days at home in front of the TV. We have received a number of questions about the programme, so we thought we would tell you a little more about it!
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We have an odd ability to be included in reports here and there. Today when I went through our cupboards and drawers, I found a whole bunch of magazines where we have been featured. Most reports are about caravanning and camping, although in some cases they are about completely different things ...
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We have purchased and fitted a spoiler to the roof of our motorhome. We think there is a lot of noise from the two front roof hatches, and the purpose of the spoiler is to reduce wind noise. Now we have both spray-painted the spoiler to give it the colour we want and mounted it on the motorhome roof. Now we will see if it will be good!
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What kind of kitchen equipment should you have in your motorhome? You use pretty much the same equipment as at home, but for reasons of space it can be good to limit yourself a little. Since it can rattle and make noise when driving, it's also good if the equipment doesn't make too much noise, or if you can organise "silent" storage.
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The Easter message - is it important? We are not religious, so maybe the message of Easter is not so important to us. At the same time, I think faith and traditions are a very interesting topic. The Christian Easter is celebrated in memory of the resurrection of Jesus, but long before we became Christians in Sweden, there was a tradition of celebrating the sun and fertility in connection with the arrival of spring. Today, the traditions seem to consist of a wild mix ...
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Thank you for all the nice comments about our apartment! We are very happy about that! Now that we have talked about all the work we put in, I came to think about what it looked like from the beginning, and during the construction.
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My Life as a Traitor, by Zarah Ghahramani, is about the then 20-year-old Zarah's time in an Iranian prison. Terrible, it may seem, and it is. But the most interesting thing is to read about the journey there: growing up in a middle-class Iranian family, university studies and teenage life with ordinary girl talk about boys and love and clothes, with the only difference being that the mullahs' religious rules are everywhere like a shadow.
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